So, you want raiders to not have to suffer through hard knocks when they dip into PVP, yet PVPers have to suffer some hard knocks if we dip into raiding? That sounds patently unfair, and quite frankly, a little childish.

This X 1000!

Please do.

Naked bolster - fixed for all slots except Relic, Implant, and Ear. PVE being better than PVP - NOT fixed. Where did you get that BS from? Relic slot problem - Not fixed. Augment exploit - not fixed. Seeing is believing. Sure, it will be fixed Tuesday. Which Tuesday, of which year?

To say that they fixed naked bolster is to argue in favor of semantics. Yes, in the strictest technical sense, bolster is fixed. In reality, it is worse than ever though.

What is the penalty for losing a WZ, anyway? Oh yeah, NOTHING... and you get a token even when you lose. So no, I hardly ever leave warzones. Once in a blue moon maybe, but it has to be at least half the team being really stupid.

I stopped reading right there. Please either play the game, or read the original post. Thanks.

/signed It was designed with noble goals in mind, but now, its time is at an end.

Thanks for the reply. IMO, you are one of the finest people working on the game. But, your coworkers in the PVP department have let us down five times in a row on this issue, and so, I remain unconvinced.

Those are PVE green skis. He really could have jumped two sharks in them.

Yup... just empty out half your slots on the left, and throw on PVE greens on the right. The PVE green era is upon us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4ZGKI8vpcg

Bolster has gone from useful, to broken in short order. Want to know how bad it is? Well, now it affects gear. So, here we go. You spend few weeks getting your Partisan set. All the sudden, someone rolls up and one-shots you. What were they wearing? Well, in their ear, implant, wrist, and relic slots, they weren't wearing anything. The rest of their gear was PVE greens, and now they have 10,000 more HP than you, and are rolling around one-shotting people with 35K HP. Why did you go for PVP gear? Because you are stupid. PVE greens + half naked >>>> ALL! But wait, it gets worse. I know some of you are saying that if it were that bad, Bioware would make a hotfix. They did. We are on hotfix #4, + the patch itself, because it was a "known issue" when 2.0 was rolled out on the PTS. So, Bioware has tried to fix this 5 times and.... not only is it still broken, but their last hotfix didn't actually even roll out onto the live servers. I want this game to succeed, but clearly, Bolster is not the answer.

Our version: (not gameplay balance issues, just the broken stuff) * Some PVP items, when removed or with augments taking out, are granting excessive levels of Bolster. I fix was supposed to be rolled out in the last patch, but it did not go live. * Certain terrain causes players to get stuck when activating their level 51 abilities. * PVP items currently do not function properly in PVP. * Warzone maps are currently not cycling properly. * Occasionally, knockback will knock a player into the inside of a seemingly harmless object, killing them instantly. (I am sure there are some I missed, but these are the major ones I noticed) * (Plus the following bug) THEIR VERSION as of 4/24/13

/agree with the OP. /signed and cancelled. They need to expand the hell out of their PVP team. My sub expires in 10 days. I have two toons almost done with Makeb, so I will be finished by then, and ready to play other games. At this point, in my opinion, PVP needs more attention and more intense internal testing from devs. Bolster has failed five times in a row (4 hotfixes plus the original failure itself). They need to hire players who PVP in SWTOR themselves to be devs. As someone who strictly does PVP in SWTOR, I can tell you within 5 seconds if bolster is still broken after a patch. We need devs who can do the same, at minimum. Honestly, if I am going to play a game that doesn't have PVP progression, it's going to be GW2, because that was at least their initial design intent. Bioware, if you need time to figure things out, or some major suggestion to un-sink your battleship, it's three things: #1 Issue an apology or statement. #2 Revert Bolster to 1.7 levels, or simply remove it entirely. #3 Add level 55 recruit gear. /problem solved.

Dude, you have 16 characters, and you're whining because some are more powerful in PVP than others? As far as I'm concerned, any change that benefits you is broken then. You are not supposed to have more than a couple of toons decked out for PVP. Otherwise, it ruins progression, and NEEDS to be fixed. If you want all your characters to be equal in PVP regardless of gear, then RPGs are the wrong genre for you.

Devs: "Guys, let's remove all PVP progression from SWTOR forever, because some PVE people in PVE gear got rocked by PVPers" Dev Managers: "Sounds good, but you know, PVPers might think there is a progression if we just boost Bolster for naked people. Let's make PVE gear better for PVP as well. We wouldn't want PVPers to think we actually want them playing the game. " Both: "BRILLIANT!!!" *enter 2.0*

That never happened, and no, it's not a good change even if it did happen.

^^this^^^ Bolster is a wrecking ball. With TTK being so short, and healing being so high, there is no strategy. What annoys me is that BW doesn't seem to be working on it. The 4/23 patch notes are entirely unimpressive for PVPers.

+1 to this

lol, no.

From another thread^^^

So, a bigger PUG rolled the smaller PUG with no challenge at all? Seems to be working as intended!

Oh, I see. You make some good points. BW, hire this guy!

Good point, only Naked Bolster is not fixed. Put on empty shells and remove your implant, ear, and relic slot gear... and enjoy the Naked Bolster goodness!