Surge Nerf Bat in effect.

I think the reason Bioware is nerfing this is because Crit/Surge became the must-have for every single AC. While this does make everyone more powerful, it also renders all the other options a waste. Every MMO goes through this, and they all pretty much handle it the same way: Nerf the OP to balance it against everything else. Once that's done, they can keep looking and see if now there is a need to improve one of the less popular options to make it more desirable.

It was Bioware's intent that all the different paths of gear stats be equally viable so players would feel more free to customize their character how they want it without feeling like they are sacrificing the capabilities of that character.

The min/maxers are going to chart the way in what needs to be nerfed or improved. If the "best" path is to max out everything on a specific stat, that stat will be nerfed. If the "best" path involves a clever mix of every type of mod available to maximize how much you get before it caps, that's where most MMO devs want it to be.

What's more worrying is they seem to be listening to the crying 5% and instantly nerfing based on that... that's extremly reactionary and not how a MMO should be run.

As people are saying this will affect PVE - thats what seems to be forgotten all the time you QQ's call for nerfs for PVP reasons only...not good at all.

A worrying sign for the future.

Once the nerf bat swings...it never stops - you ALL must know this by now.