Darth Hater

I like the Arkanian Ultimate operative gear.

Okay, I'm confused.  What makes the above mentioned armor sets "classic?"  Is this how they originally looked, and was that look altered at some point?  If so, are they reverting the existing ones to the "classic" look or will owners have to repurchase them?  The only thing that I could gather is that these sets don't have shoulder pads on them.

Personally, it doesn't bother me that an unknown spaceship may or may not be normal in a fictitious universe.  It's the quality of the content that will be the means by which I judge the update.  I once heard a person criticize the game because they read a novel where someone destroyed a starship using the force (something along those lines, anyway.)   To them the fact that the force was not so potent in game was reason enough not to play.  To me, that is what's silly.

There is a livestream q&a session on a similar site where Jeff Hickman responds to a question about the 6 week updates saying, "we might have a 9 week over the holidays just because we actually let our guys spend a little time because last year we were all here. I think we will have a 9 week between the next update before the holidays and the update after that. But we should be back to 6-8 week updates after that."

They definitely said 9 weeks.

9 weeks will be this coming Tuesday the 12th, if I'm not mistaken.  Are they going to release 1.7 without first putting it on the test server, or are they going to be way off their 9 week mark?

I think I am going to suspend judgement, refrain from speculating, and report my verdict after I have a chance to play the content.  The details are very minimal at this point.  Hopefully there will be more information this week sometimes.

I thought I read somewhere that 1.7 would introduce Cathar as a playable species. 

That's a bummer. I really enjoyed this site + podcast.

Nice, Bioware! I'm loving all this new content!

I think adding an abundance of variables would help to keep it fresh.  Like I mentioned, some random traps and buffs would make it fun.  Maybe some traps that would slow your speed or do d.o.t.  Also, I think that random buffs, in some form or another, would keep it interesting.  Maybe some glimmering crystals that randomly appear, giving you an advantage somehow.  And it would probably be a good idea to have opportunities to bring your deceased teammates back to life, otherwise people would likely not be inclined to stick around once they died.