The part of the group find most important to my play style is transportation to and from the flashpoint. Once I queue up I don't want to have to wait around the station while the group is found, or wait around for people to finish what they are doing and get to the departure point. Send a shuttle, zoom me away, and drop me back where I was when we've saved the Galaxy again.

What about the bug with it showing the cooldown for a different ability? I switch over to my 2nd toolbar, fire off an ability and quickly switch back to the main toolbar and then the ability in the same slot it showing a cooldown that it doesn't have, the cooldown for the other ability. I like the option to display the cooldown as a number... I fear for you guys though that you aren't going to get it to display in the way everyone wants. In WoW I tried 3 or 4 different "cooldown count" type addons before I found one I liked. I wonder if you'll give lots of options for that one or not. Thank you for separating the flash out to an individual ability from all on the gcd. That I'll use.

You're only level 16. Being new to an MMO will make this feel like a bit commitment, but in the long run, it isn't. Don't worry too much about what your toon looks like now, as every level you'll be replacing gear anyway. Going for the orange type gear to keep the same look is a nice aspect of the game, but not really one to worry about first time through imo. The GTN is there to get you the pieces and schematics you're missing but you'll burn through a lot of credits that way too if you do it while you're leveling. You can't have your imperial toons support your republic toons and vice versa.

It happened to me while learning new crew skills (first arrived on the Fleet with an Alt). I couldn't talk to the diplomacy trainer, looked and it said I had 0/400 (instead of 1/400). Couldn't remove it. Had to relog and thankfully it reset itself. Not looking forward to it coming back and showing 4 though...

If you're casting an ability like Charged Bolts that takes time before it launches, and you're hit while it's taking it's time, there is time added to it. The finishing of the ability is 'pushed back'. You'll see it on your cast bar taking time, and if you get attacked it'll take more time. Hope that helps, not a great description.

See: http://www.torhead.com/titles/catg/8 Sergeant <Name> Sergeant Trooper Lieutenant <Name> Lieutenant Trooper Captain <Name> Captain Trooper Major <Name> Major Trooper

I would expect the opposite. You'd need two toons gathering to support one toon crafting.

Visit the crew skill trainers on the fleet and talk to them. Then read the codex entries. Then pick the correct skills. Send your companions on some missions to gather materials, and then craft away. Then reverse engineer what you craft and continue.