SWTOR: Thoughts on levels 37-41

Another few levels gained! Now that I've got beyond level 40 I'm not going to be pushing much more on the levelling front as I'll be away for Christmas from tomorrow, but I think a little break aroundabout now is a good thing to prevent getting burned out or such. I'm still debating with myself whether to take my Mac with me and to make some video in my spare time, I shall have to see how feasible that'll be. Anyway, on to my thoughts!

• My /played is now 3 days 14 hours.
• I completed chapter 2! Wow, that went a lot quicker than chapter 1. A bit disappointing that the storyline didn't evolve more than that. Basically, whereas chapter 1 had  6 planets in it I think (not necessarily in order: Ord Mantell, Coruscant, Taris, Nar Shaddaa, Alderaan, Tatooine), chapter 2 just has 3, Balmorra, Quesh and Hoth - and Quesh is a really small planet in comparison to most others, represented by its level range of 36-37. I started the chapter at level 31, completed the chapter at level 39, and I'm now into chapter 3.
• Hoth was the first planet where a small part of my questing area obviously overlapped with the questing area of the Empire. Previously, planets have been designed so that Republic and Empire don't cross paths, which makes sense given the storylines generally involve Republic questing in areas with Imperial mobs and (presumably) vice versa. This meant my first real run-ins with Empire players, and it turns out that in solo PvP I have a lot to learn. Not really surprising given this is my first time playing a healer class!
• Speaking about PvP, it seems like the Republic on my server is kind of not very good at warzone PvP. Oh well, thankfully I'm mainly interested in this game for the storylines.
• I got my level 40 mount and training, and I think I'm at about 200k credits now. I know a lot of people have been having trouble affording mounts but I really haven't. Basically, I've just not bought anything really. I've not bothered selling stuff on the auction house either. I've just been vendoring everything I've come across but without buying anything. I had slicing too but that has since fallen to the point where I don't have enough skill to gather any more, and that's been the case for some time. So I guess the best advice I can give is don't buy anything!
• Once I've finished the story content for this class, I'm absolutely going to roll another class. It'll either be a Jedi Knight or some sort of Sith class. I think I'll likely play a Jedi Knight first but undecided. This isn't because I don't enjoy playing this class or because I want to be SUPER FORCE USER, but because the storyline never quite gets as epic as I'd like. I'm doing things that a special forces soldier does, but I never feel quite like I'm doing anything quite as epic as in other BioWare games. Still, I'm in chapter 3 and that isn't the last chapter, so I guess things could still change. Don't get me wrong though, I'm still enjoying this.

Think that's all I've got for now. If I don't post again I'll be back just before the new year. Take care!