Exactly, and I remember reading this (after the fact), I have been pretty viable thus far in non-ranked PvP without the 4 piece perk. I can almost afford the WH boots. I think I will just try to grind out another piece or two and then worry about getting the 4 piece perk back.

In hindsight this would have been the best option. I ended up transferring all of my Mods/Armoring from my BM gear into my augmented Hydra set. Forgetting that the 4 piece perk is connected to the SHELLS on the BM set. So now I look AWESOME ( in my opinion), and fully augmented but do NOT have the 4 piece eliminator crit bonus. On top of that I ASSumed that the WH bracers/belt had removable Mods. So I bought the WH bracers( hoping to move the WH stats to my MATCHING Hydra bracers) only to find out that I am an idiot and that isn't the case ( trial and error!) I went from 1.5 mil to just over 400k. Now I have to decide if I should move all my Mods back into the BM, then Augment the BM JUST to get my 4 piece perk back...... Thoughts? Feel free to flame away, I deserve it!

Ok, I have been working at getting all my BM stats into my augmented orange hydra set. The BM waist/bracers do not have removable MODS. So on those pieces I assume I should augment the actual BM piece? I tried to remove the Mod/Armoring from a spare set to BM boots I had but the armoring wouldn't work (feet specific?) On the WH set are the Belt/Bracers removable? Otherwise the Orange belt/bracers would be useless in PvP? Is there any other way to use my Orange belt/bracers at this point (full BM only)? Like D posted earlier I would like to STYLE a bit in a matching "action figure" set of gear..... Thank again!

Will I have to put the MODS back into the BM gear before I trade it in for WH?

After Dardack's post I went ahead and Augmented my matching TT-17a Hydra set (all 7 pieces, took FOREVER to assemble). Glad I didn't touch the BM shells.

What a totally CLASSIC reply! You don'y know me from BOO but I always say "If you can't be good LOOK GOOD!" Thank you very much for all the information. Much appreciated!

I would first like to sincerely thank the wonderful BH community. You have all helped me more than you know. I am a part time player. New Dad, career...BLAH BLAH BLAH... I just purchased my last piece of BM gear and am saving up for my WH weapon. I have a few question on how to proceed: Running Pyro, 7/3/31 1: Should I augment all my BM gear? I have the ability to craft the Aug Kits myself? Or should I wait for WH? 2: My Expertise is around 1,200 what is our soft cap? (I looked around and couldn't find a post about it) 3: If I augment my BM I assume I should go with Aim then Power once aim hits a certain number (1,800 maybe?) 4: ANY other word of wisdom are welcome! Thank you all again for your input.

I have also seen this happen. Specifically when playing against a certain guild on our server.