Last night it happened several times to my character when using unload and the enemy dies before unload finished..then it just keeps going on and on and on..have to go attack something somewhere else to get the animation to stop. I thought they patched this already? Did it break again?

I would love if they added a better means to finding groups for FP's etc..I'm now level 44 and have yet to be able to group with anyone. Have never done a FP or heroic +4 yet, that I haven't solo'd. Most times on my server there are maybe one or two other people on the planet I'm on. I can play for hours without ever seeing another person. Thank god they gave us companions or I'd really be lonely. Only time I see anyone talking in chat is on Dromond Kass. I did see a person earlier today and I got all excited so I chased them. Turns out they were republic, prolly thought I was a stalker. Anyway, having played alot of MMO's..ya I feel they definately need to add something to make it easier to hook up with people.

Ok, so I'm making my gear..(Merc Pyro)..should I go with power over crit?.. My understanding is that power boosts the damage of all attacks..while crit is working the same but only on a percentage chance... So if I can craft gear with power or crit which would be better? Is there a cap on power like there is on crit? or does it just keep building? Right now I'm leaning towards power but really don't understand how much power actually affects anything..is it alot or just meh? Advice is welcome and appreciated!

well after reading all these post on how op you all think Merc's are I feel like a total fail..so i'm just puting mine on hold for now..at least until i ding 50 on my Jugg. I think my problem is I'm used to just running into any group regardless of what the group makeup is..ie: two toughs, two elites or elite,tough and three regulars..and just surviving it all..I've fought champion level mobs 3 levels higher than me without dropping to even half health. I just can't do that on my merc. I'm sure most of you from what your saying can but I just am not getting the rotations, builds, heat usage (which I hate btw) into my head. I'm seem to be constantly staring at my heat bar, constantly trying to heal myself, and wondering how the heck am I supposed to keep track of all this stuff?? It's killing the fun for me. So thanks for all your advice everyone, I do appreciate it.

I'll try that..his rocket spam is imo is overdone..all i can say is pvpers are sure lucky mercs can't spam tracer missile that fast..lol thanks for the response!

for the BH mission Honor and Glory..last part fighting Jicoln Coldera..umm..honestly I was so stunned (literally) by his Rapid spamming rockets and then getting hit from like 30-40 yds away by his shoulder slam that did over 6k damage that I completely froze. I mean in less than a second my companion and I were dead. I'm even level on this mission. So how did you guys deal with him?? I'm a merc btw so don't tell me how you tanked him cause I won't believe it lol.. at one point he knocked me so high in the air i landed on the tent and then he continued spamming his missiles till i was dead.. All in all he has killed me prob ten times now in like less than 6 sec total lol..I know i probably suck at this game but there has to be some way other than outleveling this crap to beat it??

Thanks for all your advice everyone, after reading all these replys I started using my CC more when pulling, and it has helped. I think my biggest problem is I'm used to playing my Jugg tank, who blows thru stuff three levels above him without breaking a sweat. I still have problems with all the melee npc's..eg: rakghouls on taris..they run up to ya in a group and start wailing away..makes getting off anything more than a instant difficult. I have been keeping myself geared up as best as i can ..armormech crafting..usually make all blue gear to wear. somehow my BH has remained absolutely neutral and I've found out I can't equip any relic so I'm loosing some stats there. Also as far as CC goes I've never used the electro dart..seems like four second stun isn't worth it..so I've never trained it up. Should I get it and use it? I like concussion missile now that I've started using it..seems to hold a single target for a long time.

maybe that's what I'm doin wrong..no cc..most of the time I find myself desperately trying to heal myself and I always have mako along. I'll keep trying different rotations, just swithced to pyro from arsenal thinking it would give me more damage but so far no luck. thanks for the advice guys..

I give credit to anyone who leveled up this class..for me, it's been the most frustrating experience I've ever had in any MMO. I've tried both arsenal and pyro spec's on my level 32 merc and man I just can't seem to get thru ANY mission without dying at least once or twice. Boss fight? I dread them, absolutely dread fighting any elite and some tough's. I just don't understand why a class that wears heavy armor, can heal itself and supposed to dps dies so much... I'm going back to my jugg, obviously I wasn't meant for this class. Kudos to anyone who does well with Merc class, you're a far better player than I'll ever be.

Have a level 30 Mercenary, All I can say is that if he had walked into one of the scenes in any Star Wars movie looking the way my character does and threatened anyone..they would have died from laughing. Wouldn't it have been nice to have awesome looking gear throughout all the levels of this game? I look at the end game gear and seriously wonder Why Bother? Why am I doing all this questing, crafting, spending all my credits just to look like a joke? When I watch any Star Wars movie I see some really cool outfits, armors etc..Then I play this game and I'm really turned off by the poor armor asthetics. I want my character to look cool while I'm playing him THROUGHOUT the game. I want him to have the ability to have his OWN look. I really don't feel like I'm playing a Star Wars game looking like I raided a trash bin to gear up..worse part is I crafted the junk myself and spent tons of credits making it.

the higher level I get in this game the more frustrated I'm getting doing missions where it seems every npc has some type of knockback and/or pull. I wouldn't mind it so much but they seem to be able to spam it constantly. Sometimes i feel like a yo-yo they way I'm tossed around. I really find the tactic of making you loose control of your character in a fight, over and over just to make it tougher a very frustrating experience. So far I've found it very frustrating on both my melee and ranged characters. I really think all disabling abilities, knockbacks, pulls, etc should be on longer timers for npcs. I'm not a Min/Maxer type player. I'm just a casual player that is trying to do missions and have some fun, and being knocked around like a ragdoll is not my idea of fun.