I was absolutely terrified going into this fight. From what I had read here on the forums I was expecting a miserable slog of a fight that would result in hours of deaths and thousands of credits in repair bills. I had T7 geared in orange gear that I had found while leveling that was full of green mods. I was wearing blue crafted carbon fiber set. I have a 34/7/0 defensive spec. After the initial dialogue I let myself die while only using the basic attack so I could get a sense of the fight's casting timers and such so I knew how interrupts would work. After reviving I started the fight with a saber throw > leap > push > leap again and then just ran through my normal rotation, interrupting when necessary. I finished the fight with around 70% health and realized I forgot to use any defensive cooldowns. This is not a difficult fight at all. He does fairly week damage outside of his long casts, which are cake to interrupt. Basically this is just a "Don't Be An Idiot" scenario.

I have been leveling as Defensive and have noticed no problems whatsoever. I spec for defense, gear for DPS, and overall it has evened itself out beautifully. I have had no problems tanking any of the flashpoints I have tried, nor have I had difficulty through the story missions. I run with Kira all of the time, rarely use my defensive cooldowns on anything other than big fights, rotate my limited crowd control on group fights, and usually can make it 5 or so encounters before I feel the need to rest and heal. Honestly, the only issue I have ever had with staying alive and healthy is the fact that I frequently try and push the level/rank of mob I go after.

5 star

Yeah, had my companion fail on a dropped UT mission. Even the droid that messed it up seemed sad haha