I just picked a nice corner in the escape pod. Why do you think your droid is constantly repainting the place.

Radeon HD 7780 desktop...don't think I have had any issues in the game, though mostly just hanging out in fleet and hitting asteroids in GSF. Other than more lag (blaming GSF), what problems should I be seeing?

Seconded.

It seems silly that you can craft a piece of prototype gear with stats, but not orange gear. Especially since you are giving up the chance to level cybertech for armortech or synthweaving. At least if the orange gear had mods in it (making level 54 gear instantly useable), crafters would have a possible source of self-crafted armorings and mods.

Ah, ok...so hold the button down for a stronger shot. Now I just feel stupid. Thank-you.

How exactly do you know they self-destructed on purpose? Trying to escape from you they may have just triggered the wrong ability at the right time to go splat. You also have to realize that you are likely the better pilot, otherwise they would be chasing you into an asteroid rather than the other way around. And the only way you could add a penalty without punishing newb players would be to simply remove the mechanic, thus removing a certain level of skill needed to fly.

How exactly are these gunships so dangerous? I keep hearing of one and two shotting people, dropping scouts to 10% with one hit, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to do that on mine. I am getting hits of 60-100 yellow damage and I blow up rather easily.

That was me. Wasn't trying to "steal" the credit for killing me, I am just that bad of a pilot. Though in my defense, half the time, I am using escape measures and the game runs me into the object.

Why isn't kamikaze a valid tactic? I have certainly blown up enough.

Isn't the Makeb vendor intended to help individuals leveling from 50-55? Aren't dps specs significantly more efficient then healing / tanking specs?

I want to pull the MMO card, but I can sympathize somewhat. During the the BH event, I kept having to rely on generous 55's to kill the few kingpins I attempted which really ruined that portion of the event for me. Then again, you don't need the datacrons unless you are doing super duper group content, which really requires a guild who would be happy to help with those datacrons.

Other than the well thought out reasons already listed, I always assumed it had something to do with gold (ok, credit) sellers and credit card thieves. The window prevents credit sellers from converting cash to credits for maximum return on investment and limits individuals from reversing credit card charges after the items have been sold off of the GTN.

Probably not helpful, but check your mission items bag to see if there is a buff or something you are supposed to be using, but Bioware failed to adequately point out. I recently just failed a BH mission because although I knew about and somehow managed to use the 1-time rocket booster, I had no idea there was a flame retardant mission item buff to keep me from going splat. Soon as I found it, the mobs nuked themselves and I stayed at 100% health.

Vote to Kick and put them on your ignore list?

I have some GSF feedback too... -- Quit telling us we can still win it when the score is 950 to 300 and they control all three satellites. -- Quit informing me that my hull is in critical condition AFTER I blow up. -- Quit complaining that you can't breath in space...we are both screwed. -- Overall, if you are going to open your mouth at all, make it something useful at a point in the fight I might actually be able to do something about it.

Just an FYI, I was able to buy the CM contract for her off of the GTN for 2 mil credits...no legacy requirements. Still need a legacy of 40 for the 300k per character unlocks, but she is worth the 700 CC account wide unlock imo.

I was wondering if they would be added to the collection for gearing multiple companions in "uniform" gear.

This part is important. I have used my fleet pass before returning to my ship, only to have to fly my ship BACK to the last planet in order to complete the quest chain. Not sure what would happen if you used your fleet pass rather than heading straight to your ship in this case (or at least before leaving Nar Shadda). You can normally still use your fleet pass after using your ships holoterminal.

1. I believe it is /gquit to leave a guild. I only joined one guild so far as they needed signatures, but I believe that is what I used to quit. 2. You can use the GTN as soon as you hit fleet. The interface can be a PITA though, so try loosening your search parameters. I normally ho with Armor | [Weight] | [specific Slot] and then the level range (17-17 in your case). You might not always find gear though, which I have run into occasionally, especially on a busy weekend like double exp when ppl are just grabbing up greens for speed leveling. You might also broaden your search to 1-17 if looking for orange or adaptive gear. 3. Not sure, sorry.

What about the mobile key?

I was thinking something more along the lines of the giant cats or that 6-legged thing at the end of the Cocoloid Wars.

It started out great, my characters were hitting new levels left and right. But then I stopped running planet mission quests and flashpoints so that I wouldn't out-level my class quests. In hindsight that was a mistake. I think to take full advantage of the weekend, you should focus on grinding, be that constantly queuing for warzones, queuing as tanks or heals (faster queues) for flash points, or simply doing as many plant side missions as possible to maximize experience per hour.

As companions to me are simply pet classes, why not add a literal pet for the next companion. Perhaps the beast would simply share your level rather than relying on gear, making it a great leveling companion. Obviously it would be incapable of crew skills, but maybe it could increase your stealth detection or provide a visible aggro radius for when you are to close to mobs. As for gaining affection, I know my dog will eat pretty much anything, so I assume all gifts would be well liked.

Companion affection should be raised to 11999 to provide a buffer against dropping below the 10k cap and the increased damage and crafting crits that go along with it. Recently I got my first companion to 10k affection which was great. Continued getting affection through missions, but I always stayed at 10k, so I thought nothing of it. Until I pissed off Kailyo and dropped below 10k, loosing the supposed bonuses. All of the plus bonuses I had been getting mean nothing if upsetting your companion once can have such a percieved impact. Leveling the cap to 11999 won't provide any of the bonuses associated with a 12k cap, but would provide players a buffer zone and might even increase gift sales.

Just to clarify, you can get unlimited BOUND copies. No reselling them on the GTN.