Jedi Guardian Leveling

Hello!  So I haven't been posting regularly since I don't just want to post useless drivel, so instead I've been focusing on leveling.  I really want to hit 50 and start dueling and putting together some video tips for duels and small scale PvP.  That being said though, I would like to address all the people that seem to be having problems leveling and perhaps give some tips that I hope will help.  The class really only feels very weak to me on the first map of Alderaan, but that area seems quite overtuned in general.  It seems especially hard since all the mobs are more spaced out than previously seen.  The only advice I can give there is to just plow through it the best you can.  It gets significantly easier in just a few levels.  Read on for how I found leveling to be easiest...

Happy Holidays! Guardian vs Vanguard revisited!

     Hello everyone!  It's been a tiring holiday for me.  I had a week off from work and had too much fun at my Christmas party.  I've been busy leveling also, though not what's expected.  On a whim, I decided to revisit the Jedi Guardian, but this time to level as a tanking spec.  Now the reasoning behind this was two fold:

1. I gave it quite a bit of thought and felt that perhaps that the Guardian would have better class synergy with the two people I would PvP with.
2. I wanted to try leveling as Defense spec with the Guardian.  The reason being, I enjoyed leveling as Shield much more than Tactics on my Vanguard so I wanted to compare apples to apples.