Thanks a lot everyone. I'll get my gear up and try it Vaizrin, thanks

I specifically want to get the color scheme and appearance of the rakata, is there no way to get empty moddable rakata?

Good to know, thank you. So there is no crafting schem for that appearance? What would I need stat/gear-wise to make it through Lihm? Could I get away with full bm with 16k health?

I really want to use the rakatta combat tech chest piece with wh mods. Is there a way to get orange gear with that appearance without running ops? EDIT: to be clear, all I want is the shell of rakata gear with no mods

I would also love to see the guild name <Fleshsaber> but it would almost certainly be banned immediately

Our guild made an alt guild called <Hazmat and the Snazzies> hazmat is a sleezy looking smuggler with a gross mustache. All other toons are blue female twilek gunslingers with the same face. The names are Snazzy, Snazzier, Snazziest, Snazzty, Snazzhands, Snazzercize, Snazzmat, and Snazzify. We are a traveling dance group...but we also do something a little special (/kneel)

^^This

I use WER movement (no backpedal) and work it so i need no shift/alt+ binds Main Bar 1 1-Thermal Overrides 2-Thermal Detonator 3-Rapid Shots 4-Flame Burst 5-Rail Shot 6-Neural Dart T-Death From Above Y-Flamethrower 7-Flame Sweep 8-Sonic Missile `-Throw Huttball Mouse Button 3-Determination Main Bar 2 Q-Quell A-Rocket Punch Z-Carbonize S-Incendiary Missile D-Grapple F-Electro Dart G-Energy Shield H-Rakatta Medpack X-Stealth Scan C-Kolto Overload V-Vent Heat B-Non Combat Heal Left Bar F1-F8-Explosive Fuel/Relics/Adrenals/Stims/Class Buff EDIT: I have been thinking about using shift+WERSDF instead of F1-8 Right Bar Numpad-Mounts/Quick Travel/Stances/etc

I agree with all skills but Pulse Cannon. PC has a way better animation than the BH Flamethrower. Reason being: PC actually shows the affected area MUCH better with the animation. FT is delayed and hard to follow. Makes the NORSE build slightly better in that regard for the trooper EDIT: To stay on topic, yeah...HiB's animation sucks

I am Major Malfunction

I'll be running with an organized pvp guild. Sorry, didn't mean to spark up a debate. Do you have a link to where Taugrim (or anyone else, doesn't matter who) talks about how it's changed in detail, since then? I think that would help a lot, since Taugrim's first post is a little dated. I could see tank gear becoming much more important for 8v8 rated matches, as groups will be much more specialized. For group rated I'll be mostly using my DPS pt pyro tho.

ah thank you! I understand why they don't. Any of the defensive stats besides straight mitigation in pvp are next to useless. Tank gear gives you very minimal benefits in pvp. Taugrim explains it http://taugrim.com/2012/01/19/understanding-swtors-avoidance-and-mitigation-mechanics-for-tanks-in-pvp/

I've been hearing a lot about the Assassin tank hybrid, and I want to make one, but I don't see any threads talking about it. Can someone help me? What is the build for this?

Yea, once you hear it for the first time, you can never unhear it....unless it's gone! I noticed it right away. Sad day....

I use WER, W and R to strafe (no backpeddal, because bp=death) I don't have to stretch for anything and i get full use of my pinky, and some use of my thumb, and the Fkeys are more accessible. Its based on Taugrim's guide....tripled my pvp skill overnight.