This isn't grinding? Doing story mode Operations until you have most/all columi gear. Then going to do hard mode Operations until you have most/all rakata gear, then doing denova and doing that until you have bh and augments, then I get to do hard mode denova. Until the next tier of gear comes out, when I then have to go to the next area and do some of that flashpoint or operation until I get that type of gear. That's a grind in perfect definition.

Everyone says, "get to 50. that is when the real game starts." Well, I got to 50. For the first time in my MMO history, I got to max level. I took a good look around the game and all I see are opportunities to grind to experience end-game content. I love to craft gear with my Armormech, but my very best Rakata gear requires a rare crafting material that only drops in a certain Hard Mode Flashpoint or Operation. I would like to do things with my Guild, but they all have the best armor already, so I have to grind to the next tier of armor, then grind to the tier above that, and then to the tier above that, just to start participating in Hard Mode stuff with them. Perhaps I would like to PvP some. Too bad my gear doesn't have enough Expertise to withstand anything. So, I have to grind to get better Expertise gear, and then to the tier above that, etc. What parts of the game can I actually experience that doesn't require me to do the same repetitive task every day just to progress any? Is my only choice to roll another character and go back to 1-49?

Thanks for the constructive(?) comments, everyone.

I bought the regular version when the game first came out because I didn't know if I'd like it. I really do like it, and I wish I had bought the Collector's Edition. Since players with the Collector's Edition will be getting 1000 extra Cartel Coins, and players with the Digital Deluxe edition will be getting something, why not give players the option now to upgrade to those versions? RIFT does something similarly. $10 to upgrade to Digital Deluxe, $25 to upgrade to Collectors (sans physical items).

I believe I got one as a quest prize for one of the last Voss quests before Bonus. Was excited to finally have the hat.

I've been playing with Guss Tuno since I got him and content has been fine, but I wanted to regear up Corso for the last bit of the game and finish the game with him. So, I kept choosing droid parts that had 48/50 green armoring/mods on them. Combined with blue enhancements I got for quests, I was able to regear up Corso. I get the quest to take on the final bad guy for the Smuggler. I land in the cargo hold and proceed the first battle, Corso dies before it ends. What The Fridge corso! A bunch of 48 nobodies takes down a 46-50 modded Corso. A few more battles with him and I give up. No dice. I switch back over to Guss Tuno and proceed the finish the mission with very few hiccups. How is it that a poorer geared Medium-armor Gunslinger can tank better w/ a pocket healer than a better geared Heavy-armor ranged tank companion? Healing helps, but even a healer wouldn't have helped Corso survive any longer. I had this dream, that once I hit 50, that I'd epically gear up my companions and we'd crit the universe with our power. But how can I do that if Corso can't hold his own at end-game? How have others experienced end-game with Corso? What does it take to make this farm boy into a soldier?

Healers never get thanked and are usually blamed when groups wipe. Tanks never get thanked and are usually blamed when groups wipe. I always thank the players in the groups I am in, and hope others do too, but people can't expect to be thanked every time they do their role correctly. And people shouldn't let the fear of being blamed for the wipe affect their choice of role. In the end, I think it's just easier to play a DPS than Tank or Healer. Thus, there are more DPS than Tank or Healer. But it does suck to sit in queue for a flashpoint for an hour and not get a group. Maybe there wasn't a tank. Maybe there wasn't a healer. Who knows. It's lame, though.

20-30 metal missions, 1 schematic, 0 new ones.

If you crit it, it will automatically be on the armor. Like the other person said, depending on the level of the armor, it will determine what level of augment slot it gets.

Will look forward to it on iTunes!

In my opinion, Augment recipes should be purchasable from the Slicing trainer.

This game is a horrible choice for anyone who doesn't want to roll alts.

You can't upgrade any further than purple. To have to get a custom schematic from Underworld Trading or other crew skills.

Why is only social armor the only custom Adaptive armor? Why not make all the custom armor Adaptive?

Oh yeah, because I was in a queue for a flashpoint, another person couldn't invite me to their heroic group. The Group Finder shouldn't interfere with joining an actual group.