Yes and yes. This game is completely bad once you hit 50. It's like they forgot that they need to keep subscribers after all of that voice over is over and done with. End game is basically less-polished WoW, so I choose to play the better game.

Can I have your stuff?

I am pretty disappoint that BioWare have decided last minute not to release patch 1.1 tomorrow as scheduled. I realize that issues arise within development that can delay this sort of thing, but I was looking forward to not having to deal with the stupid green glow from companion healing. Not to mention that it would be really nice if we Jedi Knights who have been with you since launch could progress our storylines with Kira Carsen. She's been bugged from the beginning for me.

Orange can be crafted by an Artifice. I just looked through my trainer's list for later levels and they're there. Purple is absent however.

So I'm not entirely sure how, but I am just now arriving on Balmorra at level 18 and I'm pretty overleveled for the area. To be honest it's kind of boring because everything dies so quickly, and all of the quests are dispatching underwhelming rewards. I suppose this is where the linear flow of the story becomes a problem: I can't move on to a more challenging area and still advance my class quests. It's lame. Any advice?

Uh, how?

So where do you get purple crystals? It's the only color I can't seem to account for. It's not taught by the Aritifce trainer or anything. They show up on Torhead but they have no vendors or crafting attached to them.