That is the problem, schematic have yellow dot, it should grant experience. Perhaps orange schematics is restricted different way, I need try craft something else.

Looking for confirmation, are orange LV15 items restricted to skill 125? First synthweaving refused go over 125 and now armormech also. I have some unique schematics and items selling well on GTN but both skills remain at 125.

Yes, I have been playing WoW since 2005, yes I was 1 of 12 million subbers. Buy hey, didn't BW boasted about beating WoW sub numbers? With current game, not a chance in the hell. F2P in less than year, well done.

Agree, I just grind up existing companions affection to 5K with T1 gifts and if schematics I need will drop, OK, if not, screw it. I can level up in social gear, missing belts and bracers I can craft and RE in to blue while leveling. And craft only needed items: barrels, hilts, mods, generators. Side note, as I'm still angry and while I was writing post, one of my companions brought back from mission Republic Trooper's bracers schematics (LV15 heavy). Looks like rage helps. So now I'm missing only heavy belt, also light belt and bracers but I do not plan level my consular for quite time.

Nice, thank you.

Actually that I don't know yet, are GTN's linked, so republic could sell empire stuff and other way around?

I'm not sure about that, RNG works really weird, haven't seen nothing like this in any other game. As for an example, when I did RE'ing, I noticed that result gets stuck on 0. So I logged on other toon, was on other toon for a bit and after reloging mostly like I did got 100% RE proc. It is exactly same a missions listings, if you change zone, listing gets reset. IMO, it is very bugged and working just. But because game and engine have lot more bugs, then crew skills is on the end of bug fixes list. Not really, so far I burned under 100K and been fueling my burning with crafts, only I can do. Buy selling for reasonable prices actually I'm earning quite good. So it is like my monopoly with certain items but I don't over price. I rather sell more for less, because my name will be on each item I cafted, than more it spreads, than better for me. But what is really funny is social gear, you will get free epix just after few instance runs and it is ridiculously cheap. Look at legacy vendors prices, what is the point, fashion? Social gear really peed me off, you will get fully modable gear for no effort at all. Buy the way, I have 7 toons and I have 7 main professions, have done a lot of RE. Blue procs mostly max from 5 crafts. If you don't get blue proc with in 5 crafts, RNG got stuck on 0. Switch char or change zone, also exiting game helps. Been playing computer games since Zx48K and C64, seen a lot of ways how RNG could work. In this game it is not RNG, it is just sort of generator with mind it's own. On very rare occasion it gets totally stuck. It happen to me yesterday, I was running underworld missions with Kira and T7. I was choosing mission for T7 and Kira just finished, after progress bar reached end and counter to 0. It stopped there, loot window did not popped out. So I was waiting like for 20 sec, see what happens, nothing, counter stood on 0. Only after I sent T7 to mission, Kira's counter got rolled back buy 18 seconds and then it finished with loot window. I remember that bug from pre access and it is proof that RNG is seriously flawed. In my case, RNG couldn't calculate result and got stuck on 0, same happens with RE. You could craft 1000's of items but if RNG is stuck, it will keep throwing at you 0's.

Been grinding heavy low level schematics, got few pieces, still chest and bracers missing. So, after week grind, my list. Schematics are only from T1 missions (10-16) and I have been vendoring sith schematics, as they have no use for me. Synthweaver. Medium armor LV11 Aspiring Knight's Boots Aspiring Knight's Gloves Apprentice's Vest Apprentice's Leggings Apprentice's Boots LV15 Sentinel's Boots Aspiring Knight's Waistlord Aspiring Knight's Vest Aspiring Knight's Leggings Aspiring Knight's Bracers Light armor LV11 Force Initiate's Gloves Jedi Initiate's Gloves Heavy armor LV15 Peacekeeper's Boots Armormech Medium armor LV11 Rugged Smuggling Boots Drelliad Jacket Drelliad Gloves LV15 Rugged Smuggling Jacket Rugged Smuggling Bracers Gunslinger's Boots Heavy armor LV11 Republic Trooper's Gauntlets Republic Trooper's Boots Hardened Plastifold Greaves LV15 Republic Trooper's Greaves Republic Trooper's Chestguard Heavy and light drop rate is ridiculously low and opposite faction schematics drop rate is ridiculously high. Medium drop rate is OK. My guess is that Republic Trooper's set have similar items as Aspiring Knight's set, AKA few bits at LV11 and rest at LV15. Edit: Updated, got couple more bits.

For me top annoyances. 1. No BBS system, where I could advertise, I can make this and that, costs that much, if you like my prices contact me. 2. No bartering system, I have this and I would like to exchange for that (those) items. 3. No items listing scrolling, what is with this pages clicking? Obviously BW employees not playing game. Current GTN is typical auction house, like in any MMO and it is so out dated. Come on BW, something new please, GTN is just copying other games AH. And because no BBS or bartering GTN is a mess, like mentioned above, you have click through so many pages, where just 1 item of stackable goods is listed.

First ever ignore on forums. I would suggest do same.

Please cut your crap. Your posts are meaningless and they not helping get game better in any way.

So you do love garbage, you where here when servers collapsed to non existing populations? That is the problem, peoples like you, who give to developers false hopes, that game is fine. "Ooh... Look, we have 100K subbers left, we are fine.". While nearly 2 millions marched out of door. But hey, for who is whine and for who is constructive criticism. Other vise this thread would be locked, BW still accept feedback, doesn't matter, negative or positive. Other thing is, what you doing in forums if you happy with game, go and play game? This thread is for not so happy peoples. Otherwise, if you don't like, don't read, no one is forcing you read forums.

First, I bought game card, prolly I would done unsubbing already. Second, I resubbed just 2 weeks ago, I am seriously regretting that and I'm almost gone. That social gear totally screwed me up. And that is the reason why this game goes F2P in less than year, that is the reason why this game nearly bleed to death. Sadism is not selling any more. Change management, they are waste of money and they not generating any income. So this game will get loads of free players. Does BW really expect that peoples start subbing, without changing many things in game? Not a chance in hell. This game has lovely crafting system, it has very good ideas but I'll bet that some chimps in zoo could make it work better.

I do share frustration with OP. This game is a joke, my guildie, started just yesterday. Did few instance runs, got 90 social points and could buy fully modable social adaptive gear for leveling and best joke is, full set costs almost nothing. I have been grinding heavy armor pieces schematics for a week with underworld mission runs and I got only heavy leggings schematics (but a lot of medium). How many credits I burnt. OMG... Why peoples being punished for not doing instances? Reverse engineering is complete sadistic torture, plus game RNG is still so bugged. Some items RE is been adjusted, chests and leggings proc rate is been lowered, as for an example. Yesterday, I don't know what did happen but it was raining schematics, for hour or so, something like schematics per 2 missions. Tell me it is working as intended. Buy the way, heavy leggings schematics I got during that "happy hour". Mission listings are garbage, who is that idiot, who is behind creating missions random system. You would be very respected in Nazi concentration camp, as an employee. After 8 months now game got that far, that it is holding together barely but if you sneeze it will collapse like card house. Who BW hired do games development, monkeys in the zoo have more brain? And more importantly, who is behind those sadistic ideas. Why he/she still has a job, lay off, litter picking on streets is proper job for that person. Last chance, GW2, if that game does not cut, I'll give up with MMO's, been playing MMO's since 2003 and now I had it finally. All MMO's do suck, they are complete waste of time.

GTN for ridicolus price or run Underworld missions. All armor schematics drop from Underworld missions for both, synthweaver and armormech.

With mats I do agree, turned my commando in to farm bot: slicing, archaeology and scavenging. First work out running pattern, then just run around and pick up stuff, from spawn to spawn. Does not feel so dull as running missions. But for special mats still missions needed to ran.

Changed avatar for you. Does angry jedi look better? Actually instead light saber I would prefer base ball bat in hands. Thing is, i have done a lot of RE and some items (same goes with certain missions) clearly have adjusted proc rate, as for an example synthweaving T1 chests, light and heavy. Now that was something, I wasted so many mats for getting out blue schematics. Any way, been boosting my companions affection buy grinding gifts and Corso looks to me totally useless, despite under world bonus. T7 does far more better. Also I figured out that 1'st mission for carbo-plas (researched components) actually is a trap, it's proc rate is been adjusted to very low. I did companion gifts runs, till second researched components mission come out. After that I had no problems getting carbo-plas. Isn't that bit too cheeky, screw around with players? But yeah, first post, I was furious, now I cooled down a lot. This game is already turned in to grind and it is sad. Checked legacy vendors, lv10 bracers 75K credits, I am speechless. Not sure if artificial starvation is best way go with. Even going with F2P does not help a lot if you force players grind, instead enjoying game.

Thank you Finelinebob. And one correction, I meant blue quality, that is prototype. When additional mats coming in.

Have done a lot of RE past few days, wasted a lot of mats and I'm thinking crafting skills RNG is very bugged. Reason for that is: 1. If I switch between characters during crafting, I have been having far better RE and mission results. 2. Happen to me once but it is very old bug, from pre launch. Corso was doing Underworld mission, progress bar reached to it's end, timer counter reached to 0 and stood at 0 for something 10 sec. Then counter and progress bar jumped back to 20 sec and after additional 20 sec mission was finished. 3. I'm guessing but many items proc rate is been adjusted artificially lower. I'm certain that chests and leggings rate been adjusted ant they just won't proc. Same time mods proc rate is far higher. Currently I'm trying RE heavy and light lv15 chests, they just simply won't proc. I already wasted so many mats. This is not random, it is been adjusted. 4. Sometimes RE proc rate just gets stuck on 0. No matter what you craft, even different items, they won't proc. And after switching char, all sudden everything starts proccing. That is no random, that is crap RNG. And I do support idea that with every failed RE proc chance would increase. Also RNG needs be looked in seriously, it is not random, it is very bugged. Edit: Most defo chests proc rate is been adjusted, I have now 26 MK2 augmetation components in my inventory, not a single potoype proc yet. And same time belts and wrists come with in 5-6 RE. So, I have got now lv15 prototype heavy and light chests done, it took about 180 rubat crystals and about 70 artifacts. LOL... I wish I had magic wand, I would turn game developers life in to complete nightmare. And I would be more sadistic than they are now. Really started missing good old times, when computer games where enjoyable entertainment experience. Current sadistic torturing hardly could be considered as entertainment.

Try Lotro, best rewarding crafting system I have seen, I just can't stand fantasy games any more, been playing too many. Actually Swtor mission mats look exactly like crit mats in Lotro and because drop rate is low... Hang on... Yeah, artifact and above mats idea looks like coming from Lotro (or similar), only difference is that in Swtor you have run missions, in other games special crafting mats have low rate drop. Very bad copying. But probably devs missed one major thing, all crafting crit mats could be bought for skrimish marks in Lotro and solo skrimishes are so damn easy to run. Sadly Lotro it's self, character development is absolutely ridiculous down time via grind. Especially class talent skills.

Well Jeff ( I assume it is your real name) ,sadly all released games are copy's of previously released games. Grind gets rinsed and repeated over and over again. It just "clever" devs thinking that it is only way tie down players and make players pay more. Basically it is obvious artificial down time, nothing else. However, you are wrong, I do love Swtor, sick of elves and dwarves running around. Swtor combat mechanics is fresh and interesting. Despite a lot ideas been taken manly from WoW. Game is great, mission mats grind is what makes me angry. It is waste of time, enough copying others, time come up with something new. Mission results are way too punishing and needed to be looked in. Yesterday I spent about 6 hours gear up only commando, good thing is that with others goes faster because I already know a lot of artifact quality schematics/recipes (buy the way, I don't mind RE fail rate, feels right, crafting/mission timer feels wrong). Any way, that 6 hours looks to me like 2'nd job, it is leveling gear, not end game game gear for god sake.

What you talking about? This is computer game, rolling range could be preset. It is not freaking lottery or heads n'n tails. I'm just bringing another parallel, for how Long Lotro been F2P. Haven't seen any where yet that Turbine beat Blizzard sub numbers. Game has great potential but because very heavy grind, peoples won't stay long. Expect same fate, way too many peoples are tired of grind based games.

Any clue about how databases and clients work? It has nothing to do with luck. However probably I should stop playing MMO's, witch tend to be complete waste of time any way. I don't recall receiving any "welcome back" credits for coming back, that I could buy all modable stuff.

Re subbed just 2 days ago and already started regretting that. Are you (BW) intentionally screwing around with peoples? Why crafting has to be such waste of time and grind? So I needed few mission only mats, Corso failed 5 times in row bring me any Carbo-plas. Eacth mission is 5min 30sec, times 5, lost nearly 30 minutes on stinking 2 pices of Carbo-Plas. Are you there in BW actually serious? Or you just a jokos and happy with F2P in less than year? And don't tell me it is a bad luck, that "bad luck" could be easily changed in database and to RNG given proper range. That is the problem with all MMO's, boneheaded devs are too lazy make things work properly and they just love abuse RNG generator. It is been said before, current crafting system is garbage. Same time if you do PVP, gearing up is so easy. Any thing you can imagine: mods, modable armor, modable weapons. And accidentally PVP rewards are better than crafted items. Oh no... It is not an accident, useless devs thinking that only PVP is hard work and should be rewarded properly. Why it is so? Why peoples who like crafting been punished so much, remove crafting from game, all drops via mob grind. Problem solved. I really would like to see Mr Ohlen's comment here (you wish ), on my post.

Hello guys, been away since patch 1.0.1, due patch made game play impossible. And been looking info on forums, about game engine overall improvements. I could be back earlier but I couldn't test game, can I play or not. Still using my old laptop and waiting new stuff from AMD to be released. Only then I will decide fate of my new box or laptop. And now cones the rant. Who was that "genius" behind friends free weekend tests. What about existing account owners? Many peoples where forced to leave game due GFX engine problems. And you (BW) did not give a chance to existing account owners test game again after each patch. So basically you nearly bleed you self dead with historically bad decisions. /endrant At least some one had brains come up with unlimited trial. Tested game on trial account, it worked for me. As result +1 subscriber. F2P, that is the only way attract new players, good choice. And if you (BW) fix game engine problems buy the time, this game has a future. Currently game still takes too much CPU and GPU for DX9 game engine. But it is beginning, from 1.0.1 unplayable to 1.3+ playable makes big difference.