Lat night was fun - 3 ops (Toborro's Courtyard SM and HM and Dreadfortress SM) was great for comms and great for the new raiders. Lots of 72 lvl loot! Also true - one of the best things about Grievance is the way we treat girl gamers - with respect and as valued fellow players and friends. Not all guilds work like that, but ours does. Jake

You are right, I went and looked into it further. Every 6 seconds (fully talented) and 30% chance on KP and with 4 up I should get one almost every 6 seconds. I am not sure I do, but since most fights are short (still leveling, 48 on Belsavis) I don't often see combat long enough to get a good feel for how often KP procs TA, much less KI. And I did confuse KI and KP. Working from a faulty memory. I remember them better from their location and graphic on my toolbar than I do from their names!

I have the same experience - I'll put up 4 Kolto Injections at the same time and have maybe 1 TA proc in a whole fight. With the crit % bonus from the skill tree, plus my 27% crit chance, I ought to get one every 3 seconds (I think that's the tic for KI) with 4 KI up, and that surely isn't happening.

The recruit gear has slightly better overall specs, counting the expertise as zero value. but less main spec and more endurance (usually) - or armor, I forget which. The other specs are often different, such as perhaps more crit on the Tionese and more power on the Recruit. If you add all the specs together, the Recruit gear is like 5 to 10 total higher per piece than the Tionese. However, the Recruit gear is not moddable. it is complete, though, and the Tionese is not - at least not the free bundle. The Tionese set bonus, which I think is attached even to the free gear, does not seem all that overwhelming.

I'm at 29 with mostly the Heal tree. The DPS from Commando even with a heal spec is so great that there is little need to get much from the other trees. I use Aric and I rarely have to heal him for much, even against elites, because I work to stay geared and as many levels ahead as possible. 5 or 6 lvls ahead makes the game go very fast, and it makes the heroics doable even with poor pugs. Aric can take out Golds by himself, and together we take out Champions and bosses very quickly. This is my 4th alt into the 3rd act (with 2 50's), so I have an extra 230 points of presence and that makes a huge difference as well. I will set 4x up, but I hope I don't have to use him. Also, too, Elara. Sometimes you just have to be on the boss so you can get the interrupts done. Finally, get the exp boost backs from the Cartel. 25% extra exp on everything for about $1 a level. Very much worth it. So, yes, level as a healer. I have leveled a sage and a scoundrel as heals and ti went fine - as is this commando.