If this is true, I'm am going to be extremely discouraged about crafting. I don't understand how they can do a silent nerf on RE to get purple schem, yet I'm getting purple drops off regular NPCs much more than I should be getting. My lvl 25 agent has gotten at least 4. In a regular MMO, you would never get these. I've taken a break from crafting since I've over leveled in crew skills at the moment, but I'll check this out when I get to the next planet.