I've been trying to level up my Biochem. Got stuck at 435 for the longest time -- getting no credit for doing orange (hardest) missions. Sent in a ticket, got no response, but suddenly got bumped to 437. Since then nothing (no advancement). Anybody else having this problem? Suggestions?

You need to make the blue 430 adrenals to get to 440, then make the 440 implants to get to 450. That's what worked for the 2 alts I got to 450 with. Edited April 24, 2013 by Flying-Brian

So what's glitched is the ratings that supposedly tell us what craftings will advance the character's stats?

No, nothing is glitched there.

You simply looked at the wrong value/color.

 

There are two colors - item level compared to you char level (probably that's what you were looking at). And Item skill level compared to you crew skill level. That's the important one.

Aaahh. Then I've been looking at the wrong color for a long time ... certain not an impossibility. So, to see if you'll get crafting advancement, only look at the "Difficulty" lineup, not the "Level" lineup.

Thanks.