Glad to see someone else say it EA is the death of games

I wouldn't worry too much about this. Look at what they're calling F2P It's actually more like "Pay your way" Pay a sub or buy cartel coins. Being so limited in your options, I fail to see how this is in any way F2P.

The general consensus among players and theory crafters seems to be that Shield/Absorb ratings are mostly useless in PVP since they don't work against Force/Tech attacks. That being said, as a Kinetic Shadow I'm curious as to the intended role of those two stats in PVP and why the War Hero Survivors gear favors said stats?

^ This is my main reason

Just wanted to weigh in with where I'm currently at as a Shadow Tank. First of all, I'm using a 31/0/10 Spec That suits my play style very well. I was running in full BM Survivor gear and was quite happy. With the recent nerf to our class I wasn't happy with my PVP performance so I've made the following changes to my gear and it's worked out pretty well so far, WH Survivor: (With Resolve 22 Augs) Head Chest Legs Boots Mainhand Offhand (Fortitude 22 Aug in this Piece) WH Force Mystics Gloves (with resolve 22 Aug) I chose this piece because it had Higher Endurance and Willpower than the Survivors and also for the Power/Surge WH Stalkers Waistwrap (with Resolve 22 aug) This piece was taken for the increase to Willpower and Power WH Force Masters Bracers (with Fortitude 22 aug) Again chosen for the Willpower and Power with the Fortitude aug to compensate for Endurance loss and add a little extra Power WH Force Healers MK-1 Relay(Ear Piece) (with Fortitude 22 aug) Taken for the Power/Surge and aug'd with Fortitude 22 to compensate for Endurance loss and again stack power 2 WH Force Healers MK-1 System(Implants) (with Resolve 22 aug) Chosen because they had higher endurance than the Survivors and also for the Crit/Surge Lastly I carry four relics (2)Power +113 and (2) Defense+113 that I interchange depending on the situation I'm in . This set-up is working extremely well for more and my play style. I'm usually guarding a sage from my guild and the damage increase has made up nicely for what I've lost from the nerf and it's somewhat unexpected for people that are used to playing against me.

My wife and I play together, She's a Sage and I'm a tank speced Shadow. She gets my guard exclusively 100% of the time, not because she's my wife but because she's one of the best healers I've seen and when we work together I've seen it turn the tide of a match. I guess all i'm trying to say is find a good healer and guard them If they keep you up they keep themselves up and the whole team benefits.

Since 1.2 I'm lucky if I go an hour without a d/c> It's made the game nearly unplayable and I've received nothing from CS other than their "bots" (Not that I expected anything else). I took the time to provide them with all the requested info (client logs, trace rt, all that jazz). I'm now to the point of frustration where i'm considering canceling my sub, why pay for something I can't enjoy? It sucks to even think like that because I enjoy the game and I've defended bioware in their other short comings on account of it being their first MMO.