As of today these legacy items have virtually no point as the reward is unmoddable gear that can only be used viable by toons leveling up on the capital planets. The change that needs to happen to make these items useful to people is to change the token exchange into gear into something that can have mods be used in them either bound to character or bound to legacy.

Another fun idea to make this armor useful is that the gear it exchanges to the toons level up as the player does so it can become useful as leveling gear. This scaling does not to be extreme just maybe equal to green mods so a player can level up with this gear and actually seek it out!

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Yeah, good call OP

Making these sets moddable at the very least would make them actually useable/relevant.

I was excited when I first got my trade in token only to find that this gear was more or less useless.

Yeah, good call OP

 

Making these sets moddable at the very least would make them actually useable/relevant.

 

I was excited when I first got my trade in token only to find that this gear was more or less useless.

Thing about that is that they have moddable versons of that gear (though super expensive ) for sale at the legacy venders. The ultimate downside to them, besides being expensive, it they are locked to class. Making them almost 100% impractical sense there are so many cheaper legacy gear that isn't locked available at multiple venders.

So those gear themselves need a change. A reduction in price and destroying the class locks.

Thing about that is that they have moddable versons of that gear (though super expensive ) for sale at the legacy venders. The ultimate downside to them, besides being expensive, it they are locked to class. Making them almost 100% impractical sense there are so many cheaper legacy gear that isn't locked available at multiple venders.

 

So those gear themselves need a change. A reduction in price and destroying the class locks.

There you go, I did not know that. The class lock doesn't bother me so much but a drop to a more affordable price would be a very welcome amendment

To me, 12x XP and the outfit designer make the Birthright and Inheritance kits more attractive than ever. Their stats being only slightly below what a purple item would have makes them good for about 8-10 levels of pve questing, and with the outfit designer you can use them as stats-carrying underwear and retain your customized look. Before we had outfit designer I was reluctant to use them because I didn't like the look, but now there's no reason for me not to make use of them.

You can also make the tokens reusable by trading the gear back (at any vendor) before the 2-hours timer is up.

I remember when the birthright kits were new, everyone tried to get one. Nowdays players pass on the tokens instead.

I think they had plans for the birthright token system but abandoned it when they expanded the legacy gear system instead.

A update of the birthright could be cool though

Disagree. They are meant for alts, not only that but for the level it is, its far better than anything else for the same level. I use it all the time for my alts. I have 22 characters per sever so its comes in handy. Sure once every character on a sever is 5-10 levels above its then useless. Which is the intent to begin with. Its called a legacy item for a reason.

As for adaptable gear instead, no thanks there's more than enough easy to get adaptable gear already. there nothing wrong with inheritance or birthright gear.

I got twenty alts, and I never use those inheritance/birthright thingys. I tried, but it's just too annoying - legacy sets are better and easier to swap and exchange between alts.

Seriously, I'd just sell those kits for like twenty commendations each from a special vendor, and change quest rewards and drops to commendations instead.

the fact that planet comms are absolutely useless now

Just curious, and I'm not saying you're wrong, but how do you work that out? 50 basic comms (planetary comms are long dead, and planet-specific comms longer still) per set got me straight into a full set of 172-rated mods when I hit level 55.

Yeah, good concept, poor/obsolete execution.

I wish they came up with something that better fits the inheritance theme. I don’t think Anakin would have left Luke a gift certificate to Weapons ‘R Us

But that would probably make it even less useful, i.e. a JK would bequeath a L60 moddable LS, not something that could transform into an IA sniper rifle.

BTW, L14 Inheritance mainhand = L15 purple = L17 blue (rating 50).

To me, 12x XP and the outfit designer make the Birthright and Inheritance kits more attractive than ever. Their stats being only slightly below what a purple item would have makes them good for about 8-10 levels of pve questing, and with the outfit designer you can use them as stats-carrying underwear and retain your customized look. Before we had outfit designer I was reluctant to use them because I didn't like the look, but now there's no reason for me not to make use of them.

 

You can also make the tokens reusable by trading the gear back (at any vendor) before the 2-hours timer is up.

Interesting. Yeah, hadn't thought about using them with outfit designer. I'll give it a try. Weapons are a bust though.

In general, I agree that Birthright gear needs to be re-designed though. They aren't working as intended and are hardly a reward for much of anything anymore.

Ok, based on my thoughts above, here’s my idea

[Disclaimer: I haven’t thought about the many reasons why it (a) can’t be done and (b) may be game-breaking]

At end of class story, you get to choose one item you have, and make it Bind on Legacy.

That’s an inheritance.

Interesting. Yeah, hadn't thought about using them with outfit designer. I'll give it a try. Weapons are a bust though.

 

In general, I agree that Birthright gear needs to be re-designed though. They aren't working as intended and are hardly a reward for much of anything anymore.

What do you mean with they aren't working as intended? What do you think is their intended use?

I don't agree with the suggestions I've seen so far except the removal of class restrictions and the adjustment of loot tables. Being able to use the actual gear on companions and mirror classes would make them even more useful to me. But in general I like them the way they are, making levels 14-22 and 31-40 a bit smoother without gearing stops, but not streamlining it to a point where everything else becomes obsolete or useless. There are so many legacy sets now, even cheap ones, and super cheap item modifications, that it's really not necessary to adjust these kits to be moddable or auto-adjusting. I think rather than that I'd prefer them to be removed from loot tables and rewards altogether. (As long as I get to keep my 15 sets. )

I can honestly say that I've never once redeemed a birthright kit on any of my (two dozen plus) characters.

I dont like the look of the sets, and being unmodable means you'll just be leaving them behind in a few levels anyhow. That makes them FEEL worthless, regardless of if they are or not.