If you think the "Magenta" crystal is anywere near "Purple" you are 1. (obviously) blind. 2. Own several bridges 3. Trolling 4. Believe "grey" is "black" & "white" 5. Annoying me...

1. Your right, they are not rare, they are restricted /spit, to Empire. (This is a major reason people who actually like the color purple are upset.) 2. What 50 doesn't have champion sabers? Your right it isn't hard its restricted to Empire. 3. What you did for teal back in SWG is probably considerably less than many of us would do for Purple. I would, for instance would push an old lady down and take her purse IRL for one, preferrably the mother of some one who claims I want a purple crystal because Sam Jackson had one. 4. People who have the purple/cyan sabers are not complaining because they have what they want. People who want red/green/blue/orange/yellow are not complaining because each and every player who plays the game has a way to actually achieve THESE colors. The fact that purple was "chose" as a rare color is not the issue. Its that it is restricted to Empire only. Restricting color crystals in this manner makes as little sense in game as making every person in a country wear the same color shirt.

Its got nothing to do with being rare, its got everything to do with being restricted. PVP Imps get purple, you can get it day one of pvp at level 50. Republic does not have access to it, in the same way Imps don't have access to Cyan. This is absolute crap design. There is an unconfirmed rumor that republic can get a purple lightsaber from raiding, but again, its unconfirmed and if it were true, there would be a video on you tube. If it is an obscure quest like the Magenta crystal, thats fine, but considering how insanely obscure that was, no one will ever discover it with out a hint.

Looking at an post that is unproveable /end false information posts

I'm glad we have your attention, but honestly, what are you going to discuss? As you your self have said... Hi Alexious, Style is something that is very subjective and what some people love, others find unacceptable. The solution to that lies in allowing players to control their own style, a function that the core game currently provides via customizable (orange) gear. Please see Emmanuel's post on extending orange gear viability into endgame to get an idea of our intentions. Obviously, new appearances will also be added to the game over time as well. Regards Georg I've been stating this point since release and if you can acknowledge this and actually DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, you will have my respect again.

I'm currently lvl 36 Valor rank on my 50 Sentinel. The reason I started this PVP grind was, at the time I was under the impression pvp sabers were purple as the Empire hard cores had gotten them through PVP dailys. With my Cyan saber, I found out that purple is restricted to Empire for PVP. I did the work, but because I chose Republic I feel hoodwinked. At least with the (incredibly lame, short sighted and inappropriate) Light Side/Dark Side color restrictions, I knew what I was getting into when I chose Republic (I hate Red).

But the problem with the (often used) "Mace Windu" arguement, there are about 10 zillion mobs running round using purple sabers, and I AM awesome enough to slaughter these mobs by the 1/2 zillions.

We don't want raid gear, we want the color purple as an EQUALLY accessible option for the Republic.

ok... your trying to focus on the RNG as opposed to the PVP Daily... EMPIRE ONLY... your... wow....

Apologies. /bow Clarification for my arguement then, I just want 2 purple colored crystals, for my sabers. They can have -10 Strenth as the stat on them, don't care. I love the color purple. Always have.

So your "version" of adult thinks a RNG drop from a PVP daily is a reasonable risk/reward to achieve a purple crystal colored saber, if and ONLY IF your on empire? Hello kiddy island is that way buddy, you've proven your ready for it.

Sentinel PVP Gear. I just eviscerated your entire arguement. Have you seen that hideous garbage? /shiver. Just trying to say it looks good will make vomit rise up in the back of your throat. Secondly, your "examples" are horrendously inaccurate. "Spending your time gaming gives you better gear" = "Painting every day gives you better paintings?" Serious? Gaming makes you a better gamer, Painting makes you a better painter. But a gear, much like a painting, can be seen as both bad and good. Some people wouldn't give you a nickel for a piece of art, while others would give you their life savings for the same piece. Stats are the only thing that should be adjusted via raids.

Again, its not about work, its about restrictiing it. Its restricted to empire, wich is wrong. I was 50 just after Christmas, completed most of the planets completely in terms of missions, and continue to maintain ahead of the vast majority of players on my server in terms of progress and gearing. But all of this matters not.... This is a GAME. Games != Work Games should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER = Work. EVER! BTW - People rarely "get rich". Most people simply "are" rich. The hardest workers I've met in my life are the poorest.

I did.

So you are one of those that think you can only be happy if you have what others do not? Wow, thats very a elementary mentality. I, being an adult, find happiness in the things that make ME happy, and do not care if it also makes others happy. Thats why adults rule the world and kids do not.

Your linking outdated datamined beta information. Both of those sights are so out of date, they are basically worthless and will be for another couple months. Linking websites only causes confusion if you link them with out researching what you linked.

The problem right now is not that purple is RARE, it has been arbitrarily restricted to Empire PVP classes. If it is a raid drop for Republic, that does not = fair. If you can solo acquire an item on 1 faction, you should be able to solo acquire it on another. Restricted != Rare I'm fine not having my favorite color as an option, so long as every other player in game is not allowed to have their favorite color either. Thats the arguement here, an arbitrary color, that has no basis in "Rarity" in "THIS" timeline. That arbitrary color happens to be the favorite color of many people playing this game. Besides, if some one elses happiness detracts from YOUR happiness, you need to take a good long hard look at your life and decide if you should even continue gaming. Its.. Its actually kinda vile that some one elses happiness makes you upset, if you think about. So should your vileness be catered too over a "casual"? BESIDES no one said it had to be EASY. Make it a level 50 item, cost 1,000,000 credits and take a weeks worth of dailys and a 4 person boss like the magenta crystal. I dont care. Its restricted now, it needs to be changed, and made available to those that actually want to be able to achieve it with out rolling empire.

SHIEN - Got mine at 3:30 am First one off the production line of a kindly crafter. Its pink =/

Oh, rare as in any PVP Empire player can get one by doing a daily, and if you are Republic you get a shaft were the sun don't shine? If that is your definition of rare, then yes purple is "rare". Read at least a FEW posts before posting please.

If you agree its trivial you validate my entire arguement, and validate my rage at the ignorance of it all as well.

IT IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE! This is the PROBLEM! Empire, DOES DAILY PVP quest = Purple Light sabers Republic, shafted. Stop trying to use the movies to bring anything to the conversation, these games have nothing to do with the movies.

I have officially canceled my account due to the FACTION CRYSTAL FIASCO. Why would such a ignorant decision be made to assign PURPLE to Empire, the faction was already slated to be over populated the way it was. (Cyan to Republic to a lesser extent). I'm actually quite sick of listing the full page reasons of actual "logical" reasons why purple should not be considered rare, and is in fact NOT a rare color at all in game, cyan on the other hand is RARE amongst mobs in game, but has equal availability as purple, aside from faction restriction. (a week or so of PVP dailys on either side and I'd be amazed if you didn't have 1 if not 2 of the weapons). I've been 50 for over a week now, and have not seen any sign of a REASONABLY accessible purple crystal, and RAID is not reasonably accessible when the opposing faction can do FRIGGIN DAILYS to get them. Oh and yes max Artificer/Archeology/Treasure Hunting here too. RE'd almost everyone of the purchaseable crystals to epic quality, nothing special comes of that, just slightly higher stats. Aesthetics is a PERSONAL choice, and no one who loves blue/green/yelllow/orange/red, is being affected by this design restriction, it targets ONLY the customers/fans who wants purple/cyan and is on the raw of end of the FACTION CRYSTAL FIASCO.

Well, on the empire side yes. The republic how ever are getting the long lean shaft on purple all together.

What I want IN game, WAS in game in beta, till Thanksgiving weekend, then removed with comment.

Its because you have no power, you can't shut people up on forums or in real life.