Thank you very much

My Sabones is level 70, CR 120, but my Bowdaar is stuck at level 56. I boosted his influence to 50, but his actual level is stuck at 56. Does anyone know why?

http://www.torstatus.net/ Good link for server status.

I also would like to see more opportunities to get Elites and Ultimates for soloists, even if it's grueling or repetitive. I can only play mornings so serious group content is almost out of the question, a different way to access top gear would be great.

1. I like to make alts, and every time I swear to myself that I won't go through getting all the datacrons AGAIN, but I always do. 2. Don't understand the Makeb hate; favorite planet hands down. 3. Was so psyched about 12x xp but feels a bit like a betrayal for some reason so I always turn it off. 4. If I didn't have real-life obligations I would play non-stop. 5. I had a really old character, two actually, and after a hiatus and coming back I used the Appearance Modifier on them (thinking like I'm starting fresh), and now I wish for nostalgia that they look like they used to. Knowing that I have lost their original appearance depresses me...

I am very happy to be able to solo the new content, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I love Rishi and Yavin and the SoR story arc, and I am enjoying it solo. I understand that SWTOR is an MMO, but it's also equally an RPG. The problem I face is that I can only play off-times, so finding a group can be really tough; all the new solo content makes that a non-issue. I don't doubt that there are many people who have to play solo because they can't commit to groups due to RL eventualities (wife, screaming baby, vomiting baby, pooping baby, vomiting wife); making the content soloable gives them an opportunity to participate in what they paid for, even if no group is available.

Defense Guardians should always stack Strength mods, correct? If Mod A is STR 10 END 8, and Mod B is STR 8 END 10, take Mod A?

I am not aware of a basic gear vendor selling items for one commendation. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

1. Cartel Market section, take the North elevator to it, easy to find on your map. You trade Jawa junk for crafting mats. 3. Affection helps in crafting efficiency, and crafting crit chance too, I believe. 2. Varies widely. CM is an aesthetic attraction. Some pieces are very valuable and fetch a sweet price. Other pieces can be gotten cheaply on the GTN if it happens to be a look you want. Do some research.

Looks like you don't have enough commendations to purchase that level gear. I believe the cheapest item is 80 comms.

I really enjoy these mini stories. I wish they would do them more regularly, maybe not daily like ME2 news briefs, but weekly would be awesome. Immersion is the best part of SWTOR for me, even though I sometimes lose sight of it during the grind.

This link may help you: http://www.torstatus.net/

My vote is Arca Jeth.

This discussion seems to have devolved into trite comparisons to hundred dollar giveaways and smiling old ladies. Comparing real life to virtual life is probably a fool's errand; but to carry the analogy out anyway, these are examples of helping, not interfering. The OP feels interfered with, and the real question here seems to be: is it legitimate, in a multi-player role playing game, to object to people interfering in one's activities, even if that interference is based on good intentions? Many people feel that because SWTOR is a multi-player experience, they have license to interfere in other people's gameplay, for no other reason than that it is the nature of a multi-player game, and although a number of players take objection to it, a number of others don't, so where's the harm? Many other people feel that because SWTOR is equally a role-playing game, they should be permitted to create a unique virtual role within the game's universe, and to do so without unsolicited interference from other players. Personally, I would rather be wrong on the side of someone having to endure a respawn than wrong on the side of spoiling someone's game experience.

I think I understand your point, but I'm not sure how tenable it is. Jedi very commonly allow suffering; they have repeatedly done so both in the movies and within the KOTOR universe. Yoda suggested Luke allow his friends to suffer so that he could complete his training; Obi-wan threatened Anakin with ejection from the Jedi order if he deviated from his current mission to help Padme; on a grander scale, one might also include the Jedi Council's reluctance to engage the Mandalorians during the Mandalorian Wars as another great example of Jedi forbearance. So to claim that "A...Jedi Knight will never see a fellow sentient being attacked and just run past or watch" is neither true nor canon. But even if that were not the case, claiming that the only way to satisfy one's RP is to interfere with someone else's RP seems like a bit of an unfair proposition, and although not an RP'er myself, I doubt such a stance would be considered acceptable among the RP community. I believe your last point is a bit off topic, but related, so I'll briefly address it. I don't think ninjaing someone else's loot is ever cool, Sith or no. For me, when someone steals the loot or activates the objective that I'm fighting for (even if they're Sith) it's an automatic Ignore list winner, and frankly, it's a good way to get a bad rep on your server.