1.2 Hard Mode loot. Why raid when you can just run dailies?

2.5 months of doing a weekly for one piece of gear places the carrot too far away to be of any real value.

Again, I'll have the full set long before non-raiders get their first piece on a 2.5 month time frame. It should be shortened to about a month per piece of gear.

As for the solo player needing the gear, they need it just as much as a raider does - which is to say that neither side "needs" the gear. Raiders only feel like they should get better gear because historically speaking, developers have had to bribe raiders with awesome gear just to get enough of them to show up to the raid. There is no "requirement" that the last raid boss must have a higher gear level check than the first boss.

All players need something to work towards. In a genre of gaming that is practically only centered around gear progression, what else is there for anyone to really invest time for?

Does it really matter if solo players have the same gear as raiders?

Especially when the gear is so awful looking, and the Orange Crit gear is inherently superior due to extra stats, literally no hardcore raiders will be wearing it anyway.

First of all, stop pretending like raids in this game are in any way challenging. They are not.

Second, all the shiny raid gear you're "working" for will be replaced in two to three months.

Third and finally, if you're raiding for the gear, and not for the challenge, for the strategy involved in downing new content, or for the sheer enjoyment of raiding, then you're doing it wrong.

All those players who raid strictly for the gear are the same ones that hoard DKP for their BiS items, passing on upgrades and hurting the group. That don't show up for progression bosses or on certain raid days because they "don't need those bosses" or "don't want to wipe all night", or best of all quit the game the moment their "set" is complete and then complain that there's not enough content.

When you figure it out, you'll enjoy raiding (and MMOs in general) much more.

I agree that challenge should be the primary motivation for raiding.....of course since SWTOR raids arent challenging (unless Soa is bugged) that leaves us with only loot. Loot which we can now just run some crappy dailies and get "hard mode" epic loots.

This game just keeps getting worse.

I never saw a solo player complain because there was no high end gear for their playstyle, but now raiders start their whining about how other people shouldnt get this or that?

pathetic

I raid and I couldnt care less if a solo player gets the same gear via a different route, its none of my business. I don't pay their sub, so I dont tell them how to play.

I'd rather have a bunch of solo players stay and buy my crafted goods on my server than it become a ghost town with just a few moronic elitists congratulating each other. Move on and play something different. Let people play how they want for what they want.

Then leave!

Games are for fun - they're not a job - if you don't enjoy it, do something else.

All they're trying to do is make it possible for non-raiders (the "casual" players) to get some decent gear - to do it they'll probably have to grind mind-numbing amounts of dailies - but at least it'll be possible for them!

I really don't get this elitist "I'm a raider - only l33t raiders should be able to get l33t kit!"

Maybe the raid stuff will be a different colour so you can show off *shrug*.

Personally I'll get my kit from raiding - if someone else gets the same by grinding dailies for three months - more power to 'em I say.

Why does it need to be reduced? The gear isn't needed for solo play, but it gives the solo player something to work towards. It gives the raiders something to do outside of raid time as well that will actually help them be better while raiding. Also, the comms come from weeklies, so you only have to actually do the dailies one day a week, not every day, perfect for the casual player.

Paying $15 a month and killing a raid boss is earning the gear.

The new daily area provides the same daily commendation currency as the existing daily areas. Currently, in the new area, Black Hole Commendations are only given out on a single weekly quest. If they're being seen on the daily quests themselves, that's a bug.