No she is always light armor, (my kira is in a skimpy dancer girl outfit makes cut scenes interesting) I personally done mind kira all the time ( other then the smexiness) she does good dps and I sometimes have to micro manage to make sure shes burning down the regular mobs first but I don't mind not having doc with all my CD and mitigation plus my reusable biochem med packs make it work im high defense btw... Shes got up to date gear and kicks butt along side of me like a champ

Fixed thank you very much.... when there is an abundance text sometimes little things get lost, good spot

Fixed thank you... Also added to the to do list ... Should be updating more soon... Please continue to remain civil and respectful in your replies

Id like to just say that boba fett and jango fett had problems with melee combat (see ROTJ Boba fett died from a gaffe stick in the jet pack) the point is this isn't like other mmo's sometimes running into trouble means you die... Running back to reinforcements or running.in to aoe near a point to keep them from calling then running back out are things that sometimes need to be done... you are powerful but not a god

Thanks everyone for the support and im happy to announce( I'm stoked) this is now a stickied thread!! W00t !!

the above poster got the jist of it... if you were looking for a in depth guide to tanking and such the link in my signature will help you... good luck..... protip... get trooper heavy armor and switch out the mods... nothing confuses people more than a lightsaber weilding trooper lol

Great guide... I use this all the time keep it up!

Just a heads up... "your video has a malformed video id" check your link... Bro

Thank you, you are right my tooltip is wrong and on the to do list... Keep scanning in case I missed more! /salute

You will find yourself with more health as you start gearing with the right equipment mods (or right tanking gear) the following is an example of the "Mod" you can have in both your weapon and armor... but remember there is more than just that one you can add. there are enhancements, hilts, color crystals (like you did already), armoring, and mods A dps one: Advanced Might Mod 10 Total Stats: Armor Rating 72 +20 Strength +8 Endurance Requires Level 25 A tanking one: Advanced Guardian Mod 10 Total Stats: Armor Rating 72 +14 Strength +15 Endurance Requires Level 25 hope that helped ( edited in real mods for the example )

Just to comment on the force push... There is no reason to force push someone as a tank with that enemies back not against a wall... Unless you are force pushing them to their doom... You wouldn't even have to ask this question if he did that... Example: guardian leaps in on target uses his openers as hes situating the mob against a wall... Force pushes as he back peddles and then force leaps right back in... Mean while you as a melee dont have to move at all... I still favor this example better... Example: guardian runs up to target force push over balcony into the deep dark space behind bridge... /eatcake Tl;dr no its not needed and if you really wanted to use it, use it smart.

Thanks! If only more people would comment or rate it to keep it seen...lol just did some more updates... Is there anything anyone thinks is missing?

Just wanted to give a heads up instead of double posting.. There is a guardian beginners taking guide in the jedi knight guardian forum thats worth the read http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=307622 is the direct link... If you like it or have any feedback feel free to post there about it.. Thanks!

It says its darkside armor have you tried the darkside vendor? Figured id ask the "so obvious might be overlooked" question:D

There are quite a bit of answers in the guardian subsection of this forum.. The simplified answer is if you wanted UBER damage guardian shouldn't have been you choice, im not saying we can't put up numbers but the point of a guardian in pvp no matter the spec is to be more of a teammate than a hero... If you are going balls to the wall and jumping into 5 imps then wondering why you are not wtfpwning them its because you aren't really suppose to.. We wear heavy armor and have the ability to PREVENT other players dmg... Name any other class that can pretty much on cooldown reduce every enemy in the areas dmg by 30% or (in later levels) the best aoe cc in the game... The fact of the matter is yes we could use some love but not because we are sooooo pitiful... The class isn't easy mode but its not because its bad... Unfortunately it seems like you should have gone the way of the sentinel... Im sorry but dont look for sympathy from this forum who has guardians that do extremely well ... Thats the.jist of it... If I wasn't typing on my phone id say more.. But I'm ready for discussion... Also check out the guardian threads theres great info in there

Feel free to comment or submit anything you think should be added and I will research it and add if its worth it... This is got the community and id like it to be the consensus of that community also

Great guide for focus guardian pvp... Video was good too... Kudos!

Thanks a lot for the comment! yes overhead slash is a typo when rehashing the guide... I'm gonna be doing a more thorough read through to clean it up a bit more... thanks for the heads up, ill take all constructive critiques and error finds... Just because I'm a Jedi Knight doesn't mean I'm perfect

Malissant's post is a good read theres also this thread that goes into alot of stuff also http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=307622 Theres a good amount of info in these forums...(or archives if you will )

The problem stems from WoW and rift and all the others that have the lfg system... If everyone used the lfg system they have now it wouldn't be that bad... How many people just spam general instead of actively looking.. The convenience of the lfg grouping just made people lazy.... Click a button and forget it... Why buy the cow when the milk is free... Why bother actively finding people and networking and finding people to run with when a tool that can be implemented can do it all for you... Have you realized that the same people that will use the queue system will probably be spamming in party... "space bar space bar space bar"... Stop being so gimme gimme... if the queue system happened the next qq world be I'm dps and I have to wait 20 minutes to get queued..wtfqq this isn't a solo game which this system would make it into... No communication with anyone on your server cause you can queue, no need to care what you do cause you can just queue and get more random people, no reason to be in a guild cause you can just queue... Although its extremely convenient the problem is its to convenient... Why try when you dont hadn't to... Not sure if any of that made any sense and spelling and grammar might be off cause I'm typing on my phone

added more to the to do list and will be working on it shortly to further polish thanks for the support guys!

Thanks I'll get on that as soon as I get home from work... As to the opening rotation it's a suggestion to beginner tanks and not necessarily the ONLY way to open. Having a taunt handy is always very helpful ... Challenging call is integral for buffs and such so using it towards the front gives you both those benefits and helps you pull in the pack to prevent dps and heals peeling off of you

Thanks everyone let me know if you don't see something you think should be in there.. I want this to be as well rounded as can be....converting this to jedi speak was a try my patience... "There is only peace..."

* and one more just to be safe* To Do list... [1] add links to subsections [2] prepare an alternative hybrid leveling guide [3] bake everyone nerf brownies

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