The starting schematics are nothing special no, you have to RE to get the ones that are useful.

Nevermind, just saw a confirmation that this is indeed possible. The crit item gets a mod slot and the [Exceptional] suffix.

Thanks for a good guide As I've wasted lots of materials trying to crit orange armor (I knew orange weapons could crit), I wonder if anyone can answer this question before I waste even more? The artifact recipes you learn from trainer (belt and bracers, same as the top commendation rank 140 ones), can you crit those? For example the "Rakata Supercommando's Belt".

I'm afraid I will cancel my sub or take a break, waiting 3-4 hours in queue leaves me with hardly any time to play. My server (EU Bloodworthy) now has a 880 man queue at around 12:30 GMT.. it went over 2000 during the weekend, and will probably break new records today. Blizzard managed this issue by offering free server transfers, but Bioware doesn't even offer paid ones.. GG. Yes, but with this they won't be getting any more from me (subscription).