I would like to start running space missions; but I am a bit late to the game, as it were. I did a few when I started leveling, but have not returned to them since. When I check my available missions, half are gray and half are green. Could someone give me some advice on getting to the point where I can do high level daily space missions? I am willing to put in the time, I am just not sure of an effective approach. Should I run gray missions until I get enough ship components?

My eyes are fairly sensitive to light and therefore I do not imagine this affects too many other people; but the talent Kinetic Collapse is way too bright for me. I play with the camera at a distance of 25% and when this talent fires off--which is quite frequently--it is uncomfortably bright on my monitor. I quite like Backlash in Pvp with a Lightning sorcerer. It has even been helpful in PvE, on occasion. It has a nice visual effect. By comparison, the Sage version is a camera flash. My questions are these from the perspective of a Telekinetic Sage: How much will I miss this talent on the Sage in Pvp? Can someone recommend a replacement talent in Balance or Seer? How about moving those points into Focused Insight or Drain Thoughts? We do use periodic damage in Weaken Mind and Mind Crush as part of our rotation. But it may be that this is not enough DOT damage to warrant either. Thank you for your thoughts on this rather peculiar issue

Thank you for the guide: I am learning quite a bit. Some of the parses are amazing. The suggested rotations are helpful along with the stat explanations. You all are far more conversant with these concepts than I, so I have a few basic questions that will likely cause an eye-roll or two. Please bear with these two callow queries--questions that are likely perfectly clear to you all from the original post. How would one modify the theory crafted best spec in the original post for full Telekinetics PvP? I would imagine that Mental Longevity should be moved to Force Wake. Would much else need to be changed for a TK PvP specific build? I am bit conceptually gear challenged from lack of experience, so if someone could summarize a decent warzone gear set for a TK dps at 55, I would appreciate it. Otherwise I can keep staring at the spreadsheet, hoping for eventual enlightenment...

Can any high level Telekinetic Sages offer advice on setting up the UI to avoid watching the tiny status bar for Psychic Projection/Tidal procs? Since TK tends to be a priority based rotation, I am having a hard time. If the procs occurred during a static rotation, I could ignore the status bar; alternatively, if they had a visual or aural indicator I could use that. Any suggestions on a UI setup that works for you to let you keep your eye on the action during PvE or PvP?

Thank you for the link. Nice guide, missed that.

Thank you kindly for the suggestions. I will give it a go. It used to be pretty hard to be consistently effective even though you could put up some good numbers--the defensive CDs could not keep you alive once people noticed you.

Correction, missed one

I am returning to a level 50 sniper after being away over a year. I would appreciate some assistance with a decent 'cookie cutter' lethality build. Not sure what 5 more levels will bring to the table, but I am only 50. I have been reading that hybrids and MM are the way to go for dps, but I enjoy lethality and would like to stick with it. 1. Would someone kindly link, post, or talk through a 2.1 pvp lethality build? The problem I am having is that all of the links I am finding are out of date; The calculator returns the message, "This Skill Calculator link is from a previous version of the skill trees. Please note it may not be accurate." 2. What is a good pvp rotation? I am guessing that Lethal Takedown should be used after every Cull. So perhaps something like this?? SShot-CGrenade-CDart-WBlast-CULL-TDown-EProbe-CULL-TDown? And Orbital when off CD? No clue how energy would handle this approach. But I did not include SOS because I read that you should focus on power surge and without accuracy I doubt it would be helpful. Again, this is all speculation, I could use some direction. 3. Which PvP equipment should I go for? If it matters, I have max Biochem from back in the day. Thank you

How about a build like this a healer--31/10/0? Would I be losing too much healing ability to shore up stealth when I need to use it in PvP? http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#401MffbzGoRdsZMI0M.1

I am mid level now, but everyone and their brother can see me when I stealth as a healing OP. I am not referring to Cloaking Screen. Some forum folks helped me make Cloaking Screen work quite well--It is fairly reliable now in combination with a few other skills including the instant Sneak ability. But straight stealth is not working particularly well unless I am way, way back from the action (probably hiding behind a pillar) So my question is: how is vanilla stealth in PvP at 50 for healing Operatives? Do you need to go into concealment a touch to make it more useful? For a healer, Scouting or Infiltrator would be a pretty big investment in that tree, I would imagine.

*thread jack continued* What is a reasonable PvP rotation? And what would an efficient PvE rotation look like? I PvP and use Infusion all the time which sounds pretty inefficient.

Ha, thanks - the animation is starting to make sense now My agent shouts into his device with a hearty, "Activate the Photonic Cannon!" "I'd like a six meat deli stack with extra mayo and a... can you hold a second? Have to heal some noob..."

And yes, I am serious Just wondering if anyone can tell me what the agent is doing when he uses Kolto Infusion? Are you checking the time on your super secret spy space watch? Are you speaking into a wrist device to call tiny healing probes? Are you wiping your mouth? Are you checking your pulse? A lot of animations make sense, but I am just not sure what is going on when I break out KI.

Using the other abilities in addition to CS has given me a great tool for defense. It is far more reliable now and I have escaped from some crazy situations. Thank you for the suggestions.

I'm playing an Operative Healer in PvP and I am not having much luck with Cloaking Screen as an occasional defensive tool. The cooldown is fairly substantial at 2 minutes. The issue is that time after time when I pop the screen and try to sneak away, stealth drops after a second on two. What causes it to fail? Any suggestions on making this work more effectively?