Then their guild needs a dkp system, or something that allows to people to get gear easier, instead of changing the game. OP said they have a deep pool of people that can raid.... they could also divide into set teams that raid together.. .this WILL help gear people faster.

This is not true at all. The ONLY reason I leveled up both Marauders with Quinn to 50, is that I was way underleveled for the content I was running and HAD to use a healer comp. I was doing quests 3-4 and levels higher than me the entire way to 55, only because I didn't do any FP's along the way and very few heroics. And I needed Quinn to kill those Champion mobs. As a Marauder, a geared Jaesa is a deadly complement and pretty much use her exclusively.

when you don't accept a reward, look in the top right hand corner of your screen, it will say "Pending".. click on that.

Don't underestimate some people, considering you can get to this point blindfolded and facerolling the keyboard,he does have a point. That fight does not need to be nerfed.. .is it a little harder than fighting a brick wall? yes.

op gets a 0/10

Honest opinion: You have thin skin, suck it up and try again with someone else. The internet is full of rude people because of anonymity. They didn't explain the fight, even though you told them more than once, you did your part. Also rule #1 when in a raid where you haven't done it before is to NEVER click on anything unless told to lol.

Is it really that hard to spacebar through everything?

So instead of listening to your guildies (and I assume friends), you decide to ask a bunch of complete strangers who couldn't care less whether you stay or go?

I wouldn't votekick anyone immediately because of gear, I would wait to see how skilled they are first... And if they are clearly in the wrong spec as is the 1st guy, and refuses to listen or change to the correct spec for tanking... then definitely votekick. I'm willing to carry someone if they show that they are halfway decent skill-wise.

The 2 parts I put in red are your problems. Quinn at 1001 cunning? That's not very good at all for a level 50+ At 50 he should have way more than that to be effective, and your Strength is way too low as well. Are you using the correct gear? Are you augmented? Wouldn't hurt to augment Quinn too while you're at it.. since you're still leveling up you don't need the best augments, try MK-7 or so and go with Blue Str for yourself, and Blue Cunning for Quinn. You want STR and Power for your Marauder.. those 2 stats are crucial! Quinn needs Cunning and Power (some crit too).

No, but do your research before you rage,some games cost WAY more than $15 per toon.

Because usually the person that necro's a thread replies to something that has been fixed, or doesn't matter any more.

It will help out a lot! And Definitely gear out your companion! You will notice a HUGE difference.

My guild was locked out to OP IX HM before that last patch, so this week we went in and started on the Data Core trash... wiped 3 times... which we never,ever wipe on. The weird thing is, the trash (droids) seemed to hit WAY harder, and there were more of them (on the 1st pull). The 4th try, everything was normal and we went on to OP IX with ease. Strange.

Nice!

It happens on a daily basis, it's mind bottling.

I know that, but still the driving force behind raiding is getting that gear drop. And of course the sense of accomplishment from completing the raid. I don't raid for pets or titles or achievements, if I get them, cool. My point is, if everyone was able to be fully geared BEFORE entering the raid for the first time, they would be less likely to run it more than a couple of times because the content would become trivial and usually not very difficult.. and then the forums would fill up again with complaints that there is no content because they already completed it in record time.

Dyes use all sorts of mats from all grades... gemstones, color crystals..etc... those might get you some coin.

sell the mats on the GTN. check competitor's prices and undercut, and please, for the love of all that is holy, do not put them up in stacks of 1 piece.

this is the Grade 9 component? Makeb would be the only place, as far as I know aside from sending out companions.

I wouldn't say that....I would say what he said was fact. It was beatable before the nerf, and before we had this level of gear, not it's nerfed into oblivion. Heck, a guildie and myself 2 manned the Droid boss. Gave up on the pillar boss because of bad luck with him jumping.. as heals became a problem. It's still a challenge for fresh 50's... but not impossible. Think about it this way.. if a full group of fresh 50's were able to faceroll it with ease, they would come here and complain that it was too easy.

I leveled up solo with Quinn, only because I never did fp's or heroics ,and was always about 4 levels below the content so I needed a healer. Always fighting mobs 4 levels above me,but it was a blast. Now once I got to 50,aside from soloing Torvix, and Poisonous Strategy,I used a geared Jaesa... she is an absolute beast. I just can't see a need for a tank companion on a Marauder, I've used Pierce before, it's a nice change of pace, but it's not as effective as Jaesa. But to each their own.

I used askmrrobot,when my STR got to over 3,000,the amount of Crit gained wasn't as valuable, and your gains from Power are more valuable point for point after that.

True, mainstat DR's on crit start at 3,000 mainstat

Red bolded part is highly debatable,myself I stack power on my Marauder.