This works because not every ability you are going to get as you level up is useful or necessary for your particular class or your particular spec. This guide will tell you which abilities to keep on your bar and which ones to remove. In the vast majority of cases, there is no harm or sacrifice whatsoever in giving up the abilities that this guide will tell you to. Those few instances where it is a bit of a sacrifice will be noted. If you would like to hear more in depth reasoning behind why certain abilities are being kept or removed, the video version of this guide does provide that. The video guide also goes into greater depth as a whole and should be viewed if possible.
Step 1: Setting Things up at Level 1
Abilities which will be on your quickbars when you finish character creation:
- Flurry of Bolts
- Charged Burst
- Sabotage Charge
- Recuperate
- Lucky Shots ---------- Remove this from bar, access from menu
- Quick Travel ---------- Remove this from bar, access from menu
The removed abilities are not necessary to have on the bar and are used infrequently. They can be accessed when necessary from the full ability list by pressing P.
Step 2: Culling Unnecessary Abilities
As you level, simply train every ability that is offered to you, as they will all be useful at lower levels and it is good to get a feel for them. However, as you reach higher levels some of these will become unnecessary. When you find yourself out of room on your quickslot bars, simply remove any of the following abilities. Most are completely unnecessary. Any which would be useful but must be given up for the sake of space will be noted.
- Heroic Moment -------- Swap onto bar temporarily if having difficulty with a certain fight.
- Blaster Whip
- Vital Shot
- Hunker Down -------- Useful to have, but mainly for PvP. Livable without for leveling
- Surrender
- Sweeping Gunfire ----- A sacrifice, but a small one as Saboteur spec has a great deal of AoE.
- Flourish Shot --------- A sacrifice, but a small one as many Sab spec attacks ignore armor.
- XS Freighter Flyby --- A sacrifice, but a smaller one as Saboteur spec has a great deal of AoE.
Step 3: Passive Abilities Which Never Need to Be on the Bar
Certain abilities that you have are passive. They are either on or off, and once activated will remain on and can be removed from your bars to save space. If necessary, they can be accessed from the master ability list by pressing P. When you train these, activate them and then remove them from your bar.
- Sprint
Certain abilities never need to be trained because they are completely unnecessary for your spec at any time. The following abilities do not need to be trained. If they are trained, do not use them and remove them from your bars.
- Cheap Shot
- Headshot
Step 5: Ability Swaps
Certain specs will have one or more abilities which should be replaced on your quickbar by a different ability when it is learned at a higher level. Typically, this replacement is not only to save space but is part of the class design itself. The following abilities should be swapped.
- There are no swaps for this spec
24 Slot Ability List
| Flurry of Bolts | Charged Burst | Dirty Kick | Thermal Grenade | Flash Grenade | Escape | Leg Shot | Pulse Detonator | Distraction | Cool Head | Dodge | Quick Shot |
| Defense Screen | Speed Shot | Scrambling Field | Sabotage | Slice Droid | Quickdraw | Sabotage Charge | Recuperate | Mount Speeder | Aimed Shot | Shock Charge | Incendiary Grenade |
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