I did the same thing you did and replaced it with EMP as soon as I could. Between slow release med pack and underworld medicine, the difference in EMP and KP is negligable personally. If the 200-400 HP difference in the heals (Mid 30's and decently geared) is enough to have the one you are healing dead you more than likely have other problems that need addressed first. I'm not a geared 50, but maybe there's one floating around who would have another viewpoint. PhazAeth

Level 30 something Scoundrel here and I'll throw in my 2 cents. I used Scrapper up until Balmorra, and then switched to SawBones. From my experience, Scrapper is a bit harder to stay alive, but you mow down mobs quicker while the Sawbones is easy to stay alive but it takes awhile to progress through mobs due to your companion's damage not being too high (at least with Corso and Bowdaar with green gear). PhazAeth Edit: Rotation for Scrapper (General PvE Situations) Stealth Apply CC (after level 20 for non-robotic) to Strong/Elite. Set my companion on a mob (usually the "stronger" or healer of the normal mobs) Use backblast on the weakest mob to hopefully 1HKO them. Then pistol whipped the next strongest. Applied Pugnacity Quick Shoot until dead. Move on to next mob opening with Backblast. Pistol Whip Etc... I use Upper Hand Abilities, Grenades and interrupts liberally when they are available and as needed. You'll get the feel for it as you level up. Pistol whip and back blast are the bread and butter. Grenades will break CC, but it can also serve as a quick knockdown on a non-strong NPC. It's free to respec once a week, so give it a shot and if you don't like the play style, head back to the Republic Fleet and change specs. Hopefully this helps some.

The only problem I see with this is that they would take it away from Pistol Whip, which in PvP isn't much of an issue, but if you are holding Agro in PvE, you are absolutely hosed for getting an upper hand as a scrapper. Yes, Yes, a thousand times Yes. I feel like Link pulling it out of nowhere like the Megaton Hammer in Ocarina of Time. PhazAeth