Finally getting around to leveling one, which is the best spec to level with? Rage looks fun, but I hear vengeance is the safer bet. I thought about leveling as Immortal in DPS gear but I'm not sure if I plan on tanking in the end yet.

My bad, I meant for PvE, although I'll probably end up doing a bit of PvP when I'm bored. So it sounds like sorc might be the best bet.

Flip flopped on what role to play just before Fallen Empire hit and now I think I've settled on healer, but not sure how the changes to the classes have affected how they play. Which would be beginner friendly (in the sense that I haven't healed a lot on MMOs)? I'm currently torn between Sorc and Merc, but I might consider Op.

Really awesome guide, helped me break my bout of indecision about which melee/dps class to main.

I'm still stuck on this choice while I level up classes for legacy buffs and/or companion buffs. I ask general on the fleet on and off and it's always trolltastic answers that aren't really answers. But my understanding is still that tanks are needed more than anything, which conflicts with my current plan of maybe going sorc healer. I used to tank ALL the time on MMOs I played, but I began steering clear of the role because blame is ALWAYS put on the tank when something goes wrong even if they weren't at fault. And then there's having to learn to tank again and learn fights.

That's a real shame I guess, that the mentality that melee is useless compared to ranged is still alive and kicking. When I first was planning on getting back into the game a few weeks ago I was going to roll with merc, but like I mentioned I always end up drifting back to wanting to do melee. Powertech could be interesting, I'll read over the guides in your sig and see what I think.

Finished my sorc and healing didn't end up clicking for me, in fact ranged in any MMO doesn't tend to click for me since I like to smash people's faces in. Anyway, I've been trying to figure out which class to main for DPS and I'm completely stuck. Right now it's mara vs jugg, though assassin crossed my mind a few times. In the case of mara vs jugg, I've seen people say that jugg tends to trump mara DPS wise. Is this true? Mara looks like it has some amazing utility, while jugg has some pretty good defense, but I honestly wouldn't know which is more valuable 50+, I'm not (currently) going to be doing any hardcore end gaming, so that might be a factor to consider.

Is there a rough estimate on DPS queues? I'm sort of liking the look of marauder now lol. I suppose worst case I'll have to find a guild or some such.

I imagine DPS queues are stupid long, as per the usual in MMOs, so I'm trying to decide between tank or healer. Which is in shorter supply for PvE Empire side?

I'm willing to put the work in. I just don't want to put that work in and find out it was a waste of time.

How is vengeance right now? I'm wrapping up my Sorc healer soon, and I'm thinking I'll play jugg as a DPS character. My main concern is the whole "ranged DPS or get out" mentality people seem to still have.

I'll probably only be doing FP and SM operations, yes. I currently don't have a guild to run with. Thanks for the explanations. I'm leaning heavily towards sorc, but I might give both a try and see what works. I'm a sub, so it shouldn't be hard to level stuff lol.

I've returned to the game recently and I was stuck on classes, but decided to go with a healer, since I imagine DPS have stupid queue times lol. Anyway, anyone have any suggestions for a beginner friendly healer? Right now I'm torn between merc and sorc, though I hear sorc is easier on the resource management. Part 2 of the question is are all 3 classes (so no matter what I pick) equally as good once I leave beginner territory? Like, for example, if I pick sorc will it be good beyond being easy to manage resources.

I think they are asking what specialization you should use to level now, and that they read commando > mercenary?

Well, having tried out a bunch of the classes I've narrowed it down to merc and sorc. How are they for DPS and/or healing? Probably leaning more towards healing.