It was obvious after reading the entire post, however obviously not for some

You're taking the TDLR out of context... The TDLR is an overview of the synopsis, not meant to be taken literally as in right now...obviously.

Yes, ONLY for level 50 PvP gear... I thought we’d gone over this already... DON’T WEAR IT. Put any “other” gear on in a WZ, and you will see some stats go up, others go down, depending on the main stats of said gear... Reading comprehension, get some. Also why don’t you actually try it out before coming to the forums and acting like a butthole, stick on some levelling greens in a WZ and you will see for yourself – then you can watch in wonder as some stats actually improve

Yes and watch how all your main stats and endurance increase when you equip a piece of gear Naked is not "better", the stats you gain depend on the stats of the gear you equip. Naked is the default if you will, and then you can adjust your stats by equipping various different pieces of gear. Some for the better, some for the worse, depending on the stats you are aiming for. The ONLY reason level 50 PvP gear is redundant, is because the expertise stat is redundant as the bolster gives that to you automatically now, so essentially the expertise is a wasted stat on PvP gear. Which is why equipping normal gear with no expertise or going naked gives you greater gains. How about you pay attention to ALL your stats when equipping gear in a WZ... Extensive testing...yeah right, extensive tunnel vision you mean.

You do realise this only effects level 50 PvP gear and the relic slots right? Having gear of any other level in the other slots will give you a boost in stats over going naked. People don't "have" to play naked, they just have to wear something other than PvP gear and leave the relic slots empty to get the most out of the bugged system right now. In MMO terms, the PvP Dev team is tiny, there will always be bugs like this that need to get squashed. But it really isn't as bad as you or others are trying to make out... Just wear something other than PVP gear and leave your relic slots empty until it's fixed... Or just continue to wind yourselves up over it, I really don't care.

In PvP this is a very good thing, too big of a delay and the player you are trying to smash can run out of the way, especially if it's laggy. Now you can ensure your smash hits, every single time

I wasn't referring to pre-55 PvP.... The issue with lower level players having more stats then higher level players is a bug, and is going to get fixed. That should be well known by now and is nothing to get your knickers in a twist over. Stop spreading doom and gloom over a known bug that is getting fixed... It makes you look extremely ignorant.

You seem to be under the impression PVE players will get a free ride at 55... They won't, PvP geared players will still beat PVE geared players, just not as badly as before. It means PVE players can come into a WZ to earn PvP gear without being totally useless, that is a good thing for everyone. Stop being a baby and crying over something you obviously understand very little about.

For starters, the level 20 and 40 PvP vendors are still in Coruscant and Dromund Kaas.... So you can still get the gear if you want to. But now you don't “need” to for pre-55 PvP, it means you can actually afford to buy WZ health packs and adrenals in abundance now, which is one thing that has always really miffed me off about PvP in general, not being able to get enough of them whilst levelling up. Now I can save up more than enough to last me for weeks, if not months whilst I'm grinding out my PvP gear at 55. Also as you can start acquiring Ranked WZ commendations at Valour level 40 still, so you should be able to cap yourself out at 4500 easily now by the time you hit level 55. The main reason why gear matters at 55 and not before, is to make it competitive for people who want to take end-game PvP seriously. The other reason is before 55, everyone is levelling and will be at different gear levels, which is why it’s so important to bolster everyone to the same point to make PvP a fun experience still. The old system was extrmemly frusting getting your butt handed to you by level 40+ players with decent gear, that is no longer a problem. Everyone needs their Carrot on a stick, even the PvP’ers, just like the gear progression in PVE. PvP gear still matters and a PvP geared player of equal skill will still beat a PVE geared player at 55 in a WZ, they just won’t wreck them anymore. The PVE player will stand a chance if the PvP player messes up. Everything is going to be OK, I really wish people would stop getting worked up over an abundance of misinformation. Someone screams “the sky is falling!” and you guys panic and make posts like “the sky is falling!” without actually doing your own research.... Well it’s not, the sky is very much staying where it is. If anything, the sky is in the best place it’s been in a long time. The Bolster bug may not show that currently, but I can assure you that when it’s fixed, PvP will be in a very good place.

I'm Carnage spec on my Marauder so I hardly use Smash, but I did see that in that 2.0 Smashmonkey video someone posted yesterday. The damage popped up and peoples health went down as he was jumping into the air, well before the ability went off. Will have to respec Rage tonight and give is a go

He was referring to me running the entire game in RAM. With 12GB of RAM, you could run part of the game in RAM which should give you a performance boost. Use SWTOR Unleashed, it will allow you to run all the essentials and create the RAM drive for you. And I highly recommend you read the first couple of posts if you want to avoid asking questions. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=529567

No I was naked lol, although I don't know how much Alacrity going naked gives you? I did pick up the % Alacrity talent on my Operative. I will have to check it out tonight and see if removing it has a negative impact. I also noticed channelled abilities actually going off when I press them first time, instead of doing the animation and nothing happening, then having to press it again. Either way if Alacrity can now negate ability delay, that's a pretty awesome change if you ask me. I hope it's more than that though and they've optimised the code somehow.

Naked you get what 23.5k? With Level 55 PvP gear you will have around 29k... Which is why people are getting 4-shot. They are putting out 55 damage, whilst not having 55 gear with the extra endurance. Also remember empty Relic slots are giving main stats which they are not supposed to, which is also why the damage is inflated. When they patch the Reilc slot bug, damage should theoretically go down.

And where are you getting this misinformation? It has been stated multiple times that PvP gear will matter at 55, even in this very thread. If you want to be competitive at 55, you will indeed need to grind out coms for PvP gear. If not you will be sub-par, it's as simple as that. So much misinformation spreading around lately...more than usual.

That's why most people stick to WvWvW, as gear actually matters. SPvP seems to just be were people go to practise different builds on the fly or to see which gear to get. On a side note, gear will still matter at 55, don't fret, you won't be quitting any time soon

Yeah I noticed that last night too, was quite frustrating! Had to quickly learn to be patient and actually look at the stealth ability when trying to re-stealth after combat instead of mashing it like I used to. Is that a sign the server is being more responsive when we are using abilities? It certainly looks that way on my end.

Lets put this in laymen's terms... PvP gear will still trump PVE gear in level 55 PvP, which in tern, means that you will still be working towards getting all the PvP gear at level 55 if you want to be competitive. The gear gap however will not be as big, as bolster will greatly help the lack of PvP gear on the PVE geared players. But it will be PvP gear > PVE gear and always will. So in short, no, bolster most certainly is not the end of SWTOR PvP.

Oh cool, that's good to hear Hopefully that's just because the planet is mega busy! Or perhaps it's only better elsewhere because everyone is on Makeb lol

I'm aware of the delays between mirror classes, I wasn't referring to that. I meant I've noticed my abilities hitting the enemy almost instantly after pressing the ability, on abilities where I distinctly remember there being a delay before. Bear in mind this is in PvP, where you only have 16 players in an instance, not a planet with hundreds. Running the game in RAM is a massive improvement anyway and fixes many of the Hero Engines shortcomings, it looks like however that the benefit of doing so has once again increased. It'd be interesting to know if anyone else running the game in RAM has noticed the same improvement?

Ah that's a shame. Could that just be because Makeb must be pretty over crowded at the moment? How many instances are running?

Has anyone else noticed since yesterdays patch abilities going off pretty much instantly, with the animations then following? Things like Corrosive Dart on my Operative will now be applied to the enemy instantly before the animation even goes off, no travel time or delay at all. It used to be quick before, but not this quick and there was definitely a slight delay. Also this is in PvP I'm talking about, which usually always has a very slight delay with everything. And not just on my Operative, I've noticed a big difference on my Assassin and Marauder too. On a side note, I have 32GB RAM and run the entire game from memory so I don't know if that's helping... which is why I'm asking. But still, it's a very welcome change whether intended or not!

You're welcome

Close SWTOR Unleashed, delete the SwtorUnleashed.xml file and then re-save your settings and launch.

It was all right, until the music stopped... I couldn't watch it after that.

I started worrying as soon as I had access to the internet... We're doomed, doomed I tell you!