There is a huge thing goin on with the gear thing.

Tomorrow is a maintenance. Give to us a set of armor that increase its stats accordingly with the character lvl, up to 148 or 154 rating..... So nobody will complain any more. You allready have it in some legacy armors, just copy paste the code in a set of items, that all can use for each specific class. Head, pants, chest, wrists, belt, weapon, trinkets.

I ve said it from the beginning, it was not a cool thing

This is a power tool, or a legitimate cheat stand alone... when characters get 55, they are useless... Not even oricon.

You sould also give 12x in the credits, be able to have the chance buy gears..lol

There is a huge thing goin on with the gear thing.

 

Tomorrow is a maintenance. Give to us a set of armor that increase its stats accordingly with the character lvl, up to 148 or 154 rating..... So nobody will complain any more. You allready have it in some legacy armors, just copy paste the code in a set of items, that all can use for each specific class. Head, pants, chest, wrists, belt, weapon, trinkets.

 

I ve said it from the beginning, it was not a cool thing

 

This is a power tool, or a legitimate cheat stand alone... when characters get 55, they are useless... Not even oricon.

 

You sould also give 12x in the credits, be able to have the chance buy gears..lol

Agreed! Some kind of scaling gear would be much appreciated.

here the opportunitist speaks (not to say zerg). If bioware considers that as the most important customers, I am happy to be the least. Its an HONOUR... lol

As for what people complain, I have to agree with them. We are used to a certain model, do quests, greed, get gear, etc... 2 hours ago, I had a character lvl 16 and now I am 28 after 2 hours. I forgot my self be with 15lvl items and its hard... I have to spend credits, that are limited, because of the story only questing, to buy gear...

and that is not cool at all. You have to spend credits every 1-2 hours and gearing up is not cheap. The planetary comms are limited, we dont get 60-80 planetary comms every hour...

ps: and its not only our character, but also our companion!

i think the 12xp is the best cookie you've given us so far, dear developers, if one has enough 55 alts to craft lowbie gear or rush stuff quickly for planetary comms that is. or if one has a tonn of credits to spend

doing stuff in gear 10 levels lower then you is not really a problem if you're a good player, however you do still need to change that gear for both yourself & your companion every 10-15 levels hehe. so a set of auto updated gear would be perfect, but that's just for a "ideal" leveling conditions

This game has armor vendors use em you should only need to upgrade every 10levels or so

a full set every 10 lvls, but the game does not provide us with planetary comms for a full set. Only 2 items per 5 lvls

And there is no comms...

we need 14 planetary for each weapon (2 weapons every 10 lvl is 28 comms and if you are dual weapon, u need 3, overal 42 comms) u dont get 42 comms in 10 lvls, so there is no commodations for gear as well... You have to choose, gear or weapons.

I know that because I did it and at the end, 50lvl, NOT 55.. I had about 80 overall. Its simply that the game is not balanced for it. Their main thinking was to make us spend millions for gearing up companions and alts... but that will not happen.

a full set every 10 lvls, but the game does not provide us with planetary comms for a full set. Only 2 items per 5 lvls

And there is no comms...

 

we need 14 planetary for each weapon (2 weapons every 10 lvl is 28 comms and if you are dual weapon, u need 3, overal 42 comms) u dont get 42 comms in 10 lvls, so there is no commodations for gear as well... You have to choose, gear or weapons.

 

I know that because I did it and at the end, 50lvl, NOT 55.. I had about 80 overall. Its simply that the game is not balanced for it. Their main thinking was to make us spend millions for gearing up companions and alts... but that will not happen.

Run some flashpoints and warzones. The dailies for both give you plenty of Planetary Comms and Warzone Comms (which can be traded for Planetary Comms).

Otherwise, a couple thousand every few levels for some new mods and armorings off the GTN shouldn't be too bad.

Can always go back to a planet and do some heroics for the gear or comms as well. Basically, just take a stop from doing the class missions to grab some gear and you'll be fine.

It is not really needed. The problem is not gear so much as the play style people have got used to. As it stands people are used to upgrading with blue level comm gear as needed and basically blowing through leveling content with little thought to tactical playing.

When i first started leveling with this bonus i did the same thing, i was too used to upgrading full set with planet comm's every 4 to 6 levels. Sufficed to say i died a lot and struggled with content that i had considered in the past easy.

I started to put some thought into it, played a bit more tactically, avoided mobs where i could, used my cc on packs of mobs that were difficult, used stuns to give me time go get a heal or two in from myself or my companion, interrupts on higher damage attacks that i used to shrug off, that sort of thing.

Once i started playing this way i found i could last a long time just using the reward gear before needing and upgrade, using green quality stuff instead of the blue i was used to.

Yeah some fights were hard and i would die a couple of times before nailing them, but i must admit i like the challenge leveling like this gives me. The storyline only gives more immersion and the lower gear gives it a challenge in difficulty that did not exist before.

As well sell anything you can on the gtn, say you are a willpower user and get a green strengh piece off a mob, instead of vendoring it sell it on the gtn for some extra cash, you may only make 500-2k depending on the level of the piece but over time all those pieces add up. Even schematics that only go for a few hundred still extra cash to help offset.

I am currently working on a shadow dps, it is level 41 and i have done complete green quality (with the odd blue if cheap enough) upgrade twice so far on myself and my healer companion, plus single piece upgrades on real low level gear.

Plus i do not even loot mobs unless it is green quality drops since i do not consider the small value of the cash and trash drops pre makeb worth the looting time over all the planets.

I started with 300k i sent to this char when i made it, bought the 40k speeder perk, and now have 182,793. Meaning that i am down in total 77,027 credits from gearing and have kept myself in gear using only the gtn and quest rewards.

Just play tactically use your support ability's to help you and it is entirly possible. The only way this would not be possible for you is if you didn't have a 55 to sort you some startup cash to see you through. Plus once i hit makeb and get the higher value loot and quest cash i expect to break even since bolster means no gear upgrade needed.

Run some flashpoints and warzones. The dailies for both give you plenty of Planetary Comms and Warzone Comms (which can be traded for Planetary Comms).

 

Otherwise, a couple thousand every few levels for some new mods and armorings off the GTN shouldn't be too bad.

 

Can always go back to a planet and do some heroics for the gear or comms as well. Basically, just take a stop from doing the class missions to grab some gear and you'll be fine.

With the xp boost, you dont have time for dailies, only if you avoid class quests. You become 55 before the day expires.

And its not a couple of thousands. 4-6 thousands credits for 1-2 items and the rest go up to 20k-50k per item. Thats the prices in gtn.

Only Makeb is easy, because they made it like warzones. Whatever your xp and damage is, it upgrades your stats to a 28-30k toon and u kill all easy.

Normally I when I hit 50lvl, I spend the planetary comms into mods and armorings. Making my toon 148 rating. And the left overs goes to my companion that I use most.

Before xp boost I had 10 x 55 lvl characters and 6 between 1 to 41lvl. Now I leveled all my toons between 30-41lvl and I procceed to my lvl 1 characters. Now I allready have 13 x 55s. Which 3 of them are nearly 40k hp and 168-180 rating equipment.

My main Sorcerer is 39.250 life 180 rating, I miss 1 relic 180 rating and my sabre that is 168 rating at this point.

My Op healer is 37.900 life, mostly 180 but I miss 3-4 items 180 rating(1 trinket, 2 relics and weapon)

My Powertech dps is 37.500 about the same as my OP... These 3 characters will be my first, that I will lvl up to 60 in the new expansion.

And I have many arround 30-34k hp.

And my concern about all my new 55's is the gear, because the game is unplayable if your toon is not at least 25k hp. If you enter tacticals with 14k hp, they kick you out, the same goes to hard modes. And thats the problem, they dont allow you to gear up, but only to spend credits on gtn.

When I personally see players with 14k or 16k hp, I always help them with oricon to take the basic, also in HMs, I dont allow the others to kick them out... but its a problem, there are not many " me " in the game.

a full set every 10 lvls, but the game does not provide us with planetary comms for a full set. Only 2 items per 5 lvls

And there is no comms...

 

we need 14 planetary for each weapon (2 weapons every 10 lvl is 28 comms and if you are dual weapon, u need 3, overal 42 comms) u dont get 42 comms in 10 lvls, so there is no commodations for gear as well... You have to choose, gear or weapons.

 

I know that because I did it and at the end, 50lvl, NOT 55.. I had about 80 overall. Its simply that the game is not balanced for it. Their main thinking was to make us spend millions for gearing up companions and alts... but that will not happen.

Where in my post did I mention coms? I ment the credit ones if you want to use adaptive than of course your going to have a harder time gearing. But it is in no way difficult to keep yourself in gear if you want to keep using adaptive than that's on you and not the game not being balanced.

And my concern about all my new 55's is the gear, because the game is unplayable if your toon is not at least 25k hp. If you enter tacticals with 14k hp, they kick you out, the same goes to hard modes. And thats the problem, they dont allow you to gear up, but only to spend credits on gtn.

 

When I personally see players with 14k or 16k hp, I always help them with oricon to take the basic, also in HMs, I dont allow the others to kick them out... but its a problem, there are not many " me " in the game.

How is gear a concern at this point, December 2nd early access comes out for pre order, a week later non pre order upgrades can join too. They will not leave people without way to get the new entry level gear for SoR. Once you got your entry gear you level and are set for the new flashpoints.

Like with makeb they will most likely put entry level mods on a vendor like the makeb planet comm one, or provide gear on the lead in quests for the new xpac, as well as providing gear at crafting trainers that was reverse engineer only this xpac. Those are just my guesses but they will have some way of obtaining entry level gear for Sor which will sort your characters out.

As for fp and ops and such current that is your choice to try em on the fresh 55's. But my view is why bother, they will become classic content and be replaced with new stuff in 6-7 weeks. I want each class and ac, so for me this is old content done time to level until the new stuff comes out.

You sould also give 12x in the credits, be able to have the chance buy gears..lol

You already get free skill training.

I hit 1 million credits on my assassin on TRE when I was on Belsavis. I didn't get credits from anywhere else, only quest rewards + selling loot. I got armorings for my character from my cybertech specialist but I still had way too many planetary commendations so I used those to gear Ashara instead.

Class + planetary + H2/H2+ solo (repeat next day if quest is fun).

a full set every 10 lvls, but the game does not provide us with planetary comms for a full set. Only 2 items per 5 lvls

And there is no comms...

If you only do class quests then you need cybertech and artifice on high level characters.

There is a huge thing goin on with the gear thing.

 

Tomorrow is a maintenance. Give to us a set of armor that increase its stats accordingly with the character lvl, up to 148 or 154 rating..... So nobody will complain any more. You allready have it in some legacy armors, just copy paste the code in a set of items, that all can use for each specific class. Head, pants, chest, wrists, belt, weapon, trinkets.

 

I ve said it from the beginning, it was not a cool thing

If you don't like the 12x XP, don't do class quests (or don't pre-order 'til 12/1). "Problem" solved.

This is a power tool, or a legitimate cheat stand alone... when characters get 55, they are useless... Not even oricon.

Useless? That's because the are not geared. Once they hit 55, there is no longer a "danger" of rapidly outleveling gear, so there is no reason not to gear up in at least 156 modifications and 152 implants and earpiece (and whatever relics they manage to scare up). Those are all craftable (aside from the relics, unless the character is an Artificer) from schematics available from the crafting trainers.

No, they should not give out a set of armor.

(1) That takes away from those that craft armoring, mods and enhancements, earpieces and implants. Crafting is hard enough for some so this should not be done.

(2) People will complain anyways.

(3) Oricon is not useless unless you already have the mods and therefore you can give it to a companion that has the same stats.

(4) You can run dailies to get the level 55 gear and you can also get credits that way as well.

and you expect now, when in 1 month these expensive mods will die, someone to pay 500-1million for mods?

I dont do cheap crafting, i keep mats for conquest. I have 6x 55s every week that get double rewards (personal and guild) so I dont want to spoil my mats.

No way

This is crafters paradise

Im selling so good with this levelong craze, im gonna be multimillionaire in december

So just because they speed up leveling means they HAVE to provide people with gear too? Gearing is no harder now than it was before the boost, but people seem to think that this somehow puts them above the normal gearing process.

Oh no, you can't level a toon from 1-55 in 2 days because of gearing, and actually have to spend time getting gear making the process take maybe a day or two longer? You poor thing

Mmm...

No need for gear award, just give players with the x12 boost, a gear "Bolster" just like its done for "Tactical Operations", and then you have no gear issues to speak off.

Sue

Mmm...

 

No need for gear award, just give players with the x12 boost, a gear "Bolster" just like its done for "Tactical Operations", and then you have no gear issues to speak off.

 

Sue

How about they leave it exactly as it is. 12x XP with free skills training and if that players can take the time to upgrade their gear if they feel the need or if they want to faceroll the quests.

BW gave us all a whole box of cookies with the 12x XP. They even gave us a gallon of milk and a glass with the free skills training.

Now some people want to complain that BW is not standing behind their shoulder making sure that glass is always full due to the need to upgrade their gear, despite the fact that BW NEVER said anything about being able to level without having to upgrade gear.

I'm not surprised by this attitude from those self entitled players who want everything handed to them.

For once, I agree with Ratajack. We're leveling in class missions 12 times faster, we're going to outgrow our skill set and gear quickly. However, the fact that skill training is suddenly free makes the whole ordeal a whole lot faster. Plus, if I only collect planetary commendations, I find I can upgrade my gear just often enough to keep up with the quickly-growing NPC levels.

With 7 weeks to go, can Bioware please remove the comms cap so we can get our toons geared up so we can do 2.0 content before 3.0 hits please!

There was a point where I finally wanted to upgrade both me and a companion so both of us could actually survive battles. So, I stopped my 15-levels-a-day routine for a few days to grind away in warzones and KDY until I raised 200 commendations. That way, both me and my companion of choice can have level-matching gear. And yes, I did have 200 commendations in one sitting; in the form of refundable storage cases.

My point is, we don't need BW to uncap the commendations, we just need to be smart enough about how we acquire and what form we hold them in.

a full set every 10 lvls, but the game does not provide us with planetary comms for a full set. Only 2 items per 5 lvls

And there is no comms...

 

we need 14 planetary for each weapon (2 weapons every 10 lvl is 28 comms and if you are dual weapon, u need 3, overal 42 comms) u dont get 42 comms in 10 lvls, so there is no commodations for gear as well... You have to choose, gear or weapons.

 

I know that because I did it and at the end, 50lvl, NOT 55.. I had about 80 overall. Its simply that the game is not balanced for it. Their main thinking was to make us spend millions for gearing up companions and alts... but that will not happen.

I've now run two characters to level 55 nearly purely through x12 ( Madness Assassin and Lethality Sniper ). The gear becomes an issue at higher levels, but you can overcome that by playing your class properly, using stims, and using your defensive and offensive cooldowns frequently. Heroic Moment is also your friend for boss fights. Only gear that I've used is whatever has been given to me or what I could scrounge up from Planetary Commendations.

You can do it; you just have to pay attention. This won't be the regular cakewalk that levelling usually is where you're overgeared and over levelled for everythin .