As in full conq except armorings which will be - I assume - 78s or 72s pve?

Hey. Just acquired HK51 because I was bored and wanted to try something new (I am PT, usually run with pvp geared Mako). I wonder what the optimal gearing route for this one is as he can not use PvP armorings given that he is a droid. To clarify this is for solo world pvp. Is it pve armorings and pvp mod/enh or straight up full pve? Thanks for any help.

I have a question, or rather something more general that I have been pondering now for some time. I play PT more or less solely for PvP although I am not inexperienced as PVE tank (ie. shield tech). I play Pyro and AP and obviously occassionally AP in Ion cylinder for nabtanking. As PFT is going out the door, which in all fairness is probably not bad, I have been thinking about having separate gears and separate specs for when I want to DPS and tank. As it is now I already roll eliminators for pyro and the standard rocket punch set for AP. I don't mind getting a third set. However, what I really wonder is if going shield tech with full tank gear is really worth it in the end? Will I really be that more powerful? The dps without PFT will not be that awful as AP in Ion, and I get the lovely 30% stun damage redux. Would you who are experienced with both say that there is a clear edge to ST over AP for tanking, or do you generally still end up playing AP/ion in arenas and WZ because going all tank is overkill? Please share your thoughts and opinions. I do like the tank tree and I have nothing else to spend comms on anyway, but I'd like to hear some pros and cons and thoughts about it.

Ah! Of course! That explains a lot why I had issues with PPA proc after trying a different gear setup. I didn't even think about alacrity causing it... Thanks a ton!

Hey. Recently hit 55 with my merc. I come from a PT background as pyro pvp and I am intimately familiar with the spec as far as pvp goes. However I can not yet fathom, why is alacrity bad? Have I missed something major? This actually seems like the first class I play alacrity is useful for - I don't see any theoretical downsides but I have probably missed something. Your enlightenment is appreciated. Regards,

How is flame sweep "spammable" when after doing just a few you're heat starved without even denting your opponent?

Yeah, that's what I thought. Perhaps the guy was either uninformed or used it solely for duels or something. Who knows!

I've seen some run with pvp weapons with crafted 72 barrels/hilts (65 conq mod, enh). How does that work out compared to a vanilla conq weapon?

Which of Rusk or Kira is, given equal gear level, considered best at dishing out the most damage? Kind regards,

One question on gearing around bolster etc... I have full conqueror set, incl. implants etc. Would I lose expertise if I slotted my main hand and offhand with 31 crafted 31 barrel? If yes, is it neglible? Bolster still confuses me...

Why have premade companions at all? This game really lacks in the freedom and customization department, it learned nothing from its venerable predecessor SW:G. Sort of like the nemesis in Champions Online. If Bioware were smart, they'd give you four-five preset characters and 1-2 random characters. For example, when you save the mercs from the drill shaft that implodes on Makeb, you'd get to recruit one of them. And here you'd be prompted to a character creation screen, in which you chose gender, race, companion class, voice (given a few choices by the already existing voice actors), allignment, goals and motivation, appearance - all from a set number of choices that would give you the opportunity to make unique companions. Why on earth does my BH not kill Gault? It makes zero sense. Why on earth does the warrior accept a Talz comp? Why do my BH not simply ditch Skagg who hates my guys? Etc. We're just strong-armed into making choices that does not fit realistically or logically with our characters. This among other reasons is why this game clearly is a bad roleplaying game and I just skip all conversations. The only reason I'd ever read the conversations is because I want my allignment to shift either way - which is just a comfort because I can buy my companions' affection anyway. And the story doesn't change regardless of what I do, so why bother? Because there is no action-reaction or cause-effect in this game, just let us have more freedom to customize our companions, our ship, our gear, our characters (4 body options? Please) etc, so we at least get the feeling that we're playing an RPG.

This seems like the kind of point people try to make just to... Make a point. And feel good about themselves.

More war indeed. What irks me majorly about 55 content is that it is basically a fantasy game rehash; go to dark place of much lava, fight evil sorcerer in dark tower, who not only has a host of mutated tentacles and other abominations, but also looks like a proper WOW:esque wizard. If we see a new expansion, I pray to God that it will be planet(s) where the enemy is the opposing faction, not idiotic dread masters. This game is kind of far from Star Wars, apart from the lightsabers. BW was more inspired by WoW than SW:G when they created this game, which was a mistake. Focus on Star Wars, not stupid stereotype plotlines with stupid stereotype environments with stupid stereotype enemies. I call for Galactic War.

This so much.

Hello comrades of the Republic. I am in need of your help. I want to buy http://www.torhead.com/item/dr9hSzq/republic-protectors-armor For this if I understand it right I need one of you on Republic side to buy this for me and then sell to me (Imperial), either through GTN (or COD/face to face trade if that even works, I have no idea). If this is something you'd be willing to do, I will work with you for a reasonable reward for the work at hand. Please contact me here on in-game as Riggs, Ekseniah or Eksenia (preferably on Riggs). Kind regards,

Hey, yeah you told me in another thread, and I have done both. I wanted to get some experience with both, but the question above was aimed at lvl 55

Alright, cheers! I've been running both so far (level 36 atm, pvped all the way up from 10) depending on need... But I have to admit I am getting used to the heat vent on HEGC. I suppose it doesn't matter so much at my level - I'll give it a proper evaluation as I reach higher levels. Thank you!

Do you normally run HEGC or Ion cylinders in a given match? Regards,

Thank you kindly!

Hello! I haven't quite figured out what the Set Bonus from an item is attached to. Is it the armor piece itself or one of the sockets? Is it possible to extract set bonus by moving all armoring/mod/enhancements from say conqueror set to any other adaptive armor?

You're obviously too young to remember SW:G

Thank you kindly, that was well more than anticipated! If you would elaborate on the stronkness of said comp and spec/build feel free to PM. Once again, you have my thanks and may the tech be with you :3

Hello! I haven't yet begun playing the PT yet but having been inspired by the cool names of the abilities I figured I just need one. And merc wasn't my cup of tea... Basically I am all for PvP and as I already have done the BH storyline up to around 40 at least I just want to get it overwith as soon as possible. Would you say the best way is pvping or pve:ing you way up there? And if PVE, would pyro yield faster kills than AP? Kind regards, [edit]: Would a tank OH with dps mods or just pure dps OH work best?