CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 The vendor won't even be there anymore. War Hero will cost regular WZ coms and full EWH sets have arrived. Or so the PTS currently shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycao Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 The vendor won't even be there anymore. War Hero will cost regular WZ coms and full EWH sets have arrived. Or so the PTS currently shows. Yes it appears that players will not longer be able to complain about a gear gap (thank the lord). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Yes it appears that players will not longer be able to complain about a gear gap (thank the lord). I'm a very happy camper about this. Of course we knew EWH was coming but what we didn't know is if they'd keep the 3 tier gear set up. Thank God they didn't make it a 4 tier gear set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Dulfy has already done the work for us http://dulfy.net/2012/11/20/swtor-patch-1-6-elite-war-hero-pvp-gear/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Dulfy has already done the work for us http://dulfy.net/2012/11/20/swtor-patch-1-6-elite-war-hero-pvp-gear/ Dulfy kicks A as usual... Idealistically I'll miss it but for game health agree this would work better. Yes it appears that players will not longer be able to complain about a gear gap (thank the lord). ^ Yes indeed. At least there'll still be OP/Nerf issues to keep the unhappy people happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 stats http://dulfy.net/2012/11/21/swtor-patch-1-6-elite-war-hero-armor-inquisitorconsular-stats/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunayson Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I hope BM gear becomes the new recruit gear or something haha, Recruit -> war hero is still horrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgoldsack Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I hope BM gear becomes the new recruit gear or something haha, Recruit -> war hero is still horrible Yes, the gear gap from Recruit - WH will be terrible, but at the same time, that gap will be closed very fast. Especially since there is very little gap between WH and EWH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingShadow Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Will they be keeping the schematics for battlemaster or should I purchase them ASAP!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxmob Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Yes, the gear gap from Recruit - WH will be terrible, but at the same time, that gap will be closed very fast. Especially since there is very little gap between WH and EWH. LOL this doesn't sound good. are we sure bm isn't the new recruit? (perhaps stat-wise if not in name?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technohic Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 LOL this doesn't sound good. are we sure bm isn't the new recruit? (perhaps stat-wise if not in name?) Oo. Good call if they did. Someone check the MK2 stats lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 LOL this doesn't sound good. are we sure bm isn't the new recruit? (perhaps stat-wise if not in name?) I assume that's the case. They already give a couple BM pieces with fresh 50s now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technohic Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I assume that's the case. They already give a couple BM pieces with fresh 50s now. They do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 They do? It's at least the Relics. My last 50 dinged right after 1.4 so it's been a while. I can't remember if there was anything past that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technohic Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 It's at least the Relics. My last 50 dinged right after 1.4 so it's been a while. I can't remember if there was anything past that. Ah. Maybe it was changed in 1.4. My last was just before that. Would be nice if they put this stuff in the patch notes since they made a late addition to add the reduced WH cost and removal of BM, so now I don't trust them to have either changed MK2 and not said, or if they didn't touch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fellblade Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I prefer the look of the Battlemaster Gear for my Inquisitor.... Will I be able to just take the Mods from the WH gear and keep my Battlemaster look - or do I still have to Sacrifice my Battlemaster gear to get War Hero gear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Ah. Maybe it was changed in 1.4. My last was just before that. Would be nice if they put this stuff in the patch notes since they made a late addition to add the reduced WH cost and removal of BM, so now I don't trust them to have either changed MK2 and not said, or if they didn't touch it. maybe we'll get lucky and someone on the PTS will ding 50 and let us know. There are plenty of people who will be staying at lvl 49(.9999) until 1.6 pops unless they get some details. it's funny. I'm actually looking forward to grinding my last two ACs now. Knowing that the pvp "grind" is pretty much gone is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAVM Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 It's at least the Relics. My last 50 dinged right after 1.4 so it's been a while. I can't remember if there was anything past that. Probably just the Relics. The original recruit (not MK-2) came with purple Champion Relics that were so good I still haven't replaced them yet, while mostly everything else went Recruit -> BM -> WH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSafana Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Maybe my math is wrong, but it still appears to be the same amount of grinding as before to get to end gear, except this time it's EWH instead of WH. Before you had to grind WZ comms to BM, then grind ranked to get WH, while trading in your BM pieces. Now you'll have to grind the same amount of WZ comms (but you get WH gear), then gind the same amount of ranked comms as before but you get EWH. with WH trade in. The only reduction in the grind is to get to WH, but the grind isn't done because a new tier exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharterMonkKent Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Maybe my math is wrong, but it still appears to be the same amount of grinding as before to get to end gear, except this time it's EWH instead of WH. Before you had to grind WZ comms to BM, then grind ranked to get WH, while trading in your BM pieces. Now you'll have to grind the same amount of WZ comms (but you get WH gear), then gind the same amount of ranked comms as before but you get EWH. with WH trade in. The only reduction in the grind is to get to WH, but the grind isn't done because a new tier exists. the grind is still there but the difference between the gear stats (aka gear gap) is substantially reduced. Someone did the math and it appears the gap between WH and EWH is at most 3.8% (if you focus enhancements to one stat). That is a significant improvement over the current gap between BM and WH. And maybe just as important... there will be only a short period of time between Recruit/BM and WH. Does that make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMKSED Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Its still the same amount of grinding to get the EWH but now the gear gap between fresh 50s is even bigger. What a great update......:-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtBranham Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 But the stat difference is so minimal that it doesn't really matter if you don't grind it out. I for one will be becuase i like having the best but others won't have to do this to be competitive. Hopefully it will help the ranked scene. Taking away gear access as a barrier to entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbr Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 why do they keep getting rid of gear? Surely they should be adding more. So that's Recruit, Centurion, Champion and now Battlemaster gear removed, for WH the ugliest armor in history People will still whine about the gear gap, so why have one at all? Just give everyone everything now , that's the direction this game is going in. Perhaps they should sell Valor via CC's or is that being removed as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycao Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Its still the same amount of grinding to get the EWH but now the gear gap between fresh 50s is even bigger. What a great update......:-/ How is it bigger? You now go right from recruit to WH which is the same as what BM is currently...that sounds pretty legit to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGLYMRJ Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 How is it bigger? You now go right from recruit to WH which is the same as what BM is currently...that sounds pretty legit to me. SO summary of all the stats and math that people are posting that hurts my brain is.... WH post 1.6 = BM pre 1.6 stat wise? If so... why wouldn't they keep the BM gear since it looks different. I'm tired of "new gear" just being a different color. Cusomtization junkie if you couldn't tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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