I think you completely missed the problem that some stated here, if you have 5 targets that can be torpedoed for example like a battlecruiser, currently you have no choice but to expend 4 torpedoes first before you can use missile on the last one, if some of the targets are harder to kill with missiles (like the bridge) then you have to make sure that you kill this target first if at all possible. this is less of a problem per say since usually the rail sequence gives you a shot at the harder target (usually) but it's an unnecessary complications given you are basically forced to expend the torpedoes at the earliest convenience to allow missile usage on the last one. (preferably a shield generator). ie: yet another problem of context sensitive command that were not well thought out.

to the best of my knowledge, balmorra does not carry ashara's customization... iirc most of the one on balmorra are for companions that classes should have at that point in time when they arrive in balmorra, ashara naturally not part of it unless this changed since the last time i remember. on top of my head balmorra carries: mako, khem vall, vette, kaliyo customizations... and no other companions that i recall of.

ah ur right, i forgot the color crystal on weapons (i forgot the armor are missing 1), in which case it has 4 slots just like regular orange weapons.

that's until u find a commando that actually knows what he's doing... most of those with their 50 commando are now in the 50 bracket usually fully geared, so ur spared of us (or else we would exterminate all of the lower levels more or less like 50 mercs) the damage output of a commando or mercs on a single target is basically monstrous... and while he needs a sec or 2 for most of the real damaging abilities he does all this from 30m range. don't get me wrong, vanguard can do powerful single target damage too at short range... but if the commando know what he's doing and have line of sight on you from 30m, then you are about to taste a wall of pain with several thousands worth of damage per grav shot coming your way in a short order. in either PvP or PvE, the ability to dish out full damage at 30m range (and a hell a lot of pain that is) gives commando extra flexibility to compensate their skill's limitation...

indeed, but just to point out that as a vanguard DPS you are about as squishy as commando so ur trading the long range punch since vanguard DPS still have to close to 10m range at least to do their most effective damage while commando just rip you to pieces at 30m range with grav rounds, in exchange for having most of your ability being instant well.. TOR 'instant' anyway which is not technically real 'instant' but usable on the move i suppose is what matters here.

it's not any better than other orange, it's just an orange with the wrong color marker on it, likely an artifact of the development that was not noticed as previously mentioned. i tested it with my older orange blaster, i filled both with identical barrel, mod, enhancement, the result is identical to the t statwise. it's an orange... with wrong color marker... that's it.

actually you are no different really in terms of ur ability to withstand damage as the commando if ur a dps vanguard, i mean u got a shield generator yeah ... with a single digit activation chance so it might as well be a power generator with less tech power.

Normal orange have 3. not 4 1. primary mod (either armoring, barrel, hilt, depending on the item type) 2. mod (adds secondary stats) 3. enhancement (adds more stats especially ones related to defense or offense) and the blue blaster you find in hoth quest line is indeed a mistake, it has absolutely no difference to regular orange item. if you take an orange blaster and compare it with that blue blaster with identical mod pieces in both of them then they have identical stat, no difference whatsoever... statwise so it's just a regular modable equipment like any other orange gear. and i can't believe u vendor orange gear... what's the point of orange gear you ask? So ppl can keep items that have the visual and sound/fx they like throughout their levelling instead of being forced to replace their gear every few levels and be forced to wear things they do not like visually. Essentially TOR version of 'costume' that other MMO uses.

following the topic though, he's not actually wrong... as far as jorgan is concerned, only the commando part is inaccurate. jorgan can use the rifle, and loses none of his ability iirc. only thing he loses is the stat difference (since AC tend to have higher min/max dmg, tech etc... several other companions are similar, they can utilize 2 weapons, and loses none of their abilities between them. on top of my head, kaliyo is another companion with similar attribute, she can use both blaster pistol and blaster rifle and still utilize all her skills.

i don't know where u hear that but with my 47 vanguard which i cannot stomach anymore and refuse to use i can say that is full of BS. both class have access to a slew of AoE attack, commando have most of theirs on ranged attacks while vanguard have to go close for one of their bread and butter AoE. even fully spec to maximize the vanguard pulse cannon, you are NOT any better for area dps... in fact most of vanguards talent spec have their dps mechanism based around single target attack skills, usually either ion pulse or stockstrike.

in PvP u cannot beat biochem unless they have changed it because biochem's reusable chems and pots run on separate timer to the standard version u can't beat that, you go to PvP against him and he has 2 meds for use in a fight, you have 1...

i can understand why he would be annoyed though... as a jugg for instance u can use vibroblades to do any of ur moves, mainly because they use identical animation anyway so it's not like it's much of an extra work for the dev. this technically should hold the same for electrostaff. aside of that, there's something seriously wrong when ur companions are getting more gears out of these drops than the players themselves are...

Even Moff or any non sith personnel in general of the imperial military understood that the sith is the center of the empire, everyone else is underneath it, crafty Moff may exert significant power for example but overall he is fully aware that a sith with a high stature can quite easily remove him if he is not careful on who he cross while playing the deadly game of politic. This is a significant difference to the republic where their military exist without direct interaction from the jedi, they don't report to the jedi council, they report to the senate who may or may not always act in the same interest of the jedi, the senate are after all acting for the interest of the republic not the jedi. Contrast it with the empire where the emperor is at the top, and the dark council (all sith obviously) right below it which pretty much have complete authority to every single working of the empire including the military. There is a significant difference between the authority level that a republic military personnel can achieve (which can act on equal level to the highest jedi depending on circumstances) to that of imperial military.

an MMORPG bots are typically third party programs that allows the player to gain rewards (be it xp, items, or otherwise) without needing a user to play. like any programming language they are typically made of sets of instructions for the 'bot' to act, which is effectively no different than macros instructions. if ur third party macros allow u to gain rewards without your active participation then THAT IS a bot, and in clear breach of TOS as per the rules of conduct "Use or distribute “auto” software programs, “macro” software programs or other “cheat utility” software program or applications."

let me give u a simple rundown to see if u can spot the signs: A. it moves to predesignated point on the map without fail every time. B. it spams the same list of emotes C. it respond to aggression with the same basic action list or not at all (sometimes they just move to the next predesignated point and completely oblivious that they are being stabbed and shot). D. it does not respond to any chat or action of other players. and it does this repeatedly for several days... yeah sound TOTALLY like human. in that case i totally am the president of United States.