Some minor SWTOR updates

Some minor updates. I haven't played as much as I'd have liked. I do have a bunch of raw video of Anstal Tane and Elemer Kell on Coruscant; I'm mostly done with both planets with both characters. Hutran Thanatos has also finished Balmorra, including the bonus series quest, but I quit recording him some time ago. 

I had earlier said that I didn't really like the gameplay for the Operative and Scoundrel, but the more I've done both of them, the more they've grown on me. I like the sneaking around stealthed and then ambushing someone from behind to get an early head start on killing small trash mobs. And if I don't want to kill them, I can just bypass them altogether. I've been using one of the two as a the backup class for all of my tech characters for sneaking, but it wasn't my intention to actually play with them. I'm kind of coming around to changing my mind on this, though. I've enjoyed both more than I thought. I think part of it is that I now have more abilities unlocked, though. I do really miss a good area attack, though, which are the strong points of their counterparts; the Sniper and Gunslinger. My scoundrel, Anstal Tane, is a direct damage spec, while my Operative, Hutran Thanatos, is a damage over time spec. 

I think I should go back and make sure all of my load outs for where the stealth class is in the backup spot is actually filled out and properly geared. I may end up using them much more than I had thought that I would in the future.

I've also been watching milinc's playlist for his smuggler. I'm playing my own new smuggler, of course, in the form of Anstal Tane, and I'm playing him a bit more edgy than milinc did, who automatically flirted with everyone and almost always picked the nice-guy light-side option. My impression this time around isn't as beta as I thought it was when I played it myself the first time. I suspect that I may have overstated how much of an issue that was because it had irked me an stuck out in my mind. Now, I'm feeling more charitable towards the characterization. And, of course, I can always shut down Akaavi Spar pretty hard, only kinda sorta flirt with Risha instead of pick every single flirt option (a lot of the flirt options are the worst offenders, honestly, especially in late game) and avoid flirting with the unlikable or unattractive ladies, like Marshal whats-her-name on Belsavis and the way-too-old Senator.

In general, I think the BioWare writers just weren't capable of writing a good romance except by accident, which is why only two of the eight really come across as credible and "cute" at all, although flawed even then: Kira and Mako. It's a real shame because in my opinion almost all good adventure stories need a credible romance, and lack thereof has ruined or at least stunted the potential of many an otherwise good swashbuckling action romp. 

You wanna read a good swashbuckling adventure story romance? Here's my recommendations, and then from there, adapt what you saw in these without reference to the nonsense of equity and feminism.

• Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
• Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini
• Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
• The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
• a bunch of stuff by Edgar Rice Burroughs. I'm partial to A Princess of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes, but maybe The Mad King is a better example for this specific question.
• Robert E. Howard isn't really great normally at romances, but he did a pretty good job in Skull-face of having a real classic pulp romance story.