Bioware - Why the Clones?

2. I don't think Corso is a trooper (in profession). When you first meet him, Corso is working for Skavek. In story down the road, he mentions being part of the Peace Corps or something like it in his past, but I haven't gotten much past that in story.

All the indications to me are that he is a mercenary, hired gun, smuggler jack-of-all-trades kinda guy, that wears heavy armor. But he is a civillian, not military.

This is not hard you know.

Buy Orange armor that is not trooper armor, you know like smuggler armor perhaps, and equip it with mods for his stat requirements. Don't worry if it is light/medium/heavy default, that does not make much difference in damage mitigation anyway. Hey, dress him up in Twi'lek dancing gear from the security vendor if you want. It's orange and you can mod it to meet stat requirements.

Must Bioware do everything for you? Maybe make use the the features and components they gave you and be a little inventive or innovative.

Besides, they are going to release a ton of new stuff in future patches. To complain about it now is kind of silly IMO.

I've been considering using Orange Medium armor for Corso, but I've heard that you could lose 20% mitigation by doing that. Since Corso is a tank, I'd hate for him to be squishy since that's what keeps me alive.

Additionally, you still have the issue of tags on the orange armor, which restricts who can wear what. If it says "Requires <insert class name here>" or has a "Light/Dark" restriction, it barrs you from outfitting your companion in said gear.

I'm not even sure where to find non-tagged Orange armor, other than flashpoints.

Armor Merchants sell non-tagged Orange armor. You cannot get all pieces, but really you only need the chest, and maybe pants. So do commendation vendors. So far I have found orange armor of sale on every planet, especially chest pieces. So do the social vendors if you have the social status.

According to Bioware, the difference in mitigation between heavy and medium armor is 5%. You won't even notice this, IMO.

In AOTC the clone armor was based on Fett's armor, in 4-6 the Storm trooper armor is based, loosely, on the Clone armor, so what about the armor look before the Clone Troopers? Also, you don't see police body armor, or SWAT body armor matching the Military. Nor does one Companies bullet proof vest match another's in design and style, each is a bit different, as each company is different. So why should all heavy armor look the same? Shouldn't each armor company have a different design and different look? Also why should all of our armor look like Mandalorian armor, which we have fought many time in the past and proved ourselves better then several time, and who are allied to (loosely) the Empire?!?!

I've been noticing a very disturbing trend since the launch of this game, and something needs to be done about it.

It would seem that Bioware is trying to remake "Attack of the Clones"!

Every where you look, all you see is Havoc Squad.

Troopers, wear Heavy Armor and look like Stormtroopers.
Trooper Companions, wear Heavy Armor, look like Stormtroopers.

This is ok. I am fine with this. And I'm fine with them all wearing the Havoc badge.

Here is what I'm not fine with:

Smuggler Companions, wear Heavy Armor, look like Stormtroopers.
Consular Companions, wear Heavy Armor, look like Stormtroopers.

Seriously, this annoys me to no end. To see Smugglers and Trandoshans, who aren't even military, wearing Havoc Squad gear, colors and insignia.

It's about as bad as going to an estate sale, buying an old set of military medals, then insisting that everyone refer to you as "Sarge".

When I play my smuggler, I can't stand that my companion, who I know is a smuggler, who has told me himself that he is a smuggler, looks like a Stormtrooper.

When I play my Trooper, it annoys me that everyone in the galaxy is either a Stormtrooper, or has a personal Stormtrooper bodyguard. It's a horribly inefficient waste of military resources! No wonder the Empire kicked our ... well you know what.

Please, I BEG YOU Bioware, can we get some more NON-STORMTROOPER looking Heavy Armor with Aim and Endurance? And please, don't make it robes. Plenty of those running around as well. Maybe some stuff that looks similar to the starter gear our companions recieve when they land on Courscant?

Qyzen and Corso would thank you profusely, and so would I.

I agree with the OP 100%! I was actually talking about this last night. I don't know if Bioware knows this or not, but MMO players love to stand out. They love to customize their characters to look unique. This game does not seem to offer that at the moment. Everyone looks exactly the same.

The lack of armor looks is really unsettling. With orange customizable gear, what is the point of even changing armor at all? Just buy the three upgrade slots (armoring, mod, and enhancement) and you've got all new stats with the same look. But not all of us want to look the same every time we play.

Take a hint from WoW and DC Universe. WoW now offers transmogrification and DC Universe offers something called "styles" which lets you change the way an item looks without actually changing the item itself. Players will get bored really quick if they can't flaunt their characters.

And regardless to what anyone says, everyone likes to flaunt it. So lets get some different armor types and looks in here asap please. Troopers should be the only ones looking like troopers, just as Jedis should be the only one looking like Jedis.

Yea, they'll get right on it.

Cause there aren't 100000000000000000 issues with the actual game that they need to address first, before the even think about listening to people rant about this type of thing.