Would you take a +10 defense even at the expense of willpower (say -5)? At level 30 I think my defense/absorb are both roughly 16%, with willpower and endurance both around 400 (with willpower above endurance by 20-30 points). Off the top of my head--will post actual stats when I get home and can check. Am I stacked appropriately for my level? I ask because I've been prioritizing willpower over just about everything else, and fear I might have been slightly off in those decisions.

Its alright, but its no Ebon Hawk.

QFT. I just hit 30, having progressed to this point with all my points in the kinetic tree, and it was 1) boring, but that made it easy to learn basic combat mechanics, and 2) filling in my 3rd tier has suddenly changed everything. Plus the taunt. But never impossible. (Well, other than the imperial surgeon, the only champion that I could not topple and just decided to go around in the end. But it was a solo heroic 2+ so I don't feel bad or anything)

I've been kinetic combat tree since level 10 and it wasn't any problem getting to 30 (my current level--two-3 hours per night isn't nearly enough time to keep up ). Just have to know your abilities, and use your interrupts. Its not exactly exciting gaming, but its not at all hard, even for an MMO n00b like myself.

LOL I just wrapped mine in his "headgear". Looks like he's wearing a niqab now.

I love the class. But why the hate on the looks? My Shadow currently looks like a hot nun with a toothache. Er, yeah. But its utterly ignorable given how much fun I am having playing her.

Had a choice between will+str and will+crit on an end quest reward, and took crit. Correct or incorrect?

I must be too busy watching cool downs to have noticed.

Sadly agreed. In fact now that I have Tharen I can almost solo all heroic 2+s (I had to mind maze then escape one champion on Nar Shaddaa that proved too much for just us alone, but took down the rest) so I'm getting more impatient about getting a group together.

Yeah I heard a lot of complaining about Taris, but I figured its better to head to a planet overleveled, so I spent my time doing every quest, heroic, and the flashpoint, and picked up the most relevant datacrons for good measure. But by the end I was thinking "***, can't the Republic army do ANYTHING for themselves?" I was spending time just looking around on Taris, and I really appreciate the effort the devs put in. The picture box, especially straight above, was awesome.

What do you mean when you say this? Please elaborate.

Hey, the ugly just means we're too busy dealing out the hurt to care about accessorizing!

Hello. I am Bilirubin, and I am a Shadow Consular. I frigging love this character, I love the melee, I love the light sabres, I even love chucking huge rocks around that do (at current level) 500+ damage. Its the perfect blend of battle and force, and suits me to a T. I also like the community in here: the helpful posts and theorycrafting have been extremely valuable to me as I have worked to learn MMO mechanics (I am a twitch and fire FPS player for the past odd 15 years or so). Awesome work all--please keep it up!

I'm sending some math puzzle books to the next round of Middle East peace talks.

Of course I was thinking about Force Slow...apologies.

25 and on Tatooine? I'm only just leaving Taris heading to Nar Shaddaa at 24...I must be doing too many quests

Glad things have clicked for you! I'm a level 24 kinetic shadow (so far, plan to go kinetic balance hybrid), and have never felt wanting for anything but more threat generation. I'm still working out the basic mechanics of how to play an MMO as I go, and am reading every thread for helpful tips and tricks. Have only used slow time sparingly since I got it, but I will try it a little more and see what I think.

Heh. I'm leveling Kinetic and am wondering when I can be arsed to assign my balance points. Was thinking of going balance hybrid but might just wind up standard after all. BUT many levels to go before then. Also more props to Kitru's generous knowledge sharing!

I was just making a reasonable guess...

Line of Scrimmage?

This bit really improved my game tonight. I'm a FPS player and haven't yet learned everything to look for in this kind of game. I perhaps overdid it, interrupting p much everything, so have to learn to be more selective on that front, but the interruptions made taking down some elites much much easier. Thanks!

Also thanks. I was planning on the 23/0/18 build too (really suits my play style it turns out), but was uncertain how to fill each tree--one then the other or both from ground up. This helps tremendously.

Oh man, no hope even to get out of work early tomorrow. Going to pick up a lot of beer on the way home though.

We are a self selected demographic!

Oh, such a cruel temptress... No. I'm at work. But I should probably go home anyway.