I'd still really like to know this.

I have the RD-07A Spider Bracers, I'm talking about the RD-07A Spider Gauntlets (gloves).

Well, looking at the Omenbringer set for a consular, TD-17A Talon set for a trooper, and the Battleborn/Battle Expulsor sets for the Jedi knights, they all have the same pieces at the same level. In other words, the Omenbringer, TD-17A Talon, etc. gloves are all lvl 9, and I can confirm this because I've seen them in-game. It seems safe to assume that the RD-07A Spider gloves are the same way, but i have not seen any in-game. Plus, I can't find a single person who can confirm their existence online. I'm starting to believe they aren't in-game, although I'd love to be proved wrong. I'm not sure I explained that very well, but hopefully it makes sense.

I know that they have a level requirement of 9, and I've found the "Omenbringer Handwraps," which are a the analogous pair for a consular as a drop in "Republic's Most Wanted." What makes you think they are a level 40 drop? I don't doubt that it's true, I'm just curious what you know.

I've been trying to put together this set for about 10 days now. I have all the pieces except for the belt and gauntlets. I've seen the belt on the GTN, and haven't been able to buy it because of ridiculous prices (450k currently), but I've never even seen the gauntlets. I've also looked on the internet and haven't found any confirmation of them existing. Has anybody seen them in the game?

It would make me so happy if they allowed you to turn off xp. I also go through the game wanting to complete everything. It just gives me a great feeling when I leave a world. However, by the time you get off of Tatooine (as a Republic player), a person who has done every heroic quest and flashpoint is almost beyond Alderran's range (28-32 I believe). This is without space missions or PvP. It seems like it would be very easy to add this feature, and it would only affect the players who wanted it. The rest could just ignore it. And the benefits...some of these are probably more important to me than others, but again, there's no downside. For example, I loved the way the Clan Varad set of armor (from Mandalorian Raiders) looked for my smuggler, and I would have liked to do the flashpoint repeatedly until I got all the orange pieces, but I didn't because I didn't want to level. The same thinking kept me from doing PvP or space missions. I realize that not everyone cares about being over-leveled, but for those of us who do, BioWare's experience system is preventing us from enjoying other systems in the game to a certain extent. I'm not one to get on here and complain, but I do think this would make the game more fun.

You have an irritating way of writing. I don't care if it was meant to be satirical.

I went with the Sawbones approach, and it got pretty frustrating. It seems that the companions you get (at least for a while) aren't great for damage, so if you specialize in healing, you're committing to a lot of long fights. It also makes you feel helpless in some situations. I haven't tried the Scrapper tree, but I would guess that it is better for leveling.

I've found that if you gear him up, he's at least as good as Corso. I haven't gotten any of the other companions yet, so I don't know how he compares with them. For me, I try to focus on the role-playing aspect of it. I would rather spend a little more money and effort keeping Bowdaar as my active companion because he's awesome.

You guys are the best! Running as admin did the trick.

My Ventrilo won't work in-game. I'm wondering if anybody else's does. I know my sound card is capable of it (which is the suggestion that they give on ventrilo.com) because I can use my mic/headset and listen to music on external speakers. Perhaps BioWare will add support. Any thoughts?

I'm not sure why they couldn't give us this information beforehand. It seems like they had it planned out. It would have eased a lot of people's minds.