So I just resubbed and jumped on the forums to look for one of the guides that are usually stickied around here about which mods/pieces to use for optimal bolstering. But apparently I can't find any by skimming through the first few pages and searching (or googling). I'm mainly interested in gearing up a deception sin and carnage mara, and because of my work schedule I don't plan to play for more than maybe 1-2 hours a week, so if there really aren't any guides out there, would anyone mind helping me out in answering a few concerns? Which color crystals work best for burst specs in pvp now that War Hero =/= expertise? Are a mix of crit/power augments still the way to go? Is buying/crafting gear worth it or can I pvp with my old 208's and still do fine? I read that the DvL is apparently bugged and bolstering with more stats than it should. Is that still a problem? How does the upgrading gear from 230 > 236 > 242 work, and where/how do you do it (if it's even worth doing at all)?

Exactly. It'll still be endgame gear (at best, it'll be 3 tiers), so I don't think it'll be much more different than the current regular vs. advanced pvp gear gap we have.

I don't remember them saying that gear or mods will have CXP requirements. Only that at higher CXP you have "a chance" of rolling for better gear than you would at lower CXP.

According to Eric, they will be moddable. So you can switch mods around or slap them on legacy gear if you want.

They like to give it to us slowly. Lube us up properly and give it to us little by little. It'll just hurt us and make us cry if they did it all in one go

1) No one is "forcing" players to do any kind of specific endgame content for gear. They literally spent development money to make a UI for all the endgame content that can be done for that; and regs is one of them. 2) Gearing (unless you're going the crafting non-set bonus route) is entirely RNG dependent. Even in the unlikely case that people start doing NiM ops as soon as they hit 70 to get gear faster, it doesn't mean they'll get every piece of gear they need. You could very well be doing just regs, or even heroics, and be lucky enough to get a full top tier set over someone unlucky enough to grind ranked 4's or NiM and get the same BoP chestpiece over and over 3) If experience and the smack that people talk here is anything to go by, no amount of gear difference is going to save hardcore pve'ers from people who know how to play objectives, know how to play against every class, or (god forbid) premades. 4) This is just speculation since I don't think they've revealed how much CXP exactly everything's worth, but I think they did mention that basically the more people in the content you're doing, the more CXP you'll be awarded. And regs are basically groups of 16 people, so I can't imagine they'll be worth that much less than, say HM FPs or Uprisings 5) Warzone commendations are used to buy endgame pvp gear. I don't think they'll be converted to credits, and more like maybe tokens that grant a certain amount of CXP. What they did mention is that the mod vendors that sell leveling gear will use credits as currency, not endgame gear. That said, I wouldn't put it past BW to do something as lame as comms-to-credits. 6) If bolster is still a thing pre-70, there's no reason to be worrying about an item level difference from the get-go since you'll just be bolstered to 70 if you have all slots equipped anyway.

What bothers me the most is that (as far as I've seen), sins/shadows don't get a replacement for that loss. It's like they thought they were overperforming and somehow needed to lose an ability to be on par with the rest of the classes. I seriously hope I'm proven wrong when the changes come to light.

Icy, have you done any testing with the Victorious Pioneer armor set during matches? I'm interested to know if it's worth using for leveling solely through pvp or if it has problems with bolster and empty mod slots (or lack of enhancement slots) and whatnot.

/signed, for whatever good it'll do

Do they, really?

I'm all for coordinated strategies like these if they can be pulled off effectively and everything. But didn't the devs place a barricade on the south side ledge to prevent Warriors from leaping into opponents and avoid precisely this?

I got the impression that 3.3 would have a new season/pre-season with it, so the change in pvp gear tier would make it pointless to struggle getting soon-to-be obsolete Exhumed gear right now.

Damn... I didn't even know ping like that was considered terrible. I usually play warzones with a ping of 200-400, and it's ok for the most part since I've gotten used to it. Anything higher than that and I start to notice heavy delays on my GCDs. Now I feel like I'd be so much better if I used one of these services.

Clearly I must be doing something wrong with my Jugg if I'm not winning any more duels or matches than I do with my Sent if so many people think it's this good. I just don't see it.

Are you insinuating that the BW devs actually read this forum?