What he said. Upgrading a full set of custom armor (weapons and all) with modifications for one character should deplete your comms very quickly. It's usually a good idea to do this on the companion you use the most, since it's easier to keep your own character decently equipped.

I like the Powertech in theory/style, but I'm more of a healer and with the Mercenary I can switch between healer spec (for flashpoints and PvP) and dps spec (for solo leveling). All I can say is that I'm having tons of fun with it.

1. World of Warcraft 2. Guild Wars 2 3. Star Wars Galaxies (pre CU) 4. Dark Age of Camelot (my first MMO, so it's hard for me to disentangle actual experiences from nostalgia) 5. Fallen Earth Runner-ups: Lord of the Rings Online, EVE Online (I enjoy reading about it more than actually playing it), Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, The Secret World I didn't list SWTOR here because it plays like WoW in almost every possible way. It's enjoyable whenever I grow tired of other MMOs, but it will never be able to hold my attention for longer than a month at a time.

We'll cross that bridge when we come to it Thanks for clearing that up

Question: is this guide still viable? I reached lvl50 on my scorcerer yesterday and am looking for gearing advice.

In my experience it stops counting once you log off and even during quest conversations.

If you mean the chat, just right click the chat tab and select "font size". You can also scale window sizes via the interface editor (Esc -> Interface Editor). You can get the first speeder piloting skill at lvl 15, if you are a subscriber and I believe at lvl20 if you are a free player. So yes, it is possible to have a vehicle.

Have you restarted the game? I had a similar bug where I couldn't send my companions on missions, even though they were available. A restart fixed it.

You even have to have him present for that, he can't be unsummoned or away on a crew skill task. Either the Op is lying, he dismissed his companion unknowingly after getting to Coruscant (without even acknowledging his existence before that point) or is the victim of a serious bug, in which case he should contact support.

Yeah, I read up on that right after I posted, but still kolto is referenced several times in the game (kolto tanks, kolto injectors, ...), whereas I haven't seen a single mention of bacta. Which would mean that kolto is still in wide use at the time of the game, which would still make Manaan a viable location.

Or just send them on crew skill missions. That way they'll be doing something useful while they are absent.

Geonosis I doubt, since it's basically a rocky wasteland and we enough wasteland plantes already (Korriban, Tatooine, Hoth, ...). Yavin IV would be pretty cool. Personally I'd like to revisit Manaan too. Koltoi is referenced several times in the game and it would make sense for both sides to fight over control of it. Dantooine runs a close second.