Ah, that may have been the problem. I was actually referring to dialogue choices that include (flirt), but now that you've brought up emotes, I have another question: How do I macro or keybind emotes? Being able to say "Hello" or "Thank you" or "May the Force be with you" with a simple click or key tap would be helpful to me for communicating with other players. Ah, excellent! Thanks to all who've responded too. You've been very helpful!

Sorry, I'm level 17 and this is my first toon. I've been playing for only a few days. The skills I picked were Archeology, Artificer, and Diplomacy. I might switch Artificer to a gathering profession now though, or can I have all three as gathering profs? Thanks for your help!

1. Gear: I've reached a point in my leveling where I'm starting to have a really hard time completing quests (I keep getting defeated), and I think it may have something to do with being under-geared. However, the gear that is dropping as loot and quest rewards is usually worse than what I currently have equipped (and there's so little of it), as is that which vendors are selling, and none of it is modifiable, except my lightsaber. How can I get better gear, and more gear (with the meager resources I have at this point), as I still have a lot of empty slots, on myself, as well as my companions and ship? 2. If a Jedi starts flirting with someone, does he acquire Dark Side points? 3. Why does it seem like no one uses the GTN? When I checked it out, looking for gear, there was nothing listed. No armor, no weapons, no crafted items, no crafting materials, no pets... It was deader than the goblin auction house in Booty Bay! 4. How do I add an avatar to my forum profile? Thanks for reading, and any help would be much appreciated.