Thanks for this; nice to have goals. Where does expertise come from? PvP gear?

I had deleted all tracked quests except the flashpoints and I was still getting that error.

I think this is a bug in which you see every NPC from whom you could possibly get a quest, assuming you were all classes at one time. IOW, the quest on offer symbol is lit up when it should not be. I had it on Balmorra and even after doing all heroics and the bonus series they were still giving me that error. So I quit the planet and left them there.

same for kinetic?

About midpoint level 40 (I hit 41 last night) I was at: Shadow, Kinetic tree Strength - 90 Presence - 191 Aim - 46 Cunning - 44 Endurance - 732 Willpower - 658 Exp - 0 Damage - 336-430 Bonus Damage - 146.8 Accuracy - 91% Chance crit - 17.61% Crit mult - 52.76% Health - 9033 Armour rating - 4220 Damage deduct - 32.41% Defense - 18.69% Shield - 21.78% Shield abs - 24.42% Have all datachrons from Tython, most from Taris, and one or two from Coruscant. Should go on a hunt again soon.

No apparently I miss read something, and have been misinterpreting the damage text.

Yes, and she didn't drop anything! Was quite annoyed.

Thanks, and I know, configs are critical in FPS (my background), but I've been waiting until I get a better mouse than the two button + wheel I have now. Perhaps I'll get a Naga on the way home from work. Where is your movement located?

Maturity. "Matureness" isn't a word I am also really getting a lot out of this thread. I've only just started PvP in WZs, and at level 39 kinetic I'm finding I don't survive terribly long. One area I could immediately improve numbers is with a good config (I'm still clicking a lot of actions--yeah yeah I know, but PvE doesn't demand more from me and I'm a MMO n00b). And eventually respeccing to a kinetic balance hybrid is something I will be trying. However, a guild mate has suggested I'm doing alright. I'm not at the top of the damage charts, but I am typically near the top in defense and healing, and am pulling between 3-6 medals per zone (more as the chaos of the game is starting to make sense). Is it realistic for a kinetic tank to do more damage, or am I still doing ir wrong?

That was the most polite tl;dr I've ever read.

Thanks, I appreciate this point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r58_bRZLeLw

Its not meant for CC, its a DoT with a 5% debuff on a single target so useful in more drawn out battles (and for tagging assassins in PvP--the DoT keeps them from stealthing away).

42, play between 2-4 hours per day, weekends included. Well, I might play more like 6 on the weekends in two sessions. Can only go at it for so long before I need to go do something else. Keeps the game fresh for me.

How about this: clone the entire galaxy, but the opvp can only be accessed via the guild capital ships. That way the battle can rage *anywhere* yet not interfere with PvE. Plus it would minimize time spent coding these new battlegrounds.

Excellent post, and a well thought out system with the epic scale that I attribute to Star Wars. Well done. This last bit however seems a bit myopic in that it is purely from the PvP point of view. What about new players starting to level up, and who have to play through these home worlds. We cannot simply shut down the experience for new players to give older, more advanced players something to keep their attention. Would you suggest a separate instance of the home world for the PvP war? How would that work? Apologies if this has already been brought up; I have not read all pages yet.

Ah. I'm artifice and haven't really spent a lot of time at it yet, other than to discover that everything I can make requires rubiat crystals, and I'm fresh out of them at the moment. Probably time to burn some credits at the galactic market

Nice. Your stats are quite a bit higher than mine, at just one level. What are you wearing?

Not at all. What spec are you?

Updated Currently, at level 39, I'm at: Shadow, Kinetic tree Strength - 88 Presence - 187 Aim - 45 Cunning - 43 Endurance - 738 Willpower - 629 Exp - 0 Damage - 306-385 Bonus Damage - 146.6 Accuracy - 90.19% Chance crit - 15.39% Crit mult - 56.07% Health - 9024 Armour rating - 4045 Damage deduct - 31.99% Defense - 19.23% Shield - 20% Shield abs - 24.43% Into the Balmorra bonus series. Biggest equipment changes is swapping to a level 31 purple hat (from a lower level purple), and changing a +9 Crit crystal for a +14 End, so that huge jump in HP/End was somewhat expected, but not that degree. I am wearing a mix of purple, orange, blue, and greens

I play both, with an emphasis on PvE. Just learning the warzone strat at this point. Thanks!

Been reading a lot here about how my priority for stacking should be (Def>Abs>Crit) Will>End etc...but what about relative decisions? I have both a +9 crit and +14 End crystal for my saber. Which is best for my kinetic tank?

42, professor. Been gaming as long as I have had access to computers. Kept myself sane while writing my thesis with Quake deathmatch, and helped pay the bills as a postdoc working as an admin for a game site/community/game delivery service (so I can really feel for the gold texters on this site!). Back to page 4 now to read the rest of the posts; fascinating look into some of my fellows on the servers.

GJ Bewoulff!

I never served, but have been through 29 Palms. You have my sympathies! I've had a wee glimpse at life in. Spent 1.5 months on a Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker in the high arctic, and downed some beers at the Top of the World Club (Thule AFB, Greenland). Didn't seem to be much more for the kids stationed there to do but drink (ditto the local Danes TBH). Flew out of there on September 10th, 2001. The guys who were there for crew change on our ship got stuck in port for 2-3 weeks the next day.