SWTOR Compositions

[chazz]

As someone whose played a 50 Vanguard and Assassin in beta and currently have a 50 Jugg and Guardian, Assassin/Shadow is my least favorite tank to MB with. The CC is definitely a plus for heroics, but their defensive abilities are extremely proactive, too proactive for me to MB with. I'm with Mercbeast, I think PT/Vanguards make the best MB tanks. As far as healers, I love Sage/Sorcerers. Operatives are a pain in the butt to keep track of. TA, Kolto Probe and DS to get your energy back. Plus lack of an oh s#%t ability kinda hurts. Surgical Probe is nice but you need TA to activate it.

Couple of things to note at 50:
1) With a Tank/Healer combination, you should be able to do all of the heroic 4's including 50's dailies. Some heroic 4's you might need a few levels to do, Insufficient Staff in Alderaan is one you have to wait a few levels.
2) Stick with ranged dps over melee dps for companions. There is way too many bosses that drop AE's on the ground and bosses that need to be kited.
3) If you are planning to gear up your companions and do dailies at 50 try to stick with companions that have same abilities as your tank and healer. Daily rewards for 50's purple mods and enhancements are for your class. Hilts/Barrels and Armor can be purchased by the daily commendation vendor. For instance, My Jugg/Operative, uses Str/end and cunning/end. My companions Vette and Raina uses cunning/end. That is of course, if you don't have artificing/cybertech as your skills or you purchase those items at GTN

Hope that helps some.

I tried the Vanguard in beta as well, altough not to 50, and just based on that brief experience I would agree with you. I originally planned on going with a Vanguard tank and Sage healer as I expected that to be the best tank/healer duo for boxing, but "comfort" combined with a strong urge to try boxing got the best of me and so I rolled two Consulars instead.
But I'm thinking of rolling a new set of characters soon, so it'll probably be that composition then. SW:TOR is great in that way; leveling is actually fun.

[blackshifter]

I tried the Vanguard in beta as well, altough not to 50, and just based on that brief experience I would agree with you. I originally planned on going with a Vanguard tank and Sage healer as I expected that to be the best tank/healer duo for boxing, but "comfort" combined with a strong urge to try boxing got the best of me and so I rolled two Consulars instead.
But I'm thinking of rolling a new set of characters soon, so it'll probably be that composition then. SW:TOR is great in that way; leveling is actually fun.

I do have to say that Jugg/Sorcerer, Guardian/Sage is an awesome duo, too. Someone said that there's a great synergy with that combination, and I agree. I don't know if its the buff combination or what but it plays a few levels higher than my Jugg/Operative.

I was originally thinking of making a Shadow/Scoundrel duo to sneak into heroics and flashpoints but I remembered how tough it is to keep track of cooldowns as a Assassin.