Quick question is there any confirmation that the bug is caused by DOTs or is that just a theory? Because I'm trying to beat him with a Watchmen Sent and pretty much all i do is burns and DOTs, which could be a problem. Not to mention the DOTs that the NPCs have. I've now had all sort of crazy variations of the bug and still NO IDEA what causes what and why sometimes I have no issues till the very end and other times It bugs super early, and I'm very much north of 10 attempts at this point. Update: I finally beat it it, I'm not sure which method worked but what I did was combine both methods posted and I probably just got lucky as well.... But I Died once at the early CC, used med probe, The next time the First CC worked as supposed to but the second was bugged, I died use the med probe, Third time went just as the second no bug on wave 1 bug on wave 2, Died a 3rd time used a med probe cause i wasn't ready to give up just yet. On the 4th try I used NO DOTs and he never pulled the CC so i was able to just go at him until he went down. I don't know if it was the DOTs method Or the other workaround that got me through it or if i just flat out got lucky, but for what ever reason it finally worked. Will not be trying it on any other character until its patched.

Ok first off just a suggestion for people who are resetting the mission, If it bugs and you are locked out of the gate try resetting the PHASE not the MISSION this will start at the beginning of the fight and not force you to do all of the lead up to it. Next I still have not completed this after about 6 attempts. Most times The ORBS don't show at all, the closest I came to finishing it was when the ORBS appeared at the First CC wave, but did not appear after he CC'd everyone the second time, I got Revan down to about 10% health on that attempt but he killed me with that force choke thing he does. On one attempt I got a completely different set of issues where it said "Satele Shan incapacitated Meditation lost" But the heals kept coming and she kept fighting, Reven did not use his big CC everyone ability until about 20% health there where no ORBS and he came right for me, But the heals kept coming from both healers so I did ok for a short while on my own but then boom insta-death, not sure how low his health got before I went down on that one but it was also pretty close, And I went from about about 65% health to dead in one quick shot to give you an idea of how quick it was. I may try again tonight and see if I get lucky and it works properly Of if i get the rare bug that helps instead of hurting or if I find a whole new set of problems. either way If anything changes I'll post any useful info I run across. Oh and for what it's worth Not that it makes things much less frustrating for the player, but if you look at early access as a week long closed beta which for MMO's is really what it is, it makes things at least a little understandable although not any more fun or less broken for the player.

Thats Probably because this Has been a known issue for a while now and has been addressed.... on the forums at least... and everytime someone posts spoilers outside the "spoiler section" with no tags the devs post this cookie cutter response. Truth is i'm a little surprised they haven't started posting the standard "there is already a thread about this" posts in all of these threads. As For the Op... Be glad this is the Bug you got... There is another far more frustrating instant death bug.... Drove me nuts I had to re-log and re-load the instance a few times before it stopped glitching out on me. I also got the T-7 bug and they both fixed themselves on like attempt 5 at reloading the instance. So considering The two known issues, I'd say you lucked out lol....

His one shot kill Move is Called "Force Blast" It has a Long cast time and an easy to recognize animation, the first time you see it you'll know it. Taking Him down With Mostly Blue and Purple gear should be Easy enough as long as you don't get screwed by one of the "Big" known Bugs on this instance.

Not always true... It depends On which Flirting Option You take as the first one. there are A LOT of non DS flirting options and If you wait for them and pick your moments it is entirely possible to romance her with zero DS points... it just may take a little bit longer.

That is a bug that needs to be fixed.... The fight Itself WHEN working PROPERLY does not need to be nerfed, In fact its a little easier then I expected it to be. The Problem is The Instance is Very buggy and has been giving people problems, There is the T7 gear bug, the Instant Death bug and of course the Instant Win bug.... But Again, they Nerfed it once, and its a pretty easy straight forward fight since then, When its working.

There Is a Quest When You first reach the fleet that should direct you to the AC trainer.... Note Once you select an AC It is PERMANENT, It CAN NOT be Changed.... The Respec Vendor can ONLY change the points You've put in you'r skill tree.

Here is the Thing... By Killing Him, You Miss out on More Of his Awesomeness In Act 3... which is a shame since he is probably the most interesting Sith I've encountered So far, Although i have only played 2 characters, and haven't finished the second one yet.. But yeah Praven is possibly one of my favorite characters so far.

The Only One I'm aware of is one of the Ilum Dailies, I forget the name but its the one where You talk to the Astromech droid and Have to bring medpacks to his master... I've done it with Doc a Whole bunch of times and every time make the "he won't last long out there" choice I get +40 affection from doc. other than that I haven't seen any affection bonuses on dailies yet.

I Believe His primary stat is cunning, So yeah it helps healing... The best way to check The primary stat of any companion is to look in the codex, it always lists a primary and secondary stat for each companion in the description. The other way to check what gear to get is in the companion window... the primary stat is the one that offers bonuses to to MORE then one category... For example If Cunning is the primary Stat rolling over it would show something like.... Ranged Damage bonus: .... Melee Damage bonus:.... Tech Damage Bonus:.... Tech Healing Bonus:.... With the appropriate Numbers for each... Where as all other stats will Only show One effect like. Aim for instance would look like this... Ranged Damage bonus:.... and nothing else. Hope that clears things up a bit for you. EDIT: Companions do not have a relic slot... they have what at first glance looks like a relic sot but it is actually a customization slot that changes the appearance of the character. As For Your Stats Focus on Strength and Endurance... Having Some willpower Boosts your force abilities but strength Boosts melee and Force. So if your looking for damage Load out on strength.

I'm assuming the hoods Just disappear Like they Do for the Jedi Knights.... As Far as I'm aware the Only hooded Consular Robe is the One as a Quest Reward From the Cree Enclave On Corruscant... although there may be others.

With Jedi Knights, The Hoods Do Not show on Twi'lek characters.... Most Jedi Consular Robes Don't have hood(with a few exceptions) So thats Not a Big deal f Your rolling a sage. As Far as How they look with The other headdresses and gear, I'm not sure... I'm assuming the Headbands/visors don't cause much of a problem but some of the helms and hats and stuff might clip or look funny. Since there are some issues with The JK gear.

You Eventually have to flirt with her, But NOT ALL flirting options are DS, You can Romance her as a Pure LS Jedi, You just miss out on a few Flirting options... but it is very doable.

Items With Class Specific Restrictions Can't be used By Companions because they are Technically not that class.... I thought They where Removing Class Restrictions on armor, not sure if its on all armor on only most. In Theory tho, Yes Kira is Closest to a Consular Shadow. Any Light armor that does Not have a specific class restriction on it should work for her.

There are Currently NO same sex romance options in game.... Supposedly In the future they will be included as well as new companions, no confirmation or timeline on that, its just something the Devs "want" to do down the road.

I'm a Guardian tank, and I used Kira For a VERY LONG time(Most of the story,)... but Now I'm using Doc For my dailies, I've maxed out Kira affection and finished her story(romance)... So now I'm using Doc because... A.) I'm Working on Doc's story B.) Its nice to have a healer around. As Far as the Break down Goes... I've Really only used Doc, Kira and T-7 a little bit.... Rusk has no appeal to me and Scourge May be an interesting character, But I have no need for a tank companion and besides that he seems to hate basically every decision I make.

You could just go to the fleet.... Ord Mantell Is the "Starting World" for troopers and Smugglers, So there are no Trainers For the two jedi classes just like there are no Trooper/smuggler Trainers On the Tython(Jedi starting world). If You Absolutely need a trainer before completing the only Jedi mission on ord mantell I would just go to the fleet.... but honestly its probably just easier to finish the mission and hit the trainer afterwards.

When You get back down to ord mantell Send T-7 to "Sell Junk"... once the timer on that ends(should only be about 1 min) He should "return" and that should fix it.... if that does not work you can also try summoning a different companion(assuming they are not on a task) and then re-summoning t-7

http://www.torhead.com/item-sets see if that helps

I have not played A sent.... So its possible, I Read some bad information On the Forums... But it was my understanding they had a SMALL self heal ability, Which Most players Felt was more of Damage mitigation Pretending to be heals.... I would have to do a little looking for the original post i read, So maybe I'll just see if i can find it on the skill calculator at torhead. edit: Ok just did a Quick check of the skill calculator, Not a great heal... BUT In the watchman merciless Zeal heals For 1%(or 2% depending on points) For every Critical Hit on Attacks with burn effects.... I'll look over the other trees to see if thats the only one... but its there.

here is the Thing... there is No Better Or worse class.. Its all about style. basically this is how it breaks down. Guardian: Single Saber, Heavy Armor, Two Damage trees, 1 tanking Skill tree, Very High Survivabilty(even non tanking),,, But a DPS guard will Not Do as Much damage as a Sent. Sent: Dual Sabers, Medium Armor, All Skill trees are DPS, Good Survivabilty But not as Good as a Guard, has some Good Defensive cool downs and a self heal, But still is a little Squishy compared To Guard... But Does A LOT more DPS so its a fair trade off. So If you want The Option to Tank OR If you want a mix of solid damage But heavy Armor Guard is for you , If you just want to be a dual wielding Damage Machine Go sent.... DS or LS really doesn't matter For AC choice... But If you're Really Looking For the FULL RP experience... Guardians are Considered The "Protectors" of the republic, where as Sents are Considered More of a Weapon... SO a DS "protector of innocent" seems Sort of out of place. Where as a Weapon who goes a little rouge Seems to make sense.... But Honestly Unless Your really getting deep into RP Who cares Just Play the JK you Want to play.

I currently have... But am not using, a Mod-able Brown "traditional" Jedi robe, its just sitting in my cargo hold since i Found a Pretty decent white "Consular" Robe I'm wearing... But Point is they Do exist... I can't remember the items exact name but Its a Brown robe with the Hood and everything... If I get a chance To look tonight I'll update the post with the item name. As For The Skirts... There are Some Pants you can make for light armor in Synthweaving, and There are a few that drop... And there is always the Ones at the Alderaan Comms vendor (thats where I got mine)

Ok A few things... 1.) there is a Bug which makes His instant death move "Force blast" cast without a Timer or the Glowing red animation of death...at least there was pre 1.2 it gave me some serious problems... If you are encountering this You Should leave the instance and re-enter, that worked for me. 2.) here comes a minor spoiler.... 3.) DO NOT, Worry about T-7 he IS going to Die,.. If he does some damage or takes out an add or Two For you Great, but he is OF NO REAL importance, so Just let him die. Just make sure to pop COTF before he goes down. 4.) DO NOT worry about the "Clones" they do minimal damage and are nothing more then a distraction... Keep your focus on the real emperor and watch his cast bar. 5.) Interrupts are MASSIVELY important, Make Sure YOU ALWAYS have one Cued Up for when he Does "Force Blast", That move is a killer, Its better to take damage on something else and heal up, then interrupt something else and get one-shot killed. If you Can keep him from casting Force blast, Put together a decent Dmg rotation and remember to pop all your defensive CDs You should be good...

Ok if You have an Orange(moddable) Light saber There are a few things to make sure of.... 1.) The Hilt is up to date and Appropriate For Your build. Besides the stats your hilt dictates base damage which makes it your most important mod. 2.) make sure Your mods are all Blue or Purple Rated gear... it makes a HUGE difference Over the normal Green mods. If you make sure to have the Most current mods for your lvl you should be fine... If your looking to craft your own mods, artifice is Great, You get hilts, enchantments and Color crystals.

There are a Few ways to Do it. 1.) If you take artifice as a crew skill you can craft different color crystals, with different stats.(purple crystals are not included, No orange crystals until the Higher lvls)... More Crystal schematics may be added later on. 2.) You can purchase Color Crystals from the GTN (as long as someone has them posted) 3.) There are some High end crystals that can be bought with commendations but not until the later lvls.(daily comms) 4.) They drop as loot, but its rare, and Some Crystals are more rare then others. and Usually only drop for certain instances. As For Getting a Purple Crystal specifically, I believe Purple Crystals are Currently the most rare color in the game so good luck with that... Also there are some High LvL power crystals that are related to the "Rackgoul Outbreak" open world event... but they cost something like 75-80 DNA samples... so you'll be grinding dailies for a while to get those.