Agreed on this. Missile Blast is so bad for PT.

Yes this. I still use E/D for forward/back (lol back), but going W/R for strafe was huge. It opens up a lot of hotkeys. Oddly I don't use S at all. Highly recommend W/R strafing with turning only from the mouse.

Nope.

Wicked analysis.

My default vote goes to a healer if I don't notice anyone else in particular. The UI is most punishing to healers (imho). Plus when I guard one they generally notice and do a good job keeping me up.

The problem with analogies is that they are bad.

This. For some people it's a very very small difference, but still.

Hardmodes vary in difficulty, but BT should be fairly easy. The first pull you'll drop fast because you're suddenly in combat and getting hit by 4 guys. Make sure your dps is roflstomping normal mobs first, toss a 4 sec stun on a bigger guy if you need to. The only things really challenging about heroics is managing some trash packs (spread out, cc'ing the tank, knockbacks with slows, etc...). I play a pretty geared PT, and the only thing that really moves my health is some bigger trash packs where we don't cc.

I use Carolina Parakeet as OT/Dps in Ops/HM Flashpoints and in PVP. I made sure to pick up all the tanking talents up to Jet Charge. Your heat use is fine but takes a bit of getting used to. AOE tanking is a tad more challenging. You end up missing 2% damage reduction from all sources and 10% shield (averages out to about 3-4% more damage taken). In return you're much, much better off in PVP: better range, better burst. When you're doing DPS in CGC you'll do better damage than a pure tank spec. It's a compromise, sure, but it might be worth a try. Most Ops bosses don't require 2 tanks anyways and the build is fine for trash.

That is exactly the same thing. Just like I don't pick up pennies on the sidewalk. I also don't pick up Benjamins. Totally makes sense.

I don't even bother in Huttball if there is a level change. It goes off, I have LOS, the CD triggers, and the ability is "used", but I can't pull back because of LOS. Client/server lag, obviously, but is this intended? It might well be, but I'd like to get clarification. If the Devs say this is sanctioned behavior, then it's not an exploit. Feel free to complain about it (I've never done it on my PT, frankly), but do not call it an exploit.

No such advanced class as Inquisitor. The Grapple is decently far up into the tanking tree for Assassins. They do not have heals or bubble. All classes have AOE, not sure what you're whining about there. Sorcerers have heals/bubble, but lack stealth and the grapple. Non-tank assassins lack the grapple, bubble, and heals. L2 whine.

The planet to orbital station to ship to orbital station to planet, with all the load screens. I don't mind travel times, but I'd rather get on a long flight path and go get a snack or poop or something and come back and I'm there.

I agree with all this. I can't stand Torian even a little bit. It feels like he was designed to appease young women, only it wasn't a woman who wrote his lines. It was a 25 year old guy writing what he things a young woman wants to hear.

Man, I'm pulling for you. Be like Gingrich: shoot for the moon!

I really hope you weren't trying to spell awesome. But that would be awesome.

I got them for the sake of getting them. A couple are challenging, so it feels good to get them (Empire willpower on Corellia).

Well... I'll try to be positive. You used all the talent points available at level 50. Done.

I suppose. I don't really see anything but a tiny beam, so I've always thought of it as a laser. Plus it sounds kinda lasery to me. Yes, I know lasers don't make noise and have a different noise in the movies. Still...

Not a bad troll.

Sharukin punch ftw.

Same. Although I'm a tank, so...

The ticket hotkey issue is just ridiculous. I almost (almost) understand this for beta. But it's not beta anymore. The animation stuff... they've stated they're working on it.

My group ran the same 4 people through the new HM flashpoint 4 times and did the bonus boss each time. So 8x columi head tokens. We did not have the same drops each time. Group was Jugg/PT/Sorc/Sorc. We had: SI/SI SW/IA BH/SI IA/BH

So you ran with 2/8 classes (and 1/4 main stats) and did not get your gear?