Because it's a lot of fun?

This is wrong. If you want to balance in this way, non shadows should switch first. If they're all shadows, let them all be tanks. It's too much better than other specs.

Crit isn't that great when one of your primary damage skills is already 100% to crit.

I originally played 31/0/10 and have been 23/0/18 for a few weeks now. About to switch back as I just don't see the benefits. The main difference is giving up an instant debuffing aoe for a targeted aoe that does more damage. I don't like it. Maybe if I could make macros to have it auto target either on top of me or max range in front of me, but as it is, the clumsiness of it makes it not worth it to me. I also don't think the very minor pvp difference is worth sacrificing the much larger pve difference, even if I only do hard modes a couple times a month.

So basically, like every patch WoW releases? That's how MMO's are...

5 hours a day is an assload. It's also faster to get from 1-85 in WoW right now than getting to 50 in this game.

A game that lets me actually live my life without falling way behind in the game is just what I'm looking for.

It's worth noting that I do see some potential for Nadia simply because I can gear her up so easily. You should be allowed to choose for her to be Sage though.

http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=78174 Lovely that the best way to beat Nadia's encounter with Stark is to shelve her and get out Theran Cedrax.

That's most of the fights. You stealth past everything else.

Until you get Theran out, then it becomes loleasy.

You are a different class than the one to which this thread is about. It says Shadow right in the title. My primary complaint here is that the companions seem to mostly be designed for Sage and not Shadow.

Just soloed an equal level 4 man quest. Thanks Theran Cedrax!

Because I like to kill multiple elites at once instead of struggling to kill one?

I'm also Kinetic and can take a beating... and Theran is WAY better. Also, why do all my companions seem to dislike the Force?