If you want to feel "epic" mmos are not the medium to be in. single player games are where u get to feel "epic". Since in mmos there has to be a level playing field and being able to "one shot" other players might be too much(ya think!). That being said from the other things you have stated it may be that pvp is what you are looking for. No complex fight mechanics and just kill them before they can kill you kinda thing.

you have to be the on to have made the items to get a chance to re higher tiers of the item. did u buy them of of the gtn perchance?

have you guys tried flushing your dns cache. I used to have the same issue im normally at 180 to 200 ms but suddenly it spikes and stats to climb and usually winds up 50k ish. after flushing my dns cache im back to my normal 180 to 200

if my guild would be willing to front me the credits then sure i would do a rip. but if no then they can go howl. for me to change a whole set of gear get aug kits and rip and transfer back after the fix would be almost 1 mill.

AFAIK the underworld tokens drop in HM ops.

to quote from another sci fi genre " the needs of the many are greater than the needs of the few or the one"