Getting invites to endgame content depends on the player not the character. The only time I've ever seen a specific class requested is a sniper for the first boss in EV, otherwise it's all about looking for good players. People who can pay attention, be on top of what needs to be done, know their specs/rotations, etc...will get you a lot farther than worrying about class make-up. My main is a Veng Juggy. I don't get invited to raids because of my class, I get invited because people know that I am a good player and that I can be relied upon.

Well the fact that this person considers having mismatched talent trees and a crafting system where all the crafting skills except biochem are useless "perfectly fine" is a pretty good indicator that we shouldn't be taking design advice from them.

Every class forum has at least a few threads remarking about how gimped/underpowered/useless that class is. It's easier to say the class is broken then for a person to say they just suck at playing it. When the game came out everyone cried about Marauders being useless and the worst pvp class in the game...a couple months later (with no changes made at all) the marauder is cried about as being OP in pvp....Moral of the story is that for the most part very few people on these forums know what they are talking about. People's views about what class is best in pve/pvp are going to be vastly different given the variables of gear, spec, and skill. Best to just pick the class/story you like best...As 1.2 shows, none of the classes will be the same as they are now down the road. I don't know if you are more of a pvp or pve person, but I've done quite well in pve as a DPS juggy. Managed to beat both 8man nightmare and 16man HM.

Gotta' admit, I'm a bit concerned they are paying money to have people design these kinds of armor for what is supposed to be the most high end gear in the game...Some of them look kinda cool, but really nothing inspiring or anything I would consider professional. Some of them (poor poor smugglers) are downright terrible.

Yes buying a digital 60 day time "card" means that a code will be emailed to you, just give that code to your friend.

While it always possible, I highly doubt we will see an option to change factions anytime soon (at least I hope not). But Bioware has said that the legacy system will provide incentives and extras to make leveling alts easier, including incentives to level alts on the opposite faction.

Hardmode and Nightmare modes share the same loot tables, you can get Rakata weapons from both HM KP and NM KP.

Be thankful he didn't let you come. Sounds like a scrub raid leader.

Rotation should be Saber Throw > Charge > Sunder > Shatter > Impale > Force Scream. Forget Ravage (not set in stone, but you should make sure that Shatter, Impale, and Force Scream are always used as soon as they are off cooldown). Vicious Throw should also always be on cooldown once the mob is low enough health. The variability of the quality of gear people have at 50 is huge. Same goes for the gear of your group for any given flashpoint. To say every class is viable for HM's except juggernaut is ridiculous. I've seen every type of class struggle (effectiveness is up to the player, not the class, which means knowing what gear, specs, and rotations to use, also your ability to position yourself, to stay on the boss *keeping* up the rotation, and to stay alive. Having a rotation won't do any good, if you take several seconds to click your ability after GCD.) Every 1.5 seconds count in this game. Lastly how can you be sure it's your DPS that sucks? Maybe the other DPS is the one that sucks. I remember one time I did 2 HM false emp runs, one was with a sorc dps, the other with another juggernaut dps. The tank and healer were friends of mine, so everything was the same except the pug dps. We BLEW thru the instance with 2 juggies. With the sorc we struggled to not hit enrage timers.

What is your Vengeance spec and rotation? I can say personally that I have done very well in both HM flashpoints and HM operations. I have all the HM's done, and sport a full set of Rakata Vindicator gear. I've 2-man'd HM BT with a tank friend and 2 healer companions, which means I was the sole dps more or less. We can do a hell of a lot dmg if you know how.

hurrah reskinned ugly armor. Almost as lame as making tionese/columi/rakata all exactly the same but with different colors. almost.

Honest question...what do you do in endgame PvE if you don't raid? There's dailies but the only point to credits I've seen is repairs and buying stims. There's HM flashpoints, but an operation is just 2 flashpoint groups working together, not really all that different and the HM FP's are harder than normal ops. I would personally like to see level 50 quest lines that are actually GOOD. None of this repeat the same tired collect x objects/ kill x mobs dailies you get that seem like nothing more than a test of one's patience. Something that is maybe completed over the course of several play sessions, with interesting characters and plot. Right now daily NPC's are nothing but mission boxes with character skins. The biggest disappointment so far is that you play through this awesome story and literally the second you hit 50, it all stops...completely. I barely log onto my 50 except to do a weekly raid with some friends and maybe a couple matches of pvp here and there...I still enjoy my alts, but on the other hand I don't even want to hit 50 on them because then I know they'll just get shelved.

Well from reading this thread and a few others, here is a quick overview of what these changes mean: Juggernauts have been nerfed and they will now be overpowered. hurray4forums

The PvE gear is definitely better for doing PvE. You lose out on a lot of extra stats on pvp gear because of the expertise. However some of the mods/enhancements for some columi pieces are pretty crappy. So you are best off taking the mods/enhancements that you do like and switching them out. (for example you have the columi gloves and pants, but the mods in the pants are crap while the ones in the gloves are good. Next time columi gloves drop, take them and move the mods from the gloves to the pants.)

Enjoy the storyline and the planets you visit, that's really the main draw of the game. If emotes, seating, and chat bubbles are what's required for you to have fun I would suggest the Sims or Second Life.