May story line has been stuck on Makeb for many weeks. "Consulting the Expert" Disable missile batteries 0/4. When I go to the cave entrance the 'door' is green with big red strips through it!? I cannot enter. Reading the story line page gives me no clues it just says go there. Anyone had this issue?

I just reached lvl 55 and was anticipating getting some new top level schematics. I ran over to the Artifice trainer with great expectations! But to my dismay and great disappointment found nothing new being offered. How does one get lvl 55 schematics? I have been 450 in all skills for a long time.

I had some exact same issue before I finally realized they resided at the rear of the ship and down the stairs that are right next to the Robot. You will find Tharan and Qygen down there now and the empty room will be for Nadia.

Yes, I'm working on affection but with over 50 missions with Treasure Hunting I would only get that darn Rainbow which has a value of 200~300 and would cost me over 1000 credits each to acquire! Now I'm stuck with 150 Rainbow that cost me 150,000+ and is worth maybe 45k IF I CAN FIND a buyer.

How do you get Gift Fragments for your companions? Tried to buy some at the market and none showed up in the last couple days.

oh that is sad. I had hoped to find them. That darn Treasure Hunting skill is worthless at lvl 450. It only returns a Rainbow crystal which has very little value, I just recently dumped it (TH).

Hoping someone will know the planets that have these crystals: 1) Krayt Pearl 2) Ice Jewel 3) Pristine 4) Nova 5) Carbonic 6) Corusca 7) Chrysopaz

Thank you all for the comments. Especially Dallayna for the in-depth opinions. I have dropped Treasure Hunting and replaced it with Archaeology. With both Slicing and Archae active it does return a lot of treasure stars on the map which I love to find! At least I'm getting something of value now. I still believe SWTOR needs to 'fix' the problem of a gathering skill becoming near worthless at 450.

Maybe I have chosen 'poorly' with my skills. However, the point i intended to make was that once I reached 450 in Slicing and Treasure hunting that the item/s returned from a Mission are near WORTHLESS ! Up until I reached 450 I was pleased with the results and profited from missions. Now at 450 I get only one item from a mission 'Rainbow Gem' from Slicing and some worthless circuit board from Treasure hunting, NEVER anything else. These cost me over a 1000 credits each and can be easily bought on GTN for 300 or less. In other words all Slicing and Treasure Hunting at skill 450 returns the SAME item and therefore the market is ALWAYS flooded with NO CHANCE of making a profit !!! If that is just poor game design or planned by SWTOR I cannot say. I guess the only solution is to just dump ANY gathering skill once you achieve a 450 skill level. Very disappointing to work for a goal of top skill just to find it ruins that skill.

I've been working my Gathering skills including Treasure hunting and Slicing up to a skill of 450 anticipating the day when I'd be getting the BEST treasures and Slicing benefits. What do I find? In treasure hunting I get a worthless gem and in Slicing I get a worthless circuit board !!! What a terrible game design! They could have stopped giving missions if they wanted the gathering skill to end at 450. But no, they keep giving missions that return worthless product !! Shame on you SWTOR. Now I have spent over 100,000 credits accumulating a worthless gem and another near 100,000 credits getting some worthless circuits. BAD game design SWTOR, shame on you.

thank you thank you !! It is finally moving up again

awwww ... thank you. Yes they are all gray. I've been looking for schematics on trade network. But all are lvl 80 and up. How do I get from 65 to 80?

I seem stuck at level 65 with Artifice! I've literally made dozens of crystals since 64 and no increase in level above 65. My character is at lvl 42 but I changed out a skill a few weeks ago to take on Artifice. My Treasue hunting and Slicing are both at 400 and it seems they moved up very quickly compared to Artifice. At this rate I'll never reach 400 with Artifice. Or for that matter 100 !! This is my first crafting skill, am I missing something?

Good suggestions ALL ! Hopefully they get to the game designers.

re: Level 36 Consular I have the following: Investigation (111); Treasure Hunting (200) and Slicing (330) my favorite. Luv finding those treasures on the map Often will fight through some enemies that I would have avoided to get the 'treasure'. The first two skills seem lame. Any suggestions on a good replacement for them?