Thanks. I'll try that.

I am unable to log on about 20% of the time. This has been happening consistently for at least 3 months. The launcher initialization times out then I get this text next to a yellow pyramid caution icon: "The application has encountered an unspecified error. Please try this patch again." Then, about 25 seconds after closing the launcher, I get this on the desktop screen: "Error Unable to communicate with external UI. Exiting." If I wait a few hours, I'm usually able to log on. Or sometimes I can logon if I restart my computer and try right away. But usually I just shut it all down in disgust and go do something else. Incredibly aggravating!

So basically there are now 2 activities in this game: MM Hammer Station and stealth Red Reaper. Everything else is a complete waste of time. Apparently this "system" is working for some people. But for me, the game just isn't any fun any more.

OMG! I'm going to try this immediately. Update: I'll keep trying but it's not looking good. Can't make the jump onto that protuberance. Thanks for your reply.

I am unable to fully reveal the Junker's Junction section of the Mek-Sha map on Republic characters. I can't get into the Atmospheric Systems Access area (an Imperial H2 area) so the Junker's Junction map remains partially hidden and not filled in. Does anyone know if there's a way to fully reveal it on Republic characters?

Well, I suppose "C'mon, let's go" is a touch on the bossy side but I really miss "Yes! More exploring.".

This is why I wish they'd immediately return the 4 companions who are still in limbo. Just give them back and don't worry about some grand re-entrance or whatever. Just give them back and we can finally put the disastrous Kotfe/Kotet behind us forever. Bioware never should have touched base story companions in any way. Hopefully the people that thought doing so was a good idea have all long ago been fired.

Consular companion Nadia has lost her voice. Since her return with the Ossus patch, she no longer speaks in combat. She is completely silent, doesn't speak at all. Before Bioware ruined this game with Kotfe/Kotet, Nadia was quite talkative and said cute things like: "No one hurts my friends". Now she says nothing. It's been months now since she returned. Why has this failure not yet been remedied?

You'll take my word for what?

They SAY it's being worked on. Believe them if you want. My trust level with Bioware is at zero. How pathetic is it that they've broken the game so badly that it's become a MAJOR undertaking to fix it! And at this point they don't even know when or if a fix is possible? What a bunch of dolts. Learn to code!

Exactly right. The game is simply not playable as it is. If there are those who are playing at a sufficiently casual level that these heavily touted "workarounds" are effective, then that's wonderful for them. Party on! But at my level of play, very similar to what you're describing for yourself, the game is currently unplayable and the "workarounds" do nothing to improve things. The fact that this total breakdown has not been resolved while the developers are gushing about lame improvements like a frickin' color wheel is an absolute insult to the quality this game once had.

It is beyond belief that we are supposed to be endlessly satisfied with: "We are aware of the problem and we have people looking into it". This is not some stupid problem with gear clipping or misdelivered dialogue. THIS IS A DEBILITATING BREAKDOWN IN FUNDAMENTAL GAMEPLAY. And their excuse for not fixing it yet is: "This is going to be really hard to fix"? Duh!! So quit investing resources in trivial matters like guild icons and color wheels when the game is completely broken. FIX THE GAME! It's like your car won't get out of first gear and your idiotic repair shop is recommending a new paint job. I am also really tired of hearing the "just use passive on and off on and off till they get around to fixing things." That is no solution. It's not even a temporary work around. I don't know how slowly those people play, but in my game things are moving really fast and there is zero time to babysit the companion. I'm not playing a game that is this badly broken. And how about explaining to us who broke this game in the first place and how it happened. It would be nice to know whether or not we can expect improved performance from the developers in the future or do they expect us to tolerate this level of incompetence as a normal state of affairs. FIX THE GAME!

It is what it is. RNG. I run the Ossus weekly on 24 characters and usually disintegrate around 20 of the items. I just look at it now that I'm running the weekly for 175 components and choose to do it or not on that basis. It takes about 30 minutes to run so really, 175 components is a pretty fair return even if you didn't get lucky.

As to the amount of content, must consider that RotHC also included seeker droid and macrobinocular story lines, including 3 very well done h4's, seeker droid discovery areas all over the galaxy plus a GSI weekly and dailies on multiple planets, including even more heroics. Sadly, much of this content failed to survive the game 4.0 dumb-down purge.

A very wise decision.