I'm using a chest on my knight that had aim mods in it when i got it, moved those to my droid and popped in appropriate mods. You could also make your smuggler-like companions look more like sentinels or your troopery ones like knights. Just watch out for stuff that has a class requirement if you want to get it for your companion, they can't use any of that. You can use gear that needs a social or dark/light side rank, you just need to have that rank on your main char to use it on your companion. About purples: they still have some base stats if you take all the mods out, kind of a waste if that's not your kind of stats.

b.t.w. if anyone also plays consular: this doesn't apply to them as much because they don't really melee with it. p.s. sorry didn't notice I was in the Knight section at first, kinda off-topic..

But fights would last longer, and the self-heal doesn't take that long. I would speed up things with a dps companion instead, assuming you don't die of course, that kinda takes the speed out of things.

I heard the cost gets reset every day, so you only encounter those rising costs if you keep respeccing on the same day. I don't have any experience with it myself, so anyone correct me if i'm wrong. Quick look through the patch notes: Guardian Slash now generates 50% additional threat.

Browse the planet commendation vendors, they have sabers without alignment requirements. So yeah, updating the mods is how you avoid being stuck with a weak saber. The only real weak ones are the ones you can't mod.

b.t.w. Tharan can be great for a few class bosses (Holiday's stun can make a difference) so I wouldn't recommend keeping him in his starter set. You could "fix" his gear once/if you bump into this though.. just something to keep in mind for when using Qyzen doesn't go well.

Don't know about quality but check out http://db.darthhater.com/skill_builds/jedi_consular/sage/#builds:0-3+1

There's 3 options: full TK, full balance or a hybrid of the two. I went full TK because I like PvE and don't PvP much. Balance is nice for PvP because it gives you more instant abilities. I'd say hybrid is nice for when you divide your time between pve and pvp. All kinds of builds here: http://db.darthhater.com/skill_builds/jedi_consular/sage/ No guarantee that they're great though, sort by rating. Good luck

Just wanted to point out that TK is great for PvE but less great for PvP. Why? Because TK involves a lot of standing around casting long abilities. The balance spec is more suitable for PvP because you have more instant abilities so you are more mobile.

I'm using the Muse boots & pants from alderaan, the awesome sand people chest, voidmaster gloves (pure white, random drop, got it from the GTN) and just managed to mod the pilot belt (fleet commendations) so that it's better than what I had. On Nadia I use the dancer top and the elegant lower robe, I'd use full dancer outfit but her legs look so unhealtily thin. I use a headband from synthweaving to still see some of her face.. besides can't think of any headgear that doesn't look silly.

Alderaan commendations vendor or social item vendors. I can make one with synthweaving too but it looks exactly like the one from Alderaan. http://www.torhead.com/item/aaFMdIR/muse-lower-robe

Yeah, check "My Documents\Star Wars - The Old Republic\Screenshots".

Go ahead and check those FAQ links in the article you linked. "When will my friend be notified that their trial experience has ended? Your friend will be notified that their trial experience has ended at the conclusion of seven (7) consecutive 24-hour periods after the installation of the trial. An email from Star Wars: The Old Republic will be sent to your friend notifying them that their trial is over. The trial will also end if your friend redeems a product registration code, activates a subscription, or enters a game time code before the trial period has ended." ..or do you mean how long this offer will be available? No idea, probably for a long time, it's to get people to try the game, no reason to stop doing that. I assume you use this site to trigger the invites, don't think you do it in-game.

This looks to be an equivalent: Hadra's Defeat

There must a bug since "simple" doesn't fit with the cost and what you get. A real simple box would give a green item and would cost less.

Meanwhile, the companion who I am supposedly engaged with addresses me with "Jedi".. so unpersonal

Picking any color for our gear would be great, can't imagine why someone would be against it.. but I think the system in 1.2 is just "match to chest piece" or "show original color". I liked the dye system in LotRO and the customization in Star Trek Online is awesome.

Check this http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=320129

I'm also a bit puzzled about this one since I didn't see Blade Master's in the overview. I can make the headgear so I've put Blade Master's chest & legs on my wish list but not sure if they exist. Torhead has them, but maybe not obtainable: http://www.torhead.com/schematic/1uDqp13/blade-master-vest http://www.torhead.com/schematic/4JRJRH8/blade-master-leggings

Galactic Party Bomb More here: http://www.torhead.com/items/catg/4/subcatg/0 (Might be stuff in there that's not available though)

Sadly there's only one 'simple' model I know of for consulars, it comes in a few colors. I think this should be about all of them: - Brown, The Esseles drop http://www.torhead.com/item/dBOh6h6/esseles-consulars-robe - (Blueish) Gray, Synthweaving http://www.torhead.com/item/hgLsEXW/consulars-vestments - Dark Brown, pvp reward http://www.torhead.com/item/d5Q3Qac/jedi-promulgators-robe - Brown with some light details, Coruscant quest reward http://www.torhead.com/item/gzzktCQ/omenbringers-robe - (Blueish) Gray with brown details, Coruscant quest reward http://www.torhead.com/item/4W5LHDC/noble-consulars-vestments - Brown with light yellow details: Battlemind's Vestments. Looks like it drops from Elites, got one from the GTN. http://www.torhead.com/item/UQiq0Y/battleminds-vestments Nope, that's heavy armor. I think some of the medium robes come closest to simple jedi robes like in the movies, would be great if they'd use that model for some new heavy and light robes.

I've seen those variations you speak of on other gear on torhead, I think that's an early beta or datamined thing, never seen any sign of it in the game. @people above: he's not talking about the "crit for augment slot" kind of variation of an item that we currently have.

Once you're at the trainer you can also check out when you can learn a new set of things if you switch the filter from "trainable" to "all". That way you know when you need to return to the trainer.

5. - You can see a planet's level range when you select one on the galaxy map in your ship. - The Tython commendations vendor has very few things, but that's just for Tython, it will get better later. You can browse all planet commendation vendors on the Fleet if you're curious about what's available later on.

I think it is to prevent you from seeing the scenery getting loaded, like the curtain in a theatre.