When I first heard that crafting was going to be done by companions I was really excited! However, if I'd known that I would be required to spend all of my credits on crafting I would have been a lot less enthused. Don't get me wrong; I love this game and I applaud the devs effort to make crafting different. But, dear God, it's basically pointless. I find that I'm constantly sending my companions on mission after mission just to keep my gear up-to-date, but I can't quite make everything I need so I have to buy a component here and there at the GTN. Oh, but I can't do that 'cuz I spent all of my money on C2's failed missions. And why can't I improve his affection, by the way??? Because of that he fails way too much AND takes forever to do it. Anyway... So, essentially I'm forced to take slicing as my third skill so I can afford the extras. Again, I like that the devs tried to do something new and cool, but they could have put a little more thought into it. Maybe Cybertech could make armor, mods, AND enhancements. That would be nice. Then I wouldn't have to spend time leveling a second alt just to make one stupid thing. Sorry I wrote way too much...