Just get in a guild that has ventrillo and your typing will not be needed very much.

I've found that if your within 10 levels it doesn't seem to affect the xp gain for mobs. Over that and both of your xp goes into dumper. So keep friends close in level. I work on alts while they are off line.

I have 2 chars and one is just for getting mats for me he has arch and TH plus slicing. As a Jedi I want to be able to make the hilts and enhancements that I need while leveling. The purple hilts add so much damage to your weapons it is real nice!!!

What level are you? Do you have your ship yet? If so you have a cargo hold on board your ship and also can access it on fleet and other places. Once you start to craft a window opens up and it will draw needed materials from your inventory and your cargo hold, you don't need them on your person to make something.

To do artifice you need both archaeology and treasure hunting to have the materials to craft with. Slicing doesn't get you any materials for this crafting choice.