Is there a good forum or site I can change to for some creative posts? Getting a bit fed up with all the whine here, yet I don't know where else to go to find the hints and tips I'm searching...

I'm only lvl 28, but I'll dare an answer... The Diplo missions are a money drain yes, but levelling Biochem without Bioanalysis and Diplo would be a drag, at least you'd need an alt or a friend. Also, Bioanalysis is easy to level with a bit of patience, you get loads of stuff from nodes and drops, some Flashpoints have critters that drop lots of loot, just make sure to get a group that can be ¤#¤%& to let you loot before they engage the next group. You need to Reverse Engineer your crafted stuff to gain new and improved rec, and RE'ing is random, really random. I sometimes get my improvements after only 3-4 RE, I also used almost 20 tries to unlock one of my purple stims. I also get the feeling that RE'ing chance decrease with lvl, but don't have proof. I have stopped botherring with all the RE'ing at low levels if the craft doesn't give xp, it's not worth it. Although my artifact reusable stims seem to sell and provide a tiny income in this money sink. I'm selling lvl 24 purple stims on GTN, at least for this lvl they are not BOP. The Implants I can make at lvl 24 is also far better then anything I've seen so far from drops, and as both I and all my Comps need 2 Implants, these are really worth the work. Slicing is really good to have for any craft, if you have it levelled you should consider twice before you drop it. I would recommend either befriending someone with Diplo, making an alt that you only lvl enough to do the missions or something. Dropping full levelled Slicing for Diplo should be your last solution.

They are more or less equal, the difference lies in personal skills and preferences.