I appreciate his......... Um..... you know, nevermind, I have no appreciation for Skadge. I want to vent him out the airlock tbh.

I've been 50 since December, but still have the prologue quest text, waiting for Nemro to sponsor me. Of course, I finished the class quest line back in December.....I can't get rid of a class quest, it popped up twice, three closed tickets later, no resolution.

Heatseeker missiles, critting for 8700. now that's win. Pure win. As an arsenal merc, I have no complaints about the mercenary changes. I could go on and on about how stupid the pvp changes are, but that's another discussion. This arsenal merc is happy with the 1.2 changes as it relates to mercs. My overall damage is not lower (although I obviously don't have logs from pre-1.2 to proove it), and my spike damage is pretty amazing.

As an arsenal merc, I took combat medic PVP armor for the +crit, which helps with heat management.

Losing games helps me get closer to the ilum quest win. if I play 3 and win 3, I'll have 9 of 30, and I might not finish it. if I lose 6 and win 3, I'll have 18 of 30, and then I'll either go to Ilum or do 4 more WZ's. Also, you get valor, win or lose, so..I queue solo all the time. Losing isn't so bad, long as you get yer 4 medals.

Champ gear is fine (not ideal) to raid with. Cent gear is a bit weak though. As long as you're in all 126+, it's fine (just not all cent)

Be more persistent. My last EV HM group did pylons six times with bugs before moving on to the next encounter. Persistence pays off. It doesn't always bug. Just most of the time. Thank the Force I have my legs already and let someone else swap in for me for that part of the run. I was able to do my warzone dailies while they b'ed and moaned about the pylon bugs. Once through though, on to council and SOA, BOOM, down in one go.

Gratz man, that's awesome. I wish that happened more often, but largely, its a guild affair.

Diplomacy. I started with dip, swapped it out for slicing, got to 400, then swapped it back to diplomacy. You'll need diplomacy to craft blue and purple biochem items, such as the re-usable stims/meds. Alternately, you can "buy" them on the market.

I KNOW treasure hunting and diplomacy give companion gifts. Don't know about underworld trading or investigation, as I've never taken it.

The dark side points don't "commit" until the quest is fully completed. Hope that helps...

I often get lots of objective points in Huttball. My anecdotal experience tells me this is how you get points 1. Run with the ball carrier. Kill people shooting him. Heal him. 2. Shoot the enemy ball carrier.

I opened 4 bags now, twice I got 3 commendations, and twice I got armor, a belt and gauntlets. Not complaining, but its a lot of work for gear that doesn't make me go "Wow". I guess it'll get better at valor 60, eh?

I've been killing level 50's since I was level 25 (yeah, some levelled that much faster then me.) Its not that hard. realize a level 50 isn't just a guy with more points then you, but a guy who's played more hours, and had longer to get good at his class. Also, who knows how much pvp gear he has, probably more then you. But I can still kill them 1 on 1, sometimes

I use tracer missile usually 3 times, which gets me max heat signatures, then I pop out incendiary missile, rail shot and unload, before popping out more tracer missiles. I wouldn't jsut use tracer missile, although with the heat-reducing ability I have for critting, and tons of +crit gear, I probably could maintain that for quite some time.