It doesn't seem to me that gear is much of a rationale, at this point - It will be tossed out to the vendor in a few weeks as I buy lvl 70 gear, I assume. Moreover, all the solo content is depressingly easy. But yes, I've been getting gear upgrades as permitted. In terms of cost efficiency, this doesn't seem to add up. There's no form of profit from this, relative to more direct options. That is, Unless there's some reason to get level 20. This is really the core of the thread: What purpose does lvl 20 specialists serve? Is there any mechanical, or story incentive? I'm not particularly compelled by aesthetics or titles.

Well, I have: A) tons of credits, B) more comms than I can find ways to spend, C) like half of the legacy armors, with more on the way. Heh, and nowhere to put em... Major annoyance, that. So now that I lay that out, I suppose that the only reason to do heroics at this point were if I spent all my credits. Or if there's some other benefit to levelling up Alliance Specialists(besides titles and achievements). Basically, is supplying the Alliance Specialists these crates important to the story, or merely an achievement grind? Additionally, any other ideas on what to do with crystals, besides gifts? Let me know if there's some extra elements I'm missing here.

Followup question... I wonder if it's worthwhile to be doing weekly heroics, or any other activity, for their crystal rewards? Or should I consider anything crystal related to be not worth the time?

Hello, I left SWTOR during the Hutt stuff, and have just resubbed. I'm finish off the KotFE content on one character, and have ~4 other characters @ lvl 55. Most of these characters, and my new 65, are loaded up to the cap with data crystals, which I have now learned are getting turned into pennies. Which I already have a few million per character, anyways. So my question: What ought I do with all these data crystals? And the Glowing tier, or the Radiants? I've seen companion gifts as a possibility. Any others?

Bumping this, as it's a better guide than other stickies regarding PvE. This should be stickied.

But it seems packed with alacrity. I was under the impression that wasn't especially helpful. That we wanted crit, and surge.

Ladies and Gentlebeings! I've just hit 50 with my sawbones, having leveled with that spec, and having done a fair amount of pvp until then, and thus I have 2000 WZ comm's stocked up. And I have no idea what to spend it on. How should PVP sawbones be gearing? Are there particular items to go after first? I've seen numbers on other threads regarding target range for cunning, crit, surge, expertise... And I assume that has no relevance to me at the moment since I have no pvp gear yet. What handful of items ought to be my priority? Any thoughts on the broader topic would be appreciated!