What does the 1-49 bracket teach us about PVP gear?

If the centurion set in swtor were easy to get then a lot of the problem would be solved. it is however not easy to get....

Yeah but if one team has brand new Nikes and the other has cardboard tied on with strings...


I'm a long time WoW'er. I am ok with some gear disparity. The top players, and more importantly, the tops teams should get something extra. The thing is that in WoW you could easily get the previous seasons gear or a lesser set from the current season and be competitive. If the centurion set in swtor were easy to get then a lot of the problem would be solved. it is however not easy to get....


I don't really see much of a problem with having the top pvp rewards be cosmetic and convenience features. I think people would still play wzs to get pro mounts or sweet looking gear to make your toon look how you want. How about a fleet jet pack so you can fly around the fleet :>

I don't think I'l do much level 50 PvP once I reach it. Probably start new character and play with them instead. Especially since grinding for an horrible looking Trooper Vanguard set is just out of question.

Ah, but you think you should lecture me into not voicing mine?

I don't think it is a waste of time to voice my opinion. Simple as that.

Well actually it shows that gear in and of itself scales at an exponential rate at 50 and that expertise far outweighs any kind of stat boost can get before you hit 50. The problem is basically two fold.

1: Champ/BM gear gives a massive stat increase boosting damage and survivability far beyond quest gear or even any of level 50 stater sets.

2: Expertise gives a flat damage INCREASE! as well as reduction and healing boost! so not only does the set boost there over all dps, but expertise further increases that, turning what might have been an ok hit into insane damage.

Combine that with the fact that bolster puts everyone at about same level at 1-49( mind you a level 20 will still get plastered by a 49 so very easily) and it is simply more fair. Thing is many hardcore mmo pvpers do not want a fair fight, even mention of " fair "sends them into a tizzy over they very idea! before the bracket entire situation was so fixable with bolster by SIMPLY making bolster give a flat expertise bonus of like 500, to offset the fact that low levels had none and you would have seen alot less complaints about end game pvp.

Issue right now is that expertise is giving more DAMAGE rather then survivability, and that is root issue right now. Rather then making it all about keeping you alive making your harder to down its actually just making killing lowbies easier, in fact it SUPPORTS killing those have no expertise by making them die faster,easier and with no effort.

At end of the day people are playing 1-49 because being farmed by champ/BM player isn't any fun, and its impossible to get dailys done because of this very reason. People dont want non-champ/BM's in there premades its a laughable idea! only 2 real surefire solutions.

1: Put all the champ/bm folks in own bracket, and let them complain about no ques all day long.

2: change expertise so stops boosting damage and put a BOUGHT/CRAFTED starter set gives about 400 expertise so difference between a starting player and a champ/bm player is much much less significant.

Lecture you?

Perish the thought I am just a concern forum member thinking somebody here is out of his/her mind by throwing a crusade on a pointless battle.

No pvp gear for pvp its like saying no pve gear for pve.

No gear progression for those pure pvpers since they don't deserve it just because you think its not needed for you?

Not everyone is you or agree with you, I am just going to leave it as that.

The BIGGEST issue is having 0 Expertise.

Introducing crafted Armor, weapons, and mods with Expertise would REALLY help out new 50's to PVP.