Greetings my comrades of the Star Wars Universe! I'm from Jung Ma, I don't know if transfers are still active but I would if I found the correct hardcore PvP-RP guild... Enjoy the read and please any and all imput would be greatly appreciated! I know this is a long and large thread, but please help me here, I'm extremely grateful so thank you so much, I'm so very grateful to return home and have such great, mature, and star wars fanatics. I had a 5% chance to survive after I took a bullet in the throat, from there it went into my 3rd/4th vertebrae before missing my jugular vein by micrometers! I may never recover completely, especially due to the brain injury I have sustained and very very intense Post Traumatic Stress Disorder... Just please read this and help me in anyway possible Now here is the meat of the help/opinions I need: 1: First and foremost the game has changed [b[completely[/b] in my absence! My main (Sith Sorcerer) and our most effective spells being nerfed [/bUT] heaven forbid bio-ware understands that we wear CLOTH FFS! The classic definition of a "glass cannon"... 2: I'm seeking a guild/clan/outfit a professional mature players whom Role Play heavily. I can speak Mando'a, Huttese, & Sith. 3: I've been part of the gaming industry since Everquest. In those following years all the way up to SwG & WoW I would find exploits and report them to the developers who used me as an asset as I was a part of nearly every "Exploit/Botting" site there was, thus for instance I would reveal the exploit or the Bots coding (especially in SwG) and get paid for it... From both sides! *evil laugh* 4: So what classes are hot now? I *LOVED* sith sorcerer but apparently it has been **** on, ranged force user is my favorite. Though I do have some level 15-20 Mercenary, Assassin, Marauder, & Infiltrator. I have the Sith code in its entirety tattooed on my back so that is where my obsession comes from. Before I was shipped I heard of getting for instance a level 50 Sith and than leveling up say a miraluka (I love them) to 25 and due to my memory problems I forget what you received, but I think it was to unlock that species for the enemy faction, correct? 5: I personally have really only played lightsaber wielding players, I had awful annoyances with BH for instance, but infiltrator with a sniper blaster looks nice... ALL OPINIONS ARE WELCOME! PLEASE I NEED TO BE UPDATED TO THE CURRENT INGAME SITUATION AND ALL OPINIONS/FACTS ABOUT CURRENT CLASSES ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED... Even Republic *SALUTE* - Turns Off Pain

Alright, I've been reading SW:EU novels for many years now. I have reached a point where I need assistance in decided what books I have missed and are worth the buck. Below I will compile all of the books I have (*EXCLUDING THE ENCYCLOPEDIA, DnD SW Books, Dictionary, Language, and books of this nature that aren't novels but "Content Viewing" books. I have well over 50 of these in my collection) Let me first state that I have read all Timothy Zahn (The best SW Writer) and Drew Karpyshyn books. Here we go: Lost Tribe of the Sith (The Collected Stories) All of "The Old Republic" books obviously Red Harvest Knight Errant Darth Bane Trilogy & Duologue Darth Plagueis Cloak of Deception Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter Outbound Flight Dark Lord: Rise of Darth Vader 501st Death Troopers Death Star Shadow Games ALL of the "Tales" Series: Mos Eisley Cantina, Empire, New Republic, Bounty Hunters, and Jabbas Palace. Shadows of the Empire The Bounty Hunter Wars Trilogy Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor The Courtship of Princess Leia The Thrawn Trilogy & The Hand of Thrawn Duologue The Jedi Academy Trilogy The Black Fleet Crisis Trilogy The Corellian Trilogy The Dark Nest Trilogy Legacy of the Force all nine novels Crosscurrent (I may have missed a few, obviously I have the actual SW books as well and also the rare "Chrystal of the minds eye first edition!) I hear Fate of the Jedi is just awful, I know the NJO is supposed to be amazing and I will get all of them soon, but that is not my question. What *other* books am I missing out on? I'm a "Lore-Keeper" in Star Wars terms in the fact that I have almost every book published as mentioned in the introduction of the technical, explanation of force, encyclopedia/dictionary/language books, and even the beautiful galaxy map book and so forth, but I digress. Please list your opinion of the books I need to purchased. Please no NJO as I'm already getting it, and no FOTJ either as it seems to be utter crap. One note, I normally read only novels, but I hear that Dark Horse has some amazing comics (I'm most interested in the series about Darth lord Krayt) though I prefer novels. I did however read my first, the compiled edition of "Crimson Empire" which I thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you for your time and I'm excited to hear and see if I can finally get some new books that will meet my high standards. -Turns Off Pain

Judging by your demeanor and grammar it's obvious you're not even out of grade school... Leave this thread alone and quit trolling. Oh yeah, you "ADVISED" me... I've been around since beta, I know how it works.... Look at the comments in this thread, oh no you're alone troll. Off with your head! You're by yourself vs the people getting help from this thread.

My pleasure and there is more to come! Thank you for such as well organized reply and understanding the usefulness of my post. PS: Friend me

Double post, sorry... Damn how do I delete it!?

You are all very welcome and as stated in my last post I would love for you all (excluding the trolls) to friend me and I'll continue providing information such as this but so much more. I'm a "LORE MASTER" having read every SW-EU novel, having all of the DnD books, speaking Huttese, and Mando'a (Mandalorian). Along with what my last post covered. Are any of you on Jung Ma and Sith? If so I would like to meet you and sadly the RP-PvP servers are about 5-10% RP and 85-90% PvP (Which is out of character and kids talking as if they're playing WoW!). With my vast knowledge and my current guild crumbling since the leader is quitting this month plus they never role played hardly I'm seeking a mix of RP-PvP-Ops... Send me a message with information on your guild and the such and if not that atleast friend me *SALUTE* LONG LIVE THE INFINITE SITH EMPIRE!

I feel this will help a bunch of people as it did me in choosing without wasting credits on finding the perfect customization. All classes companions are listed here as well: http://feature.mmosite.com/swtor/companion_customizations_guide.shtml#Customizations%20sorted%20by%20Kit%20#%20-%20Empire I believe this should be stickied but that's just me. -Enjoy, Sith Sorcerer Serbikuun of Jung Ma, Lore Master of Ex Cineribus.

I feel this will help a bunch of people as it did me in choosing without wasting credits on finding the perfect customization. All classes companions are listed here as well:http://feature.mmosite.com/swtor/companion_customizations_guide.shtml I believe this should be stickied but that's just me. -Enjoy, Sith Sorcerer Serbikuun of Jung Ma, Lore Master of Ex Cineribus.

Alright I took your advice but honestly was confused a little bit. Did you mean that it should look like this: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#201hZbc0MZcMfRsbkrfz.2? I see exactly what you're talking about though with devour and parasitism working together so I fixed that in the build. The only thing that's bothering me is the 2 pts in Corrupted flesh. Is this the 15% reduction on periodic effects, does it make enough of a difference to make it worthy of investing into instead of what the previous build suggested? If so that's what my new build reflects and all in all I see where your changes will definitely help/effect the build in a great way! Thank you so much.

You're absolutely correct and I agree with everything you stated. Anyhow this is the build I chose: It's a 1.3.6 Madness build from http://www.noxxic.com and it's working outstandingly well! I'm very impressed and unlike I was told by a couple of sorcerers, madness is not dead... In fact far from it with this build atleast. It also gives me massive versatility in both PvP & PvE

You say I contradicted myself but I don't see how. This is a pure "imaginary" thread of peoples opinions, go and learn some more about previous lords of the sith pre bby and post. You'll see what I mean... Good luck to you sir and your quest for knowledge!

While I agree with most of your post, I completely disagree and know for a fact after reading 96+ SW-EU/SW novels/comics including the dictionaries, all of the SW DnD books, and most importantly the "Jedi vs Sith - The essential guide to the force". that PALPATINE IS *NOT* THE MOST POWERFUL SITH EVER. I'd bet life on that as I know it to be a fact from SW cannon. True Palpatine committed full scale genocide against the light side users of the force and even dark users that were not connected to the empire and or bound to the Emperor (Such as Vader & Mara for instance) Start reading and learning all of the sith lords starting from the very beginning, trust me Palpy is by far not the strongest. Now if we're talking about cunning and or the largest empire than Palpatine would be #1 I don't debate that... What I disagree is that power in the force / lightsaber combat Palpatine factually is not the best. Besides, when you control the entire galaxy (Excluding the unknown regions and some petty unneeded worlds far away from the core) he need not subject himself to the force to maintain complete power. Remember that I don't deny Palpatine was powerful, especially under Darth Plagueis's tutelage... Just not the *most* powerful. I could make this into a 50 page explanation but I think I'll stop here, if you're still reading be proud lol. Look through this list and read up on all of them: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Lord_of_the_Sith -Thank you for your time and I hope I've helped clear up that. PS: If anyone ever has a question about the SW Universe send me a message and I will give you the real answer in cannon.

I completely agree & to that extent I HATE the Cathar! *sigh* Come on, definitely should have been Trandoshans implemented way before the stupid *** Cathar! Than after the Trandoshans, wookies for us Transoshan players to hunt! *evil laugh*

Now are there any *FULL* specs anyone would recommend? I just watched a video or two and have read many sorcerers stating "100% Madness now that the hybrid build does so much less dps". As I showed and stated previously I'm currently running a full lightning spec, but as others have pointed out the problem with it is cast times/standing in one place far too long, also in another post in this thread it is mentioned that as soon as the enemy in the WZ kills you or recognizes you using a full lightning spec they will even forget the huttball to run up to you and kick your ***... *sigh* So now I'm dropping the full lightning build, I don't know what the guy did that suggested it to me to make it so good and enticing (But he also had full WH when I only have a BM Helm/Chest the rest is recruit). Anyhow I would appreciate even more input into this thread as it's not just for me and to help me but imho for ALL sorcerers that either just hit 50, are still grinding for their WH gear like me, and etc. Even if you don't have much to say please atleast post your build and rotation with it is all I ask. You will be doing not only me but so many in our community a great favor! Plus you'll be strengthening our players and thus our class in PvP across all servers! I have already had numerous others in situations like mine message me about the need and helpfulness of this thread... If this thread dies I will make a new one with a slightly different title to entice and further the class of Sorcerer. -Thank you for your time and effort on behalf of myself and the Sorcerer Community we salute our comrades in lightening! *SALUTES WITH LIGHTNING*

Thank you all so very much! I will try these out and see how they work for me. This thread is still open to any other PvP'ers that wish to share their build!