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?

I'm in between rolling a tank as a Vanguard or as a guardian. I keep hearing that Guardians can't hold aggro and Vanguards are the best tanks right now...but I'd like to hear advice from actual tanks. How does a Vanguard tank compared to a Guardian? Edit: As a side note I was a very experienced Prot warrior tank during BC and Wotlk, but left right after ICC came out. So which of these tanks..or even a Shadow resemble the playstyle of a Prot warrior?

I'm new to swtor raiding and tanking, but not tanking in general. I had a few years experience as a Prot warrior during BC and WOTLK times. I want to start tanking again however I'm in between tanking as a vanguard or as a guardian. From what I hear Vanguards are the best overall tanks in terms of well roundedness. All I keep hearing is that Guardians have the best survivability but can't hold aggro..which for me in raiding seems like a bad tank..although I've never played a tank here and this is just rumors. However in terms of a SS vanguard, from what I've heard, their survivability is not as good as a guardian(but close), and they hold much better threat than guardians. My main goal is to do heroics and raids...or HMs and Ops if that's what they're called here I think. I also want to pvp tank, but this is not the MAIN goal...it's just a nice little thing to be able to 1v1 ppl and run with a healer and stack the medals well. I already have a lvl 50 AS vanguard, but I'm so far into the dps(everything is either champ or cent dps gear) That I feel like rerolling a new guardian or just gearing up for tanking would take the same time anyway. I did lvl as a shield spec and I did like Storm + Harpoon combo, however the 31pt ss talent seems weak, at least compared to the 31pt talent I see for Guardians. What are your opinions guys? I'd love to hear from seasoned players who've PVP AND PVE'D tanked as a Vanguard or a Guardian and give me some advice. Are all the rumors true? And what do you recommend from a former wow player who made a living as a Prot Warrior. Side note...even though wow didn't really have pvp tanking like in swtor..I loved having HUGE hps and making ppl work to kill me while I just cap flags and slowly beat them down.

I've done some reading up on this and I already know about new oceanic servers being introduced in March or so. However is BW planning on doing any Server merges or xfers of characters not just for the Oceanic players, but for an overall balance of the game. I really like the Rep faction and I felt forced to reroll empire just to play the game. On the server where my Rep plays the fleet has 50-60 people during peak hours, while on the same server and even another one the Imp fleet has 250+ during the same time. Will BW be merging servers together? I ask because I see a few "very heavy/full" servers, and a ton of "light/standard" servers. Or will BW start letting people transfer to other servers to balance out...such as trying to create servers as close to 50/50 as possible? All I've ever read is how hard BW is trying to make all dps classes with 3% of each other and create a perfect balance, however I wonder if they're going to trying the same with server pops.

I'm in CA, but why is Swift better for Oceanic?

Seems like almost no Russians play on my servers. На каком сервере вы играете? <<The Maw>>

My friend and I want to roll Empire and we're looking for a server that has a decent balance between Rep/Imp just for good world pvp, such as Ilum, decent WZ queues, and most of all a large population. My main is a trooper from The Maw and over there we're outnumbered but the population is just too small for my liking. Anytime I do Ilum...I see about 4-6 other Reps and maybe a few Imps..but it's a dead planet. Queues for us are fast so that's the only real benefit. But on peak hours the Rep Fleet has 50-60 players...coruscant has 2x as many players on peak. And it's SOOOO annoying to get a group for any flashpoint. Those were my problems and I'm just looking to roll an Imp with my friend on a server where the balance doesn't need to be 50/50 but at least in a way that it has a large enough population to make it feel like a bustling city and where world pvp is thriving such as actual battles happening on Ilum, Tat, Hoth and etc, but also where PvE thrives just as much

My friend is looking to start SWTOR and we're both gonna roll Imps and we have no idea which servers have the highest population while maintaining a reasonable balance of Rep/Imp or even Reps having the majority. I saw a bunch of Server names and I was wondering if people could give me insight on life in these servers from world pvp to balance and etc Dark Reaper Swiftsure Fatman Jung Ma How are they and what are other servers you guys would recommend for PVP yet PVE too

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Which is recommended for AS or Tactics Vanguards...the combat tech set or the Eliminator set?

I'm used to WoW tanking and I used to pvp there as a tank..but the only thing it gave me was crappy damage and a lot of survivability. But in SWTOR I hear that pvp tanking is much more viable and even deadly. Are there any guides and etc about pvp tanking support? Can you guys win in a 1v1 duel...especially against enemies who can bypass your shield and armor like sorcs? Also do the taunts work in pvp also...such as the enemy does 30% less damage unless attacking me and the other taunts?