My Guardian just hit 40 and I'm switching him over from a dps leveling spec into a tanking spec. I'm wondering how is this defense spec I made. I must say the way the talents are arranged seems a bit odd because I noticed the Vig dps tree has quite a bit of good defense and mit. Anyway please just leave back some suggestions or ideas about the tank spec. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#500dMGcudrkuRZhG.1

My Guardian just hit 40 and I'm switching him over from a dps leveling spec into a tanking spec. I'm wondering how is this defense spec I made. I must say the way the talents are arranged seems a bit odd because I noticed the Vig dps tree has quite a bit of good defense and mit. Anyway please just leave back some suggestions or ideas about the tank spec. http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#500dMGcudrkuRZhG.1 EDIT: I just noticed that this got double posted and I have no idea why, or how to delete one of the posts

Thanks for the info guys, btw I just have one final question. I know this question can be easily answered if I just lvl my Smuggler, however after weeks of heaving ppl in game and on the forums talk about it, I'm just dying to know. What is with all this animosity towards Corso Riggs? I mean it seems like I can't start a conversation in game talking about the Smuggler class without someone randomly yelling "Corso!!!!!" lol

What is the difference between the GS dps trees then? I mean since there are three dps trees that means there are three different dps styles for the GS, correct? I constantly hear about dirty fighting, but I rarely hear about the other two trees. Could some knowledgeable about the GS class please sum up each tree and really how they operate, what attacks it buffs, and if that tree's dps is better suited for pvp or pve?

Are GS dead in the water if someone closes in on their cover? I mean with Commandos and other turrets I understand that if someone closes in they just have to restart a cast time, but it seems like with GS that they'd have to recover on top of everything.

Do Combat Medics even get their share of respect in guilds? Because I keep hearing that the only healing teams that are ever run with is either a Sage/Sage team or a Sage/Scoundrel team. In fact I almost never hear any mention of Combat medics in any healing regard except a pvp one.

Anybody else want to chime in on the difference between Scoundrels and GS dps and playstyle in OPs and in WZs?

How do both of them fight really? I know Scoundrels can stealth and GS have to cover, but does that mean like the Vanguard/Commando classes where one has to always be at melee range while the GS is just like a turret? I'm interested in making a pvp dps and pve dps class, obviously I'll switch gear and specs between both roles, but I'm curious as to which could do the job better, and how exactly each AC fights?

From the look of the forums here almost all the information I can find is about Sage healing in ops or Scoundrel healing in ops...no love for Commandos it seems. Im thinking about rolling a commando and I was wondering exact how are they for pvp healing and more importantly, OPS healing. I mean from everything I keep reading I just hear "Sage > Everything else", but that can't really be the case, right?

Btw I was thinking about making my crew skills Biochem/bioanalysis/Diplomacy just for the BoP Medpac, Adrenal, and Stimpack. Do you guys recommend this if i'll be pve tanking and the occasional pvp tanking? Are the Jedi Knight's companions skills well complimented for those skills?

How do would you recommend for someone to level as a guardian? Should I go 10-50 tank spec'd or would you recommend something like 10-40 dps spec and then at 40 grab the lvl 40 tank pvp gear and just lvl out to 50 tank spec'd?

How exactly do Guardians fight compared to a shadow tank? By that I mean like what's their style of tanking and etc But I do hear about Guardians being weak, which keeps feeding this voice in the back of my head saying that if I wanna do end game it'd be best rolling some other tank. But what I hear are rumors and nothing confirmed and I don't want to dismiss a class based on an unconfirmed rumor.

I'm stuck between rolling a Vanguard, Guardian, or Shadow for tanking. I've had a few years experience tanking as a Protection Warrior back during WOTLK days and now that I'm on swtor, I'd like to start tanking again. However I keep hearing a lot of people saying that Guardians can't hold aggro, which from experience as a wow tank = terrible MT. Do Guardians have major tanking problems or are they viable? I mean do I have any reason to roll a Guardian tank over a Shadow or Vanguard?

Well what about these rumors I keep hearing about Vanguads being the best tanks currently because Guardians can't hold threat and Shadows not being able to survive AoE pulls?

Which tank did you use?