Translation: "Stop fixing things that affect the majority of players so you can fix things that affect ME!" There is no denying that the raid bugs are a problem, but complaining about it like you are, just comes off as ignorant and childish. You only care if bug fixes affect you, not how much of the player base they currently affect. The biggest problem BW has right now in fixing bugs like yours is that people like you post in anger, instead of giving the Dev's the details they need to help track down an intermittent problem.

And a Troll is a Troll... OP was asking if other people experienced the same thing. Which people have, all over. Their "random" equations for loot clearly has some class based dependencies that bring the same results when those classes do not change. There may be only certain cases where this happens too, a small percentage of the possible makeups, but the more feedback on what those makeups are, the better chance of finding them out. Saying "random is random" when the OP was looking for information serves no purpose.

I know quite a few people that have gone through this without issue. My team has only gone in to Foundry a few times to try, but after wasting an +hour each time without success, we don't feel like going again until we have better info or have heard of a fix. Its bad luck on our part, but I don't see sense in chancing that we'll get unlucky again when we can just go to other FP's and clear everything without issue.

Oh and also, if you wipe while adds are still up (We tried just CCing the adds and waiting for boss to see if we were taking too long but wiped with them still up thanks to 1-shots) they stay AND will do something rather nasty... When we pulled them, they did not pull HK, but it was like it activated him and he started stacking Power of the Core while just sitting there. After 5 stacks of it, I pulled him just for fun and watched him hit me for about 110k.

This and then some. I thought BW's said they wanted stonger LFG tools too, but want to ensure it's done well and not just tossed in. I'd hope they want to find a way to intelligently check on players specs to see if they are able to tank/heal properly (as we know we'll get people joining as the quicker queue but without the capability just because they can if that is not implimented) but programming wise that could be a mountain of issues to overcome.

Answer me this... How are Chinese camping Ilum when the game isn't open to Asia yet? Nice ignorant stereotyping there... More on track, I support a more robust LFG tool, but please never bring in cross server capabilities to FP LFG like others have. IF low pop servers are having issues then maybe merging two low pop servers would solve the issue, increasing their community size while keeping a margin of accountability for the player base.

Anyone found a more reliable work around? My whole team has tried clicking the panels quickly, we've tried having just me sprinting around getting them, we've tried with two of us getting them. Every single time, all 4 panels destroyed, core lifts up, and HK one shots us each. I had really been looking forward to seeing HK again but this is just painful and has nothing to do with skill, it's just dumb bad luck that the few times we've tried foundry, we've hit this encounter, tried again and again, then had to call it a night after wasting our time.

They stated the fix for this is coming in the next patch and that the existing items will all be fixed, no new ones will have to be obtained. Now stop bumping this endless qq thread. Source: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=260938

Not sure if its the "Blue" you're looking for but there is the TT17A- Hydra armor set. This is the silvery blue of many of the Mandalorians you see (including the two you choose your advanced class from). This is a ~45ish modable set that is BH only that comes from World Drops and chest. Also provides modable Belt and Bracers (I have seen them first hand in game on Space Slug Server). Hard to get, but looks good.

Why exactly is this horrible? As someone who works full time, I have very little playtime, a couple hours a night at best. The only reason I was able to hit 50 was that I took vacation around the holidays. Being able to do some of the crew skilling at work through my iPhone would be fantastic. I fail to see how this would be an unfair advantage since the missions still cost credits and I would not be making any while I did this. And how would this be any different from someone that just stays on all day and sends their crew away (while being able to still make credits I might add) I'm not sure I would like it tied to the security key app though (depending on implementation) since I have the physical Key for that.

I had failed missions before the patch. I've had failed missions since early access, you were just lucky if you didn't have any (or more likely, didn't do much slicing until recently).

So much anger here... Please stop saying these things NEED to be fixed like CAPS is making your issue more important that the many other bugs they fixed. Very few people are raiding compared to the masses still leveling and Bioware is in triage mode right now, so they're going to fix things that affect more people first. It sucks that your weapons are behind, but you're acting like they'll never fix it or care to. They'll get to it, but I'm sure getting the issues that affect the vast majority of the playerbase are going to come first.

Depends on what you are doing. I find it useful for: #1: Reusable Stim pack. I have a flask at all times that is a little better then the other stims #2: Reusable Med Pack. There is plenty of AoE damage in all the endgame PvE and being able to heal yourself with this every 90 seconds instead of using your valuable healing resources helps good deal #3: Handout stims for party. Most wont do this as chairty is rare in MMO's but if my group is a little low on gear, I'll pass out Stims to help the others get a little leg up. Med packs too if needed. These are "Must Have" reasons, but it wont hurt to have Biochem.

You clearly missed the intent behind the change... If the med packs stayed healing as much as they did, then it would be required for anyone trying to be competitive at PvP to be a Biochemist. I'm sorry you went into Biochem just for that advantage, but it was clearly beyond what was intended. I'm still plenty happy with a pack that is reusable and easy to make. It and my Rakata Stim are next to each other and will always make me happy to suck on them like candy without using up a thing. Having to use resources to get the edge is not a bad thing. Learn to earn.

I'm not sure where the Republic has them, but for Empire to get initial gear without stepping into PvP, there are the dailies on Ilum and Belsavis. From the Heroic Dailies you can get an Artifact quality Mod, Armor and Enhancement. Filling out your gear with these should more than prepare you for the lvl 50 FP's and Hardmode versions. They are entry level epics (I don't remember the rating off hand, 116 I think?) but they are a good start. You can buy 126 rating Hilts/Barrels and Armoring for the commendations you get as well.