Akaavi: "I HAVE A NAME" Smuggler: "Akaavi?..."

Have a Nice Day by Bon Jovi Cus everyone be hating on smuggler heals and rolls.

Snare them and they go nowhere, slows make them go half distance, bear in mind that this move is highly energy intensive even with the energy reduce perk for the scrapper on scoundrels. Using it two times puts you in a state where any combo follow up with it puts you in a horrid state of being under 60 energy, meaning any combos they try to use on them will quickly run out of fuel within a few moves.

Why do Scoundrels punch things instead of blasting more things with their shotguns I don't get to use my shotgun nearly as much as Operatives use their knives.

The operatives constantly use their vibroknives, which in turn looks sick. So why do Scoundrels punch things when they have a perfectly awesome shotgun at hand? When an NPC starts saying that a droids armoring is extremely thick and resistant to blaster fire and then I run off and start punching it to death, I find that to be a bit weird. Why not change the ability to using your shotgun and firing it from the hip with two hands, and then if Flying Fists activates it could be the Scoundrel quickly pumping the shotgun for a second shot? Also Scoundrel endgame PVE and PVP gear looks horrendous (what happened to the "dashing duds") , just saying

id make sure to lick kira on my jedi at least once a day. it would become my new daily quest.

What with the expertise system being bugged I feel like I've been wasting my time grinding for better gear thinking that I was actually working towards something. I feel that if the bolster system did not come into play at level 55, and that if a, as some players refer to it, a "week of suffering" took place, it would offer real incentive to recruits to grind for gear in the hopes that they can actually compete with those above them. Of course it comes with a whole bunch of problems such as team rage, abuse, teams being blatantly imbalanced, but it feels like it would be a better alternative to the non existent system that is in place so far.

Recently, I may have found out that my efforts have all been for nothing as I read that putting lvl 55 PVP armoring, mods and enhancements into PVE gear removes the benefits it gives me. True or false? Secondly, what the hell is going on with expertise? I play SWTOR with a group of friends and we all hit 55 and are in the midst of gearing for PVP. However, I got a bit further than my friends and got about 5 more gear pieces than they ahve. Outside of WZ's, my friend had about ~400 expertise and i had ~900. However, in a WZ we both had ~1700 expertise. If his expertise got scaled up to the same level as mine, is there actually any point to having expertise? I would appreciate an answer from experienced players who understand the system inside out, or even better, an answer from the devs themselves. Thanks.