{"id":236,"date":"2011-12-07T13:15:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T13:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swtor-spy.com\/guides\/?p=236"},"modified":"2012-02-19T15:19:55","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T15:19:55","slug":"how-to-optimize-your-companion-crew-skill-bonuses-in-swtor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.swtor-spy.com\/guides\/how-to-optimize-your-companion-crew-skill-bonuses-in-swtor\/236\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Optimize Your Companion Crew Skill Bonuses In SWTOR"},"content":{"rendered":"If you are wanting to find a resource that will help you make one of the most informed choices as to which class to play based on which set of companions and bonuses to a certain crew skill each classes companions get, you have come to the right place!
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\r\n\r\nThis guide is geared towards the crafting min-maxer<\/span> at a medium to advanced level<\/span> and will probably not make much sense to others as to why these choices matter, but if you are a person that crafting is very important and crucial to your game plan then read on.\r\n

\r\nIf you are like me, you are thinking ahead to just what companion provides the best bonus for each individual crafting skill. Normally most people would pick the class they want to play first before worrying about crew skills or companion bonus choices, but for a person like me who plans on playing all classes eventually anyway, the choice of which crafting skill I plan to focus on at the time is the first choice I make before choosing class.\r\n

\r\nAnother added bonus that a guide like this might provide you is the ability to get the synergy among your eight allowed character choices on your main server in tune so that you have all your crafting bases covered with optimal efficiency on gear you can make and send to all your characters.\r\n

\r\nWith all the choices available this was very hard for me to figure out until I hammered this info out for myself and worked through it based on the types of characters and faction I wanted to focus on.\r\n

\r\nThe best way that I can think of to break it down is by crafting skill and then by light side and dark side optimal choices in case you lean strongly to one side or the other. This should give you the ability to make the most informed choice possible on this subject.\r\n

\r\n(BTW all of this information was gathered at our awesome companion database,<\/a> if you haven’t seen it already please do look at it before continuing. It is the absolute best place to look when trying to figure this strategy out \ud83d\ude42 )\r\n

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ARMORMECH<\/h3>\r\nLight Side<\/span>\r\n
\r\nTrooper companion Tanno Vik<\/a> with a +5 to critical armormech and +1 to critical underworld trading
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\r\nSmuggler companion Akaavi Spar<\/a> with a +10 critical armormech and +2 critical bioanalysis\r\n

\r\nDark Side<\/span>\r\n\r\nBounty Hunter companion Blizz<\/a> with a +15 to armormech and +1 to critical armstech
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\r\nImperial agent companion Ensign Raina Temple<\/a> with a +10 to scavenging and +2 to critical armormech
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ARMSTECH<\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\nLight Side<\/span>\r\n
\r\nTrooper companion Aric Jorgan<\/a> with a +10 to armstech efficiency and +2 to diplomacy critical\r\n
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\r\nJedi Knight companion Sergeant Fideltin Rusk<\/a> with a +10 to armstech efficiency and +10 to scavenging efficiency
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\r\nJedi Consular companion Lieutenant Felix Iresso<\/a> with a +2 to critical armstech and +2 to critical scavenging
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\r\n\r\nDark Side<\/span>\r\n\r\n
\r\nSith warrior companion Malavi Quinn<\/a> with a +10 to armstech and +10 to diplomacy\r\n
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\r\nImperial Agent companion Kaliyo D’jannis<\/a> with a +10 to armstech and +2 to critical underworld trading\r\n
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ARTIFICE<\/h3>\r\n\r\nLight side<\/span>\r\n
\r\nSmuggler companion Guss Tuno<\/a> with a +10 to archaeology and +2 to critical treasure hunting\r\n
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\r\nJedi Knight companion Lord Scourge<\/a> with a +10 artifice efficiency and a +10 to archaeology efficiency

\r\n\r\nDark Side<\/span>\r\n\r\nSith Warrior companion Jaesa Wilsaam<\/a> with a +5 to archaeology and a +5 to critical synthweaving
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\r\nSith Inquisitor companion Khem Val<\/a> with a +15 to artifice and a +5 to research
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BIOCHEM<\/h3>\r\nLight Side
\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nTrooper companion Elara Dorne<\/a> with a +10 to biochem efficiency and a +10 to bioanalysis efficiency
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\r\nJedi Knight companions T7-01<\/a> with a +10 to bioanalysis efficiency and a +2 to slicing critical\r\n
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\r\nDoc<\/a> with a +5 to underworld trading and a +5 to critical biochem\r\n

\r\nDark side
\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nSith Inquisitor companion Xalek<\/a> with a +10 to bioanalysis and +2 to critical scavenging
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\r\nImperial Agent companion Doctor Eckard Lokin<\/a> with a +15 to biochem and a +10 to research\r\n
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CYBERTECH<\/h3>\r\nLight Side<\/span>\r\n\r\nTrooper companion M1-4X<\/a> with a +5 to cybertech and a +5 to critical scavenging
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\r\nSmuggler companion Bowdaar<\/a> with a +10 to cybertech efficiency and a +10 to scavenging efficiency

\r\n\r\nDark Side<\/span>\r\n\r\nSith Warrior companion Lieutenant Pierce<\/a> with a +10 to cybertech and a +2 to critical research
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\r\nImperial Agent companion Scorpio<\/a> with a +10 to cybertech and a +2 to critical slicing
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SYNTHWEAVING<\/h3>\r\nLight Side<\/span>\r\n
\r\nJedi Knight companion Kira Carson<\/a> with a +5 to critical synthweaving and a +1 to critical research
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\r\nJedi Consular companion Nadia Grell<\/a> with a +10 to synthweaving and a +2 to critical diplomacy
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\r\nDark Side<\/span>\r\n\r\n
\r\nSith Warrior companion Jaesa Wilsaam<\/a> with a +5 to archaeology and a +5 to critical synthweaving
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\r\nSith Inquisitor companion Ashara Zavros<\/a> with a +10 to synthweaving and a +10 to diplomacy\r\n

\r\nWith this list it is more clear to see which companions might be a better choice if you plan to specialize in one crafting crew skill. If you have made your mind up that you want to be an armormech for instance, and you haven’t chosen a class yet your best option appears to be a Trooper or Smuggler for the light side and possibly a Bounty Hunter or a Imperial Agent for the darkside.\r\n

\r\nThere is one other choice as well that may factor into your decision of which class\/companion combo to choose that bears mentioning and that would be the issue of whether or not the chosen class can actually use the items that crafting crew skill can make. Unless you are planning on running multiple crafting skill specialist characters that are on the same faction like me, then you might want to choose the class that can best make use of the gear you can create with all these new found bonuses.\r\n

\r\nFrom our earlier example a perfect choice for a character that wants to specialize in armormech and the making of medium to heavy armor for the light side would be the Trooper. He has a companion that has a very good set of bonuses to armormech and related mission skills and he has the added advantage of actually being able to use the medium to heavy armor made by the crafting skill armormech which outweighs the Smugglers use of light to medium armor.\r\n

\r\nWith all that said I hope you enjoyed this guide and got some information from it to help you make a more informed choice for the serious crafter, stay tuned for my next guide in the crew skills series that deals with just what all these companion crew skills bonuses mean and affect in game!\r\n

\r\nAny comments or questions about this guide please feel free to leave them, I look forward to providing you with many more outside of the box thinking strategies that will help you excel in your crafting game, be sure to follow me on Twitter <\/a>for notification of new general game play and crew skills guides being posted and also for news about updates to these guides.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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