Why is Bioware so silent on major gear issues from 5.10?

That's a valid point.

If a player cares nothing about stats or adjusting their stat lines with highly customizable mods then they would be fine with locked in mods.

A player who likes customizing their stat lines and having greater control over their stats would prefer having movable mods.

Guess it depends on what kind of game SWTOR wants to be. Easy and little focus on details, or more of a thinking person's game where there's options and choices that allow a lot of customization.

Sadly for me, I prefer having lots of control over my mods and I enjoy being able to tinker with my stats easily by moving mods around. I like options and choices in games, and over time SWTOR has been phasing out that sort of game play hence my dissatisfaction with it.

Everything is designed to funnel you directly into very set systems whether it's gearing, conquest, etc. All these facets have been altered to remove a lot of the variations in gameplay by the players. I guess it's easier to design and develop cookie-cutter gear pieces that have immovable mods in it, so they went that route. Less moving pieces so to speak.

In an effort to make SWTOR easier to maintain,

That's a valid point.

If a player cares nothing about stats or adjusting their stat lines with highly customizable mods then they would be fine with locked in mods.

A player who likes customizing their stat lines and having greater control over their stats would prefer having movable mods.

Guess it depends on what kind of game SWTOR wants to be. Easy and little focus on details, or more of a thinking person's game where there's options and choices that allow a lot of customization.

Sadly for me, I prefer having lots of control over my mods and I enjoy being able to tinker with my stats easily by moving mods around. I like options and choices in games, and over time SWTOR has been phasing out that sort of game play hence my dissatisfaction with it.

Everything is designed to funnel you directly into very set systems whether it's gearing, conquest, etc. All these facets have been altered to remove a lot of the variations in gameplay by the players. I guess it's easier to design and develop cookie-cutter gear pieces that have immovable mods in it, so they went that route. Less moving pieces so to speak.




Good luck completing this quest.

You'd need an active community manager or team to answer any personal concerns and that never happens openly on the forums. Maybe you would have better luck sending a PM seeing open chat never has any engaging conversations from any representatives of this game.

Cookie cutter builds make it easier for those players who dont cate about stats (or dont have the time to try to configure their tons) to be closer in equality to optimized stats, which levels the playing field more, makes development easier for balancing, AND most importantly gets more people PLAYING the game instead of on their spreadsheets trying to figure out how to micro-optimize their toons. So the end result, that is often overlooked, is that players are better equipped/optimized across the board, fixes to unbalanced content can be fixed easier, and actual activity increases.

In theory maybe. I've often said play the game as a game and not as a (damn) spreadsheet myself, but was then told that the spreadsheet bit is the fun factor for those kind of players. Take that away and they lose their incentive. So I don't think that it would actually increase activity, but rather decrease.

In theory maybe. I've often said play the game as a game and not as a (damn) spreadsheet myself, but was then told that the spreadsheet bit is the fun factor for those kind of players. Take that away from them and they lose their incentive. So I don't think that it would actually increase activity.

Less time in front of a spreadsheet or on social media sites requesting the optimal setup will generally lead to more time in front of the screen, being active. It isnt limited to people who make the spreadsheets, but anyone interested in playing the game. More optimized cookie cutter builds equals more dps and heals and tanking, innately (assuming skill remains the same) across the board.

On the flip side, players who have taken the time to dig deep enough to optimize their toons with a spreadsheet have a much larger vested interest in the game, so leaving the game is much less likely (but not impossible). The change is likely for the majority of the playerbase to benefit from, the casual player. Will some customizers leave because of the change? Possibly. But i am confident more casuals will enjoy the changes and enjky the added benefits of optimization than the number of players who will leave over such a change. It was a gamble worth taking, imo.