I am not in disagreement with any of the information offered and we will go back into the specs to look at what we can do to squeeze a bit more dps out of the spec. As for the comment on the difference btwn the Tionese and BM gear, did your suggestion that Tionese is better in PvP take into account the OP that without being able to complete the FP you can't get the Tionese? BM seemed to be the best we could get in order to start the HM's. The purple specs from daily rewards were two or three classes below the best mods we got doing heroics. I just enjoy all the blogs and posts about getting Tionese/Columni gear but you need something to do HM's with before you can get it, a bit of a circular argument. So we keep trying, and see what happens

Everyone ran through her, and everytime her rage kicks in we have her around 15K left in hp and she smacks everyone and its over. No one is standing toe to toe with her.

I and a group of friends have recently started running flashpoints (HM), we have gotten the requisite Battlemaster gear, done weeks of dailys to get the gear so short of Rakata we are maxed currently. We ran, or attempted, Black Talon and did well with a Juggy tank, Sniper DPS, Assassin DPS, and Sorc Healer. We had no deaths until the bonus bot, no big deal we just skipped it and drove on. We get to the Jedi and we all get spanked in the first 30 secs of the fight repeatedly to the frustration and stress there in. Now we are in teamspeak to coordinate and have played together for years in many MMO's with great success, but it seems that hard mode is doomed to failure for any but the die hards that play 16 of 24 hours a day. Is this really Biowares intent to make the end game unplayable for those casuals who put in the time to get the gear and then get slapped and laughed at for trying to explore the endgame? So I assume after we finish the eight storylines we are meant to cancel our sub, as that is how it feels currently. Is there no love for the casual gamer in this game? I am disheartened that I can win handedly in PvP geared out without issue with the same matesand gear, but HM's are the unattainable endgame boogy man.