Last night my group went into Lost Island HM for the first time. We expected some slight challenge but knew that with our gear we would make it through ok. As happy as we were to have somewhere new to go, we were very dissapointed in the gear that decided to drop.
First boss:
Took a little bit of time to figure out that it is not melee friendly. Luckly we were a group comprised of mostly ranged aside for me, the Jugg tank. All went well upon our kill until we found that he was dropping gear well below his difficulty level. Still, we pressed on.
Second boss:
Took us no time at all to realize he was going to push us off the platform so we just thought about it for a bit and then killed him. Again, he dropped some gear that was worthless to anyone geared enough to run that flashpoint.
Last Boss:
Although challenging, it was only our second attempt that we realized we were going to two shot this new menace. We were lucky enough to get a nice piece of Rakata gear along with a Columi weapon.
I am not upset with the addition of this flashpoint at all. It will give me something else to do once in awhile. The story line is great and I really enjoy where this is going. I would enjoy it even more to find that the story continues in further patches.
Now, here is the bad that I see. As I mentioned, the gear that dropped was gear that was not needed by my group. I fully understand that with a fully geared ops group we are not likely to see anything that we need for our current spec. However, we realized that even with our high gear level and skill, we were having a hard time trying to acquire something that we would have little use for.
Isn't the point of a Flashpoint to allow you to gain better gear to make things easier in the future? Would it be wise to maybe head into this flashpoint with your Tionese gear? Not at all. At this point you would need to be full Rakata with slight Columi in order to even attempt this place.
I am in no way saying that this place needs to be nerfed. If anything, make the challenge and gear drops greater. Columi with a touch of Rakata is not going to cut it in there.
On a side note, one of the mini-bosses dropped some of that legacy gear, now that was a good idea and I hope to see more of it.