You can press spacebar to skip through dialogue, so once you've done a mission, you can skip that shit quick.
I think I'm in sort of a paladin role -- so some fighting, some healing. Definitely should be focusing on the healing more in the boss fight. The rest of the time, I'm probably better off serving up mortar fine and assault cannon salvos (in this flashpoint at least).
I'll probably be on most nights since the wife is usually feeding the baby from like, 9 PM - midnight.
Need to hook up my other keyboard to this computer -- this wireless one has these teeny chiclet keys, impossible to use the function keys efficiently.
Pro tip -- turn shadows off in your graphic settings if you haven't already! It increased my fps IMMENSELY.