Because "tank" companions (note the quotation marks) are basically for if you want an extra challenge while soloing.

You say that like it's going to have any sort of influence on where it ranks (or hell, whether or not it even DOES rank) as a priority.

Just about everything there is to say has already been said, so... BRB, re-speccing my tank characters to DPSers just to tweak the OP.

Well, when I did that last mission on my mostly-LS Vanguard,

On my BH: That's about all I've got atm

Well, they just announced another maintenance downtime for tomorrow, so maybe they'll fix it then. And while I'm dreaming, I'd like a huge duffel bag full of money that doesn't belong to anybody to fall from the skies and land right next to me.

The initial "breadcrumb" quest on the fleet is 25 for some odd reason, but the Nar Shaddaa Bonus Series itself, as well as the quests and mobs, are all around 31-32 EDIT: And to your second question: Yes, the guy who starts the Tatooine Bonus Series is at the spaceport like normal

Well, while you're leveling you'll lose out on the various relics (as they have increasing Light / Dark tier requirements) - none of the various endgame relics have any alignment restrictions on them though. There's also a few moddable armor pieces you can buy off the fleet's Light Side or Dark Side vendors, but really, that's about it

I made my Vanguard a Type 1, just for the inherent hilarity of having that little stick figure truck around in heavy armor and tank stuff.

Very nice indeed, and much appreciated!

Honestly, speaking as someone who's tried out both, I personally don't think either of them is worth the over-inflated price tag.

You and Master Yuon? That's not an image I needed. (come on, how did that line not come to anyone else's mind?)

Not to me, but he has repeatedly mentioned that they never suspect the scientist.

^ I lol'd

Personally, having leveled both (and doing Guardian first), I prefer the Shadow, but it does have a steeper learning curve than the Guard. And, to gratuitously repeat a (entirely accurate ) cliche: Bad Guardian tanks get the party killed, bad Shadow tanks get themselves killed.

Yes, and I've gotten the opposite problem a few times as well Trying to tank Red Reaper as a Level 43 or 44 was... rather trying, to say the least, though the group was surprisingly ok with it

I haven't leveled my Sorc as heals, but I HAVE leveled a Scoundrel as healer, and this has been pretty much my experience as well - once I unlocked and started using a DPS companion, my net survivability stayed about the same, but my kill speed went up immensely. And as for threat, I found that all the mobs that weren't being actively focused on by my tank companion would make a beeline for me as soon as I started throwing out heals and the AoE taunt wore off anyway.

I have absolutely nothing to add except "What he said"

My replies in blue. Not a tanking god like Kitru or KeyboardNinja, but throwing in what I can here

Good luck, this one's been a major problem with Underworld Trading for about as long as the game's been live.

I can think of quite a few things I don't particularly like about the smuggler story (still a good one though), but the opening is not one of them, so I'm going to just say "^ What he(?) said." And ESPECIALLY agreed on the Bounty Hunter ship.

Haven't leveled up my Sniper enough to have any companions besides Kaliyo (who I can't effing stand, mainly cause I take a hit to approval every time I pass up an opportunity to act like a complete Richard), but ^ this has pretty much been my experience with my other characters. I'm sorry, but when the "tank" companions average around 25% damage reduction with on-level armor (in other words, roughly the same as my own squishy tail), there's really no good reason not to just take a slightly squishier DPS companion and kill mobs faster, or take the healer companion and just tank the mobs yourself (which you probably will with a tank companion anyway, since they suck at keeping threat as bad as they do at surviving). So me, I'll probably be fulltiming Lokin once I get him, or bringing out Vector or Temple when I have a friend along to cover heals.

(as a tank-specced Shadow) Armor is for people who are too slow to dodge.

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^ What he said.