I think they just took the time to analyse and verify the issue and formulate a sound solution. I just want to say thanks

Why give us the ability to put end game mods etc into any custom level gear so we can all create our own appearance if you are then going to penalise in the form of repairs based on the shells we like the look of? Repairs should be consistent based on modifications only, not the shells. I'm on the same page as many. I have limited time to play this game which I devote mostly to raiding, with a single planets dailies run er week to fill the credit gap if necessary. Thanks to TFB actually dropping a decent credit pile, my need to do dailies had dropped even more which was a pleasant surprise that came with the addition of that instance. Please either drop loot in ops that should cover a reasonable amount of repairs or reduce the repair costs again. I cannot maintain my raid calendar with a dailies calendar on top. Not only do I not have the time to grind but also don't consider this fun...

Thanks for providing a solution. It does favor those that like the "new look" as they will receive a bonus armor item that they can sell where as users (like myself) that preferred the "old" look will need to spend cash pulling mods and adding augment slots and are left with an unwanted shell that cannot be transferred to another toon or sold. I would prefer if you could split out mods/augs and unbind existing instances of the armor on patch 1.7 but I guess I'm getting wishful here...

I am in complete agreement with most in this thread. I bought the spymaster chest then changed my mind to the phantom chest based on the preview of the looks... pulled mods... spent creds... blah blah and now? I log in to find you've ruined the phantom set, then think about changing back to the spy master... but wait you've destroyed that as well. Either put back the way they were or refund all my credits laboriously setting up the look of my toons. So angry right now.