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- May 2013
- The Ugly Side to Dyes and Cats
As always, welcome to another installment of "holy shit, I can't believe they're wearing that" - dye and cat edition. ...
May 21, 2013
- Why Collections Don't Do Much For Me
I was pretty psyched about collections until I discovered: 1. It only applies to cartel market items (AND NOT MY SPAC ...
May 15, 2013
- It Is Predictably Easy To Make Me Happy
Guys, you know what I'm going to say. 2.1 is dropping probably on Tuesday - and it's going to be fucking amazing. 1. ...
May 8, 2013
- Latest Inductees Into The Fashion Hall Of Sha ...
Hey guys! I haven't been shirking my duties - I've been studiously screenshotting horrid fashion on the fleet and puttin ...
May 6, 2013
- My Totally Reasonable List of Demands for 2.1
Hey there, Bioware. Me again. It seems like Santa Bioware has been busily working on my list, and practically half the ...
May 2, 2013
- April 2013
- MK-9 Components are Expensive
Before 2.0, I could make bracers and belts, cheaply, to RE for parts for the top level (MK-6) augment kits. It was reso ...
April 30, 2013
- The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth ...
***Spoilers below about the Makeb romance story arc, Republic side. ***Thou hast been warned. As you recall, t ...
April 25, 2013
- Darth Lipliner, Meet General Eyeliner
Remember this fine specimen of a sith? I don't even have to reapply after drinking coffee. Thanks, dark side! Wel ...
April 23, 2013
- Sentinel In Makeb
I yammered a few weeks ago about what I thought about the Sentinel changes before I had a chance to test them. Now I am ...
April 19, 2013
- Jumps. Why Did It Have To Be Jumps?
Not Cool, Makeb. (I made the jump, by the way.) ...
April 17, 2013
- Competition for NPC Affections
Thehusband and I just started Makeb. We're recapturing our SWTOR "honeymoon period" by running all the quests together ...
April 15, 2013
- New Synthweaving Spreadsheet For You
So, instead of doing anything fun last night, I cross-checked with Dulfy's crafting list and updated the Spreadsheet of ...
April 10, 2013
- Super-Serious Makeb Prep
Are you guys ready for Makeb? Forget about getting commendations blah blah boring. You need to have your fashion in ...
April 8, 2013
- I Heart Bikinis
So, I have a dirty little secret. I love bikinis and wear them around the fleet when I think nobody is looking. Howeve ...
April 1, 2013
- March 2013
- Things I Am Psyched About
OK boys and girls, enough whining. Let me share what I'm psyched about! Character recustomization. AAAAAA!!! Undign ...
March 28, 2013
- New Skill Trees For Patch 2.0: I Like the Des ...
I haven't spent a whole crapton of time on the new talents and the trees, because everything is subject to change. I'm ...
March 27, 2013
- Relaxed Jumpsuit Around The Fleet
Not the announcement you were looking for today, but I'm announcing my new Hall of Shame in which these creations are ar ...
March 25, 2013
- Sentinel Builds for 2.0: Initial Thoughts
I finally got around to playing with the skill trees for Sentinel. Yeah, I know, I'm behind. SHUT IT. I used the Swto ...
March 21, 2013
- An Expansion Is A Great Time To Start Over
When Makeb launches, a big reset button has been pressed. Everyone's gonna have to get to 55, and everyone's going to h ...
March 19, 2013
- Leveling the Playing Field for Crafters and C ...
I want to craft again. Right now, nobody wants to buy my stuff. Quite frankly, the stuff I can craft kinda sucks too. ...
March 14, 2013
- Trying To Evilly THROWRAWKS (Again). Tharan ...
In case you are not familiar with the terminology, Consulars, unlike Inquisitors, THROWRAWKS (pronounced: "throw rocks") ...
March 8, 2013
- I Wrote A Jedi Sentinel Guide
... because I am clearly insane. I was just frustrated that there aren't a whole lot of guides out there... Anyway, ...
March 6, 2013
- February 2013
- New Schematics? Not Sure If Want
I'm raiding the other night and I get a whisper from a blog reader: "There are new schematics on the PTS!" Apparen ...
February 28, 2013
- Meters Epeen
So, gulp, we started using meters. It has been interesting. Now, you say, didn't you play WoW? Weren't there meters ...
February 25, 2013
- Flying Colorblind
Did you know that about 1 in 10 men have some form of color blindness? Let that sink in for a sec. And now look at you ...
February 20, 2013
- On The Gree Event
I don't have any squees of delight or bombs of hate for this event. It's a fine, solid event. My chief problem, as alw ...
February 13, 2013
- Do Not Know If Bad Fashion
I was wandering about and saw this weird bare-leg outfit but I can't decide whether it's awful or awesome. It has kind ...
February 5, 2013
- January 2013
- I Hate The Voss
I have this irrational hatred of those stupid Voss. In every storyline where I've made it to Voss, they've pissed me of ...
January 30, 2013
- Guest Post: Cartel Market Pricing, by Jaspor
Guys, today we have a guest post from Jaspor, formerly of Darth Hater. He does math way better than I could, so y'all s ...
January 28, 2013
- On The So-Called "Gay Planet"
So, I was all set to make fun of the whole... hubbub? scandal? QQ? about the so-called gay planet. Rainbow Hutt is r ...
January 21, 2013
- The Best of Both Worlds: Fashion Disaster Res ...
I feel so happy I want to hug someone (specifically, someone at Bioware). Remember how I was super-pissed that the thin ...
January 17, 2013
- "It Was On Sale, So I Bought Four:" Why The C ...
The Case of the $80 Jeans I'm at my local department store and I see some really cool jeans. However, they are $80. ...
January 14, 2013
- Maybe It's A Conspiracy At The Department Sto ...
TO: Republic Designs Department Store RE: Your "Cartel" line - defective. I am writing to report to you that, as a ...
January 9, 2013
- Server Economy For Fashion Post Mega-Merges
As those of you following along at home may know, I was first on Juyo, which was merged - I mean totally optional transf ...
January 2, 2013
- December 2012
- I Stepped Down As GM
I don't usually talk about guild stuff OR srs bzns here, but you're getting both today. Lucky you. For various reaso ...
December 28, 2012
- The Fashion Police Takes Issue With The New F ...
Hey, it's a new F2P video. Look at this cool scene with a bunch of people getting ready to pwn face! Keep lookin ...
December 22, 2012
- Hawt Holidays To You!
We can't let awesome art go to waste... In case you're wondering, the family Hawtpants is going to get dim sum in ...
December 21, 2012
- Adversity Makes You A Better Player: Leveling ...
If you had been sitting in my computer room around January of this year when I was leveling my Jedi Knight, you would ha ...
December 19, 2012
- Hutts, You Say?
For those of you living under a rock SWTOR has announced that we can start preordering the next expansion and I am all o ...
December 18, 2012
- Why Is This Life Day Holiday Different Than O ...
Yes, I know, I'm borrowing from Passover 4 questions, and that's in March. Shut up. On other holidays we participate ...
December 14, 2012
- Do Not Wear This (Ever)
Obviously you guys love your bikinis, but I cannot stress this enough: There are crotch flaps and butt flaps attached ...
December 13, 2012
- I Guess I Could Have Been Stubborn And Waited ...
So I got a response on my whole HK problem: Dear , Thank you for contacting us regarding your issue with the HK-51 m ...
December 12, 2012
- Hawtpants Goes Prime Time. Maybe. Also, Have ...
So I'm at the bioware cantina crawl and people are telling me I need to get more blog exposure. That is Joveth, Eric ...
December 11, 2012
- Companions In Social Gear
As you guys know, companion match isn't currently working (I don't think it got fixed in today's patch either). Fortuna ...
December 11, 2012
- I Stop Being Stubborn And Get HK-51
After spending a week being very stubborn about my customer service ticket regarding that last annoying piece of HK, the ...
December 10, 2012
- Home Sweet Ship
Time for the grand tour of my ship. First, let's look at my closet. Yes, I have 2 bank tabs devoted to fashion. Don't ...
December 7, 2012
- Customer Service "currently only offer suppor ...
This weekend I was on the last component part for the HK quest. The husband had taken the critter to Home Depot for Xma ...
December 5, 2012
- Preview Window Made Awesome (Undignified Sque ...
A little while ago I asked Santa Bioware for a few totally reasonable things, including a problem that was plaguing me f ...
December 4, 2012
- Jumping Puzzles: Partying Like It's 1989
Back In My Day We Jumped Uphill Both Ways The year is 1987 or thereabouts. I get my first NES and start Mario Brothers ...
December 3, 2012
- November 2012
- Njessi's New Outfit (Includes Space Pants)
I finally decided on an outfit that I love and will probably wear for a good while. It also doesn't seem to be something ...
November 29, 2012
- Dear Santa Bioware
To: Santa Bioware, North Pole Austin From: Me Dear Santa Bioware, I've been really good this year and have not ...
November 28, 2012
- I Am Thankful I Did Not Wear This
Over the long weekend, guys, I could not stop screenie-ing. It was just one thing after another. The fleet is a hive o ...
November 26, 2012
- My Companions May Sue Me For Sexual Harassme ...
Because this is their new uniform. Invisible chestpiece ftw. Suck it, idiots who dress their companions in bikin ...
November 21, 2012
- Prevailing Through Space In the Name of Pants
Guys, these Pilot Pants (70 fleet comms) are LITERALLY the best pants I possess. On any toon. Ever. Here's why: T ...
November 20, 2012
- In Space Nobody Can Hear You Swear
I'm just going to say this up front: I have no coordination and no ability to navigate. I also get extremely motion sic ...
November 19, 2012
- Things That Just Need To Be Free
Hi there, Bioware. It's me again, with another open letter. There are some things that you're just going to have to ...
November 17, 2012
- I Went Cartel Shopping and Didn't Break the ...
So far I have been restrained and only bought 2 shirts. This is my current outfit: RED RED RED RED RED! Also, ...
November 16, 2012
- Free-To-Play Shopping List
Guys, this is serious. Are YOU ready to spend all your cartel coins that you're getting for being subbed this last... a ...
November 14, 2012
- Deep Thoughts with Bowdaar
So, Bowdaar wants to have a chat. It goes something like this. ***SPOILERS, SMUGGLER COMPANION, BOWDAAR, THAT BI ...
November 12, 2012
- Do Not Wear This
I was trying to log out the other night on the fleet, but I could not, because every time I turned around there was some ...
November 9, 2012
- Despite the Absence Of Same-Gender Romances, ...
Did I mention how much fun I'm having smuggling again? Welp, I'm on Tatooine minding my own business when this sith lad ...
November 7, 2012
- Time Is Money: Making The Cartel Market Work ...
Now, I'm totally opposed to spending $15 on my subscription and THEN having to turn around and buy crap off the cartel m ...
November 5, 2012
- Get Thee To The Official Forums And Demand Fa ...
The devs have asked: Hey folks, the Cartel Market team wants your help and advice in determining possible future conten ...
November 1, 2012
- October 2012
- Devs Explain Dude, Where Were My Comms?
We Get Answers About Our Comms You may recall my unseemly reaction to the removal of BH comms from story mode EC bosses ...
October 29, 2012
- Attempts To Mug Sith For Outfits Largely Unsu ...
Fortunately, we're getting the cartel market. I have no research knowledge because I've had approximately zero hours ...
October 25, 2012
- You Can Go Home Again: Characters, Crew, and ...
Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own toon? Don't get me wrong, I love being a sentinel. I love the playsty ...
October 23, 2012
- The Savvy Crafter's Guide To Saving Money
If you're like me, you're always... well not doing so awesome on cash because crafting eats it all. Never fear! I have ...
October 19, 2012
- Elara Is A Terrible Wingperson
Saylah, my vanguard, just got Elara, and I was kinda a fan. I didn't understand why other people complained that she w ...
October 17, 2012
- This Makes No Sense
My vanguard carries a blaster rifle. My commando carries a giant e-peen gun. In cut scenes, they draw their blasters m ...
October 15, 2012
- I Like Inappropriately Large Backsides and I ...
This may be my favorite patch note of all time, both for the content and for the wording. On Test Server, Patch 1.5: M ...
October 11, 2012
- Little Legacy Luxuries
This may have escaped your notice, but I am a crazyinsane crafter. As such, I'm plopping down 150k on recipes sometimes ...
October 11, 2012
- We Would Have Beat Them By Now If You Were Ra ...
Toth And Zorn Are BFF With Ranged DPS So, this weekend, we're bashing our heads against Toth and Zorn, the first bosses ...
October 9, 2012
- I Suck At Marking Targets
So I did this: Also, I suck at drawing. ...
October 3, 2012
- Dude, Where Are My Comms?
With 1.4, story mode EC gives no black hole comms from bosses or chests. Same with Terror From Beyond Story Mode. We p ...
October 1, 2012
- September 2012
- [Screenshot] Winter Is Coming
Can I be an honorary Stark? Hailstorm Brotherhood Social Gear, Requires Social IV. I think it goes particularly w ...
September 28, 2012
- I Should Probably Say Something About Patch 1 ...
A few days ago I'm talking about our planned weekend of raiding and 1.4 dropping... (excerpted from my illustrious chat ...
September 27, 2012
- Torian Bieber
Ah, Torian. Issen's future love interest... I couldn't wait to meet him (well... I could). ***Mild and potentially b ...
September 24, 2012
- A Wild Blogiversary Has Appeared
I'm seriously terrible at remembering any anniversaries, let alone my own. Really. I've been married for 6 years and h ...
September 21, 2012
- Quality of Life Improvements for Fashion! I ...
Welp, after ranting like a loon the last couple of days, I'm a pretty happy camper today. Check out the swtor blog abou ...
September 20, 2012
- Server Consolidation That Still Totally Isn't ...
Tsk tsk Bioware. You know, I'm trying to be positive and not like the gloom-and-doom hollerers out there, but you're ma ...
September 19, 2012
- From Fan Girl to Customer
Back in the day of SWG, I was a pretty staunch fangirl. I volunteered to be a correspondent and spent HOURS upon HOURS ...
September 18, 2012
- [Screenshots] Bikini Blunders
Last night, in about 10 minutes hanging around the GTN stalking recipes, I saw the following... First, I'm not the on ...
September 14, 2012
- [Screenshot] Toothsabers!
Guys, don't ever say that an artifisser is useless. Because my guildie made me 2 toothsabers! Niman Master's Primary ...
September 12, 2012
- Voss Mystic Robe: Stealth Color Change
So a while back I took a picture of the voss mystic robe for some blog post or another... Friday night I went to try it ...
September 10, 2012
- Patch Notes and Other Upcoming Stuff
Oh hey, communication. Where? A wild dev has appeared. So the mini patch Wednesday, I'm pretty flippin pleased abou ...
September 7, 2012
- Crafting Insanity: The Things I Do For Fashio ...
When 1.3 hit, I vowed to gather all the recipes. Or at least to try. I made a spreadsheet. I searched the GTN eve ...
September 6, 2012
- Black Hole Gear For Sentinels And DPS Guardia ...
When I first saw the black hole gear, I was pretty damn disappointed. Some items were an upgrade, a SLIGHT upgrade, ove ...
September 4, 2012
- August 2012
- Search Terms: People Out There Are Weirdos
People do these search term show-and-tell all the time, and well, I wrestled with Analytics a few days ago, and it tried ...
August 31, 2012
- Getting Back The Raiding Mojo. I Mean Ops. To ...
After a month - yes, you read that right, a MONTH - of being unable to raid due to family obligations, I am putting back ...
August 29, 2012
- Still Waiting for Real Server Transfers
Let's translate from Bioware Bullshit into English. We never had true "server transfers." They were mergers. Phased me ...
August 28, 2012
- A Very Limited Window
I thought I'd be really happy with the world event. After all, it was a non-grinding non-dailies sort of affair that wa ...
August 27, 2012
- Haiku Monday: Karagga
In the rancor pit Droids and a metal spider Give me the damn hat I promise I won't wear it with THAT outfit. &n ...
August 20, 2012
- Timing Fail
Man, this sucks. I mean, I'm going on vacation so YAY... but... The world event! It's only a week long! I'm not go ...
August 17, 2012
- Scavenger Hunting. FYI, I Fail.
Unlike last time, I'm actually doing this world event. Well as much as I can before I go on vacation. I'm a little pis ...
August 16, 2012
- Theoretical DPS
Things I don't miss about WOW: Meters Cookie cutter specs, where if you don't use it, you FAIL Highest theoretic ...
August 15, 2012
- Do Not Wear This Either
Vegas Showgirl is NOT an advanced class. ...
August 13, 2012
- Anticipating, Planning, and Other GM Stuff
I'm not entirely sure how I got stuck with being a Co-GM, but um, I am. And as such, the natural planner in me is getti ...
August 8, 2012
- Armormech Heavy Armor (Republic) Boot and Glo ...
Remember when I first discovered the boot mismatch for orange armormech recipes (heavy armor, republic)? I didn't have ...
August 6, 2012
- Free To Play, Because Everyone Else Is Talkin ...
Um, crap. Free to play. Hrm. So far, I don't know much. I am clearly keeping my subscription because Raids - I mea ...
August 1, 2012
- July 2012
- Good Will Always Triumph Because Evil Is Star ...
OK, evil needs a cookie. Seriously. Let's check out the romanceable female companions for sith side: Mako - body ...
July 31, 2012
- Schematic Gathering
As you know, I'm a crazy person, and have been gathering orange fashion schematics like a maniac since 1.3 dropped. I h ...
July 26, 2012
- Crafting Becoming Self-Supporting
When I first started crafting, it was a HUGE money sink. In fact, until very recently, it was still a huge money sink. ...
July 24, 2012
- Preparing for Casual Raiding. I Mean Ops. Tot ...
If you're a casual player like me... Ok, let me stop right there. "Casual" can be interpreted in many ways, a lot of ...
July 18, 2012
- Gear Auditing the Minions
Has this ever happened to you? Dailies Buddy: Oh hey, I have my healer out, why don't you bring a DPS. Me: Um, hrm. ...
July 16, 2012
- Orange Synthweaving And Armormech Schematics: ...
I'm not always on my crafter toon when I'm surfing the GTN. How do I know what I already have? The spreadsheet of DOOO ...
July 11, 2012
- Search Terms for New Synthweaving and Armorme ...
Now, as you know, I'm a crazed individual and am stalking the GTN for all the new schematics - namely orange boots, brac ...
July 5, 2012
- Boot Mismatch
(Ok for purposes of this article, guys, we're ignoring gloves and belt, just look at hat, chest, pants, BOOTS) La la ...
July 3, 2012
- June 2012
- Now That 1.3 Has Hit...
The things that I thought would be a big problem aren't, but there are other things that I thought would be big problems ...
June 29, 2012
- Augment Kits: How The Eff Do They Work?
I already wrote this post over on my guild blog and have no desire to repeat it here. So if you need an Augment Kit 101 ...
June 26, 2012
- Clinging To My Towel For Dear Life
Patch 1.3. I was right to panic. There is so much to do! And I won't be online until Wednesday, so other people will g ...
June 25, 2012
- Just When I Was Happy With Customer Service.. ...
Edit: Oh hey, after a bunch of bloggers holler on the internet, it gets resolved... but it had nothing to do with the ho ...
June 20, 2012
- A Tale of Four Hats
Remember how I switched my cybertech to armormech? Well, after hitting 400 rather quickly, I had to get all the orange ...
June 18, 2012
- Server Transfers: From Ghost Town To Imperson ...
Lemme give you a little background: Juyo was a reasonably populated server. Not totally a ghost town, but not overcrowd ...
June 15, 2012
- Making Your Companion Mad is Expensive
So, those late companions, man... it feels like someone punched me in the wallet every time I make one of them displease ...
June 11, 2012
- Oh YEAH? My Companion Is Bigger Than Yours! ...
Some dude had dressed his Kira in a bikini - honestly, why do guys DO that? Sigh. Anyway, if all the cool kids were br ...
June 8, 2012
- Why I'm Freaking The Eff Out About Patch 1.3
Patch 1.3 looks beyond awesome. However, in my little corner of the universe, I'm freaking out... Augment Kits Presum ...
June 6, 2012
- Mid-Year SWTOR Assessment: Active Guilds Are ...
Anexxia posted her Mid-Year SWTOR Assessment and it got me thinking about what's happened with me, the guild, and the ga ...
June 5, 2012
- What Am I Doing Lately
I figured you guys wanted to hear what I'm up to, right? RIGHT? Ahem ok... (Can we tell I'm out of writing ideas? ...
June 1, 2012
- May 2012
- The Case for Trying Clothes On
If you're serious about getting your outfit right, the preview window has several major flaws: It's teeny. But you a ...
May 30, 2012
- Darth Lachris, Fashion Victim
Poor Darth Lachris. She has the resources of a whole planet at her disposal, and she wears something like a hula skirt ...
May 23, 2012
- All The Cool Kids Dress Their Companions In B ...
Seriously, all over the fleet I see Kira, Elara, Risha, and Nadia roaming about in bikinis. Well, if dressing your comp ...
May 21, 2012
- All Ur Fashion Is Belong To Me
I'm clearly crazy. Last night in a fit of fashion-lust and frustration that cybertech is getting absolutely nothing use ...
May 18, 2012
- Mako the Whiner
I've been playing a sithie bounty hunter lately, because I was pretty happy with the class in beta. Something about a g ...
May 17, 2012
- Hats and Hoodies Redux
A few weeks ago, I talked about hats that push the hood down but still allow you to see your character's hair. At the t ...
May 16, 2012
- New SWTOR Fashion Website
You probably already know this, but Dulfy and Mr Robot have launched a fashion website for the orange moddable gear in t ...
May 15, 2012
- New Blogger Advice
Ok, this new blogger initiative is going around and I decided I'd give you my stupid advice. Because, you know, I know ...
May 10, 2012
- Legacy Of Idiots
So I'm mucking about on the Sith side, right, just casually leveling an alt. However, about 30 minutes in, I start thin ...
May 8, 2012
- Synthweaving and Storage Space
Let's start out by talking about Armormech. Assuming you are a conscientious armormech that has stuff of every level on ...
May 3, 2012
- On the Fronts of Robes
OK, what I mean here is the damn dangly crotch strap on certain (most) Jedi robes. But if I put "crotch" in the title, ...
May 2, 2012
- Not All Hoodies Are Created Equal
Yesterday, we talked about how I tried to push back the hood of my robe with headgear and there were certain "graphics f ...
May 1, 2012
- April 2012
- Of Hoodies, Hats, and Hair
As you know, there's no hood-down option. And, for Jedi Sentinels, the vast majority of gear is hooded. If I don't wan ...
April 30, 2012
- Reverse Engineering Pre 1.2 Armor
We were all confused when 1.2 came out about what we could and could not reverse engineer, and what recipes we'd be able ...
April 27, 2012
- The Mystery Of The GM Time Suck
For those of you following along at home, remember Alex and I are co-GM's of the guild The Snark Side. And while she he ...
April 26, 2012
- Do Not Wear This
I'm hanging out on the fleet and I see... Kids, don't try this at home. ...
April 24, 2012
- Cat Bauer Gets A Makeover
I noticed in 1.2 that there are now TWO Cat Bauer - I mean Aric Jorgan - customization kits at the security key vendor. ...
April 23, 2012
- Customer Service is Better and Faster
Remember how I had a bad experience with customer service being slow and unresponsive - and after I QQ'ed here (and MMO ...
April 18, 2012
- Princess, You Are UGLY When You're Angry
Yay, I got Dark 1. I look badass. Hey look, Dark side corruption now shows on character select screen. Dark. Da ...
April 17, 2012
- Cyborg and Zabrak Character Creation Post 1.2
Got to do some toon creation last night. I have a lvl 50 (republic) Zabrak and a lvl 50 cyborg. Cyborg As expected, i ...
April 13, 2012
- Reverse Engineering, Fashion, and Set Bonuses ...
Disclaimer: I could be wrong some (a lot of) things here, the "answers" are clear as mud and I didn't try to test everyt ...
April 13, 2012
- I Hate Tharan Cedrax
I thought I hated C2-N2's constant blathering. I thought I hated Risha's self-absorbed posturing. But Tharan Cedrax is ...
April 12, 2012
- The Snark Side Is Recruiting
Hi guys! I talk about our awesome guild all the flippin time and y'all are impressed, I know. Anyway, we are recruitin ...
April 10, 2012
- It's Hard Being (A Little Bit) Evil
So, until now, I played my characters in a way that felt "natural" for them. This included killing the occasional assho ...
April 9, 2012
- In Space, Nobody Can Hear You Scream That You ...
From talking with a fellow healer, it has become clear that SOME DPS did not get the following memo: To:DPS From: Your ...
April 4, 2012
- Light Side Choices: Having Your Cake And Stuf ...
OK, this bothers me. Let me try to explain. Let's say the empire is building a big bad thing in a museum. The easies ...
April 2, 2012
- March 2012
- There Are No Bugs On Soa. Also, Buy This Bri ...
So, we have been informed that there are no bugs on Soa. Seriously. Just none. Beatable in greens. Mmhm. This ...
March 30, 2012
- Relearning To Walk: New Gaming Hardware
Note: I didn't get paid for any of this or get freebie equipment. QQ. Photos are from the official product websites. ...
March 29, 2012
- Three Months In
OK, Kris has a topic. Y'all should pay attention. Write your own “Now That The Game Is 3 Months Old…” post and leave a ...
March 27, 2012
- A Second 50 (No, I Will Not Heal Your Raid)
I dinged 50 on my smuggler a few days ago. Now, I did not expect to have a second 50 so quickly because hell, I'm ...
March 22, 2012
- Patch 1.2: Want And Do Not Want
Patch 1.2 is bringing a lot of fixes to annoying bugs and stuff, but also some serious changes and rebalancing. In no p ...
March 20, 2012
- Why Can't We Have...
- A hood down option. After all, the hood is pushed down by lekku and some hats. - A stealth action bar. We get an ...
March 19, 2012
- Being A Good Person Is Not Enough To Be A Goo ...
As you might have read, my main is now my Jedi Sentinel. I'm playing her as a basically good person... which leads to m ...
March 15, 2012
- Not Now, Scourge
We're doing some serious business end-of-story shit and Scourge pops up on the holo to tell me something very important. ...
March 13, 2012
- DPS Failing and Troubleshooting
I Super Suck So, raiding did not go well for me on our first try. When we got to that stupid council, I started my rot ...
March 12, 2012
- Legacy Perks Blathering
So... new stuff is coming via the legacy system, including: Unlock combat abilities for other characters via legacy ...
March 9, 2012
- Reverse Engineering Priorities: Bracers and B ...
Quick tip: People love their orange armor and they love to mod it up. Buuut, orange bracers and belt are so rare, mo ...
March 8, 2012
- Little Jedi's Adventures Playing SWTOR
Lately Joun (the husband) has been letting Little Jedi play a level 8 smuggler alt (named Cornelius or some alternate sp ...
March 7, 2012
- A First Look At SWTOR Mr. Robot
OK, boys and girls, get psyched because we now have Mr. Robot for SWTOR. Those of you who used it in WoW will say "oh y ...
March 6, 2012
- Adventures In Fashion: Raiding Edition. I Mea ...
Yay I got a pants token and it's awesome and OH SON OF A MALFUNCTIONING HYPERDRIVE... If I were to wear a leaf bu ...
March 5, 2012
- More Jumping And Falling And Failing
I have a couple of stories of fail... First, as I mentioned in the comments of a previous post, I did manage to fall ...
March 2, 2012
- We're Gonna Raid. I Mean Operations.
So Friday is our first raid. And the anxiety monster is full speed ahead in my little brain. 1. Did I completely fuc ...
March 1, 2012
- February 2012
- Little Jedi's Impressions of SWTOR
Little Jedi is 4. She really wants to be like mommy and daddy on the computer, but she isn't quite there yet. Right no ...
February 29, 2012
- Empire Wanderlust
OK, what do I do once I finally hit 50? I lust after the empire. I don't think the empire is necessarily "better" but ...
February 28, 2012
- It's Kinda Like Dancing On Mailboxes ...
At which point, I utter some uncouth language. Little Jedi responds: "Mommy, what's a 'stinky ho'?" ...
February 27, 2012
- 666 Meme is the Debbil (C Wut I Did Thar?)
Go into your image folder Open the sixth sub-folder and choose the sixth image. Publish the image! (and a few words wo ...
February 24, 2012
- Companion Wishlist
I really like companions, but there are a few things I would change... 1. Hide Helm. FFS people! I want to see my c ...
February 23, 2012
- Little Jedi's Lightsaber
Little Jedi: I want a lightsaber. Me: We can get you a toy lightsaber. LJ: I need two lightsabers. Joun (the hu ...
February 21, 2012
- 50 Is Overwhelming
Yay I did it. And at the same time it's all just beginning. It feels a little daunting, but at least I have a plan, ...
February 20, 2012
- What To Do If You Get To The Fleet At Level 9
Ideally, you will finish your story quest and all your intro planet quests (minus maybe the heroics) and get to the flee ...
February 17, 2012
- My Awesome New Belt
I got the awesomest new belt, guys! And when I realized how "awesome" it was, I had already DE'ed RE'ed my old one. ...
February 16, 2012
- Links, Blogroll, and Emailing Me
Stuff You Should Read One of my guildmates posted about Sage healing on our guild blog. Wait, you're not already subsc ...
February 15, 2012
- More Adventures in Companion Customization
You know how I said I was customizing all my companions? And how I wouldn't ONLY IF the kits were so disgusting that I ...
February 14, 2012
- Being Gray
I was a little bummed that being gray (i.e. not "light side" or "dark side" but rather somewhere in the middle) had no s ...
February 13, 2012
- Update: Customer Service Ticket Answered!
Remember a few days ago, I wrote about a ticket for an item restoration that I had put in over 2 weeks ago. Well, today ...
February 10, 2012
- Little Jedi on Companion Gifts
LJ: Who's your friend mommy? Me: His name is Sergeant Rusk. See he has horns. LJ: Do you want to give him a prese ...
February 10, 2012
- Companions: Gift Early, Gift Often
OK, here's a chance for me to do math. The horror. Don't worry, it's fuzzy math. If Corso loves weapons, I give him ...
February 9, 2012
- Customer Service Fail
What Happened OK, as you might have heard me yabbering, while taking screenies with the UI down, I then put the UI back ...
February 8, 2012
- Outside My Comfort Zone
I have always played healers. The closest I got to DPSing is to play a DPS offspec of a healing class and TOTALLY SWEAR ...
February 6, 2012
- January 2012
- Companion Customization and Hats
Now, I don't know about you, but I hide helm on my characters because I want to see my character's face and hair that I ...
January 30, 2012
- Not Now, C2-N2
Ah, look, I got a new mod. Let me see, where do I put it? Ok, I have my backpack open and my character screen, and ok. ...
January 27, 2012
- Surprise BSOCK!
Has this ever happened to you? NPC: So what are you up to? YOU: (choices) Saving the universe because I'm awesom ...
January 26, 2012
- Did I Get On The Right Ship?
I swear I'm in the twilight zone. First, I see Risha, my companion whom I customized. Then I see Risha the NPC. ...
January 25, 2012
- Let The Companion Heal
I'm a healer and the husband is a tank. One would think that, for questing, we'd grab 2 DPS companions and just go from ...
January 24, 2012
- Frivolous Expenditures: Companion Customizati ...
So, everyone has their thing. Some people want the coolest mount, others want some sort of glowy glowstick that is a di ...
January 23, 2012
- That New Trailer and the UI
SWTOR released a new trailer about upcoming features including (these are the high points for me) guild bank and UI cust ...
January 20, 2012
- Yes, I Backtracked To Get A New Jacket. Don't ...
With every jacket uglier than the last, I was stuck in my weird jacket with the doodads on the back and the horrendous n ...
January 19, 2012
- Bad Fashion: Companion Edition
There are at least 2 things wrong with this outfit. Yes, that's Corso's butt. (1) Green & Red? It's the Cors ...
January 18, 2012
- Upper Hand: How the Eff Does That Work?
Upper hand is difficult. I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around it and it will take even longer for it to be secon ...
January 17, 2012
- I Think Legacy Names Are Pretentious
C wut I did thar? ...
January 16, 2012
- Fashion Police Officers Are Knocking At My Do ...
Yay a new orange fully moddable chest piece. Wait. That's right. The cape is part of the chestpiece. ...
January 11, 2012
- Guest Post: Basic Healing Theory
I wrote a guest post over at the husband's guild's blog on Basic Healing Theory. This is intended for people who have n ...
January 10, 2012
- Companion Gifts Explained: A Tale of Trial an ...
If you want to bumble around and figure things out for yourself, best you stop reading now. Otherwise, carry on. Com ...
January 9, 2012
- Do I Really Need To Explain This?
OK, I saw an inappropriate name in general chat the other day and I took it upon myself to report it. I got back this r ...
January 4, 2012
- Choices Coming Back To Bite You Later
OK, this is awesome. So I'm on my storyline quest (don't worry, no spoilers, I'll be vague) and I had the choice to (1) ...
January 3, 2012
- December 2011
- Character Appearance and Voice
Have you gotten a toon into game and discovered that the voice coming out of your character's mouth was just ALL WRONG? ...
December 30, 2011
- Questionable Morality
So, I'm not a roleplayer, and it's really hard for me to develop "consistency" within a specific character because I oft ...
December 29, 2011
- Tracking Buff Procs
Yes, I am whining again about the UI. But seriously! OK, I have this... thing called "upper hand." Without getting ...
December 27, 2011
- Why Corso Reminds Me Of Pug Tanks
Corso, oh Corso, when will you ever learn? 1. He Breaks CC What the hell, Corso? Sure, he doesn't single-target t ...
December 21, 2011
- Meet the Girls
OK, since the servers were down and all that junk, time to go through the screenshots folder. So far, this is my ...
December 20, 2011
- Companions and the -1 of Shame
My companions are really cramping my style. Each of them has their own little likes and dislikes and if I feel feisty a ...
December 19, 2011
- Complexion? How the Eff Does That Work?
OK, so you get to the character creation screen and there are like... 40 settings for complexion. 2 have freckles, a fe ...
December 15, 2011
- I Am Underwhelmed By Support Of Community Bui ...
Normally, I don't do a "U SUCK (insert game development company here)" because it doesn't do any good. But things have ...
December 13, 2011
- About The Female Trooper Romance Option ...
SPOILER WARNING: This post contains the identity of a romanceable male companion for the female republic trooper and the ...
December 8, 2011
- About The New SWTOR Mouse
I know you might be jumping about with glee, but remember... the SWTOR mouse is not the only one on the market with the ...
December 6, 2011
- Healing Without Addons? /freakout
OK, I am totally freaked out about healing without addons. But we can't always have everything we ever wanted... so I'v ...
December 5, 2011
- November 2011
- More Adventures in Fashion
So, I feel like the designers are trying to draw attention to certain things... I swear this outfit was designed for ...
November 30, 2011
- Very Useful Information Revealed In General C ...
I must be imagining things. Either that or this person is directing me to a black hole where I will fall through the ...
November 29, 2011
- An Open Letter To NPCs
Dear NPCs, I'm trying to be a good person. I really am. But, sometimes you just gotta say "Jedi Code, Schmedi Code. ...
November 26, 2011
- What Sort Of Healer Should I Play?
Short answer: I have no flippin clue. I haven't been able to get too high level. HOWEVER... I gathered some links for ...
November 26, 2011
November 26, 2011
- Making the Default Interface Behave: Unit Fra ...
Step 1: Show party frames as raid frames. Oh, excuse me, I mean "Operations Frames." At least that way it looks more ...
November 25, 2011
- My Fashion Sense Gets Awesomer
This be my bounty hunter. Look, an awesome facial tattoo! And uh... wtf? Is that a pocket in my armor for a flask? C ...
November 25, 2011
- General Chat Is The Same In Every Game
As heard in General chat: "When do I get my companion, Mako? ... so I can make-o out with her, heh." /facepalm ...
November 25, 2011
- The Uncoordinated Agent
I am not a Super Mario star. For those of you coming from Murloc Parliament, you know full well that I can't jump on or ...
November 25, 2011
- [Poll] How Should Spoilers Be Hidden?
This hasn't come up yet, because I haven't posted any spoilers, but it WILL happen! And I want to make sure it is APPRO ...
November 24, 2011
- The Higher Level Gear I Get, The Awesomer I L ...
I call this outfit "Skunk Wearing A Bra." ...
November 24, 2011
- Silly Things From Beta: Character Creation
YES, I KNOW I AM LAME. I know that it's stupid to spend the first night in regular-beta goggling at the character creat ...
November 24, 2011
- Normal (not limited to weekend) Beta: Making ...
Last weekend, a bunch of my friends got into beta. Their weekend consisted of picking up hot pockets and not leaving th ...
November 23, 2011
- I Fail At Beta
The weekend of November 11-13, I beta tested SWTOR. Now that the NDA is up, I can tell what I saw. I have almost not ...
November 21, 2011
- Where in the Galaxy are the Female Gamers?
I've been obsessed with polls lately, mostly so I don't create a cookie cutter toon right out of the box. I found on th ...
November 17, 2011
- Character Creation: A Tale of My Idiocy
Just to get this out of the way... this does NOT give away any beta information. It's just a commentary on my own inabi ...
November 14, 2011
- What I Am Allowed To Say
Thar be a game testing program. I be in it. And since that's all that's I can say, we get to talk about my feeeeee ...
November 10, 2011
- October 2011
- Inconvenient Relatives, Annoying Holidays, an ...
My mom is visiting in late November (Thanksgiving). Ok, no big deal... it's unlikely that the early access for preorder ...
October 26, 2011
- Putting Fingers In My Ears and Humming LA LA ...
LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU! So every few days, my husband will announce to me "you'll never guess what they're doing i ...
October 13, 2011
- September 2011
- Companions and Why I Can't Have a Pool Boy
This was me when I first heard about companions: I shall have one companion and name him "Pool Boy." My second compani ...
September 26, 2011
- Hello world!
Ok, nobody really reads the very first blog post, right? Here's the deal: I spent a long time on the "About" page so ...
September 21, 2011
