Have you played a high level toon on the PTS? Is the amount of loot diminished at that level as well? I'm asking because I can amass a lot more creds selling all the useless gear they throw at us on Live than what I could garner deconstructing to frags and buying a Legendary Ember. Having achieved optimized sets for my various toons a long time ago, the need for spending frags on gear was nil as I'm not one trying to get gear chievo's that mean nothing to me. I never bought in to the value of the reward creds causing the inflation we have seen because it is paltry compared to what I make selling useless gear.

You mean something similar to the 5.0 debacle that posters here in the forums did give feedback on and did represent the feelings of the majority of players in the game?

I'm do not believe the credit sink without "gambling mechanics" would go over to well. A straight up credit sink means those who have billions get near instant, zero effort upgrades. Every time they have changed the gearing system in the past, they have implemented a zero sum method to make sure everyone was starting out on equal footing. It is highly probable that a new currency will be introduced. One that you acquire over time playing the game.

My gut feeling as well Maybe they actually do plan to add new Combat Styles and this opens the path to do so. No need for new story lines but just their patented quick back round blurbs we have seen with the reintroduction of so many of our legacy companions. I do feel they have other plans like you are hinting and are not telling us though.

They fixed the challenge dish? I have had the same recipe, Nexu Tongue, on all my toons for most of this week. No rotating. And yes, the Glowshroom has been the same as well. Considering this is a once a year event they really need to be on top of this. Last year one missing, this year non-rotational.

It seems the work-around is to have someone with an older version of the WB and ingredient quests form a group and share those, then switch to an alt and have it shared back so people can ignore the bugged planet.

That is not a "work-around". That is intended. And yes, Every group I have been in has killed them.

Work Around? You mention one yet do not post it.

I think what the OP is trying to say in their first two paragraph's is that when you get them as actual companions and not story companions, they should have a higher influence level than 1 since you have already gone through so much together by the time they become your actual companion.

Issue still happening. Just finished a Dread Palace and notice that two pieces of gear have unidentified mods in them. Any updates on this issue?

Judging from the reactions of many I know in game, it just may be Allergy Season.

Not sure what is up but I just finished killing Queen and I received tanking loot on my Commando.

I do not know your methodology but for me, it has always awarded what was toggled first and what was the nature of the mission afterwards. ie: I have light toggled and the mission gives me the light points first and dark second and conversely I have dark toggled and get dark first and light second.

While they are at it, make it so one does not target a Sorc/Sage every time they bubble you if you have no current target. I get that alot in Op's where we have adds and one must bubble me right after the one I targeted dies and suddenly I'm targeting Jane the Sorc/Sage sitting in the corner.

Had this happening on the Monstrous Terentatek fight. Each time I locked it, it would unlock again. Cntrl+U+U did not stop the bug but it did relock the bar for a short time.

I agree, baggy pants would be great. Especially like Mauls.

The Reaver's Set was in the Gatekeepers Stronghold pack from August of 2014. It did come in Upper, Lower, and Supplementary groupings. This set was released much later than the First Merger which happened in September of 2012. I believe the OP must have confused which server merge they lost their items through whatever manner.

While I can not pull out my Vibro knife to show you, I do see it ALOT on my Conc Op while fighting.

Why? If they nerf stealth in some way to prevent people from using it, what is the point of having it in the game? Pick a Sin/Sorc and do anything in the game. Tank, Heal, Dps, Stealth.

To be fair, this is a very old post. But towards your end, imagine this being the 10th anniversary item.

Keep in mind that amp prices increase according to the level of the item they are on. Low level armorings are cheap to make and reroll. You are paying way more for that comp item.

If they do add new styles, I can see them adding something to the Cartel Market. If styles are permanent, we will have to be rolling new toons to access those new styles unless we leave toons lying around with only one style chosen for just such an event.

I was looking more at the second part of that sentence. I just stuck an unmodable set of 306 gear in my legacy bank and then all my toons were 306. As a side note, I still get loads of 304 riddled gear and useless tacticals from the bosses when I do NiM content so not sure how they are much better. Sure I get more frags from an Op boss but for Fp's there are no lock outs. Still have never once seen an EP set piece drop in an Op in any mode. Mine came courtesy of Kai.

Yes, they can already equip a saber or techblade and even a techblade that looks like a mace. Why not a Staff they dub techblade?

Right now Dark or Light 5 is defined by being max possible on the slider. You complete one companion mission with Diplomacy and even though you have light or dark selected, you can still be awarded the opposite points as well. For me this has always filled after my selected option of dark or light. ie: I have dark selected and I receive the dark points first and then I receive the light second and my Indicator is no longer "Dark 5". With this in mind, I wonder if we lose the option for opposite faction combat styles every time we lose Light/Dark 5. Personally I would think that rank 4 should be sufficient to demonstrate you are committed to a course of alignment given that they have designed alignment to be max possible is 5 and one point below is 4. I know that every time I play through Kaon Under Siege, I always select the dark side option for the last conversation with Racoon Girl (shout out for the whole Resident Evil flash point), just because I like the cutscene and I think she deserves it. Oops, now I can no longer throw pebbles.