Ah! I knew it would become clear. There are also things you can buy on the cartel market once you can access your Legacy window and only via that window.

Ok, that's a relief. Am not going crazy... yet. Thanks for the quick replies. Happy hunting.

... for example, a third quick bar? I only see character specific prices, and yet I've read that an account-wide option is available (540cc)? Clicking on the icons in the top right hand pane of the cartel market window doesn't seem to change anything. The only option available is the character-only one, for 250 cc. I do have two characters on a f2p account. Am I doing something incredibly stupid here? Any help, greatly appreciated.

1. How do you think your Operative spec is perceived by other classes? No idea. Don't PVP. Play for the story line. 2. How do you perceive your own spec? Awkward, weak but intense - since the sniper class is the first time I've come across a sniper who can't conceal and has a big flashing advert in front of them - I try to play this class as a hybrid (lethality/concealment) sniper in PVE, who has stealth, works from range but also tries to be a utility class, taking things even more slowly than my hobbled Shadow, again mainly by over-levelling.

1. How do you think your Shadow spec is perceived by other classes? No idea. Don't PVP. Am way too slow and don't believe in dying a lot. 2. How do you perceive your own spec? Bizarre and underpowered but with good animations so I try to play the way I want to rather than your intended design; I want a stealth class with a combination of melee and force powers. Use single light-sabre only, hybrid (Balance/Kinetic), as explorer, nice and slowly, following the story, often over-levelling to manage quests. Quite fun.