As always, welcome to another installment of "holy shit, I can't believe they're wearing that" - dye and cat edition. ...

I was pretty psyched about collections until I discovered: 1. It only applies to cartel market items (AND NOT MY SPAC ...

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. ...

Hey guys! I haven't been shirking my duties - I've been studiously screenshotting horrid fashion on the fleet and puttin ...

Hey there, Bioware.  Me again.  It seems like Santa Bioware has been busily working on my list, and practically half the ...

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 ...

***Spoilers below about the Makeb romance story arc, Republic side. ***Thou hast been warned. As you recall, t ...

Remember this fine specimen of a sith? I don't even have to reapply after drinking coffee. Thanks, dark side! Wel ...

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 ...

Not Cool, Makeb. (I made the jump, by the way.) ...

Thehusband and I just started Makeb.  We're recapturing our SWTOR "honeymoon period" by running all the quests together ...

So, instead of doing anything fun last night, I cross-checked with Dulfy's crafting list and updated the Spreadsheet of ...

Are you guys ready for Makeb? Forget about getting commendations blah blah boring.  You need to have your fashion in ...

So, I have a dirty little secret.  I love bikinis and wear them around the fleet when I think nobody is looking.  Howeve ...

OK boys and girls, enough whining.  Let me share what I'm psyched about! Character recustomization.  AAAAAA!!! Undign ...

I haven't spent a whole crapton of time on the new talents and the trees, because everything is subject to change.  I'm ...

Not the announcement you were looking for today, but I'm announcing my new Hall of Shame in which these creations are ar ...

I finally got around to playing with the skill trees for Sentinel.  Yeah, I know, I'm behind.  SHUT IT.  I used the Swto ...

When Makeb launches, a big reset button has been pressed.  Everyone's gonna have to get to 55, and everyone's going to h ...

I want to craft again.  Right now, nobody wants to buy my stuff.  Quite frankly, the stuff I can craft kinda sucks too. ...

In case you are not familiar with the terminology, Consulars, unlike Inquisitors, THROWRAWKS (pronounced: "throw rocks") ...

... because I am clearly insane.  I was just frustrated that there aren't a whole lot of guides out there... Anyway, ...

I'm raiding the other night and I get a whisper from a blog reader: "There are new schematics on the PTS!" Apparen ...

So, gulp, we started using meters.  It has been interesting. Now, you say, didn't you play WoW?  Weren't there meters ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have this irrational hatred of those stupid Voss.  In every storyline where I've made it to Voss, they've pissed me of ...

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 ...

So, I was all set to make fun of the whole... hubbub? scandal? QQ? about the so-called gay planet. Rainbow Hutt is r ...

I feel so happy I want to hug someone (specifically, someone at Bioware).  Remember how I was super-pissed that the thin ...

The Case of the $80 Jeans I'm at my local department store and I see some really cool jeans.  However, they are $80. ...

TO: Republic Designs Department Store RE: Your "Cartel" line - defective. I am writing to report to you that, as a ...

As those of you following along at home may know, I was first on Juyo, which was merged - I mean totally optional transf ...

I don't usually talk about guild stuff OR srs bzns here, but you're getting both today.  Lucky you. For various reaso ...

Hey, it's a new F2P video.  Look at this cool scene with a bunch of people getting ready to pwn face! Keep lookin ...

We can't let awesome art go to waste... In case you're wondering, the family Hawtpants is going to get dim sum in ...

If you had been sitting in my computer room around January of this year when I was leveling my Jedi Knight, you would ha ...

For those of you living under a rock SWTOR has announced that we can start preordering the next expansion and I am all o ...

Yes, I know, I'm borrowing from Passover 4 questions, and that's in March.  Shut up. On other holidays we participate ...

Obviously you guys love your bikinis, but I cannot stress this enough: There are crotch flaps and butt flaps attached ...

So I got a response on my whole HK problem: Dear , Thank you for contacting us regarding your issue with the HK-51 m ...

So I'm at the bioware cantina crawl and people are telling me I need to get more blog exposure. That is Joveth, Eric ...

As you guys know, companion match isn't currently working (I don't think it got fixed in today's patch either).  Fortuna ...

After spending a week being very stubborn about my customer service ticket regarding that last annoying piece of HK, the ...

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 ...

This weekend I was on the last component part for the HK quest.  The husband had taken the critter to Home Depot for Xma ...

A little while ago I asked Santa Bioware for a few totally reasonable things, including a problem that was plaguing me f ...

Back In My Day We Jumped Uphill Both Ways The year is 1987 or thereabouts.  I get my first NES and start Mario Brothers ...

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 ...

To: Santa Bioware, North Pole Austin From: Me Dear Santa Bioware, I've been really good this year and have not ...

Over the long weekend, guys, I could not stop screenie-ing.  It was just one thing after another.  The fleet is a hive o ...

Because this is their new uniform. Invisible chestpiece ftw.  Suck it, idiots who dress their companions in bikin ...

Guys, these Pilot Pants (70 fleet comms) are LITERALLY the best pants I possess.  On any toon.  Ever.  Here's why: T ...

I'm just going to say this up front: I have no coordination and no ability to navigate.  I also get extremely motion sic ...

Hi there, Bioware.  It's me again, with another open letter. There are some things that you're just going to have to ...

So far I have been restrained and only bought 2 shirts. This is my current outfit: RED RED RED RED RED!  Also, ...

Guys, this is serious.  Are YOU ready to spend all your cartel coins that you're getting for being subbed this last... a ...

So, Bowdaar wants to have a chat.  It goes something like this. ***SPOILERS, SMUGGLER COMPANION, BOWDAAR, THAT BI ...

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 ...

Did I mention how much fun I'm having smuggling again?  Welp, I'm on Tatooine minding my own business when this sith lad ...

Now, I'm totally opposed to spending $15 on my subscription and THEN having to turn around and buy crap off the cartel m ...

The devs have asked: Hey folks, the Cartel Market team wants your help and advice in determining possible future conten ...

We Get Answers About Our Comms You may recall my unseemly reaction to the removal of BH comms from story mode EC bosses ...

Fortunately, we're getting the cartel market. I have no research knowledge because I've had approximately zero hours ...

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 ...

If you're like me, you're always... well not doing so awesome on cash because crafting eats it all.  Never fear!  I have ...

Saylah, my vanguard,  just got Elara, and I was kinda a fan.  I didn't understand why other people complained that she w ...

My vanguard carries a blaster rifle.  My commando carries a giant e-peen gun.  In cut scenes, they draw their blasters m ...

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 ...

This may have escaped your notice, but I am a crazyinsane crafter.  As such, I'm plopping down 150k on recipes sometimes ...

Toth And Zorn Are BFF With Ranged DPS So, this weekend, we're bashing our heads against Toth and Zorn, the first bosses ...

So I did this: Also, I suck at drawing. ...

With 1.4, story mode EC gives no black hole comms from bosses or chests.  Same with Terror From Beyond Story Mode.  We p ...

Can I be an honorary Stark? Hailstorm Brotherhood Social Gear, Requires Social IV. I think it goes particularly w ...

A few days ago I'm talking about our planned weekend of raiding and 1.4 dropping... (excerpted from my illustrious chat ...

Ah, Torian.  Issen's future love interest... I couldn't wait to meet him (well... I could). ***Mild and potentially b ...

I'm seriously terrible at remembering any anniversaries, let alone my own.  Really.  I've been married for 6 years and h ...

Welp, after ranting like a loon the last couple of days, I'm a pretty happy camper today.  Check out the swtor blog abou ...

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 ...

Back in the day of SWG, I was a pretty staunch fangirl.  I volunteered to be a correspondent and spent HOURS upon HOURS ...

Last night, in about 10 minutes hanging around the GTN stalking recipes, I saw the following... First, I'm not the on ...

Guys, don't ever say that an artifisser is useless.  Because my guildie made me 2 toothsabers! Niman Master's Primary ...

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 ...

Oh hey, communication.  Where?  A wild dev has appeared. So the mini patch Wednesday, I'm pretty flippin pleased abou ...

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 ...

When I first saw the black hole gear, I was pretty damn disappointed.  Some items were an upgrade, a SLIGHT upgrade, ove ...

People do these search term show-and-tell all the time, and well, I wrestled with Analytics a few days ago, and it tried ...

After a month - yes, you read that right, a MONTH - of being unable to raid due to family obligations, I am putting back ...

Let's translate from Bioware Bullshit into English.  We never had true "server transfers." They were mergers.  Phased me ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Things I don't miss about WOW: Meters Cookie cutter specs, where if you don't use it, you FAIL Highest theoretic ...

Vegas Showgirl is NOT an advanced class.   ...

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 ...

Remember when I first discovered the boot mismatch for orange armormech recipes (heavy armor, republic)?  I didn't have ...

Um, crap.  Free to play.  Hrm. So far, I don't know much.  I am clearly keeping my subscription because Raids - I mea ...

OK, evil needs a cookie.  Seriously. Let's check out the romanceable female companions for sith side: Mako - body ...

As you know, I'm a crazy person, and have been gathering orange fashion schematics like a maniac since 1.3 dropped.  I h ...

When I first started crafting, it was a HUGE money sink.  In fact, until very recently, it was still a huge money sink. ...

If you're a casual player like me... Ok, let me stop right there.  "Casual" can be interpreted in many ways, a lot of ...

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. ...

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 ...

Now, as you know, I'm a crazed individual and am stalking the GTN for all the new schematics - namely orange boots, brac ...

(Ok for purposes of this article, guys, we're ignoring gloves and belt, just look at hat, chest, pants, BOOTS) La la ...

The things that I thought would be a big problem aren't, but there are other things that I thought would be big problems ...

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 ...

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 ...

Edit: Oh hey, after a bunch of bloggers holler on the internet, it gets resolved... but it had nothing to do with the ho ...

Remember how I switched my cybertech to armormech?  Well, after hitting 400 rather quickly, I had to get all the orange ...

Lemme give you a little background: Juyo was a reasonably populated server.  Not totally a ghost town, but not overcrowd ...

So, those late companions, man... it feels like someone punched me in the wallet every time I make one of them displease ...

Some dude had dressed his Kira in a bikini - honestly, why do guys DO that?  Sigh.  Anyway, if all the cool kids were br ...

Patch 1.3 looks beyond awesome.  However, in my little corner of the universe, I'm freaking out... Augment Kits Presum ...

Anexxia posted her Mid-Year SWTOR Assessment and it got me thinking about what's happened with me, the guild, and the ga ...

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?   ...

If you're serious about getting your outfit right, the preview window has several major flaws: It's teeny.  But you a ...

Poor Darth Lachris.  She has the resources of a whole planet at her disposal, and she wears something like a hula skirt ...

Seriously, all over the fleet I see Kira, Elara, Risha, and Nadia roaming about in bikinis.  Well, if dressing your comp ...

I'm clearly crazy.  Last night in a fit of fashion-lust and frustration that cybertech is getting absolutely nothing use ...

I've been playing a sithie bounty hunter lately, because I was pretty happy with the class in beta.  Something about a g ...

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 ...

You probably already know this, but Dulfy and Mr Robot have launched a fashion website for the orange moddable gear in t ...

Ok, this new blogger initiative is going around and I decided I'd give you my stupid advice.  Because, you know, I know ...

So I'm mucking about on the Sith side, right, just casually leveling an alt.  However, about 30 minutes in, I start thin ...

Let's start out by talking about Armormech.  Assuming you are a conscientious armormech that has stuff of every level on ...

OK, what I mean here is the damn dangly crotch strap on certain (most) Jedi robes.  But if I put "crotch" in the title, ...

Yesterday, we talked about how I tried to push back the hood of my robe with headgear and there were certain "graphics f ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I'm hanging out on the fleet and I see... Kids, don't try this at home. ...

I noticed in 1.2 that there are now TWO Cat Bauer - I mean Aric Jorgan - customization kits at the security key vendor. ...

Remember how I had a bad experience with customer service being slow and unresponsive - and after I QQ'ed here (and MMO ...

Yay, I got Dark 1.  I look badass. Hey look, Dark side corruption now shows on character select screen.  Dark. Da ...

Got to do some toon creation last night.  I have a lvl 50 (republic) Zabrak and a lvl 50 cyborg. Cyborg As expected, i ...

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 ...

I thought I hated C2-N2's constant blathering. I thought I hated Risha's self-absorbed posturing.  But Tharan Cedrax is ...

Hi guys!  I talk about our awesome guild all the flippin time and y'all are impressed, I know.  Anyway, we are recruitin ...

So, until now, I played my characters in a way that felt "natural" for them.  This included killing the occasional assho ...

From talking with a fellow healer, it has become clear that SOME DPS did not get the following memo: To:DPS From: Your ...

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 ...

So, we have been informed that there are no bugs on Soa.  Seriously.  Just none.  Beatable in greens.  Mmhm. This ...

Note: I didn't get paid for any of this or get freebie equipment.  QQ.  Photos are from the official product websites. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patch 1.2 is bringing a lot of fixes to annoying bugs and stuff, but also some serious changes and rebalancing.  In no p ...

- A hood down option.  After all, the hood is pushed down by lekku and some hats. - A stealth action bar.  We get an ...

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 ...

We're doing some serious business end-of-story shit and Scourge pops up on the holo to tell me something very important. ...

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 ...

So... new stuff is coming via the legacy system, including: Unlock combat abilities for other characters via legacy ...

Quick tip: People love their orange armor and they love to mod it up.  Buuut, orange bracers and belt are so rare, mo ...

Lately Joun (the husband) has been letting Little Jedi play a level 8 smuggler alt (named Cornelius or some alternate sp ...

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 ...

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 ...

I have a couple of stories of fail... First, as I mentioned in the comments of a previous post, I did manage to fall ...

So Friday is our first raid.  And the anxiety monster is full speed ahead in my little brain. 1. Did I completely fuc ...

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 ...

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 ...

At which point, I utter some uncouth language. Little Jedi responds: "Mommy, what's a 'stinky ho'?" ...

Go into your image folder Open the sixth sub-folder and choose the sixth image. Publish the image! (and a few words wo ...

I really like companions, but there are a few things I would change... 1. Hide Helm.  FFS people!  I want to see my c ...

Little Jedi: I want a lightsaber. Me: We can get you a toy lightsaber. LJ: I need two lightsabers. Joun (the hu ...

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, ...

Ideally, you will finish your story quest and all your intro planet quests (minus maybe the heroics) and get to the flee ...

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. ...

Stuff You Should Read One of my guildmates posted about Sage healing on our guild blog.  Wait, you're not already subsc ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

What Happened OK, as you might have heard me yabbering, while taking screenies with the UI down, I then put the UI back ...

I have always played healers.  The closest I got to DPSing is to play a DPS offspec of a healing class and TOTALLY SWEAR ...

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 ...

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. ...

Has this ever happened to you? NPC: So what are you up to? YOU: (choices) Saving the universe because I'm awesom ...

I swear I'm in the twilight zone.  First, I see Risha, my companion whom I customized. Then I see Risha the NPC. ...

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 ...

So, everyone has their thing.  Some people want the coolest mount, others want some sort of glowy glowstick that is a di ...

SWTOR released a new trailer about upcoming features including (these are the high points for me) guild bank and UI cust ...

With every jacket uglier than the last, I was stuck in my weird jacket with the doodads on the back and the horrendous n ...

There are at least 2 things wrong with this outfit. Yes, that's Corso's butt. (1) Green & Red?  It's the Cors ...

Upper hand is difficult.  I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around it and it will take even longer for it to be secon ...

C wut I did thar? ...

Yay a new orange fully moddable chest piece. Wait. That's right.  The cape is part of the chestpiece. ...

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 ...

If you want to bumble around and figure things out for yourself, best you stop reading now.  Otherwise, carry on. Com ...

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 ...

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) ...

Have you gotten a toon into game and discovered that the voice coming out of your character's mouth was just ALL WRONG? ...

So, I'm not a roleplayer, and it's really hard for me to develop "consistency" within a specific character because I oft ...

Yes, I am whining again about the UI.  But seriously! OK, I have this... thing called "upper hand."  Without getting ...

Corso, oh Corso, when will you ever learn? 1. He Breaks CC What the hell, Corso?  Sure, he doesn't single-target t ...

OK, since the servers were down and all that junk, time to go through the screenshots folder. So far, this is my ...

My companions are really cramping my style.  Each of them has their own little likes and dislikes and if I feel feisty a ...

OK, so you get to the character creation screen and there are like... 40 settings for complexion.  2 have freckles, a fe ...

Normally, I don't do a "U SUCK (insert game development company here)" because it doesn't do any good.  But things have ...

SPOILER WARNING: This post contains the identity of a romanceable male companion for the female republic trooper and the ...

I know you might be jumping about with glee, but remember... the SWTOR mouse is not the only one on the market with the ...

OK, I am totally freaked out about healing without addons.  But we can't always have everything we ever wanted... so I'v ...

So, I feel like the designers are trying to draw attention to certain things... I swear this outfit was designed for ...

I must be imagining things. Either that or this person is directing me to a black hole where I will fall through the ...

Dear NPCs, I'm trying to be a good person.  I really am.  But, sometimes you just gotta say "Jedi Code, Schmedi Code. ...

Short answer: I have no flippin clue.  I haven't been able to get too high level.  HOWEVER... I gathered some links for ...

...

Step 1:  Show party frames as raid frames.  Oh, excuse me, I mean "Operations Frames."  At least that way it looks more ...

This be my bounty hunter.  Look, an awesome facial tattoo!  And uh... wtf?  Is that a pocket in my armor for a flask?  C ...

As heard in General chat: "When do I get my companion, Mako? ... so I can make-o out with her, heh." /facepalm ...

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 ...

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 ...

I call this outfit "Skunk Wearing A Bra." ...

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 ...

Last weekend, a bunch of my friends got into beta.  Their weekend consisted of picking up hot pockets and not leaving th ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

My mom is visiting in late November (Thanksgiving).  Ok, no big deal... it's unlikely that the early access for preorder ...

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 ...

This was me when I first heard about companions: I shall have one companion and name him "Pool Boy."  My second compani ...

Ok, nobody really reads the very first blog post, right? Here's the deal:  I spent a long time on the "About" page so ...