I got my Khem's orange weapon around level 36-40, actually. Probably from some heroic quest. It was ages ago, though, so I don't really remember where.

CLICK HERE! Read that. You can skip the gear section for now, but read the spec and rotation sections. That should make you set for life. Edit: some general tips, I guess. You have guard, so use it to protect the healer/ball carrier/important guy. You usually end up carrying the ball / defending objectives, but if you gear for dps, you can also effectively pressure the healers and just kill the other guys. Always remember to get full use of your control abilities - electrocute, whirlwind, overload, spike. Your most used abilities have 10m range, and wither slows, so you can somewhat effectively kite melee. Force speed and force pull gives great distance closers. You basically have awesome utility, and should have no fear going 1v1 against any class.

Interesting comments ;D I definitely am that guy who only guards and thrashes people. Luckily, once I got energize, it's been significantly more fun. Can't wait for force pull and HD and wither. Eh, I honestly can't stand the positioning deception requires to be effective in pve, and dots on an assassin really isn't my thing. I'll just keep playing as darkness. At level 20, I feel useful to the team, can carry and defend pretty well, and get on average 5 medals, so it's not so bad.

Lord Zash, her voice is so sexy it gives me shivers every time I listen to her.

Let's not go there.

Sith... rainbow... does not compute. Eww, no. This isn't MLP: FIM.

You make good points, Silversable, but personally, I just can't stand that our only romanceable female is a light side force character that cannot be turned, when compared to what the other classes get.

While I don't have a max lvl Assassin, I do have a max level Sorcerer, so I know how the comps work. Khem for backstabs, Talos for healing. You're damn fragile as deception, so I wouldn't recommend a dps companion unless you like recovering hp a ton. You get Xalek so late, and his ranged style is kinda bad compared to Khem, imo. Positioning is just easier with Khem. So yeah. Khem would be best personal dps to have, but it can be hard to pass up a healing comp once you get used to him. Up to you, really, it's what you prefer in your companion. Same for your build question. Both are viable, the actual difference in numbers is negligible. Just get what you want.

So I quit in January, but just came back. Logged in. Imperial Fleet population: 5. It's Friday evening, 6pm. I go "lolwut?". Ilum population: 1. I followed the server for a few days, with the Imperial Fleet having max 25 players this one weekend. That's not the kind of server I want to play on. It's dead. That's why I rerolled to another =/ And guess what? Almost every single low-level fella I meet and talk to mention that they rerolled to this server too, because their old one died. If I keep playing, I'm sure my character will be 50 before they implement server merges. I just wish they'd done so already. IMO, Bioware needs to stop fearing the media reaction and keep the players happy.

All right, with the incoming Sorcerer nerfs, I'm taking this chance to make an assassin alt =D I've pretty much always leveled via questing, but this time around, I'm going to be mostly PvPing. So here's my question: for a 31/0/10 build, what would be the best time to get the Madness skills? Right now I'm just rushing for Wither, but getting Madness skills first is actually somewhat tempting. I'm sure there are some sweet spots where it'd be good to go Madness instead of going further into Darkness, but I hope not to respec too much while leveling. Oh, and any tips for a lowbie would be appreciated! I'm finding low-level melee to be significantly harder than just spamming Force Lightning XD

You never heard of offensive gg? You're in their base blowing **** up and they're crying and it's almost over for them, and you go "gg".

Yes. Defensive stats are crap in pvp. That's why I see most Darkness Assassins playing in full damage gear. Especially those calling themselves "Darkness Hybrids", the hybrid coming also from the fact that they're wearing damage gear >_>

Resolve. The white bar above their head? Also seen around the character potrait? Two CC's in a row, it's filled, and you're immune to all CC for a while.

Warrior uses the Force to augment his physical abilities. Yes, you use Force of course, but physical strength is still very important. Also, Darth Bane. He was a huge mountain of muscle, and one of the most important and powerful Sith to ever live. The size 2 being so gosh darn tiny, I feel like 3 fits a Warrior type much better.

Waited for 45 mins, no WZ. Yeah, sucks.

No, it doesn't work for channeled abilities, like FL.

The purple aura can sometimes linger for a handful of secounds, though. Sometimes I see the aura, cast CL, surpised to see the cast bar pop up. Like I use Wrath on CD, then FL, the aura can still be up, and I thought I'd procced another Wrath. You can also easily miss the aura in the thick of pvp. I want a huge pop-up icon above my character when it procs.