^Winner. Look at the appearance of the gear to determine tier.

^This. From the French website: Which roughly translates to:

Here's to hoping that's a typo. If not, you can kiss my acklay goodbye. I'm glad to continue throwing money for a subscription; but paying more to equip gear I earned...? That's a load of Sith. {See next page for update. It IS a typo.] Regardless, however, this is pay 2 win. You have to pay to wear purple items, which make your stats (and thus you) better. Fail, EA.

I would personally like to see Nightmare Mode FPs where two things take place: CROWD CONTROL makes a return. This forces groups to socialize to some extent. It also gives room for error, and a need for coordination. "Trash skipping" dies I think trash skipping is absolutely ridiculous, and the reason why groups just BLAZE through FPs, and really trivializing the content. I absolutely love trash pulls like the first pull in Red Reaper, the 5 droid pull in Athiss, the 4-boss fight in Mandalorian Raiders or HELL... heroic missions! I have often found my group dead or hanging on by a string at all of these - despite group experience. Oh hey look at that... I mentioned all the FPs that aren't HM yet too! So that was a great suggestion as well. There is more satisfaction and less bore to me when there is social interaction, but more importantly, topped with a REAL level of difficulty. TL/DR: Trash skipping, lack of crowd control dynamics, and no incentive to communicate leaves for a shallow experience.

Hey OP (original poster)! I have to agree with the other folks who have posted and say that this is a "community-issue" rather than a game-issue. Coming from other MMORPGs, I've noticed the SWTOR community is a bit... antsy. When I first started (just a few months ago), I was blown away at the concept of "skipping" and things to speed up flashpoint runs in any way possible. To be completely honest, I preferred spending those 1-2 hours in instanced dungeons (FPs) fighting trash monsters. Jump ahead a couple months, and I catch myself "skipping" nearly anything possible when I play my tanking character. I'm guilty of it, and I don't actually prefer it; I just do it be "courteous" of the group - because apparently time is that valuable. *SHRUG* Well, I'll keep it short... I could go on for days. Anyways, if you're on "The Harbinger" server, I'd love to group with you on my level 50 healer and set the speed however you like it. I'm thinking about maybe finding more like-minded people who want to do less rushing through content and more enjoying. Spinach - The Harbinger