Most important thing for me was having a good time. There were times when I'd put my hero into a one-on-one battle and just sit back, grab some popcorn, and watch her go to town.
I will confess to minmaxing two areas. I went to Tatooine and went to the Krayt Dragon's cave bloody and battered, thinking "And then I'll hop on back to the ship afterward." I wasn't even suited for combat. I had a lowish level... Juhani? The Guardian Jedi babe. I had her, and she wasn't terribly well equipped at the time, and I had Mission, who I love to have along for the ride but who isn't a combat machine. And wouldn't you know it, the frelling bounty hunter was waiting for me outside. Calo or whatever his name was. I got killed repeatedly, and finally I gave up and gamed the system a little bit. I'd noticed that Calo waited until I moved forward to turn from normal to hostile, so I, er, dragged my team to the back of the cave, turned on stealth mode, headed out to the big bounty hunter, and dropped every mine I had between me and him. Then I lobbed a grenade as a way of saying howdy, turned tail, and ran for all I was worth. The mines took out most of the flunkies as they chased me and worked through a lot of the bounty hunter's vitality.
Pretty much the same thing in the final battle. I was able to fight Malak to a standstill, but I just didn't have the power to go toe-to-toe with him repeatedly. So, after kicking his butt the first time, I burned through most of my medkits while running around the room destroying those dark-side coffins and freeing the souls of my fellow Jedi, and when that was done, I turned tail and ran, making it to the locked door and then turning around for a desperate last stand... and then Malak took about a third of his vitality coming down the ramp and through the mines to get me (until he cheated by Force-jumping the rest of the way). Not my finest or most honorable hour, but I was a Scoundrel. It's kind of expected.
I will confess to minmaxing two areas. I went to Tatooine and went to the Krayt Dragon's cave bloody and battered, thinking "And then I'll hop on back to the ship afterward." I wasn't even suited for combat. I had a lowish level... Juhani? The Guardian Jedi babe. I had her, and she wasn't terribly well equipped at the time, and I had Mission, who I love to have along for the ride but who isn't a combat machine. And wouldn't you know it, the frelling bounty hunter was waiting for me outside. Calo or whatever his name was. I got killed repeatedly, and finally I gave up and gamed the system a little bit. I'd noticed that Calo waited until I moved forward to turn from normal to hostile, so I, er, dragged my team to the back of the cave, turned on stealth mode, headed out to the big bounty hunter, and dropped every mine I had between me and him. Then I lobbed a grenade as a way of saying howdy, turned tail, and ran for all I was worth. The mines took out most of the flunkies as they chased me and worked through a lot of the bounty hunter's vitality.
Pretty much the same thing in the final battle. I was able to fight Malak to a standstill, but I just didn't have the power to go toe-to-toe with him repeatedly. So, after kicking his butt the first time, I burned through most of my medkits while running around the room destroying those dark-side coffins and freeing the souls of my fellow Jedi, and when that was done, I turned tail and ran, making it to the locked door and then turning around for a desperate last stand... and then Malak took about a third of his vitality coming down the ramp and through the mines to get me (until he cheated by Force-jumping the rest of the way). Not my finest or most honorable hour, but I was a Scoundrel. It's kind of expected.
