Just to be perfectly clear for everyone.. Tanks

I've always suggested a "Grievous" class Full droid parts, non-foce sensitive melee class with lightsabers... Plus when you have your entire body replaced by metal parts, you have one big story to tell

Non-symmetric ship, nough said I <3 it

You can solo Heroic +2 with Vik, but you should be fine with either Aric or Yunn

Barrel Rating <-> Weapon Damage <-> Tech Power All those are directly related, if you choose a low level barrel, the damage done by the weapon will be lower, and you will have less tech power => less healing

Okay let me ninja my own thread. I have a level 17 Trooper/Vanguard, and he seems to be worthless in pvp. I'm sure it's me, any pointers? I don't think you give yourself enough credit...

White Damage = Ranged Attacks Yellow Damage = Tech Attacks Also if you check your "spellbook" (the list with all your abilities) you will see which ones are ranged or tech

Combat Medic here with "Muzzle Fluting" Talent, and yes, I can confirm that when using SCC, Grav Round cost is zero. The problem I see from the DPS perspective, is that in order to get the max out of it, you need to almost run out of ammo, and in that amount of time, the 5 stack debuff may fell off, plus you will get no procs for full auto and so on.

(not sure if... ) Yes, Aim improves the damage of all skills. Also increase the healing on all healing spells

Ok, NOW I'm not sure

Hehe, exactly. Kill guard 1 Kill guard 2 Kill General (with some heals in between)

Unless you plan to scare people instead of killing them

game breaking

I usually use Traumba Probe on myself, but only when PvPing. In a FP or Ops, you should use it on the tank, because he will be the one getting hit constantly . Even if you are DPSing, you still will target the tank eventually and you can quickly check how many charges he has left, the just multiply by 3 and you will know when to check again.... or you can just recast it... it's free. Agree that it may not be that much compared to a full critted MP, but still can keep the tank on almost full health, giving you plenty of time to dps. You can also look at it as 10 charges of 800 shield absorption.

Ha nice.. didn't know we were creating a "fashion" Colicoid FlashPoint drops white&blue gear, with a very nice helm with "square"-shadow protection visor (like similar to the speeder bikes pilots)

I know what hybrid means, but not really sure what you are trying to accomplish here. If you are Gunnery you can still get some emergency heals, if it crits, you will get the 2.5k Heal Medal, and there are some talents in the first tier to improve AMP and MP. If you want to get Kolto Bomb, you need to pass on Demo round, which seems fair. Same thing on the other side of the coin: as a Combat Medic, I put a talent to reduce the ammo cost of Charged Bolts. But you cannot get Grav rounds if you want to get Bacta Infusion, again, a fair trade-off (as a side note, Mortar Volley and Hail of bolts will hit just as hard as your DPS specced colleagues) TL;DR you still can do very decent damage as healer, as long as you do it the "healer way" (Charged Bolts, Full Auto, HIB, AOE). If you try to be a healer, but do damage the "Gunnery" way with Grav rounds, you will fail

If you into PvP, I would move the point in first responder to Efficient Conversions. A well timed Cryo grenade will negate more damage than any of your healings (and costing only 1 ammo) But yes, once you have 3/3 Field Triage, you should be considered a proper healer =)

If macros ever get implemented: # Hammer Shot /cast Hammer Shot (friendly) /yell "Shoot me! Damn it!!"

No please... just... NO DPS -> Crit + Surge Healer -> ( Crit + Surge ) or Power I've been this close to open a bug report because there is Alacrity in Commando gear

Well, since this is your first MMO and you are not into PvPing.... ... actuallly I was going to say to try gunnery, but, this is not a permanent decision like AC, so give it a try, and then switch to the other tree, and see what's more to your liking =)

I actually use Combat Shield a) It's just 1 point b) There aren't much alternatives c) Great talent in PvP d) PvE wise, allows you to cast uninterrupted during AOE damage phases, think burn phase of Annihilation Droid in EV, or when you get swarmed by adds, etc.

With a MP criting around 5k you should be fine for everything, even HM Operations =) Trauma probe on the tank and have fun dpsing

I think you are confusing Tech abilities with "Healing abilities" (which are also tech) Healing abilities CAN'T miss. However if you go to the Tech menu in the character sheet, you will see the accuracy for tech abilities. The base is 100% instead of the regular 90% for ranged abilities I think

This is my current setup for my Combat Medic, works for HardModes Operations as well as PvP: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#800bfRoRdcdkqZrck.1 Remember that you WILL be dealing damage, you are not a Heal-bot. Hammer Shot and Charged Bolts are your weapons of choice

That's what I really enjoy on healing, it's a very dynamic game, you don't have rotations like DPS. As a healer (or any commando actually) you want to keep an eye on your ammo, until you get Field Triage, it's going to be very tricky. PVE Wise, you want to have Trauma Probe (lvl 40 iirc) on the Tank and use Advanced Medical Probe (once you get the 10% armor and HOT). The SuperChargeCell is your NATURAL state, don't save it for the "oh poop" situations, you will have time to throw 2 Kolto Bombs at tank, so it's pretty much 25 secs of 10% damage reduction. Don't use a Medical probe on a friend if he's at 95% or you will waste lots of resources. Speaking of which a full bar of ammo means you are not doing something =) Heal or DPS, don's stand idle. PvP, as someone said, it's just practice; you are a Combat Medic, not a surgeon, meaning you will be performing Triage. As a rule of thumb, always heal the guy with the lowest HP % but if you see a HP bar moving a lot, start healing that guy who's getting beat bad practice, practice, practice