So ive been plugin along with great ease leveling my guardian in defense, taking 3 points in vigil for improved aoe dmg and now that im on alderaan combat is considerably more difficulty, killing mobs that were easy on tatooine has become a near death experience. Low levels i could take a champion down, even soloed a champ on nar shaddaa in the last questing zone before i went to tat. now im nearly dieing just trying to kill elites, i have at the most 3 pieces of outdated gear which will be remedied by comms on ald quickly but i dont think that will help all that much. I did take biochem because of the much more powerful medpac's but its getting so that im using to many, i shouldnt need to use 5 pacs in 1 hour.
What can i do to improve my ability to fight elites and just increase the amount of survivability i have with my guardian? I was running with Kira but if T7 would work better i can easily gear him.