Quote Originally Posted by Mercbeast View Post
Yes I ran some flash points.

I cleared District 7 I think it is called, with a level 50 Mercenary + Mako the healer and a level 50 Operative and Scorpio the melee tank.

The Operative didn't actually level up with the Mercenary, I leveled the Operative with an Assassin. That team face rolled pretty much all the content with the exception of a couple of boss fights in flash points due to agro switching mechanics.

One fight in particular in the flashpoint boarding party has you fight 2 bosses + an elite medic. One boss cannot be tanked because it has a huge damage reflection shield on it, and it automatically swaps it's agro every 10s or so. This made it very difficult to manage tanking and healing with a boss that could basically "global" my operative.

I think in retail I will run one of these duo's, double operatives, Powertech + Operative, Mercenary + Operative, Mercenary + Powertech or the Republic equivalents. Who am I kidding, I will eventually run all of them!

For leveling and doing all the content pretty much any combination that has you with a tank or a healer will work.

Double juggernaughts + 2 companion healers will clear everything I think. Double assassion + 2 companion healers will also clear everything. Jugg+Marauder will probably also clear everything. The only real advantage I see of running double tank over tank + dps is that companion healers do not heal as well as a player. Two companion healers will be enough healing for 95% of everything you do, but, with double tanks you can switch tanks and rotate like that.

Obviously sorcerors and sages will be extremely viable and in terms of what I think the absolute best possible duo for PvP AND PvE will be, they are going to be right there with Merc/Merc Merc/PT. Operative/Operative is the sleeper for me, this coming build I will try to hit 50 with Op/Op before skyrim I think and do a little PvP. Healing wise Op/Op will be INSANE, they also will boast INSANE burst DPS. The only question will be how will autofollow work in PvP when you don't autoface.
Thank you for sharing your experience.
Would it be safe to say that a possible combo would also be:
Jugg+Assassin+ 2 companion Healers?

I'm asking this because they use different types of armor and if I'm not mistaken, with this combo you'll be able to use any kind of loot (heavy-medium-light armor).

Cheers,
A.