Ilum is not intended for you to run around solo. A few times a day my guild gets a couple ops groups together, we roll Emp and camp them outside their base to get everyone's dailys done, then leave. Get into a guild that likes to PvP. Even small groups can run around getting good kills and valor picking off stragglers. If you are running around Ilum getting owned, its your own fault.

At L50 we have no issues, aside from delayed animations (which is a bug) and there are several viable specs you can use. Full Gunnery, Full Assault and hybrid Gunnery/CM are all very useful in PvP. Commando in full Champions is a wrecking ball in any spec you choose to play.

According to the 50s from beta it goes like this for dps: Aim > Crit > Surge > everything else.

You open up with MV and wonder why you are pulling aggro? At that level your tank doesn't have an aoe taunt. Gotta reign it in unless your tank is a boss. The Guard i run with has no issues with holding aggro, but we are in our 30s. Tanks have a rough time with it till 30, stick with it and it will get much better.

At endgame the healing is fine. And leveling is so quick in this game, that you will be there in a blink of an eye. A well played healer in this game is awesome, but you are not a god that can spam heal through 2 DPSers. Play smart.

I love our droid tank, but unless you gear him completely out, he blows. Stick to your other pets, healer or dps depending on your spec.

I have never had an issue with elites, though the melee ones are worse than the ranged. You have to use your tools. Medpacks, player made grenades, stuns, knockbacks etc etc. To defeat an elite mob you will have to use every tool you have. Even use your aggro reducer to bounce aggro from you to your pet. Learn to use these tools and you won't have an issue.

The OPvP that is in the game is fine for now, but add rewards for killing people outside warzones. It is easy to implement diminishing returns to prevent people farming buddies. I cannot understand the logic of not rewarding Open World PvP outside doing daily quests in Ilum. Skraag Ruin

Others have said it, but the animation delay on MV is just an animation glitch. Watch your channel bar and start your next cast when it is done, for now just ignore the animation. They will fix it, but you can get around it for now. The same goes for Full Auto and stock strike.

The better player will win, end of story.

PVP videos that will make you a better player and explain the basics of the different specs. These videos are from Beta, but the basics will be the same as launch. Combat Medic spec http://www.twitch.tv/taugrim/b/300538999 Gunnery spec http://www.twitch.tv/taugrim/b/300533498 Assault spec http://www.twitch.tv/taugrim/b/300529355 -Skraag

Go to twitch.tv and watch the billion streams they have recorded of L50 combat medics doing just fine in every situation, raiding/flashpoints/pvp etc. Good players will have no problem healing on a combat medic.

I am going split gunnery/CM for mostly PvP/soloing storyline quests. From the beta streams I watched of L50 commandos split specs are awesome with this class. http://db.darthhater.com/skill_calc/bounty_hunter/mercenary/#::e4f2efef2ef2ef2efef2e6fe3fe2fd2fe2f18:

While i dig the 31 gunnery rout, give some thought to a hybrid spec. Commando is probably best suited to a hybrid gunnery/heals spec and there is a lot of video on twitch of Crys demolishing people in PVP using a 20/21 heals/gunnery spec. Just food for thought.

Troopers get their ship when they leave Corisant. And in general most classes get companions late. Bounty hunter didn't get their second companion (DPS) until the end of Tatooine at around level 28.