I dunno - sounds to me like you're making it more difficult than it needs to be (My Opinion based on what you wrote) I use: 1 - 6 for main attacks F1 - F8 for alternate/AOE/close range/ heals - etc etc attacks - again with the most used or "high tension" (situation) keys closest to where my fingers normally are. All my bars/keys there are full - but those are the most used keys. W A S D are movement. Q and E are special attacks that are used a lot like interrupt on my Sorc. I put my hand so pinky of left hand is on TAB for targeting, and next three are1, 2, 3 - W is right below/to the right of 2, and S is right below that for movement - thumb is on spacebar. A light touch, (or a stiff mechanical keyboard ) is needed - I have a crappy MS keyboard, but it works. Mouse is used for most movement (including holding down both L/R for "GO" lol) and I use the middle mouse button for another attack - and it all works out. I COULD probably use "W" for another attack since I rarely use it for forward movement. I make sure to put "HoT" abilities like medpack on F8, and Bubble on F9 so they're easy to glance down and find quickly or go by feel if I need to - all I need to remember is where they approximately are. I also use the num pad for some things, the + is comp attack, - is target comp for heals, they are both just a mouse-hand thumb-slap away. BTW - I have no clue how to type blind and will probably never learn. I find that this setup works great - especially when, once you have all your abilities sorted, you figure out the best place to put everything so it's SO easy to find/use. It becomes a "key to the right ... key to the right ... key to the right.... etc etc - oops thumb-slap/up one" - rinse repeat thing because you're never really moving more than one key away from where you started, or used last.

as did I - then I saw i wasn't alone lmao

I just joined and they are a helpful, laid-back guild. Well - all except for those rep side ones Check us out!

Odd, as I was two levels under and survived just fine. Rocketed up, bad guys died, took about 25% health damage - done.

Google Knows, quick search turned up plenty of info...

I would bet that they are, at least the mobs you describe are.

The pistol I just got and checked out was Rated 50....

I just wish the things would scale with you for awhile. I mean - they make it sound like it's this HUGE deal that you got them, then you find out they'll last for a level or two and that's it, and not even for the character you're on.... On top of that (off topic a bit) at the time you get them you have to go to fleet for your "Act One Reward" - which is only some xp and credits? Really? I mean it's not like I expected a parade or something, but you ship me to the lagfest just for that?? WHY?? I'm not even meeting anyone semi-important, much less getting a cinematic - just click, poof credits and xp - then done. Yay? ~ end rant.

I used Khem on my Sorc all the way up to when I got Xalek. Between them I don't know who is "better" really. They seem about the same. I think Xalek has a few more abilities maybe, but it doesn't seem to really 'help' him - they seem more to make up for the fact he's in light armor rather than heavy. I've not used any of the others, Khem and I managed to stay underleveled by 3-4 levels all the way up - excepting class quests where we dropped to 2-3. Doing the same with Xalek and currently 48 on Ilum tearing through things with Class Quests done - so.... meh.

While it is possible with a bare ship - go to the 'ship upgrades' vendor in the spaceport (look around you'll find them) and get the level one stuff. Makes it SO simple. Also - concentrate on the fighters, they do more damage to the shuttle than the rest do. I used guns + missiles on the frigate turrets, more because it was fun than out of necessity. But saving a couple missiles for those last couple of fighters is a good idea - you really don't need to hoard them - at least not on this mission.

I just don't understand how people are screwing this up. Does no one READ anymore? I had 0 problems with this. *HINT* the jetpack button is next to your quest....

No - nothing. I do get lag in fleet - at least I did before I stopped going there. Try Imp side - less of a problem Seriously - although I don't have a higher level character on rep side, so I'm not sure about the upper levels - no matter when I play there's at least 100 people on, up to close to 200 (not on fleet, on planet). Imp side - the lowest I've seen was 15-20'ish and the highest 60 or so. Come to the Dark Side ... we have cookies and shock collars

I'm not having any trouble with my Sorc either - he's 47 ATM and looking at the final class quest. I think I'll get one more level before I tackle that, as experience has shown that the class quests are a bit harder than the normal ones. FWIW - I stay under leveled by 3-4 levels - except for class quests, there I go to 2 levels. Anything less is just too easy. I don't PvP so I can't comment on that. As for spec, I guess you'd call him a hybrid with more points in the Madness tree so far. I'll rework it when I have all my points, but this is working really well so far for me. Edit - I'll also chime in with the "play what you want to play" comments here. It's your game, your character, and your money (if you sub) so play what you like.

Easily? I don't know - I didn't have any trouble. What level are you? I hear you should be level 20 as a Sorc - I don't remember what level I was but probably 17 or 18. I just sicced Khem on him, and burned him down. I was actually disappointed at how easy it was. If I remember right I didn't even have to heal Khem at all. BTW - for anyone thinking the same thing about the class quests for Inquis up to this point - that changes dramatically, especially if you like to stay underleveled 3-4 levels .

LOL - yes. I wonder what images the ''Fanny Farmer Cookbook" raise.....

Done. GL with your survey I'll chime in with Q4 also - usually just a "Hi" "Hey" "What's up?" is sufficient. Unless you're somewhere where your real name is necessary or requested (Guild get-together or whatever) - because game name is displayed already.

Yeah, but that's about the only time an "H" gets pronounced lol

ROFLMAO!!! Did they happen to explain why? LOLOL

lol - no, not defending - just saying that what a previous poster said makes sense to me. Could he be better? Absolutely. Should he? Sure, I wouldn't complain. BUT - as things stand, I can understand why he isn't based on the info I posted, and I'm not going to let this minor (IMO) thing ruin my game. I'm not one of those OMGZ!! DISGAMEISDABESTEST OMGZ!!!111YOUCAN'TSAYANYTHINGBADZ!!!111ONEELEVEN. Far from it - but in this case I can be fine with things either way. Edit - I should also add that - for me, his proficiency at his primary objective is more important to me than chatter. As I said above - or in another thread (why don't they have the thread below here for reference?) companion chatter can be funny, but most of the time - to me - it's annoying anyway.

Meh. Me - I just bought mine off the cartel market. Ppl complain about the 'blatant cash grab' - but the fact is, game is F2P - they have to make $ somewhere, and the stuff on there is actually pretty good looking. Besides - the majority of the stuff on GTN is cartel market stuff anyway - so what's the difference? You can find items that came from drops - but 1) they look like crap usually - unless they are purples ... and those are $$$$$ 2) they are usually just as expensive as the CM items, if not more - see #1. Up to you really - buy and wear what you want - it's your Character, your game, and your money either way you go.

The only addon I would like is a better GTN interface, and maybe an item GTN value insert for the mouseover - the rest of that crap isn't needed. They aren't really needed in WoW either if you pay attention, since most of it is already contained in the UI provided now - except, again, for the auction. Unless you're the type that likes to feel all special in lowbie dungeons that is.

AFAIK - they won't charge you for the new sub until the day/time your old one expires. At least they don't for me. When I bought the expac that went through same day but again, with paypal - that may take a day or two to process.

Personally I just play whatever I want. I'm not exactly in a rush to get to 50, simply because I enjoy playing the whole game - not just part of it. I started several characters also and got them all to around 20 - and got VERY bored doing the same planets/quests over and over again. So I picked one and leveled him for awhile while another got some rested and deleted the ones that I found boring to play. I settled on my Sorcerer and my Merc (even though Mako drives me insane) - still not sure which is going to be my main but while one levels, the other gets rested. I also made a bank guy - got him to 15 so he had a ship to go play in now and then, but mostly he stays parked on Kaas near the GTN/Mailbox. This makes things MUCH simpler. I also prefer Empire side - although I have a Consular on Rep side, and a bank guy also - just for a change of pace. But I find it irritating to play Republic, altho going DS makes it easier to swallow In short - don't feel like you "should" do something just because others do. Play YOUR game YOUR way - after all, if you aren't having fun then what's the point?

From Wookieepedia underlines mine to highlight my point: "Manifesto: The Maker created me for the sole function of deleting high-ranking organic troublemakers of the galaxy. These deletions must be conspicuous and provide an object lesson to other organic troublemakers. All other mission parameters are secondary." ―HK-51 "Schematics for HK generation 51: Blaster to accuracy ratio: increased by 21%. Durasteel impact frame resistance: increased. Conclusion: halting production. Units are in standby mode, pending further testing of behavior cores and assassination protocols." ―Log of the HK-51's development status "....crashed Imperial battlecruiser Fatality, carrying a full compliment of damaged but salvageable HK-51s." Sounds to me like: 1) They weren't finished with development yet - production was halted and units were in testing, specifically the behavioral circuits. 2) Units were damaged during the crash. 3) They were never intended to be "companions" - they were intended to be autonomous assassins, hence no need of a library of conversation topics. 4) The fact that they do chatter somewhat - environmental comments - can be attributed to either an unfinished behavioral core - or - environment plays a part in his job: Killing things, therefore he notes such. In any event, as I said - it makes sense to me. If it doesn't to you - so be it.

Makes sense to me really. I'll admit that with the opportunity to get him prior (as I hear it I don't know....yet) to being able to even have a companion kinda mucks things up, but... From what I understand of the plotline here - the HK has been in a deep freeze forever = not knowing anything about the current state of affairs. Nor, probably, much about the prior state unless he was physically there - because he is programmed for one thing and one thing only - to hunt down and kill anything that poses a threat either to himself or what he is assigned to protect. IOW - he's not so much a sentient construct (think ship droid) filled with anecdotes and trivia, as he is a hard-coded killing machine - (think Khem Val with wiring). The fact that he says anything at all is rather surprising to me - perhaps it's more a byproduct of the high-grade tech rather than an intentionally designed result. He isn't a 'companion' as such - there to provide entertainment or knowledge along with some utility - he is there to kill. Period.