Aye, it seems that's going to be the plan. I spent several hours last night on Taris soloing all the Heroic quests (time consuming but possible!) and I reckon I'll close the gap with Flashpoints and other repeatables. Thanks for your help by the way - I guess I'll have to change specs once I'm squared up and level the old fashioned way. It was quick and fun while it lasted!

The only missions I've skipped are group missions (Heroics, Flashpoints, Operations, whatever they call them this week); I've been very thorough about doing the Bonus Series once I saw the pattern emerging.

HAHA, No. This problem started on Taris and continued through Quesh. Wasn't too easy, but I wasn't worried till I was suddenly done with Quesh, on Hoth and knew Belsavis was next. I thought Quesh would be longer and even things out a bit!

Yes, I skipped every Heroic (I generally play in the wee hours of the morning after work and nobody is online), and I've done all the Bonus Series quests for every planet (when this problem first arose, I went to every planet and every Mission Hub I'd gone through just to make sure). Also, I do my Space dailies because it's quick and worth a bar or so. I gather it's because I'm lacking crucial combat XP (Bonus parts of quests, etc.) I guess I'm just surprised that Mission XP alone won't carry you. A screenshot of my current Mission List. I take the Heroic quests and don't track them until I get off-planet

Hey there, I'm currently halfway through level 37 on my first character (Assassin), and the missions have quickly outpaced my level. I've done every side quest save for Heroics and I just landed on Belsavis for my level 42 class quest that I can't even get to because the enemies between me and my destiny float between 42 and 46, outside my ability to hit them. I'm specced defense and using Andronikos (just got Talos) which has made leveling easy when I'm seen - and that's the rub: I stealth through most things and hit my objectives so this is my question: Could I have missed SO MUCH combat XP that the level divide between me and my missions is that large? Do I just do Heroics and grind my way up to that level? If so, why would stealth mechanics be in the game if mission XP alone wasn't enough to level you with the quests? Anyway, any feedback would be appreciated. I tried searching for other threads but fell short (I don't really know what I'm searching for without being too generic as to include every leveling issue under the sun). Thank you in advance