So the point of rated WZ gear is...

set bonuses are tied to the armoring segment. they are transferable, but only to gear of the same slot type

...for looks? Seems like a waste of time.

Edit: Have fun wearing your ranked WH gear because it makes you look better than other players. I will be wearing those nifty, nifty liddle level 10 oranges with augment slots.

If you're only in it for the stats on gear, you have no reason to do rated. Simple as that.

Rated warzones are for people who like to PvP and want to play competitively.

You are exactly correct. This will seperate the gear wh@#%$ from the real competitors. They can stand around fleet complaining how there is nothing to do and PVP is dead without massive statistical bonuses and reroll whatever FOTM they are into. We can continue to que up, get better competition and look cool all at the same time.

I thought it was the slot not the Armoring itself. I'll test tonight on an old piece of champ gear and throw everything into a orange piece of gear.

Of course it's a waste of time, that's the point. It's another treadmill for players to jump on so they don't cancel. The entirety of the endgame is one big timesink. If they don't give you a list of chores to do they think you'll quit so they absolutely mean to waste your time.

There was a time when finishing a character in an MMO was a possibility. At which point you'd go off and enjoy the endgame (usually open pvp all night every night). Games today aren't like that. They lead us around by the nose until we can't stand it anymore and finally quit paying them to waste our time for us. I really do miss games and developers who were confident in the worlds they created and were happy to let us run around doing our on thing without falling behind the gear curve.

This a tiresome discussion. Casual players get what they want in the end.

Set bonuses are tied to the armoring slot--but I believe it's bugged atm on Test.2

Why dont they just remove all the gear and let everyone play naked? People want to achieve something, people that invest more time want better rewards, thats just human nature. If i do more work than you then i will be able to buy a better car, drive faster etc.

Bioware just hands out the same Ferraris to everyone, be it afking scrubs or hardcore PvPers.

...So I'm about to tryhard ranked wzs to satisfy my ego? Um...