It's not 2%-3%, with the correct 54 gear setup (mix of 54 and conq), it's FAR superior to even max/min conqueror. Which is why I agree with the removal of bolster in 55. Half a year and it's still broken, that indicates it cannot be fixed.

Agreed. Please remove.

I absolutely destroy everything with the correct setup of 54 gear (mix of conq and 54), which is why I'm complaining, it shouldn't be that way at all. I'm top of the charts every single match, even in Ranked. And I do have max/min conq to compare. Terribad would be those who don't know the setup and/or those that don't want the exploit to get fixed.

So the practically free 54 PvE crafted gear remains superior to PvP end game gear that you actually have to work for… No free stuff that you don't have to work for should be superior to Partisan, yet it's superior to even Conqueror... All thanks to the Bolster abomination that has been broken and has failed miserably for almost half a year now. I absolutely destroy everything with the correct setup of 54 gear (mix of conq and 54), which is why I'm complaining, it shouldn't be that way at all. I'm top of the charts every single match, even in Ranked. And I do have max/min conq to compare. On the other hand, out of 9 warzones I played today, 6 of them had only 7 players for the entire match. This has been going on all week... Where do you guys see this game going? Because I'm beginning to lose all hope...

I don't use it myself but I have seen it on the damage chart. Will take it when I see it again. By the way, those screenshots in this thread don't even show full 54 purples.

That significant power boost is the difference between a 10k smash and 15k smash every 12 seconds.

You don't lose expertise, you get 2008 vs 2014 and gain insane amounts of damage.

3 months and still no fix... Drop your subscriptions right now, there is absolutely no point in grinding 200 hours of PvP to get BiS Conqueror since you get far superior and much better stats with free 54 crafted purples.

Trust me, it's been reported in detail. There is a 30 page thread in the PvP section with elaborate detail and images. Devs replied to it yestarday saying they're just aware and will escalate it (even though it has been going on for 2 months with complaints for 2 months).

You both have a point. But more importantly, it is a fact and everyone knows (including the Devs) that bolster is terribly messed up and needs an emergency patch ASAP.

I'm shocked that BioWare has not released an emergency patch to fix this issue immediately. It's a huge joke. Bolster should be a natural progression and be based on player level, not tier of gear.

Not only that, but crafted gear + the flawed bolster giving you almost full expertise is better than Conqueror. So don't bother with the PvP grind. Just drop the subscription and play casually for fun with free no effort crafted gear until they fix/remove bolster like everyone else is doing.

Agreed.

Overall it's BiS, not only for the damage. It also gives you enough crit so that you can use more main skill augments for the bonus damages instead of crit ones. Dark Radiance and Elemental Trascendence do only 202 damage and like 450 when crit (with only 25% chance) every 4.5 seconds because it's just tooltip damage not influenced by your bonus damage unlike the rest of your abilities. It's better to have the roughly 50 extra bonus damage permanently that Matrix Cube gives you room for.

I wonder what would happen if you could craft level 72 PvE gear with free mats. Would people still PvE that much? Same goes for PvP and that's how it currently stands. It's fun, but there's just no point in doing it more than 1-2 times per week casually without subscription now. Why do 200 hours worth of grind now? Might as well save myself some money and just play for the fun of it casually.