Thank you very much for the quick answers! It's much appreciated. Think I'll probably do as suggested and hold off on crafting until I've a bit more capital to build upon.

I'm very sorry for what is quite probably a repetitive question. Google didn't give me any very current answers, however, so I figured I might as well ask here. I've recently started a healing-specced operative, and I'm wondering which crafting skill might be best to pursue. Do armormech or armstech skills give gear that's decent at level 55? Would it be better to go with cybertech to produce mods for any future army of alts that I'm fairly likely to grow? Biochem could be a decent idea as well, insofar as I'm aware, but as a healer, I'd not think that I'd need medpacs quite so heavily. My apologies for the silly newbie questions; I am very new to SWTOR, though I'm a long-time gamer girl in general. Thanks for any advice!