Thank you all, it's so useful to know how affection was managed through patches. I'll follow suggestions about gearing i suppose: it seems to be the only thing that could be good to upgrade. I always boost the charachter with those terminals on Makeb.

Thank you Steve for the advice! I'm already using outfits, but didn't know after lvl 60 mobs drop mods too. Thank you for your feedback! Actually the mods of my Assassin are green quality as when I began to play 3 years ago I didn't get the gear mechanic, so I used mods I found on planet's vendors even if fitting appropriate level. Then I rejoint the game and as first I trained crew skills appropriately. Now I'm trying ti find the best alternative with crafted gear and heroic missions gear so I can replace those green mods.

I've found it! It's Ka’pkar and you're right: they say you need a healer and a tank! My pc is a tank and my companion heals but you need a group! I didn't know of the existance of mobs like this in ordinary quest areas. Thank you so much P.S. Think I found another one in Dromund Kaas at the temple ruins years ago... ^^'

First of all thank you for the advice about mods: i buy them on fleet or on the planets and they're a waste of credit, but I can't find their better versions in heroic missions' crates... Don't know why. Surely I'll look better for them. The mob on Makeb I'm referring is at 55 and I fought it at 56 and 57. The second time I had the artificial stats set by planet level, so don't know what to think eccept for the gear, as my companion is a healer already (forgot to tell before, sorry). The mob I'm referring has only one casting time ability eccept basic attacks: it's like a stun or something coz I can't attack while the mob is casting, what's strange is I cannot interrupt it, infact I get stunned while the cast bar is running. It could be one of those dvl-bosses. It's strange also because the pc and the mob have a HP difference not bigger than 10k HP. I don't think is too much at lvl 57, but I could be so wrong bout it ^^' One last thing could be important: I made this assassin with light side choices before the time companions' stats were based just on your Presence and Affection... So at 57 my higher affection lvl is 16 or 17 with Ashara, but seems to be quite low, as my Vanguard has Affection 20 with Aric and it's at lvl 40. I could start to go for dark side choices, but would it be worthy? Is this a reason to delete a charachter!? I hope not

Hi everyone! I'd like some feedback about the champion mobs (those with the gold and silver icon): if I fight them and my pc is at their same lvl they'r usually too strong and I can't succeed. Since I can find this mobs in NON heroic areas I think they'r beatable in solo mode. Could it be a gear problem? I'm a sub but usually equip crafted gear or what I receive at the end of heroic missions while I'm leveling. Is it that bad? I'm not equipping full purple items at the moment as it requires so much time to craft. I'm equipping a custom armor and I want to craft augments to upgrade it. I think the problem could be the armor has just green and blue mods. Any advice? The pc is an assassin tank, I ended the story class some years ago, I returned to swtor and now I'm on makeb. I follow dulfy's guide for the rotation

Thank you Adric And Lowlife! I purchased the two basic sh on DK and Coruscant.

Thank you all!!! I think I'll go for the Nar Shaddaa stronghold: it was my first choice thinkin about flavor and I just want it for utilities! You helped me a lot guys, more than videos and tutorials. thank you all!

Hi everyone! I've just came back after 3 years and I'm not sure how to manage strongholds. I understood their use, but is it better to have one per charachter, or just one per faction (one imp and one rep)? For now I have one stronghold on imp side and I suppose just imperial charachters will be able to access it, but what about republic charachters? Should I have one stronghold per charachter, or one per faction will be enough? Thank you so much

I'm sorry, I just edited the post to remove the link. - operations: With end game do you mean reaching lvl 70, or just ending the classic storyline? About crafting are the armors good, or should I buy them? Is there any difference? Thank you so much for the help

Hi everyone! I've just subbed for 2 months and I'd like some advice on how to better spend the advantages that now I have. For example what are the best things to purchase on cartel market, operations and so on. Every suggestion is welcome. Thank you so much.

I totally agree about the priority of absorb and damage reduction on endurance, but first I need to find gear that hallows me to have good damage reduction. That is the point we're discussing with the others, infacts I'm just at 20th lvl and I haven't absorb percentages that hallow me to do what you suggest (I suppose I have at least 20% of shield rating). By the way your suggestion is my objective! Thank you! Always considering my lvl I care about having dark ward up until the 15 stacks end and make a huge use of discharge, but at the moment these are my tools: I don't have harnessed darkness, dark bulwark and wither yet. Thank you so much

Thank you so much UrbanSaint! That's exactly what I wanted to know: I just can't find mods or enhancements that give defense, shield and absorb at the moment. Thanks Aelanis, infacts I red about some changes from endurance to willpower in upper levels that sound strange. I got it about dark ward and discharge, thank you. What about Khem's gear, I used to give him the good drops of heavy armors, or is it better to give him the rewards of quests? I don't like to give him those rewards as I prefer take commendations. Do you agree? Thanks a lot!

Hi everyone! I'm new on mmorpg and I need some advices. I'm playing a sith assassin on Progenitor. I picked the tanking spec and I like it very much but it's quite challenging as first experience. I red many posts bout gearing and rotations, but still have some questions. I'm equipping Endurance gearing, as I'm tank and I'm at 20th level. What about higher levels? Is it better to continue on Endurance, or change for Willpower? I'm looking for the best gear to gain the maximum on shield chance, defense and absorption, do you have any advice about that? Where can I find the best vendors and best gear? I'm working on my rotation and have some problems because all the guides I find are set for previous game updates, and some things have changes (from a newbie point of view ). I don't worry about dying in difficult missions like heroic areas, but I played with another sin of my same lvl and she had clearly a better survivability. Can someone give me some advice? Last but not least: the companion. I know the best for a tank is a healer, but it takes so long for gaining one. For now I can use the ship droid, or Khem Val which is not a healer. Which one should I pick? Thanks a lot

Hi everyone! I need help for a strange bug: i'm playing a sith assassin (13th lvl) and i'm on Dromund Kaas. I have been attacked by some "invisible foes" several times, while I was playing. The companion recognizes and attacks them, but I can't even select them to attack. Even when Khem Vaal defeats them I can't select the dropped items, even if I receive the XP reward. I think they're Vine Cats because I need to collect parts of the body of these beasts for a quest and now, when I'm under attack of the invisible foes their dropped items make that yellow light you see when drop a quest item. It's quite funny as issue but have no idea how to solve it! Any advice from some of you guys? Thanks a lot.