How about... Don't stand around and just send companions out. Find a spot rich in nodes, camp out for a few hours... You can still make 5-10k easily in 2 hours or so. It's not that hard people.

Seems like Cybertech is the way to go honestly. Even when leveling, being able to make your own Armoring/Modifications gives a pretty good stat advantage starting at like 25 when you start to get 4+ orange gear.

Lvl 32 Carnage Marauder here, just want to add my two cents about what I am doing. Specifically regarding the abilities you didn't mention/cover. Retaliation - I use it whenever proc is up. Doesn't waste a GCD and it's only slightly weaker than Vicious Slash. Not sure if it will still be worth it once I get Massacre, however. Pommel Strike - Very strong and does not cost Rage. Smash and Force Scream both stun weak and standard enemies allowing you to use this. I actually open on a group of enemies with something like Charge > Smash > Pommel > Battering Assault (this usually kills one) > Gore > Ravage. In Flashpoint/heroic situation you would have to wait for another party member to do a stun before you can use it since we don't have a stun that works on strong/champion mobs. Force Choke - It's channeling and doesn't do great damage so it's not really worth it unless you are 1v1 with a mob. Apply Rupture first of course. While channeling it also stuns the enemy so that's great to allow cooldowns to refresh and also gives your companion extra time to attack them/heal you/whatever. I had a hard time with Strong quest mobs until I started using this actually. If your Jugg tank uses this (I'm not sure if this is optimal for them but I've seen some use it) it's a good time to Pommel Strike as well. Feel free to correct me on anything wrong/stupid. EDIT: Also wouldn't Surge be better for us than the other trees since we crit more via Frenzy > Force Scream.

Can someone confirm this? I did the mission once last night and haven't seen it again since...