There used to be an entire white uniform set in beta. You would collect the pieces while questing in DK. You'd get the white jacket by about level 13 and with match to chest you'd have an entirely white set with black boots. It was a great looking piece of armor but they took it away. The agent (frankly, all of the classes) had some amazing looking pieces in beta that are now gone since they decided to homogenize class style. Sad really - kills my motivation to play.

Or.. the designers could put their egos aside and address some of the concerns of the players. Most of which are concerns from the beginning of beta over a year ago.

We had this in beta and they took it away so that they could try to force some sort of community / social interaction at the Fleet. I've opted to just vendor everything and make do with drops and quest rewards because travel is just too inconvenient.

From my experience in beta, speccing as a tank before level 35 is pointless. You just don't have the HP pool to back it up and might as well go DPS. Operations before level 30 barely need a tank so you won't be missing out. Also, using a shield with a % proc chance is a great way to mitigate damage (though some will disagree with me on that).