thanks very much for all the info guys, cant believe i almost blanked all that free gear (and much better gear) as the gear im in right now is not very good to say the least.
I want to do a bit of both pvp and pve but now that iv got the gear i need i can grind at my leisure.
flashpoints are going to take a bit of practice as iv only done 1 before, well 2 actually, but the second was a complete disaster, the tank was a dps, this was through the group finder btw and he was a total knob.
He explained the bit we were at and it was like a maze and you go through it in fazes etc etc but the other guys who were also new didnt quite understand what he was trying to say, language barrier i suppose, fast forward a few minutes and the guy was calling us jews and that we should be gassed as those other guys were polish, extrodinary logic.
Kind of put me off flashpoints to be honest.... lol