Thanks for the advice everybody, I've just read all of the posts and I'm definitely more confident in my choices in the game. The Operative sounds a lot more fun than I'd anticipated, I'll be giving that a try at some point definitely

Okay, thanks a lot! Thankfully, I'm still in the very early levels on my Sage - so I could work more on Telekenetics; in fact I think I spent my first point there. I've already noticed what you said about healing a lot; I'm spending a great deal of combat time healing Qyzen, and frankly it gets kinda boring just healing an unappreciative AI for minutes at a time! Anyway, thanks a lot - I'll take your advice on board.

I've had this game for just over a day now, and I've picked up most of the basics (I think!), having played WoW a couple of years back. Due to computer issues, I haven't been able to get the game until very recently, but I've had a mental plan of which classes I want to begin the game with. Needless to say, I started with a consular - and after being given the choice to specialise, went with the Sage. I was thinking of going down the healer route, but I'm having considerable difficulties in combat compared to my Sith Warrior which I started today, and leveled twice as quickly. In your opinion, was it a mistake to begin the game with a Sage? Would a Shadow be considerably easier; or should I just scrap the consular as a whole for a while, until I've level-capped my Juggernaut and maybe one or two other classes? Thanks!