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About a week or so after GSF launched, I knew I was hooked - I loved flying my Sage's pike, and I was starting to top the scoreboard after finally feeling like I was actually contributing something to my team.



So, I decided - why not just have some fun and level a toon from 1-55 entirely through GSF?



Since I'm a roleplayer at heart, I chose a Smuggler for this odyssey - and



I made myself a set of rules - I could only gain experience through GSF and the GSF daily and weekly, and I was not allowed to use cartel coins to convert ship requisition to fleet requisition, with the exception of the first 5,000 requisition I earned, in order to purchase my Flashfire.



I logged in at level 1 and immediately queued - flying the Star Guard for a while to earn my Flashfire. 1-8 were done standing next to the shuttle on Ord Mantell, and then I rode it over to the fleet, where I remained until level 15. Returning to Ord Mantell, I did the class questline up to the point where Corso joins you as a guest, in order to use him as my co-pilot.



I hopped the shuttle back to the Republic Fleet, and have been there ever since - I've become somewhat of a fixture on the Ebon Hawk's fleet - at any given time you'll find me standing in the exact same spot on the railing in the combat section, near the pvp terminal.



I got hooked on the Flashfire, and suddenly realized I was actually good at GSF - not the best on the server (that'd be Andern, Kvikorma, and Large), but kind of up there, and I kind of lost track of everything else in the game and started doing nothing but GSF. I met some friends and joined a guild full of amazing flyers, so thanks to Saberwing for taking me in and giving this Imperial diehard a home on Republic side.



My Flashfire was mastered at the same time I dinged level 30, but I never stopped flying it, except for short excursions on my Pike or Quarrel to mess around and pick up some requisition on them. I still only have one companion, though my crew skills are all maxed.



My battlerecord shows me at just under 4 days played on Highjinks, and I'm 40 battles away from Fleet Admiral. Got Space Ace a good while ago Sometime in the next few days I'll go ahead and do the class quest to pick up my other companions, and I may even get an advanced class, though GSF will still be my main focus.



I know a lot of people won't give a crap about this story, but the point of it is this:



I had fun. A LOT of fun, leveling this way. I've learned that I absolutely adore the Flashfire, and I've made a lot of new friends and enemies, and I've gotten to really be part of The Ebon Hawk's amazing GSF community. A lot of people said I was crazy for wanting to level this way, or that it would be boring, or take forever.



It did take a while, longer than it would have if I were questing, but since actual level doesn't matter in GSF, I found that I didn't really care how long it took - I cared more about my win/loss ratio (71 percent!), lol. And it wasn't boring - far from it, especially once I had a few upgrades.



My conclusion is that leveling this way is viable if you have the patience for it and really love GSF. I may even do it on a second toon.



So thanks Bioware - and The Ebon Hawk GSF community - you've made this leveling experience great.





The most sensational Flashfire pilot in the galaxy! For those who hate reading - this is just a story about leveling a toon entirely through GSF. That's all.About a week or so after GSF launched, I knew I was hooked - I loved flying my Sage's pike, and I was starting to top the scoreboard after finally feeling like I was actually contributing something to my team.So, I decided - why not just have some fun and level a toon from 1-55 entirely through GSF?Since I'm a roleplayer at heart, I chose a Smuggler for this odyssey - and Highjinks was born - a name I was very happy to find was available, since it seemed to fit my idea of this character's personality. To go along with it, I decided I needed an appropriate ship, and so I settled on the Flashfire. I also decided I wouldn't take an advanced class, and indeed, am still a Smuggler (and get tells about it all the time)!I made myself a set of rules - I could only gain experience through GSF and the GSF daily and weekly, and I was not allowed to use cartel coins to convert ship requisition to fleet requisition, with the exception of the first 5,000 requisition I earned, in order to purchase my Flashfire.I logged in at level 1 and immediately queued - flying the Star Guard for a while to earn my Flashfire. 1-8 were done standing next to the shuttle on Ord Mantell, and then I rode it over to the fleet, where I remained until level 15. Returning to Ord Mantell, I did the class questline up to the point where Corso joins you as a guest, in order to use him as my co-pilot.I hopped the shuttle back to the Republic Fleet, and have been there ever since - I've become somewhat of a fixture on the Ebon Hawk's fleet - at any given time you'll find me standing in the exact same spot on the railing in the combat section, near the pvp terminal.I got hooked on the Flashfire, and suddenly realized I was actually good at GSF - not the best on the server (that'd be Andern, Kvikorma, and Large), but kind of up there, and I kind of lost track of everything else in the game and started doing nothing but GSF. I met some friends and joined a guild full of amazing flyers, so thanks to Saberwing for taking me in and giving this Imperial diehard a home on Republic side.My Flashfire was mastered at the same time I dinged level 30, but I never stopped flying it, except for short excursions on my Pike or Quarrel to mess around and pick up some requisition on them. I still only have one companion, though my crew skills are all maxed.My battlerecord shows me at just under 4 days played on Highjinks, and I'm 40 battles away from Fleet Admiral. Got Space Ace a good while agoSometime in the next few days I'll go ahead and do the class quest to pick up my other companions, and I may even get an advanced class, though GSF will still be my main focus.I know a lot of people won't give a crap about this story, but the point of it is this:I had fun. A LOT of fun, leveling this way. I've learned that I absolutely adore the Flashfire, and I've made a lot of new friends and enemies, and I've gotten to really be part of The Ebon Hawk's amazing GSF community. A lot of people said I was crazy for wanting to level this way, or that it would be boring, or take forever.It did take a while, longer than it would have if I were questing, but since actual level doesn't matter in GSF, I found that I didn't really care how long it took - I cared more about my win/loss ratio (71 percent!), lol. And it wasn't boring - far from it, especially once I had a few upgrades.My conclusion is that leveling this way is viable if you have the patience for it and really love GSF. I may even do it on a second toon.So thanks Bioware - and The Ebon Hawk GSF community - you've made this leveling experience great. I am doing the same thing and am at level 38 so far. kudos for doing it first!!!