It wasn't a troll at all, I like starting on new servers, especially when there are big changes. It's always fun to level up a new character with others. Right now, you hardly get to do that. I started a new char on a fairly populated server and there was 2 of us on the starting planet. Got to the next one and there was 6. When it came time to run BT, there was one person on the server running it and they wanted to solo it. (this was over a few days)

I was just wondering if there have been any new servers opened up since December in north america region. I'd love to start on a fresh server, especially once 1.2 hits.

6 marauders and two healers? Are marauders really going to be that powerful? I think I will likely stick to assassin as I don't think I have the skill to master the marauder, it appears to be more complex. (more buttons to keep track of) I still don't know which of the two has more utility like interrupts, leap, pull, stun, snare, sprint, etc tks all for the info!

So with this classic build, is it basically the same rotation as you said in your previous post?

wow, great info! thanks a lot I believe I will be going assassin I'm not sure I understand what the huge nerf to assassin pvp is that's coming with 1.2

Hi, I have played mostly ranged characters until now. I'm looking to play either the assassin or marauder but am not sure which I would prefer. Please add to this list or correct me if I'm wrong: Marauder: Leap Snare Interrupt Assassin Stealth Sprint Pull Stun I only have limited play with either of them so I dont really know much about them. I'm looking for a melee class that can get in range, do good damage and has utility to shut down the enemy. Survivability is also high on my list. (yes, I know I want it all... hehe) Another important factor is how hard is it to play that class well? I understand that marauder may be harder to master then assassin is? thanks for any assistance in this, i'm trying to find a new class to play to hold my interest in this game

No, you could do it after it went live, I did it with 2 or 3 characters. THey changed it some time around mid January I think. They did it because you could go to fleet and get all codex entries for crew skills and get to level 4 or so. Then you could also travel to a few other places to get discovery xp, you oculd be level 8 and then return to your starter world and breeze past all the starter quests. I only ever did it with the crew skill codex entries, got me to lvl 4 or 5 right away, made the starter planet very easy and fast. You could run past many mobs and not aggro them if you were not too close compared to if you were a couple levels lower.

cybertech makes ship upgrades just buy the Grade 2 upgrades on the GTN or get a cybertech crafter to make them for you. I wouldn't take cybertech just because you want to make yourself the upgrades

good info in here, lately the GTN on my server is going crazy with prices, 1000 per for grade 2 mats, 2000+ for grade 4....

I did that, but I usually do very well in warzones and get quite a few medals so I must have hit the cap each time as I was getting 0 valor for MVP votes.

I'm starting to think it's 50/1 unless you reach a certain valor and then it's only 0/1. It may even be 50/5 until some certain value of valor and comms is reached. It would be nice if a dev could come in here and let us know.

There's no real way of verifying what the medals give as those points are all built into your total. We're talking about the MVP vote you get, I was always under the impression that it was 50/5, same as the medals but it apears it's not. So far, many of us think it's 50/1 although I'm still thinking I was getting 0/1 last night. I could have been wrong, but I checked it in several matches. Will do it again tonight.

Well, there's definetely something wrong. As soon as match was over, I gave an MVP vote so I could see if I got any. I had 0 votes at start, I looked at my Valor and Commendations. I got 1 MVP vote, valor didn't change, commendations went up 1 I got a second MVP, valor no change, comms up 1 I got a third MVP, valor no change, comms up 1 I played a few matches and always had the same results. I frequently get an MVP vote or two either from guildies or others as I tend to do fairly well on the charts. I guess I'll /bug that tonight.

I am pretty sure I remember reading some thread about receiving an MVP vote being equivalent to a medal which meant you gained 50 valor and 5 commendations. I usually encourage people in the warzones to vote MVP for someone, even if it's just random as it helps out our side in the long run and costs them nothing. Last night I was in a warzone and got 3 MVP votes but I didn't seem to notice any gain on anything. I tested this by playing a few more warzones and paying attention to my valor and commendations right away and seeing if they changed after receiving an MVP vote. Everytime I got an MVP vote, my commendations went up by one and I gained no valor. So an MVP vote gives 0 valor and 1 commendation. The only use for it is some sort of e-peen contest I guess?

If you already have orange armor with good mods, is there any reason to get the lvl 40 pvp armor? I suppose the looks could be one reason. You would replace the mods in that 40 armor shortly anyway as you level up.