I had around 10k credits, hardly anything and I started fresh and had no issues leveling with class quests only. I just got upgrades through the quests and if my gear was like 10-15 levels outdated, I went on the GTN and bought super cheapo greens for like 5-10k as I would earn money through quests. You outlevel the stuff anyways, all the quests turn green it shouldn't be that hard so don't let it scare you :3

Nobody bothered to get on him to stop his casting, or kick, or cc - 1 person sitting on him, he can't do as much. Line of sight, get in his face, do something besides let him free cast.

From personal experience I am getting more out of Pyrotech for pvp. I leveled 1-49 as Adv Prototype and then went to Pyro. If you want to tank and still do good in pvp, well you can just go shield tech, you don't -have- to get every -1% or so damage reduction talent to do well in pve too, it is just min/maxing for operations. I would just get the basic tank gear that drops and use that for pvp if you want to be shield tech, and at 50 just get the sets and you don't have to worry about aim/endurance.

My (hope) for ships in the future, besides free flying space combat - is since this is essentially player housing, to customize the insides. I would love if you could say for a bounty hunter, take trophies or freeze some terrible sith lord or jedi in carbonite and have him sit on your ship lol You could have all these past relics on your ship, like a tooth from some super hardmode boss or whatever. :]

Also yeah, they need to change that animation, or swap animations for Tracer Missile, it is a bit silly. Just give the other spec a shot.

Pyro is still good damage, not as bursty as the other spec though. It is still good and it is still a bit more mobile. Mercenary isn't the most mobile option, Powertech is very mobile but you are trading being at ranged and a bit higher burst for less mobility. As a Merc you pretty much need to focus on positioning a lot more.

I always like to do the good decisions, thought I would change it up in this game. Sometimes it feels so awkward to just be blatantly evil, but it is the path I chose

Keep in mind though that 1v1 isn't always going to be balanced. Melee should be guarding your ranged/healers in this game, so work together.

BH do very well in pvp. Merc only has problem against melee really if they can't kite or knock them off something but can burst through whoever. Powertech 1v1 is one of the best, really if you are having difficulty you just need more practice. Bind all your spells, make use of the fact you're a ranged/melee and you'll be doing well. How everyone is at level 50 remains to be seen.

rip little guy

You knew that going in, that's why I didn't make a character too far in. High enough to test stuff but not far enough in to hate losing my character. You'll get a new character all leveled up quick.

Well I hope they add it soon if it really isn't available. AA makes a huge difference.