Yep, I have seen the listings on the forums, but after a little investigation it seems that the suggested combos of what colour shards to use for the end resulting cubes seems a little mixed up. I've heard it suggested to get 3 yellow shards (I play as a 50 Powertech) for a pretty decent relic we BH tanks can use, but others have said instead of the proposed aim / endurance/ defense stats one of them is now listed as strength. Is there ANYONE out there that has managed to get this done at all? if so what stats did you all get (am trying to find the locations of the shards as of typing).

Ok - finally hit level 50 with the Operative and have been running a full healing spec for a while. My issue is that the Op's health (just over 12k) seems a tad low to me and I would like to get that sorted out. What sort of stats, with which ever stat as the priority, should I be looking at getting in gear? I've tried searching for a decent gearing guide but not had much luck so far...maybe the more experienced types out there can help me out here

Well, I well and truly got into my first set of flashpoints on hard mode this past weekend - totally loving it - but now being level 50 I'm wondering if I should carry on with Taugrim's suggested pve (seee link below) build or is there something better I can use for tanking on flashpoints (and in the future - Operations), maybe something that will allow me to perhaps better interupt bosses and such like. Personally I think Taugrim's build was excellent and I loved using it for levelling, but for the more experienced PT tanks out there...is there a better build that that floating around? http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#301G0GrdoroGRZMcbZ0c.1

Heh - sorry bout that Upto level 50 I was using the following spec: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#301G0GrdoroGRZMcbZ0c.1 I am definately thinking of switching to a different build for pvp but hopefully that chosen build will let me do the dailies well enough still. I have been watching his Iron Fist video a bit and it seems a really good thing to follow. For myself I generally try and protect the healers when I can but otherwise try to get stuck in and hit hard when I can and keep those targets occupied (and hopefuly take them down either solo or with others help a.a.s.p.) - I've not played too much of this style of play but I have found myself beinf drawn to it more and more. Whilst not strictly tanking I do find it quite fun being able to dish out the damage and keep on on ticking - I guess the best way I could describe my style of play is literally a bit like Taugrim's video play style.

Ok - finally hit level 50 today - yay! - and I'm going to give the whole pvp thing a try. What i'm hoping is that some of the more experienced pvp'ers out there might be able to help advise me on which gear set to go for as a target to work towards. After checking out the various sets I could get from the Battlemaster pvp vendor I think the Eliminator set would be best for me (looking at the set bonuses it gives) - but I've always been curious about one thing: stat trading. For example: the Eliminators Helmet gives me a loss of +28 crit rating but I get a bonus of +100 expertise rating - is that bad or good? I did hear somewhere that certain stats you would normally be concerned about losing aren't so much of a worry when gearing up for pvp...but if anyone can put my mind at rest I'd certainly appreciate it I should probbaly say that I've been levelling as a tank upto now, but after watching things like Taugrims excellent video (which i think he's running as a dps spec?!) I'm going to try and go for the toe-to-toe style of play and do things like guarding when I can.

Ok - finally finished the BH storyline (bit of an anti-climax at the end imho) and I'm going to start doing some of these so called dailes I keep hearing about. Only thing is that I really don't know too much about them really...is there a kind person that can point me in the right direction for where to go so I can start these, please? My limited knowledge of them is that we get daily commendations with these missions, but what sort of decent gear can we get in the end by going this route?

So, low level alt first - does it have to be one of the same faction? I have a level 50 Republic and level 48 Empire character aswell - when is it worth using these items for them (if ever at all)?

I just received an item as a reward - Inheritence Main Weapon Construction Kit (and also that Tauntaun pet) - how are these actually used? The Kit is in my inventory but how do we use these things?

How about adding that Padme having just had her world and love crushed by the one person she actually loved? Padme just gave up (understandably) after seing no reason to go on.

Thanks for the reply, Moz - very useful. I've sent you a pm if that's ok - hope you don't mind...

Thanks for the help so far folks - it's much apprciated. Erm...never did I say I know nothing - this is a different character class from something I've tried before - since when is it a crime to ask about a relevant choice? And who are you to say suggest that it's me making my characters bad? Does that mean everyone else that has had issues with updates screwing up their characters is also responsible for their characters no longer working as they should? If you didn't (and in the future) have anything helpful to say then maybe you should keep quiet and troll somewhere else.

That sounds like great advice - thankyou. SS spec - is that shield specialist? Sounds good - I do solo alot and only group when necessary to be honest. I guess it would also be good for starting out in pvp aswell once I get past the first levels beyond level 20. What was your skill spec for this? Any suggestions as to where to put the first load of skills points? Right now I have 3 to spend but haven;t been sure where to put them yet. One thing I've read about trade skills for us over the weekend is that it might be worth going for cybertech (if that's the right name) as eventually with the mods you make you can get goos results for putting into thigns like pvp gear and maybe pve gear too. If that's the case maybe Cybertech/Scavenging/Underworld trading might be good? I'll hold off spending the points in the hope you might be able to recommend where to put the points into the skills trees for this spec choice Thanks again!

Can anyone please help out here?

Hi folks I sort of gave up on my other characters recently (some updates really put a spanner in the works) but then I though if I can't use the level 50's why not try another character class? That got me thinking about the Vanguard - not tried that even in beta. So here's where I could really use some friendly advice from someone (hopefully) that has levelled to 50 with the Vanguard, that wouldn't mind helping advise me on this interesting looking class. With that in mind, here's a few questions... 1 - what are the main preferred stats for the Trooper/Vanguard class, gear wise? 2 - once I hit the level I can specialize the Vanguard at, where should I start placing my skill points into to teally make this a worth while playing character? (this sort of leads to the next question... ) 3 - is there a good suggested levelling build someone can recommend following? I'm looking to make this character a real tank if I can, or atleast someone that can dish out some real damage in the front line and keep standing. 4 - I was thinking of taking the armourmech/scavenging crew skills so I can make armour - is that a good combo? If anyone can help I'll say thanks now in advance. I've not played the game in a month or so as I was a buit annoyed with some of the recent changes to the classes but hopefully some kind person out there can help me resurrect my SWTOR experience

Maybe something like bioanalysis and under world trading (or is it diplomacy?) so that you can get 'interesting' materials to use to make stims? Any for pvp? not sure if it was nerfed or not but you could use some of them stims to enhance yourself maybe in the pvp arena...give you a slight edge when you need it.

Can't find any posts for that Adantephist you mentioned...

Am within touching distance of level 49 - as I said right now I have 1 purple/epic bag paid for with mercanary commendations in my storage and enough for 3 more (will only take a few hours to get the ammount for 4 more bags). From what I'm told there are these uber/centurion comms in the bags and gear aswell...not sure if that's correct though. What is in them normally?

Anyone have any advice?!

I took the dive a few weeks ago and gave pvp a go - I have to admit I'm quite enjoying it. So I get killed most times...meh...it's only to be expected. But I am starting to get a bit more used to each time I try it. One thing I could use some advice on from the more experenced players out is there what to do with the commendations. I was told just to grind them out, exchange them for the mercenrary commendations and work towards having enough for the mege pvp bags you can get (I have one in my storage and enough for 3 more right now) for when I hit level 50. The confusing thing is this: I've seen lots of chat from various people suggesting grinding for the level 46 weapons and maybe extracting certain add-ons from them - not sure if that was myabe for another specific class - maybe Jedi - but for any level 50 pvp Operatives out there, what would you suggest doing? I noticed on the pvp vendors there are several different class types of gear to get - looked like I either lose some accuracy or critical rating though (not sure which is preferable) - but what do you folks suggest going for? I think that once I hit level 50 it gets a bit easier to get the higher commendation types, but all I want to just get some decent gear, round the character out and jjst have fun running around like a deranged thing getting the occasional well placed kill If anyone has any suggestions please let me know...I totally gave up on pvp in WoW - hated it with a passion - but the SWTOR version seems a lot of fun. Thanks in advance for any help received.

Check your quest log - if the option to reset is present there just below the main window maybe use that and try again - you'd be surprised how many times that works in fixing things.

Anyone else had this issue? I've contacted the support folks and of course there's no surprise there how bad the customer support is for this game.

Nope...that's not worked for me at all. This is getting so annoying now...this is the second Agent related issue I've encountered - the Darth Jadus fight being the other one, and they've still not fixed that one either. I don't know what to do now...

I've made it to Corellia and after warping in I go to use the holo terminal and...nothing - it won't let me use it - it goes through to process of attempting to activiate it and nothing - something is very wrong. I've got nothing else to do prior to this...I need to access it and it won't let me. I've relogged - nothing. Anyone else having this issue?

POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT!!! If you're reffering to a fight in a cave on Corellia then as far as I know that's it - once that's done you should have gone back the starting planet (if I remember rightly) and that's about it for your class quests. No - I'm not going to say what happened to me but if this is the same situation as I had after being on Corellia then maybe head back home?