Are my questions THAT stupid?

1. I read the flashpoint guide and they talk about marking. But don't say what the actual marks are. What are they. 2. How do you actually do a social ability. 3. How do you place marks, key wise?

Can you change the timezone on the forums? I didn't see it in the obvious place.

I posted another thread about where to find rubat crystals, I stupidly used mine up trying to get all the blueprints I could. Now that I want to craft some real stuff, I don't have any. Went back to Dromand to do it the hard way and While I found some rubat, I found more level 2 crystals than rubat. Really pissed me off. Before, I couldn't find anything else but rubat to save my life, now I can't find any. While reading some other threads to find out about how to find some more, I ran across someone who said I could find them through missions as well. So I sent off my android on rubat hunting. I changed the mission level back to 10-whatever. Went back to hunting and all of a sudden, I can find all the rubat I want. Coincidence?

I think I messed up. I am a synthweaver and right now, rubat crystals are vital. I gathered about 100 and I used them up crafting and RE. Now I have the blue items, and they still require rubat. I think I know the answer but is there any way to get more crystals, easily? Will increasing your arch skill yield more crystals per find, or is there a good place to find them? I should have concentrated on the armor I need, instead of trying to get a lot of blueprints.

I didn't see this directly addressed here or in the sticky. I apologized if I missed it. If I keep RE a green item I crafted and got a blue print for a blue item, can I still continue to RE the same item in the hopes of getting another (different) blue item, or is there only a one to one?

I have this "companion" I tried to look at an affection guide for him, but hes not listed. Does affection work with this guy?

I have just started reverse engineering. I have all low green skills. If I reverse engineer an item enough to get a blue item, will continuing to RE that item yield anything or do I now have to RE the blue item I craft to get a new blueprint?

Damn, too bad. I wouldn't have minded the title.

Glad I am in new player help area. I feel stupid for asking, but what is GTN?

I turned the woman in and feel bad. Are there any lasting ramifications other than light side, dark side points?

so what happens when I push a skill to 400, my current cap?

Would it be better then to just change crew skills? I have a crapload of crystals I can't make anything with or do later crafting levels use them? Do I have to run up a skill to 400 (1st level) to get new crafting options, or do I buy new ones?

if I unlearn a crew skill, will it's progress be lost if I require it later? Can I some how in crese the rate of advancement other than by crafting, such as finding a bonus or buying one? Also, I bought a hard copy of the game, is it worth it to buy the addons, included in the digital download?

I currently have a sith socerer, with syntweave, arch, underworld. What would be a good second char to create to share the items and skills to complement? If I created a sith knight, would I get a different adventure and he could use the crystals i've gathered?