I started a Scrapper as an alt and I am loving it so far. My main is a hybrid sorc.

 

Through the entire quest and all the planets on my sorc I fought like 4-5 Elite mobs. And as a Scrapper it seems like I am fighting them at every H2. There was even one on the starter planet! Every once in a while I am able to kill one, but the majority of them I have a real problem killing. I am even running biochem with stims and companion med packs.

 

It just seems weird that there are so many elites for the scoundrel compared to the sorc. I could solo every H2 on my sorc, but I am having problems doing it with my scoundrel. Maybe if I was sawbones I could do it, but I think it would take Corso forever to kill an elite.

Smuggler is not easy mode, unlike sorc. You have to actually group and press more than 4 buttons.