Quitting a game because he does not like something about it does not make him a victim, if anything it makes him proactive. Accepting something you dislike and finding a "way around it" is actually victim mentality. "Preserve and overcome" are you serious? This is a game, if you are not having fun a or don't like something about it why would anyone preserve and overcome their dislike? You are talking crazy.

I really don't understand how some people are not outraged by the gearing system they have thrust upon us. Your system does not work for everyone. As has been stated multiple times by multiple people so I won't go into it again. If everyone was like you it would have been status quo since 5.0 with no changes. Sometimes you need to quit or post about your frustration in order to effect change. Rolling over and just accepting it CERTAINLY is not the answer.

While my initial reaction was no, this might be a way to appease the solo crowd and the raid crowd also. New Raids with a solo option.

Content would be reward enough for me. A non grindy, non RNG gearing system is enough of a reward. It's time they got back to making actual content not one and done chapters/story. I like the story but it has no longevity for what I suspect is the vast majority of the player base.

I don't think we are supposed to talk about this, but i certainly hope they rethink this if the information is accurate.

I rarely see more then 1 per warzone. Though I have seen a couple premades all wearing it.

Mercs in addition to their defenses have a root, a slow, a push back, an immunity to movement impairing effects, an escape and a stun. I can quite literally kite a melee all day long on my merc.

QP - I have not seen huge gains either in the crit department (I do have it augmented) though I was pretty well optimized before I started testing the DvL gear. Overall I would say it is a ~10% increase in both crit amounts, DPS, Health pool and other "main" categories. Some stats seem to be bolstering higher/better, for instance alacrity on my Mara. As Gron said in the other thread my estimation is that it is on par with 242 gear. Though this may not be ccurate as I'm still working towards 242. But based on the current information we have and the silence from BW i do not think it is a serious exploit (or even an exploit, it is a bug). In short, I think it is a bug that bolsters you to be on with ~242. I do believe it should be fixed but in the grand scheme of current PvP it is a relatively minor issue. But just because i don't want to hear the whiners anymore I hope it is fixed next patch.

While I agree, it will never happen. They want the carrot(s) to be GC for gear and the CM for (most) vanity items.

Mara's damage is better (or more meaningful) and the survival is much better. DPS Juggs are currently in a dark place that should be reserved for Operatives.

I think a lot of people get confused by this. Each individual box only has a 5% chance but the probably of it being in 300 random boxes is 99%+. So if you have opened 299 boxes with no luck you don't magically have a 99% chance, you still only have a 5% chance of getting what you want. So in other words past results are no indication of future results. So I am not disagreeing with you but someone is going to use your post and say that they should have 99% chance at GC300 to get something useful

My best estimation from one night of testing is it is about 10% from 230 depending on class. However, I think that it is close to the same level as 242 but can't confirm as I am not there yet.

Unless your time is the currency that spins the wheel. Then your odds are actually getting better per hour (dollar) that you will get something useful.

OP, I am a PvPer and I think you should not have gear. You don't need it. I am of course kidding. I hope you have access to the best gear so one day if you want you can try PvP (or try it again) or end game PvE. I think most PvPers hate that gear makes any difference but most want to see new players join our ranks. I hope everyone has access to gear that want it. It makes the game the game fun and may give confidence to players that want to try new aspects of the game. And if you want to stay solo that is cool also. That being said you are going to limit yourself by not doing many parts of the game. I hope you get what you want but you are probably going to end up on the lower side of curve if you limit your game activities.

Was he wearing DvL armor?

I'm not insisting anything. That being said in some ways the system is better then what we had previously. Specifically access to gear for all players. This is an extremely good idea. It expands the population for all aspects of the game. The really bad of course is the grind and RNG and is unacceptable in its current form. Whether GC is supplementary or the primary way to gear is largely the debate right now or the angst on the forums. OPS players want it to be supplementary (if at all, though I've seen several posts where they want it exclusively), Solo players want it as the primary and PvPers just want to PvP on a level playing field (though there are exceptions to this rule also). Myself, I'm a PvPer so if gear is going to be needed then I want a very quick way to acquire it. Personally going back to the old way would be fine with me. Two gear tracks, PvP is easy and quick to get, PVE gear quick and easy to get if you know the fights. However, seeing the big picture it is very beneficial to both PvP and PvE to expand the players that can get gear as it will increase the numbers of participants in both aspects of the game.

LOL, thanks for calling me a youngster. Think whatever you want, at the end of the day no one will be banned and if you are lucky the issue will be fixed. I know for sure now that I will be aumenting and wearing it for the first time tonight. I hope you are on the Harbinger as I'm going to be dominating in Warzones until they fix it.

Why would you be arrested if you did not cause the money to fall out? Maybe the bank should FIX that instead of trying to prosecute everyone that takes the money simply lying on the ground. But that is a silly analogy. Are you even listening to yourself at this point. I'm in (partial) agreement, it is an unintended benefit and should be fixed.

VMCs on the Harb sell for between 1.5mil and 2.3 per. The problem is not the mats, the problem is access to the schems or a crafter that has the schems.

Banning is not the answer as it is not an exploit under any definition. They should simply fix it. When gear matters or in PvP in general some people will look for anything that will give them advantage from grinding for gear, optimizing their stats, running in DvL gear or even simply grouping up.

I can't blame anyone for using it if they have it. It seems crazy to me that this is not fixed already but you hit the nail on the head, the devs just don't care about PvP. We have classes that are so over tuned and some that are under tuned, it is like the wild west in PvP these days. Every man for himself and let the chips fall where they may.

1. You won't miss anything important. The after 50 content is pretty much class neutral. You may miss out on some minor content once you get to KOTFE/KOTET. 2. You will have to supplement it with something especially if you don't have the DvL armor (I suspect you don't if you just returned). I would suggest doing the planetary heroics + class missions, they are fast and provide good XP. Though you did mention space missions also as i find these are very good sources of XP also.

The OP has talked me into using my DvL gears.

Your posts and LionFlash's post are extremely shortsighted and wrong. You specifically should stop posting this nonsense. A lot of players want better gear so they have the option to do higher level content when they feel ready, which they will need to be successful. I'd argue that this group specifically needs it more as it will be a new challenge to them. This insistence on the forum that gear is not needed or people should not strive for it is completely moronic.

I'd throw in the RNG element also but I think we can all agree that reducing the grind would solve a lot of issues.