I'm torn in that argument, becuase in many forums they want you to only post a new thread if it hasn't been done before and try to find your answer that way. But I guess in a forum like this when things get outdated quite fast bumping old threads may just out right confuse ppl.

as people above have said, theres much you can undo when it comes to optimazation without rerolling, only thing is if you realize oh I want to try the other advanced class. So stop rerolling and change what you need to on the char you have. if you want to know more on how to play your role as a dps, check youtube video out. He has alot of good stuff to learn from but don't forget its a journey and you will learn thing along the way all the time. Take what you learn and aply it to what comes on ahead. Don't try to redo the past. My best advise is to join a guild, any questions you have they hopefully will gladly help you with.

Well the reason there is different gears is because the pve gear is not made for balance and the pvp gear is, you can use pve gear but it will be balanced for pvp so it won't have the stats it shows. Its PvP gear that you want, I cant answer if theres a new gear set coming out, though at the fleet theres different vendors for it and different levels. If you want pvp gear before level 50 theres some vendors at dromand kaas and the republics equivalent (corosant or something).

Oh another reason to get into a guild is to get up to 10% exp and reputation bonus. Plus they are great to ask questions to, they are usually very friendly and helpful. Plus you can leave a guild whenever or change for that matter, and when you feel you're ready to make your own just leave and do that but its a huge time sink I can only imagine.

1. I've only got a level 10 toon with cybertech but there are at least 21 slots in which you can add modifications so if you feel like you out level the gear fast I understand why. Well yes you level quite fast and with cybertech I don't think there's another way like you suggest but with something like synthwaeving I find it possible when you're only craftning the for the slots you have not 3 for each slot. But with that way you don't get to wear any cool orange armor through the game. Though There is one way perhaps when you get to the stage where you have 5 companions it will go faster to level your crafting and to get companions faster is to go through story misssions but in that stage you also level slower yourself. My synthweaving started to catch up with me when I had 3 companions. 2. Well if by redundant you mean that it only have 2 uses now, finishing main story quests and travel between planests easily then yes. Haven't gotten to end game myself but you can upgrade your ship in the legacy try with some stuff as well but its more accessable through the stronghold. Though somestuff will cost you to get or some time to craft, like the cargohold. I haven't prioritsed it yet since I have all that at the guildship. (Don't expect to get a guildship any time soon if you plan on creating a guild, cost 50 000 000 000 credits) 3. Well I got totally smashed the first matches I tried^^ but I didn't know my role to well (tank) but as soon as I did I even got first in a match soon after that and got a lot of wins. I am a tank and if I taunt someone he does less damage to everyone else but me. So google your role or as in the forum what your role should do and you'll do great. Though a group that comunicates with something like mumble, teamspeak or ventrilo.. will have a HUGE advantage. 4. The empire side class equivalent gets a tank as their first companion and I wouldn't expect anything else from the republic side. No you won't have to buy any of those, you'll get a variaty of them as you go but the ewok I've heard is the best companion in the game and I think you can unlock it ingame through just questing and credits. Theres a guide on it on the OSW guild youtube channel I linked to you before. Well the deathpenalty, depending on if you are free to play or not if its as bad as you describe it. You can res on the spot where you are and as a sub you can do so infinite but it'll be a cooldown after the fist time and it'll get larger. As a free to play you'll have a number of droids that can res you but when you have used them.. I think you have to buy more. You can always res at medcenter but you'll have to run for a bit back. If you're in a group anyone can res you without even being a healer but it has a cooldown. Fair warning as a beatdown playstile, you'll end up out leveling your planets quite quickly if you start doing sidequest many but in my opinion its the most fun, but if you don't care about that it would be a way for the crewskill to catch up. You see when the quest turn grey you barley get any xp but you still get the credits and rewards so you can continue level your crewskills while you are not so it can catch up and you get to do the fun content. Edit: 4.1 well as a dps you shouldn't take any damage and you should keep your threat level below the tank so I guess that a tank companion is the best way to get a hang of it. But run with what you feel like is the most efficient. I guess it depends also if your way over leveled I guess another DPS is better but but otherwise I would go with Tank. OH! One thing you should do, forgot to mention it in the last post. Datacrons are located on every planet and if you have the energy to go and get them all you should or at least the ones for you class, theres a ton of guildes on youtube. Datacrons give you permanent boosts to your primary stats. Recomend this channel =) You're welcome! =D glad to help

1. well for your first question.. well if you like it do it but it is a waste of resources if you don't plan the stuff out and somewhat in the future plan to play the GTN, bascally craft stuff and sell it. Another way to justify crafting is if you feel its fun and you can craft gear or whatever that is useful as you level. 2. well galatic starfighting is basically a seperate game within the game.. try it out sometime if you like but not gonna hinder you in any way. Strongholds on the other hand is handy, as of now you can get one for 3 credits and get a free legacy storage which is shared amogst all your toons, also you can have a vendor there and all sorts of nifty things. But why have it? well if you're in the middle of no where and have a full inventory of things you want to save, press u teleport your stronghold stash it, sell stuff, mail stuff, put stuff on the GTN, Guild bank, cargohold and here for the final peice, teleport RIGHT back where you were or a free way to get to the fleet or your ship. If you have a guild that has a ship.. and they have all that stuff already.. GREAT use that one instead works the same way. So will it hinder you, no, will it benefit you.. well if you put useful stuff in it yes. 3. Point in pvping? well do you find it fun? thats all there is to it, that and its a good way to level. The better you know your class the better you know what to do there. If you want pvp gear before lv 50, theres vendors at dromand kas and the republics equivalent planet. 4. well if you now want or think that you might want a stronghold in the future, go to dromand kas or the republics equivalent planet and go to strongholds vendor and buy the one for 3 credits. Other than that for the first planet and on the fleet.. pick up every quest because some of them will direct you to some useful stuff like crafting, or to do flashpoints or pvp, if its just a normal quest and you want to stick to the main quest.. just abondon it. Get a mount and the skill to learn how to use them. Other than that I can only refer to this youtube for more details of things you can think of what to do or to get. If you returned as a subscriber I recomend if you have a friend that could be interested to use your referal link to recruit him or if have any friend that you used to play with that would want to return with you. That would give you the best low level mount (110% speed boost out of the bat). If you thinking of resubscribing my referal is in my siginiture, that will give you some benefits would give you 7 days worth of sub. hope that answers your questions

Yeah many players has this problem, don't know if its server specific or just all around but what I find helpful is this: change instance here's how; go to the map ingame, M is the default key, then above the minimap in the lower right corner there should be a dropdown box with the name of the area you are in and a number. Its usually 1 but change it to 2 or higher ( if it isn't a high populated area there will only be about 2 instances). This will most likely get you to a less populated area with less lag though it will feel less alive in some cases though.

do you mean in the game or in the forum? For others who don't get what he's asking he wants to enlarge the text

I've heard that packs come back from time to time... for a short period of time.. anyone who knows here? and does anyone know how often?

Hi! I'm a new player and don't know if I should get pvp gear, I'm level 29 and only played unranked so far. I mainly trying to level through missions but when I've done the daily PvP I haven't felt like a tank that I am, feel kinda squishy. Or it is just me running out being a noob at pvp ^^ so can you get pvp gear sub level 50? and in that case where?

thank you so much for the help! =D

Hi everyone! Is there a vendor where you can buy a cargo hold decoration with credits? I already have the legacy one but this one I don't know where to get besides through crafting, Cartel market or the GTN. Thanks!

yeah I feel the same its like 5 ppl online in my guild... with hundreds of members.. and this is after the launch of the new expantion also seeking a mature guild with active players..

Yeah looked it up.. its the contraband packs that are not avaiable anylonger.. but heard that they do come back from time to time? yeah that seems like a waste of money.. though don't have any experience when it comes to getting reputation from packs? is that as much of a money stealer? because it seems if the contraband pack would return you would need friend status with the contraband resale something. Ohh nice! well just a new player with 2 chars and the highest being 17^^ but I guess that is my best bet. At least I'm good at doing my research and gonna try and do some crewskill gtn selling as well.

Hi! I've looked up guides and on the game and I keep seeing trails of Holostatues, these mobile class trainers. But when I try to find a way to obtain them I simply can't. When I tried to find out myself where to get them I was told they could be obtained from Black Market Cartel Packs or Crime Lord's Cartel Packs from the cartel market.. but they don't seem to exist anymore. So how can I get them? I know that you can buy them from the GTN but has the way the player obtains them vanished? And by that I mean is there only the existing amount holostatues fixed to amount that players have in the whole server? Thanks!