Well, about the elevator loading, it doesn't actually load when you see the black screen. It's quite odd why they implemented this, maybe just for the 'feel' of being in an elevator. Why? Because sometimes I use an elevator and I when I get teleported upstairs, I can immediately walk away, only for a couple meters though, no black screen. Then I hear the elevator sound and get a black screen afterwards. The world has already been loaded in 1 second but I still get the 'animation'. Other than that, I guess they try to shorten overal loading times by having more loading moments for a shorter time, instead of fewer loading moments for a longer time.

As far as I know the 3 major English PvP servers are: Tomb of Freedon Nadd Legions of Lettow Bloodworthy From what I've heard, Tomb of Freedon Nadd was picked as the EU PvP initiative, although a very large amount of Spanish guilds have claimed this server too, about one fourth of the players during early access guild program was Spanish if I remember correctly. Legions of Lettow was declared the unofficial UK server so that would be your best bet. Bloodworthy houses a lot of Scandinavian guilds. About the Light side / Dark side, that's up to you, it's a path you choose for your character. Though I assume you're asking which faction to pick, Republic or Empire. That's also up to you, what style you prefer, the classes are basically all mirrored so pick what you think looks best. The consensus is that Empire dominates the PvP servers by a large amount. On PvE servers Empire is still outnumbering Republic but not too much, on RP-PvE servers the Republic outnumbers Empire.

That's new to me, so knockback on Explosive Round does work with Ion Cell in PvP? How do you get this info, just wondering so I know in the future.

Thanks, I'm still low level so haven't got the HE cell yet (didn't know about it)

Hi, I just started out with a Vanguard and I'm going up the Tactics tree, just wondering what cell I should use. For now I thought Plasma Cell as Ion Cell seems to be for Shield spec but I'm not totally sure.

BioWare, when are you going to do something about this? The delay and pushback is totally messed up and I'm not even talking about Death From Above animation which is very hard to target in PvP.

Do I spot a clicker?

I guess we're back at Alliance vs Horde aka pve carebears vs agressive pvpers If you want good PvP you gotta roll Empire

bump, id like to know too!

I just looked back at this thread: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=1486 It had to do with 'best' English EU PvP server, it basically boiled down to Legions of Lettow vs Tomb of Freedon Nadd. What is the current state on those servers? (general chat language, PvP competitiveness)

Can we have the scattergun worn on our back BW?

This is right, the spreadsheet needs to be updated, divide everything by 2 basically.

Just wondering why you didn't pick up Browbeater 3/3 at the bottom of Scrapper tree? It increases Flechette Round by 9%, this is a very important ability so why did you leave this open?

Indeed, you do get UH when you defeat an opponent, but as I see right now, if your companion does the killing blow, you don't get it, which I find kinda ******.

Well I think Scoundrel gets away with everything, if you're getting caught in the open unstealthed, I'd pop Dissapearing Act and I'm back in action, it's hard to beat a Scoundrel because of the tricks the class has. (like I said, get away when things get nasty)

Hello, I noticed sometimes when my companion makes the killing blow on a mob, I don't get Upper Hand, is this correct? Do I really have to get the killing blow myself for Upper Hand to proc? I think it's kinda stupid this way.

Gunslinger is really good in PvP, I'm currently only lvl 18 and I did couple PvP warzones and I topped the damage chart, sometimes 2nd. And I'm level 18 FYI, just figures....

Very well written guide! I have a question concering talent trees: I decided to go with your advice on Watchman tree. Though I don't know where to spend my first talent points on, should I go for Watchman directly to get to Overload Saber first or go with the passives in the other trees first? Also: Should I use Riposte when available or just wait for the GC on Slash? Slash does more damage but Riposte neglects GC. I'd like to hear your opinion on this. Thank you in advance.

Well think about it this way: Light side Smuggler: You're a lonewolf but fight for a good cause, and credits of course. You're a free trader and respect the Republic, supporting them will only net you more profit. Dark side Smuggler: You're a dirty criminal. It doesn't matter in what way you get your money, may it be others left for dead or steal some supplies. You can go neutral but that's not very efficient as gear is dependant on LS/DS. Tell me what you think about this!

Thanks, so is Madness viable as PvE spec?

Most people think the Sith Assassin is a Rogue type of character, but is it really? I still can't really decide on what class to play, but doesn't the Assassin play like a hybrid melee/Force user with imbued weapons etc.? I'm not too fond on stealth really, I wish to play something like what they call in WoW an enhancement shaman. Imbueing weapons and occassionally throw in a Force ability.

I received my CE today, I ordered on the 10th of December from Bol.com

Bump.

When did you order your CE from Bol.com? Was this in July or just recently?

Yeah the customer service people are just braindead, they always give standard answers, the information I got from this guy is inside info so don't worry, I still need to get my CE too.