Finally got in after um-teen tries. Not sure anything is fixed. Perhaps some of the login servers in the farm are having issues.

Can't login either. Tried various DNS changes and refreshes as well as a router reboot and nothing has worked. ISP: Comcast Using iPhone Security Key

The only planets to find grade 6 materials reliably are Ilum and the Black Hole area of Corellia. You can find a few nodes in the higher areas of Belsavis and very few in greater Corellia. Gathering also takes a fair amount of time. Additionally you often have to clear level 50 mobs from around the nodes. Then there is this other small issue called resource competition. Other players also harvest. To top it off you usually get only 2-3 archeology materials per node. If you think that is either cheap or free there is a problem with your economics. Time is money and you obviously haven't spent much time harvesting grade 6 mats if you think you can find that many while doing class quests.

Thanks for the response. I'm aware of the upcoming changes in 1.3. I've changed my spec in PvP to 12/27/2 currently and that seems to be a nice fit in PvP with commanding awe and unremitting. I've been debating about the DPS gear but I'm reluctant to lose even more endurance which already seems low in BM gear.

LOL, that's awesome!

So, I'm a bit confused about what to do with the War Hero War Leader gear. The secondary stats are so different from Battlemaster that it doesn't seem as attractive. It goes from too much accuracy to 0 accuracy and we lose the meager surge amount as well. Defense drops quite significantly but shield and absorb go up massively. None of those 3 stats is useful against yellow damage. I'm currently running a 12/27/2 build which seems to be working out better for me in PvP vs the 31 point defense build. I'm trying to find a bit of a balance so that I don't hit like a wet noodle yet can still hopefully tank with the same gear in PvE (which currently works fine for HM with my Battlemaster gear). I may just respec for PvE from time to time. So, has anyone come up with a useful layout of mods and enhancements that strikes a better balance with the War Hero gear? I'm wondering if I should keep my mods and enhancements from some of the gear and maybe keep the implants and earpiece from the Battlemaster set. Or perhaps I need to think about pulling mods from a Vindicator set . Of course there are also augments to be Has anyone come up with a custom mod setup that they like for guardian tank?

I haven't seen any new schematics myself. GTN is full of blues and the same high level custom items over and over again. I have a few random synthweaving schematics that don't ever seem to pop-up on my GTN. For instance, I have the reinforced Chanlon Greaves but not the chestguard or the headgear. I also have the Peacekeeper Elite Chestguard but not the other pieces. Can anyone confirm if these schematics drop from UWT or of they come from elsewhere?

I'm looking for some options as well. I'd like to keep 31 points in defense since I want to PvE as well. I want to stay a tank but have utility in PvP. Right now I'm not feeling very useful. I don't have Battlemaster armor yet and maybe that is part of the problem.

I didn't know that. I bet I've missed a ton of stuff. Thanks for the tip!

I have a better solution. Remove the credit reward component from slicing and any other mission skill that returns lock boxes. For the life of me I don't know why anyone ever thought free credit generation was a good idea. Now here is a request for all the nerd whiners. Stop crying that you can't print enough free money and go play the game. Personally I hope Bioware rewards all this complaining by simply removing credit based rewards from the equation. It won't happen but I'm sure Bioware has heard everyone's feelings loud and clear by now so let's move on already. No one on this board is right or wrong on this issue. There is no document saying how it should be from Bioware. There is only the way it was and the way it is now and only Bioware knows what they want and they arent talking.

So now it works just like return you get on lock boxes from treasure hunting. I can't imagine why they didn't want a free ATM profession in the game that gimped anyone who didn't take as a profession.

Green = premium Blue = prototype Purple = artifact Orange = custom Deep purple = legendary Green RE create Blue items Blue RE create purple items

I don't believe you can RE artifact (purple) gear and get new schematics. I certainly wouldn't spend the resources.

/agreed