I agree with the above and it just gets old seeing the same topic made over and over and over again.

Yes right on lol reminds of a joke; Young bull says to older Bull, "hey let's run down and get us one of those cows" the old bull replies; "let's walk down and get them all". *edited for content

At the top of the Sith Warrior Juggernaut forum is 2 stickied Topics with a ton of all around advice for tanking and non tanking; not to mention a ton of very similar topics posted by others with the same dilemna... However; some basics, for you The Tank; is to take charge. You've got multiple adds to pull? Easy, mark them up and inform the group what the kill order is and what needs to be CC'd. If someone decides to not CC or follow your kill order, do not taunt off of them. Sure they will die but then again they aren't the tank. Inform your group that they need to give you 5 seconds to get aggro. There is nothing wrong with you establishing ground rules. If the group you're with will not help you help them, then leave, that group will not be worth your time or your stress. Don't be afraid to use your taunts while doing your priority rotation. That's why you have Taunts, because DPS will catch up to you at times, whether some odd turn of events you don't manage your CDs correctly, like when your cat decides to attack your toes when you're tapping them to some Eagles song Ensure your gear is up to par for that encounter, just because you're level 33 doesn't mean that your level 29 gear will suffice. Keep your bronze gear upgraded with modifications via your commendation points or find a friend who can make modifications for you, of course, throw them some coin or materials to help make those items. You mentioned that you have your priority/rotation already, so I won't go into that and frankly at times you have to deviate from a set rotation and use a priority dependent upon the pull you're facing. If you don't take charge of your group, as Tanks are supposed to do, and the group isn't communicating properly, then it is your fault that your run has gone to shambles. Don't be a typical power hungry person because you're in charge, be a leader. Stay calm, use resolve(and no not the carpet cleaner) and be concise of your intentions and what is expected from your group, and if possible; run with friends and your guild. Friends and guildies tend to be more patient with new tanks. I hope this has shed some light and always look around for other topics of interest, you may even find your answer in some of these 1000+ posts that folks make of their whining about how they just can't play their class correctly. Karmageddon ~Your Worst KnightMares~ The Twin Spears

I feel your pain about the PUGs and everything you've mentioned here is exactly how I work with my guild, I'm the GM and I've actually got a few players new to MMOs, which can be surprising; yet as we crawl, walk and run through FPs now, it's been a nice transition to teach a new player basic game mechanics than berate an elitist MMO player who simply will not work as a team to better the experience for all. I don't run with PUGs and that may set me back a bit but at least when I can control the environment it's that much more rewarding. I won't say that most DPS players are egotistical or simply self centered, but when most are not in a controlled group they tend to go willy nilly all over the place and then it's "your" fault you lost aggro lol Karmageddon ~YWK~ The Twin Spears

I leveled as immortal tank pve build(single threat), the one posted from Phottek's stickied guide and once I had obtained Quinn I didn't utilize Vette; simply couldn't stand her in beta and the same in live. Used Quinn a ton for mutliple elites and those occasional Champions you meet along a quest line. After I received Jaesa I swapped her and Quinn out dependant on the fight, and I really liked using Jaesa as she will not LOS you when/if you don't jump smartly from around a corner into a pack of mobs. As above posters have mentioned, throw Guard on your companions and remember that you can jump at least 10m away so you shouldn't have major LOS issues with your ranged companions. And must agree that spending some credits for some bronze gear for the companions isn't a bad thing; they'll still be wearing them at 50. Good Luck in your leveling, after 2 Juggs, 1 Marauder, a Sniper and an Assassin, I've enjoyed my Juggs the most. Karmageddon ~YWK~ The Twin Spears

because a lot of SWs in beta complained about not getting the Darth title, so en lieu of Emperor's Wrath, we got Darth.

Human body style 2 and Zabrak body style 3, yes i have two juggs, no pun intended lol

I've been getting email notices from Newegg of some sales they have, and best of luck to you finding a decent upgrade or two

You're not going to have best performance in this game with minimum requirements and that does suck, but I'd suggest mucking with the settings a bit. Not sure where the post is but some things to try are to lower Shadows(that will ease up the stress on your vid card) and ensure unnecessary programs are turned off in the background. This game is a huge resource hog at the moment, perhaps after a couple of months thing will settle down after some more patches are thrown out. Hope this helps a little.

I'd advise to make a handful of alts, get them to the Fleet or whatever the Republics equivalent is and sell their gear, mail to your main, you'll have a good little amount of starting credits with little time spent leveling to 9-10 on the alts, delete or what you wish with them when done.

I make multiple chat tabs, General, Trade, Whispers, Guild and party, seems to make life easier when you want to get away from an overcrowded chat screen.

yea my bad, ty for bringing that up, i'll edit lol

I run a AMD 770 mobo with 4gig ram, a cheap samsung HD from an E Machine, 460 GTX 1gig vid card, all settings on high except Shadows is off and have found the game to run very smooth with no fuss. I don't believe our computers need to be god-like, just tweak with the settings and you will find a happy place

I too solo'd to 50 via a SW Juggernaut, I used this http://db.darthhater.com/skill_calc/sith_warrior/juggernaut/#::ef2ef9ef6efe8fce7f21: single target Immortal spec, you aren't meant to do a ton of damage in this spec, you're meant to take a ton of damage and allow your companion to do the damage or heal for you. As soon as I had obtained Quinn, I used him primarily til Jaesa arrived and with Jaesa by your side, you should smoke through content. Simply throw Guard on her, have her attack a non elite add, while you focus the elite(as you should assign dps in heroics to do as well) and once Jaesa/Vette are done with the lower adds, they will join you on the elite, it's just good practice to run this way imo, for when you are ready to play in heroics. Also I used Quinn when facing some hard add pulls. One of the main reasons I chose to finish out questing with Jaesa, is that she is easier to not LOS, I found Vette and Quinn choosing when they would LOS me at times, lol kick them to the ship for a bit, then call them back out and they act according I don't know if there is a better class to solo, as I've only played the SW Jugg, but hope this info has helped. If you need a hand feel free to throw me a PM or hit me up in game: Karmageddon on The Twin Spears good luck *edited for spoiler stuff

I used Quinn and got the hell out of the demon's ground aoe, was over within a matter of seconds. And if you die with the two jedis just res, heal and go back at the one left alive. good luck

obviously it's the lack of heals, don't sweat it about being a bad tank, just yet. realize that if you can't heal yourself for more than you're taking damage, you're going to die.