Im not a fanboy by any means, but i think you're 3rd point is unjust, i think they are doing a good job with the patches and they are happening pretty quickly. Although they may miss a few things they say they are going to hit but that is another story. People just have no patience its really quite unfortunate.

As i understand it, the Rakata versions will be lowered down to the same stats as the Exotech ones. Exotech patterns drop from the various Operations as i have a few of them. The exotech patterns which were all previously bugged and unable to be learned will now be fixed apparantly. There is no bonus to really being a biochemist now other than the fact you can just purchase the rakata patterns from your trainer and make them fairly easily with the biometric alloys. I mean its not like you're going to make a fortune off the exotech drops because they all require mats that drop from operations that everyone else wants to have also. I am unsure of what the exotech's use but i am going to assume they use alien data cells or whatever they're called.

I dont usually respond to the QQ posts, but this is pretty much right on the money lol, at least they released more information which really doesnt sound all that bad, it actually is likely going to end up being a faster way to get gear now.

As the title says its a pain in the arse to have to fly down to a planet through multiple loading screens just to duel =/ Im sure it wouldnt be difficult to allow dueling somewhere on the fleet or to add a large room on the fleet like an arena or sparring area

My companion has a purple (artifact) shotgun Its either columi or centurion...im sure there are others too rakata, tionese, champions, battlemaster....or did you specifically mean there is no CRAFTABLE ARTIFACT shotgun??? You should be more specific if this is the case!

I was honestly thinking of just going 2/3 on Mental Scarring now and picking up Shadow Technique, it might work out as a bit of a dps increase i dunno, its what i plan to try out anyway, although for pvp it will kinda suck because i used to use Combat Technique in pvp for suvivability =/ So instead of being 0/13/28 gonna try 0/14/27 n see how it goes. Otherwise i don't know what im going to do, this is the fun part of mmo's have to play around every so often lol

At the end of the game your alignment really doesnt matter once you get your pvp or pve gear whatever you are into, rakata, columni, tionese, centurion, champion and battlemaster stuff all has nothing to do with alignment, and is the only gear that really matters.

I do pretty well as a shadow jedi (13 infil, 28 balance) in most of my 1v1 situations in Ilum, whether it be jumping someone, or getting jumped. Juggernaut can give me some trouble from time to time, and a good inquisitor can also present a challenge too.

I would have to agree, nothing at all impressive here. Just another noob facerolling to the max. There is no demonstration of skill at all here. I would have to say this would be the electronic equivelant of a baby seal clubbing video.

Raid content here is about 20X easier than wow's ever will be, their hard mode is like wow normal mode, nightmare modes are all the same, sorry to say no game currently out will over you a refuge from wow's easy raiding. There is nothing different here other than the artwork and a few more bugs to iron out Either you'll like it or you won't but it sounds to me like you need to lower your expectations and just enjoy this game and see where it goes I wouldn't rush to hard to endgame, theres not much there unless you dont mind doing the same 3 wz's over and over, which currently keeps me occupied ^^ as long as i have people to kill im happy!

I dunno if SWTOR is going to quench your desire for better raid content. Its not that its bad, its just that now so many people are conditioned for it, raiding is not new anymore, the concept is old, and people all around are generally better players The content here is not any more difficult, but it is a new look i guess, anyway welcome

Sorry to burst your bubble the good news is once you find someone you CAN hit that hard, then you can stalk them and save yer cooldowns for when they have no shield/guard on them

I pretty much feel like Godzilla on my shadow, i also play a very different spec than most 0/13/28 and i keep up my shield stance rather than dps stance, i dunno what its called its late, im tired but ya, and im rockin 550 expertise too so ya

The enemy has to have at least 5000 hps left to take off with that hit before it will count, you dont get the medal for hitting 5k you get the medal for actually inflicting 5k damage, which requires a hp pool of greater than 5000.

Maybe it is as high as his skillcap goes LOL.