a GOOD reason NOT to buy Cartel set armor.

I bought the valiant jedi armor and ended up deleting the character with it bound because i didn't like the class i was playing at all (Guardian) and didin't like his face anymore . They should really be account bound even if it wasn't a big deal to me since $15 is nothing.

I see many solutions, they are all work arounds and Bioware should really adress it.... I paid $20 (2400 CC) for Armor for my wife and I to have matching Armor, its what we wanted, so mixing and matching, is not a viable solution.

Again, the post is for others to be FULLY AWARE before buying Cartel gear... At the time of purchase, I was not aware I would face a point I have a limitation on things like, match set bonuses.

Its not game breaking, but very frustrating and a GOOD reason to NOT buy anymore Cartel Armor, until they address that issue.

We get your point. Our point is, it doesn't matter. The Tionese through Rakata sets are old hat and not really worth going after these days. Especially since you can gear up in the best gear in the game so easily. You already spent the first 49 levels of the game without set bonuses anyway. Why are they suddenly so important to you? There are quite a few games where set bonuses on gear don't necessarily mean its the best gear you can equip.

I have gladly dropped the bonus in order to wear armor that looks more... Star Warsy. Wings just didn't cut it for me.

However, to those who say the game armor doesn't look like Star Wars, I say this: chalk it up to fashion trends. This game is set something like 1,000 years BBY. Fashions come and go and shoulder pads were in during this time period. That just means my assassin was out of style and likely got made fun of a lot.

I have a nice complete Armor set from Cartel, I want to play in it until I am not playing the game anymore.

However, the idea that once you get better gear, after lvl 50, unless you are willing to wear the ugly junk, you have to spend a small fortune to remove all the mods, to put them in the gear you got from Cartel and to make matters worse, you lose the match set bonuses. The Gear for my Jugg would have made him look like a robot, why in the word would I want that? Looks good on Pierce though… but he won’t be getting any set bonus because the bonus is tied to the warrior class.

My point, a MATCHED set should be a MATCHED set after lvl 50…..So, the people buying from Cartel do not get shafted on bonuses once they get to Tionese, Rakata stuff. Why are those mods not able to transfer the bonus? My wife and I are both annoyed by this, she also has Cartel Armor and feels like she should get the bonus she earned by getting to lvl 50. The Tionese Armor for her, looks like it has wings on the shoulders… lol. Like me, she pulled all the mods and armor and transferred it.

Does this hurt the game for us? Not really, but if we had to wear that ugly stuff, would have hurt immersion to a point I may have stopped playing. I see NO REASON to buy anymore set armor from Cartel, since it has a limited lifespan in the game itself.

Anyway... Others should be fully aware of this before they spend their money....

Either wear the ungly immersion killing gear, or lose the bonuses is the real only option for people like us. I know others do not care, all they care bout is having the best stats for PvP... We want to feel like we are really in the galaxy and how we look MATTERS a great deal.

I bought the valiant jedi armor and ended up deleting the character with it bound because i didn't like the class i was playing at all (Guardian) and didin't like his face anymore . They should really be account bound even if it wasn't a big deal to me since $15 is nothing.