No she is always light armor, (my kira is in a skimpy dancer girl outfit makes cut scenes interesting) I personally done mind kira all the time ( other then the smexiness) she does good dps and I sometimes have to micro manage to make sure shes burning down the regular mobs first but I don't mind not having doc with all my CD and mitigation plus my reusable biochem med packs make it work im high defense btw... Shes got up to date gear and kicks butt along side of me like a champ

Fixed thank you very much.... when there is an abundance text sometimes little things get lost, good spot

Fixed thank you... Also added to the to do list ... Should be updating more soon... Please continue to remain civil and respectful in your replies

Id like to just say that boba fett and jango fett had problems with melee combat (see ROTJ Boba fett died from a gaffe stick in the jet pack) the point is this isn't like other mmo's sometimes running into trouble means you die... Running back to reinforcements or running.in to aoe near a point to keep them from calling then running back out are things that sometimes need to be done... you are powerful but not a god

Thanks everyone for the support and im happy to announce( I'm stoked) this is now a stickied thread!! W00t !!

the above poster got the jist of it... if you were looking for a in depth guide to tanking and such the link in my signature will help you... good luck..... protip... get trooper heavy armor and switch out the mods... nothing confuses people more than a lightsaber weilding trooper lol

Great guide... I use this all the time keep it up!

Just a heads up... "your video has a malformed video id" check your link... Bro

Thank you, you are right my tooltip is wrong and on the to do list... Keep scanning in case I missed more! /salute

You will find yourself with more health as you start gearing with the right equipment mods (or right tanking gear) the following is an example of the "Mod" you can have in both your weapon and armor... but remember there is more than just that one you can add. there are enhancements, hilts, color crystals (like you did already), armoring, and mods A dps one: Advanced Might Mod 10 Total Stats: Armor Rating 72 +20 Strength +8 Endurance Requires Level 25 A tanking one: Advanced Guardian Mod 10 Total Stats: Armor Rating 72 +14 Strength +15 Endurance Requires Level 25 hope that helped ( edited in real mods for the example )

Just to comment on the force push... There is no reason to force push someone as a tank with that enemies back not against a wall... Unless you are force pushing them to their doom... You wouldn't even have to ask this question if he did that... Example: guardian leaps in on target uses his openers as hes situating the mob against a wall... Force pushes as he back peddles and then force leaps right back in... Mean while you as a melee dont have to move at all... I still favor this example better... Example: guardian runs up to target force push over balcony into the deep dark space behind bridge... /eatcake Tl;dr no its not needed and if you really wanted to use it, use it smart.

Thanks! If only more people would comment or rate it to keep it seen...lol just did some more updates... Is there anything anyone thinks is missing?

Just wanted to give a heads up instead of double posting.. There is a guardian beginners taking guide in the jedi knight guardian forum thats worth the read http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=307622 is the direct link... If you like it or have any feedback feel free to post there about it.. Thanks!

It says its darkside armor have you tried the darkside vendor? Figured id ask the "so obvious might be overlooked" question:D

There are quite a bit of answers in the guardian subsection of this forum.. The simplified answer is if you wanted UBER damage guardian shouldn't have been you choice, im not saying we can't put up numbers but the point of a guardian in pvp no matter the spec is to be more of a teammate than a hero... If you are going balls to the wall and jumping into 5 imps then wondering why you are not wtfpwning them its because you aren't really suppose to.. We wear heavy armor and have the ability to PREVENT other players dmg... Name any other class that can pretty much on cooldown reduce every enemy in the areas dmg by 30% or (in later levels) the best aoe cc in the game... The fact of the matter is yes we could use some love but not because we are sooooo pitiful... The class isn't easy mode but its not because its bad... Unfortunately it seems like you should have gone the way of the sentinel... Im sorry but dont look for sympathy from this forum who has guardians that do extremely well ... Thats the.jist of it... If I wasn't typing on my phone id say more.. But I'm ready for discussion... Also check out the guardian threads theres great info in there