Spoken like a Jedi. It also kind of trips me out that they expect new players to already know that conversations can be skipped at all, much less by pressing space bar. I actually tried skipping conversations previously with the escape button, to no avail. People just assume you're supposed to start the game already knowing everything..

Well, thanks for the encouragement everyone. I wasn't aware that the fp's could be run solo.. I still know barely anything about the game, really and haven't done any of the starship or fighter stuff. I guess if I can run solo I'll do that just to check it out, but also I was hoping for dark side choices and didn't want to accidentally select the wrong one. I'll manage. I do have a few lower level alts and have been playing those since I hit 70 with the main character. To be fair, a lot of other people have been kind to me, and honestly I think that's why I was so shocked to just get booted like that. Then, I waited a really long time and the que wouldn't pop back up for me to get into another flashpoint so I just ended up going to bed. Anyway, thanks everyone for the advice and I have taken all of it into consideration

I understand that maybe veterans have seen the story a kazillion times. However, I started my character at level 65, new to the game, and I have not seen the content and hope to enjoy some of the story. To my surprise, after arriving at a flashpoint I was kicked for having not skipped all of the conversation with the spacebar. They were hostile to me and even accused me of trolling. That's pretty ridiculous, and also pretty poor treatment of new players..