LOL! I love this. This should be our new rating system for psychotic behavior in the game and on the forums. "Wow man, I give that guy 4 1/2 Copperfields"!

The first thing you should probably do is let people know which server you are on and what your characters name is. That way if someone sees you ingame, they can give you a holler and see what kind of help you need. I'm always happy to help out new players, but if we're on different servers, I wouldn't be able to do much.

Perhaps you could tell a little bit about what kind of guild you're looking for. Are you a casual gamer or do you consider yourself "hardcore"? Do prefer PvP or PvE? Do you prefer to game with younger people or more mature players? I have a great guild, but I would really need a bit more information before I could make any suggestions.

I've noticed in the skill trees that you can put points into abilities that reduce the amount of "pushback" when using a different ability. But what exactly is it?

The unwritten rule is: You never select "Need" for an item if it's something you want for a companion. "Need" roles are only for items that your actual character can use. Gear for a companion is not considered a high enough priority for you to select Need. If you want it for a companion, you select Greed and hope that the role goes your way (granted you'll often come away empty -handed, but that's just how it works out sometimes). Sometimes the loot rules are not clearly communicated to new players and there can be some anger on all sides, but at least now you'll know for future reference.

The Gathering and Mission skills get their next tier of missions unlocked when you have increased the skill by roughly 60 points. Lets say you have Underworld Trading for example; the level 10-16 missions are the only ones you'll have available until you raise that skill to about 60 (roughly). After that, the level 17-24 missions will be automatically unlocked. Raise the skill to around 120 or so and the next tier will be unlocked. When you open up the mission page, click on the level window in the upper right corner (it's a drop down menu). If you have unlocked the next tier, they will be selectable. If they're greyed out, then you haven't raised the skill level enough yet.

Cybertech, Biochem, and Armormech are all solid choices. If I had to pick one, I would say go with Cybertech. I think you'll get the most use out of that one.

Okay, this is probably a stupid question, but I really am curious about it. When your in stealth, you can still see the outlines of your toons, but what do other players see? Do they see your outlines as well, or are you completely invisible to them? The reason I ask is; there have been several times where I've been in stealth, getting ready to attack a mob and someone else comes along and jumps them. My first thought was that they were pulling some kind of ninja garbage, but recently I've been wondering if they didn't see me and didn't know that I was even there. Is that the case?

Yes, you can start out by getting a set of Recruit PvP gear. You can buy it (which will cost you a good chunk of credits) or I've heard that there is a special mission you can do to get a free set (someone else will have to tell you more about it, cuz I never did it). Being a sawbones really won't make much of a difference at first. it will probably still have better stats than most of the gear you have now. Be aware, though, that there are 4 Recruit vendors in the area on the fleet; just make sure you go to the one that sells the stuff with the Cunning stats. If you have moddable orange gear, you can do the Daily missions on Ilum, Belsavis, and the Black Hole on Corellia which will give you commendations that you can trade at the Mission vendors in those areas for armoring, barrels, hilts, implants,and earpieces. Some of the Heroic missions will give you Mods, Enhancements and Black Hole commendations. And then there's Hardmode Flashpoints which will give you some Tionese and Columi commendations and gear (if you decide to do these, you'll probably want to buy the Recruit gear first)

Wow. I had no idea this could be solo'ed. In answer to the above question, I'm playing a scoundrel sawbones.

When I tried it, I got the code just fine but when I entered it on the "redeem code" at the website, I got a message saying it was an invalid code. Since I don't know if this is a problem with Razer or SWTOR, I just gave up.

I've done this Heroic 4 mission in the Black Hole twice and I'm having trouble with the final boss fight. The guy has some kind of AoE attack that I don't know how to avoid. I'm playing as a healer. so it's important that I stay out of harms way, but the area of effect is so large, I have trouble staying out of it. A healer running around for his life can't do a whole lot of healing and it's dragging down my group members. Can anyone offer me any tactical advice on how best to deal with this fight?

The scoundrel has two CC abilities. The tranquilizer dart, which, as noted above, works on organic enemies; and Slice Droid which, obviously, works on droids. It takes them out of the fight for a fair duration (I believe it's 60 seconds), and allows you to even the odds in a fight. Be aware that while tranquilizer dart will not break stealth, the use of Slice Droid WILL (this ability has a nice, long range, though so just make sure your standing a bit away from the enemy when you go to use it.

Here's one more: "guys in red shirts on Star Trek"

Don't be afraid to ask for help in the general chat. If you just throw a message out there "hey can someone help with this boss", chances are pretty good that someone will give you a hand. And it will be a lot quicker than going on to another planet and coming back later. I had a similar problem on Voss. Died 17 times (I'm not kidding), then finally had to swallow my pride, admit defeat and ask for help. I had so many people offer to help that I had to turn away most of them. And the boss went down so quickly it was almost too easy. So, put the flag up and ask for some help. The worst thing that can happen is that no one will respond, then you can always go to Plan B.