I'm able to solo him as a lvl 38 healing commando with Elara(using every heal and damage reduction trick I have plus med packs), but I must be taking too long. When he get to about 2000 hit points, the mission fails. I finish him off and get some xp, but that stage of the mission resets. What a shame that I can survive, but a crap artificial time limit prevents me from completing the quest.

Resource gathering was amazingly epic in SWG. I'd personally love to see a more complex gathering mechanic with materials that had random resistances. Unfortunately,none of that stuff would matter with the generic armor stat that we have now.

WRT what was already mentioned about Char 4, I think you should consider which crafting sets to play first to help your alts level a bit easier. Also, there's a sticky topic on which companions are best for which crafting profession as far as bonuses go. Keep in mind that my playstyle will be different from yours (I'm a trooper first, smuggler second, jedi third kind of guy). If I had it to do again, I'd go biochem first, then cybertech, then armormech. I'm only mid 30's on my main guy, but that's where I see the most gaps in my alts' (and companioins') gear. The giant PITA is fitting slicing in there for pattern collection. I went cybertech, slicing, UT and had to buy all my green materials. I got stuck once higher level materials weren't on the GTN.

LOL! 'Hey baby, here's a little something you'll need to apply for a few days. Oh, didn't Risha tell you about it? We broke up for a reason, you know.'

I just wanted to say thanks for the little fun conversations here and there in quests and with companions. I had a great little conversation with M1-4X in a cantina that just cracked me up. I already love M1-4X because his ego is just so huge and he's 150% patriotic like Liberty Prime. So the conversation went a lot like the old spice commercial:

Honestly, stop being such a baby. Maybe if you thought outside of your box once in a while, you could do something above your level.