I agree with the OP 100%. I never quit a wz before 1.2, and I really thought 1.2 was going to do something to deter ppl from leaving, not encourage it. Far as the medpacks/adrenals I've never encountered this issue as I'm biochem. I advise it, the reusables make it worth it.

I'm not sure I understand. It will only transfer from the new war hero gear? so the set bonus from the new battle master won't transfer to the new war hero, only war hero to war hero?

I play a merc dps, I recently bought an orange battle master powertech head gear as it had an augment slot on it and a NEW battle master eliminator head gear to take the mods out. When I first put the new bm mods into the helmet the bonus transfered, but after I logged out it seemed to reverse itself & now the helmet doesn't show the set bonus anymore. I assume this is because I went from dps gear to tank gear. I also just bought a war hero eliminator chest with an aug slot, if I buy a new bm chest to strip the mods will the bonus transfer to it? I know the old bm stuff I currently have won't but I though the new bm stuff would transfer. Or does the bonus just not transfer at all? Thanks.

My BM gear upgraded, your's should have, if it didn't submit a ticket on it. The old champ gear has less expertise but higher base stats, so it shouldn't be a huge issue if you have one or 2 champ parts on. You SHOULD have read the forums to stay ahead of the changes to gear & coms. However that's a lesson learned from experience. with the 8 medal requirement, ppl aren't going to get bm gear nearly as quick and you'll have full BM + a few war hero pretty soon. It's not too bad, just seems that way as you got screwed on coms by not reading the forums or asking in chat. however, it's going to be insanely frustrating for a while. BW promised a penalty on quitting WZs and instead we got incentive to do just that! GL finding a team where 1/2 won't quit the minute the other team scores, it's good that you have most BM gear already, cuz it's gonna take a while to gear up when half your team quits.

I haven't, and I'm most likely the majority, but thanks for pointing them out!!

that was supposed to be & not 7

server specific boards on this site. I've built a few websites over the years, adding more boards isn't that hard to do. It would allow cross faction communication & allow the playerbase to organize rp 7 world pvp events better. incredibly simple & easy, it would have zero impact on players who don't read or post in the forums, but would allow us who lurk here regularly to bring our game experience to a new level of interaction, which is after all the core of any mmo. please for god's sake give us server boards.

seriously, if you won't give us a head's up then you should have kept your mouth shut on the issue entirely.

they said nerf bh, not trooper so it won't have anything to do with them

I personally like the new war zone changes, I think it makes the game more fun & fast paced with everyone hunting medals from the start. I que mostly solo so for a solo pvp'er this is awesome, however, I can see why the changes have angered a lot of other people. I truely feel that there is only one way to make everyone happy. If you que as a group have the teams play the same warzones in the same way as they do now. If you que solo put ppl into modified "team deathmatch" style warzones, the team with the most medals wins. Simple. Easy. Everyone gets what they want. If you want to play objectives & win & get your dailys (except the ilum one) play as a team. If you want to farm medals & have fun in a quick frag-fest que solo. No I don't expect a developer to read this, or implement anything like this, but I do feel it is the best possible solution to make the most amount of people happy.

pyro mercs beat out pt pyro, tested with a pt pyro & have killed several in warzones, the tree is identical but the merc has acess to better healing & a 30% damage increase.

What kills me is you ppl who act like killing the other team isn't one of the most important things in pvp. Yeah objectives are the point, but good luck capping that turret or planting that bomb with out someone killing the opposing players. I'm dps, I deal damage, a lot of it, that opens a path for the ball & gets ppl off of the turrets. I don't understand why you all can't grasp that concept

and open world pvp only sucks on ilum. Get a good fight going somewhere else & it's quite fun, more so than ilum or wz fights.

I love this idea, it's the only viable alternative to skype/vent using premades. Yes SOME FPS maps in other games are objective focused, those also have VOIP built in to them. Give me voip on here & I'll agree with you, until then I think this idea is the best I've seen.

Have you ever asked yourself what happens when you get your bm gear? You just quit playing that toon? PvP SHOULD be about more than gear, it should be about fun. Gear progression is easy as **** in WZs and is about to become even easier. But WZs get old, the same **** over & over again. World pvp (not lag death Ilum) is dynamic & fun, never the same twice. That said, if wpvp dropped merc coms it'd contribute to gear.