I have taken a hiatus from the game and see a few changes from when I left. Can one do HMFP's at level 50 to work on going from level 50 to level 55? Or is the expansion the only place where you can progress your character?

I have taken some considerable time away from the game and need a quick update. Before I took my LOA, I had a lv.50 SW JUG with BH and Columi gear, decent gear for end-game HMFP's at the time. But I am told that it's not good enough anymore. Can someone please share the levels of PVE gear and how to get them? Thanks.

I have taken 8 months off rom playing game and getting back into this week. What is the cap skill level now for the crew skills? I've got my main at 400 SW, an alt at 400 ART and another alt at 400 ARM. Also, is crafting the gear worthwhile for gameplay, especially end-game content? Because before, I found out I had the best crafted gear you can make with purple mods and still was squishy during the first few HMFP's till I got my columi and BH gear, both of which I understand are not good enough now.

Can you even get him at level 1? or are you sending the parts to an alt and letting the alt put it together?

[quote, but someone told me he has oranges. i had to spend 300k getting him geared I'm hoping that with one of my alts at level 400 cybertech, I can make the parts for him, or I also have another alt with armormech at 400...we'll see about getting him.

Is getting the HK-51 companion worth the time and effort to get all the pieces? I have a level 50 SJ and primarily use Vette geared in columi/tionese gear as my companion, and she does quite well as far as range dps goes. Is HK that much more powerful or is he simply a novelty for those who have already gotten all the characters they want to play at level 50 and be a little bit different?

right now I am running a madness spec, but going to be switching to hybrid so I can get get the chain lightning and proc force storm.

I am a level 28 dps sorc. and was wondering who would be the better long-term companion till I get Ashara, should I be using Andronikos or Khem? Obviously, Khem is my tank and revel is the range DPS, but I don't really know who I should be bringing along. Any thoughts anyone?

Is there a skill mentor to reset skill tree points on Vaikken?

I am leveling a sorc. right now at level 26. I am not doing nor plan on doing any PvP anytime soon. I have been leveling with the lightning skill tree, but was wondering if I could get some advice from those who play the class. I am looking for a good build to level quickly and provide good dps once I hit level 50. Based on some trolling, I was wondering if the madness tree is ideally the best one to go with while leveling? Or is the lightning tree better? Or perhaps a hybrid? I've read that once I get to 50 that madness builds are the best dps for sorcs, but what about leveling? Thank you for any input.

Doing the Revanite missions on Dromud Kaas will yield an inquisitor a Saber-Marshall's robe, which is black and hood up. This is the cestpiece I use for both my assasin and sorc. I think the black hooded robe fits the image I was looking for in both of these th ebest, it is light armor so I don't know if the marauder would pick it up after the revanite story or not.

Names and RP are importan to me as well, I have spent a lot of time researchiong and trying to think of cool lore-friendly names. What I have done for three of my toons is to take a look at the known sith language http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sith_language and try to come up with somehting from there. For example, I recently started an Alt sith sorcerer wanting to focus on lightning. So I looked at the list and found that "Jen" is the sith word for dark, or shadow, since I play imperial only, and I built names from there by uising Japanese words. For example, my sorc's name is Jen'Raijin, which means "Dark Lightning" (Sith word for dark, japanese word for lightning). My Zabrak marauder's name is Jen' Chikara, which means "Dark Strength" (sith word for dark, japanese word for strength). Lastly, I created a Ratakki assasin whose name is Jen'Kage, which means Dark Shadow. I had to get creative with my names because the ones I liked were already taken, and in the case of my first assasin, Nightsahdow, I had to rename because someone came over in the last server merge with the same name and I couldn't keep the name. Basically, what I'm trying to say is to think out of the box. Originally, I went to a ancient diety names from ancient cultures but found out the good ones were already taken. The previous tips were good, but I also wanted to throw out another idea for ya. Think of a foreign language that sounds cool to you, ( I thought japanese/Chinese would sound Star War ish so that's why I went that route) and build from there. Hope this helps.

Since this is my first MMO, one of the biggest draws of the game for me was to craft my own gear and weapons. After my main got level 50, I had custom gear in every slot for both my toon and his companion. My main is a level 50 SJ with synthweaving at 400. I have a level 24 IA sniper with cybertech at 400, a level 23 SA with artifice at 400 and I just recently started a sorcerer who has armstech at 100 at level 19. I enjoy crafting a lot. I am able to make mods, crystals, hilts, enhancements, armorings and augments for every single slot, but that's not all, i was able to craft artifact level mods for all the slots, which took some time and money, but it set my main character up quite nicely for end-game activities until I was able to get my hands on Columi, BH, or even Tionese gear. Personally, I like the fact that I have made all my own weapons, armor, and mods for my toons.

This is a level 400 synthweaving item, is it BoP or BoE?

Let people who don't like their name by a name change option with cartel coins

Is there any possibiity of name changes coming anytime soon? I've got a lv.25 assasin whose name was Nightshadow on Davik's estate, xfered to Pot5 was able to keep the name, but with the last set of xfers, had to change the name, I threw something together but don't really like it, I've got level 400 artifice skill with a lot of purple crafting recipes for end-game content with this character, i don't want to have to start over, but don't want to lose the crystals, hilts, and enhancements either for end-game gearing before I get my columi, rakata,tionese, or BH gear. I thought about crafting all the end-game mods for my characters and mailing them to the other toons and starting over, but it was expensive getting to the point I'm at but I absolutely hate the name my assasin has now. Would be nice if you coul dbuy a name change in the cartel market...Any thoughts anyone?

I'm getting ready to start a marauder and was curious as to which skil ltree offers the most survivability and dps for leveling? Thanks for any input.

I've run some HMFP's with some sorcs and they can drop like 4 lighting bolts onto 4 different targets, what ability is that?

I was using Torhead's skill calculator and came up with this hybrid lightning/madness DPS sorcerer, any thoughts on whether this would be a good build to level with (no PvP) and for end-game content? It shows what talents from skill tree to pick at each level as well. Thanks for any input. Sith Sorcerer Hybrid (DPS) 0/16/25 10-12 Calcify 13-14 Will of the Sith 15-16 Disintegration 17-19 Chain Shock 20 Death Field 21 Madness 22-24 Sith Efficacy 25 Wrath 26-27 Haunted Dreams 28-30 Convection 31-32 Reserves 33-34 Exsanguinate 35-36 Lightning Barrier 37 Lightning Spire 38 Chain Lightning 39-40 Suppression 41-42 Lightning Barrage 43 Lightning Storm 44-45 Corrupted Flesh 46 Death Mark 47-48 Force Horrors 49-50 Lingering Nightmares

Ok, thanks, didn't really understand but you clarified for me. Appreciate it.

Being that I am relatively new to end-game content, what is the best way to cc a target? I've got a lv. 50 SW jugg with a mixture of custom, rakata, columi, tionese and BH gear. When I go on a FP and get asked to cc, I typically just jump right at the target and engage, is this what is meant by cc?

How is DPS role for a lightning sorcerer a viable role for end-game PVE content? Does he/she put out enough damage to be viable in a 4-man, 8-man, or A 16-man team?

Will a BH mercenary or an IA sniper provide for more damage in end-game content? Please provide which skill tree you are thinking of when aswering. I have a level 23 sniper and a level 27 mercenary, trying to decide which one to go ahead and play though to 50 and begin end-game content. Thanx.

With getting my first piece of BH gear this week, would it make more sense to wait till 1.5 and get the campaign gear instead then? i would hate to spend the BH comms I have now and in like 3 weeks the campaign gear can be bought with the BH comms

This is going to sound silly but is the word pronounced "column eye" or "cull-ooh-me"? I'm sure it doesn't matter but I was curious. Thanks.