Queue for PvP constantly (greatly emphasized if you're in a group who can co-ordinate for wins) the only quests you should do beyond your starting planet are class quests and heroic quests (as far as heroic quests go, only do ones that are soloable and are not interrupted by joining a warzone). Do the space dailies as long as they are atleast yellow, of course do the PvP daily as well. Have Diplomacy as a trade skill (or Underworld Trading, but Diplomacy has other benefits) and send companions on missions for companion gifts. Companion quest availability is based on both your class quest progress and companion affection, having 2-3 companions maxed by the time you're 48 means you're pretty much 50 straight away. That is the fastest method that I know of and I've levelled several characters with powerleveling experience from previous games. That's generic advice for any class, as for Shadow, do this as others have mentioned; Kinetic & Theran

Rank 60 fully geared, wutdo? 40 Ranks for nothing? Ke

I intend to go Survivor robes, legs, gloves, helm and replace the mods with Stalker mods. Survivor saber & shield, rest stalker. Is that optimal?

Ohai, I'll ask here rather than your individual threads as it applies to both builds... Really liking my Shadow in PvP and I'm currently using a tank build, I don't have the gear yet to make Infiltration work but thinking long-term I'm not sure what build is going to suit me best, playstyle wise I like both so that's not an issue, but I don't really like respeccing constantly as you seem to Usually, I'm duo'ing with a healer (Sage), additionally we occasionally have a Vanguard and Guardian tank with us, but most often it's just us in a duo, other times I'm solo. Based on that, what build would you recommend me? I imagine it comes down to what's best solo and with the Sage without gimping the full group. Not sure that's possible without constant respecs. WTB Dual spec

My have been asked already, but do you find Combat Technique will pop in most of the 4.5s time windows even without Rapid Recovery? I'm running with it atm instead of Mental Fortitude (15% chance to apply combat technique vs 2% end)

Thanks for this. Would you recommend this or your other build(s) while levelling up via PvP? Solo when not with a pocket healer As Infiltration I struggle on class quest between queues

The 2/31/8 build you linked has the reduced cooldown on break free, no way I'd run without that even if it didn't but still ^^ Is it a misclick on your behalf? The difference is Applied Force and the Force Breach reduced CD. And what about the 31 Kinetic build I linked? Considering that, atleast for levelling as I'm struggling as Infiltrator vs the class quest elites. Also my setup is healer sage (often with him), guardian tank and vanguard tank atm I know it's a few questions/points but if you get the time to reply to all that'd be appreciated

Mind replying to what I asked if you get a chance?

Oh, oops, I meant 2/31/8 as in your OP. Would you recommend that or the Kinetic based build you mentioned then? I'll be soloing quite often by usually be with a pocket healer. (I imagine the Kinetic build is something like http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#601rIrskrsk0oZZf0cM.1 ? )

I see Is the 2/31/8 build not better? It looks it on the calculator

I use Telekinetic Throw quite a bit atm (level 29), is it worth a keybind with the final build?

Topic. Only thing is speed. This is a reroll so I will be rushing to 50. Be queued for Warzones all the time too. Any help appreciated

Just so people don't read this and take Sticky Grenade off their bar, Sticky Grenade still has it's uses as Assault (mostly in PvE, but some occassions in PvP) as Assault Plastique doesn't have any splash damage.

Or no replies at all Definatley not operative though, they have no place in an actual competitive scene, just strong at killing noobs/undergeared people and generally only 1v1 Thinking either commando, sage or assassin, all dps

What would your 4th be with each PvP aspect in mind? World PvP, ranked Warzones and the possibility of arena-style play in mind. The first three are Sage (Healer), Vanguard (Tank/DPS), Guardian (DPS). Currently thinking Commando (DPS) for fourth slot but unsure

I completely agree.

oHai! Me and a bunch of friends are rerolling from Empire to Republic due to server balance issues, I will be rerolling from a mercenary and wondering if I should chose the Commando My mercenary got to level 49 and mostly through PvP so I have fair experience with the playstyle and do enjoy it, if someone could list the changes that would effect the gameplay I'd appreciate it ;o

I'd say if you're looking for a good PvP spec that isn't very hard to play then go Rage, otherwise look at one of the other two specs. Personally I didn't like Annihilation as it's more about sustained dps rather than burst which you can set up very well with Carnage. I myself have a lot of experience with the Carnage build and have to say it's better than most people would have you believe, just requires one hell of a lot of keybinds and good reactions, no I won't post some "proof", it's up to you if you'd want to try it and I'm not saying Carnage is the best either, but nor that it isn't!

Going to give this a little bump as I feel it warrants more attention than it has received so far, perhaps this issue is posted elsewhere in a better format but I haven't seen it.

Hi guys, I hit 50 myself just a couple of days ago and would like to raise an issue, hear peoples opinions on the subject and whether you're experiencing the same things as I and many people that I know are. The issue I find is that upon hitting 50 I was happy to see that gearing up for PvP would require somewhere between 14-76 Centurion Commedations per piece, of which you receive 3 of said Commedations for 200x Warzone Commedations & 200x Mercenary Commedations, this would mean that it would be "worth" PvP'ing for gear for a very long time to come. Upon completion of my daily & weekly quests however, I received three Champion's pieces and this trend continues, I have now been 50 for only three days and I'm wearing almost a full Champion's PvP set including mainhand, offhand, relics and jewerly. What's the issue with this? It removes incentive to PvP when there is no kind of "end game" system in place such as Arena or 50's only Warzones for example. It removes that "epic feeling" of actually receiving an epic item. It makes all the potentially very fun and challenging "Hard Flashpoint" mode extremely trivial, I am now able to provide enough DPS to 3 man these Hard Modes with a Tank and Healer, and the gear rewards are already below what I own after just a few days in PvP. It would seem this trend continues beyond valor rank 60, the Battlemaster Bags also have a chance to contain an epic Battlemaster piece, the tier above the Champion set. Now, weekly bags seem to contain an epic each time. Two top tier epics per week with very little effort, with 14 slots and a tiny bit of luck to not receive dupes people will be fully geared in just 7 weeks of very casual PvP. Please don't take this as a rant, I have very much enjoyed this game so far however after this has happened I have lost pretty much all drive for obtaining gear and do not feel there is any point to running the flashpoints anymore. Discuss!

Hey! 1. How do I start the Ilum dailys? People I've asked seem to think I should've been sent there from the Imperial Fleet, I have found no such quest though (only Ilum dailys I find are the Flashpoint quests) 2. Have credit rewards increased for quests now that I'm level capped? 3. What is the best way to LFG for Hard mode flashpoints, short of doing with guild? LFParty tag seems useless, I haven't seen a single advertisement at the Imperial Fleet nor Ilum 4. Anyone know which vendor has the cheapest 110% mount? Thanks!

Hi guys, Since the most recent patch I've been crashing to desktop randomly, happens in no particular pattern or at any particular moment and doesn't give me any kind of error upon crash, any way I can investigate as to what's causing it?