Hello again SWTOR peeps. I've been away for a while and was excited to log in to my lvl 50 Shadow until I entered a warzone and before I even zoned in, my team chatter looked something like: Person 1: "omg look at *****'s gear" Person 2: "it's update 2.1.0.2 (or whatever), why do you have to do that with your gear" Person 3: "LMAO. seriously, *******?" Person 1 has left the warzone Person 3 has left the warzone ...you get the idea. Before I left I was working on Columni set but still had a few pieces left. Some Battlemaster and a few fill-in recruit gear. I know it's not the best but if my gear was THAT ridiculous, there must have been some big changes. Before I left, I was a solid part of any warzone group. Any referrals to posts that would explain some new fundamentals so I can start working on better gear? I'd really like to play but not as the butt of a joke.

I keep seeing the stat ranking power > willpower > surge > crit > accuracy but I have to question whether this applies to KC spec too. As a tank you want max HP, right? Wouldn't Endurance trump all of these? I realize that most items have endurance anyway but you can still make it a priority. Any comments on how tanking shadows rank endurance in the stat priority list?

I have the U2410 and have no problems with it. I don't know anything about the Alienware display - sorry.

Personally, I'd trade some of the self-heals for an equivalent buff to avoidance / defense. My initial attraction to Shadow tank was that they can play the tank role without heavy armor and increased mitigation; instead they would avoid and deflect attacks - and maybe use force self-heals a bit. I wouldn't mind seeing it move away from being so heavily weighted on heals if it could be balanced in that direction. Just my two cents.

Good stuff - thx. The only part that doesn't gel for me is: "Absorb>Shield=Defense>Willpower>Endurance" from Zanumas tanking guide. Does this suggest that your secondary defense stats like Defense, shield rating, and absorption are higher priority than willpower which is higher priority than endurance?

Is there a post about secondary stat priority for Shadows? I'm KC spec'd but not sure where to focus gear upgrades and equipment mods. Defense > Absorption? Power > Surge > Crit? These are all listed in the handbook but only Accuracy has a comment about its usefulness. Thoughts? From Handbook 2.0: Absorption Rating: Increases the amount of damage blocked by a successful shield reaction. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Accuracy Rating: Grants additional hit, and then reduces the opponent's defense once past 100%. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Generally not a very good stat for Shadows. Alacrity Rating: A secondary stat which improves the speed of activation time for non-instant abilities. It does not affect the Global Cooldown for instant abilities. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Critical Rating: Improves the chance of a critical hit. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Defense Rating: Improves the chance of a avoiding an attack. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Expertise Rating: Increases damage and healing done, and reduces damage taken, but only in PvP. A maximum of 20% effectiveness. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Force Power: A secondary stat which improves Force Ability damage and healing only. Power: A secondary stat which improves damage and healing from all sources. Shield Rating: Increases the chance that a shield reaction is triggered against an attack. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Surge Rating: Improves the effect of a critical hit. Base Surge is +50%. More rating is required to achieve the same percentage bonus at higher character levels. Tech Power: A secondary stat which improves Tech Ability damage and healing only.

Gotcha - thx for the explanations.

G'day all. I keep seeing references to "get your dailys done so you can gear up" or "its a new week so make sure you get your new weekly". Are these just referring to the flashpoints quests? If so, how does that help you gear up? Just the loot from beating bosses or is there some reward / currency that you can get from these? If there is some other kind of daily quest, where does one pick it up? Any level requirement? How do I get a weekly quest?? Thanks for any advice!

That has to be the funniest signature I've ever seen. You must have some serious self esteem issues, bro. <edit> bah, you changed your sig!

Comparing leveling from 1-10 to leveling from 40 - 50 is silly. It most definitely slows down as you progress. The 50 minute guy is surely grinding hard and only focusing on leveling. Why he would insult the game for making it easy to level as he makes every effort to level fast is beyond me. Slow down, enjoy the story, the crew skills, smell the roses.

I have unreliable playing times so I often end up solo. What is a good class for solo survivability and dps on the Republic side? Commando / Medic?