I'm a VERY casual player (a single character at 75 and not remotely the best gear) with a bunch of low level alts. I love having the opportunity to complete conquests without having to do max level content. The fact is, the hardcore will ALWAYS outpace the casuals in basically whatever they do. People saying it'll take 10 minutes to max out your conquest, ok, I'm sure you can. Me? It'll still take a decent amount of time, but I can actually have fun doing what I want to do instead of feeling like I'm forced into a certain playstyle. Obviously changes to the invasive popup would be appreciated, i don't need to see it all the time but i would enjoy having the option to.

Yea, except they're wearing all 75 270 and up armor pieces and weapon. It's just the earpieces, relics and enhancements. I mean, if they're going to limit what non subs are able to equip, at least make it clear.

thanks for all of the replies. Going to check out the things you guys mentioned!

best gear is that a joke? this was a 268 earpiece lol. How does that make any sense at all?

My buddy used a token to get a 70 character and then completed onslaught to get to level 75. For some reason they're not able to equip green level 75 gear that I crafted. I checked and it says "needs artifact authorization" or something. The weird thing is, it's a green item, not purple. Am I missing something here?

So as a new player, I'm basically at the mercy of the gtn or paying a ridiculous amount to a vendor to craft while older players have thousands of these sitting around? That's disheartening.

So I've got about 150 hours in my balance sage now and I'm starting to get some set pieces. I play solo with my companion the vast majority of the time so I was thinking either the victor set for the speed and health after every enemy killed, the taskmaster for increased companion goodness (i mostly have my companion on heal if that makes a difference). the other set i was considering was Trishin's retort because i use my Force Armor a lot and thought that might help when I'm surrounded by a bunch of mobs. Does Trishin's even proc with Force Armor and is the damage worth it? Any suggestions would be appreciated!