I'll wait until this gets patched before renewing my sub. If my comps do not feel strong enough, especially as healers, I won't be coming back. I hope I won't have to boost them to 50 for them to be useful again.

As I clearly explained, I wasn't going in there solo. The title seem pretty clear on that point too. If you get a feeling of deja vu, I might not be the only one complaining. We've been spending quite a few hours in Hard Modes, both before and after the nerf. We have been relying on Bolster (which is a clearly viable option), as I have little gear, and my friend isn't capped. We had been able to play as DPS or Tank (which we find to be the most enjoyable roles), as our Companions used to be viable as Healer, Tank or DPS before the nerf. We never spoil the encounters by checking strats or videos, and it hasn't prevented us to clear most packs and bosses after wiping enough to learn the dance. Now they can barely tank on some encounters, their DPS is too weak, and they straight up cannot Heal... forcing one of us into that role no matter what (which isn't fun for us). Their heals are abysmal and not even close to keeping us alive against auto-attack and unavoidable damage. We can no longer get through many trash packs without sufficient control, which further make our Republic chars unplayable, they cannot heal either. Our Empire chars are fun, but not being able to play the other two like we used to is just dumb, and one of us is now forced to heal, which ain't fun either. I don't think we had an easier time than a full group, but some HM FP were doable before, no matter the role we wanted our comps to fill. I liked doing that more than most other endgame activities, and this isn't possible any longer for us. If they want only full group to be able to complete these, more power to them. But I'll play something else. They might want to step up HM Black Talon's difficulty as we managed to duo clear that one. Peace

Looks like they aren't coming back on this terrible nerf quickly enough. I'm out too, but I'll be checking how long it takes them to clean up their latest mess. Might come back after, unless I get addicted to something else in the meantime.

Came back to the game after a couple years with a friend, a couple weeks ago. Leveling solo was a blast and teaming up for Tacticals made them pretty faceroll, even as newbies. We just got started on HM Flashpoints, just the two of us, even though some encounters could be a little bit too much. We were having fun, swapping roles with the Companions and messing around. HM Flashpoints can be fairly hard, and a blast from lvl 50 to fresh 65. I don't want them any easier, but we enjoyed playing with our Comps and knowing we could rely on them as Healer/Tank or DPS depending on what we felt like playing at any given time. They are now unusable as healer, and weak as either tank or DPS... forcing us into healer role, making our Republic chars unplayable because they cannot heal and lack control on trash packs, and making most FP impossible for us. HM Black Talon for our Imp chars was barely doable, we hit enrage timers on everything - cheesed bosses 2 and 3 by kiting them to oblivion - and all our comps could somewhat do was DPS, though they were terrible at that too. Lost most interest in the game since then, I just canceled my subscription and I am not coming back unless our Companions do. Back to Destiny for while.

So, looks like they are taking their sweet time to clean up their latest mess. I can't be bothered playing today, and I'm unlikely to come back before they reverse that change. Hoping next week gets this fixed, else I will have switched back to another game, there are plenty.

OP echoes my thoughts, couldn't find a compelling reason to log in today... I hope tomorrow brings our comps back, anyway, I would advise against waiting for much longer before fixing them. Might go back to Destiny tomorrow. You've got your feedback, use a PTR for next time.

I hope you revert the change, substantially... especially on the healing comps, they are useless now.

Thank you for the initiative.

Coming back to the game with a friend of mine a couple weeks ago or so. Leveling was a couple characters was a blast and at first tackling HM FP too (Level 65 DPS Shadow/Concealment Operative, and lvl 55-57 Jedi Guardian 'DPS or Tank' / Sith Sorcerer 'DPS') We were looking at HM Flashpoints as our end game, but the nerf was pretty much the end of it for us. Before the nerf: Cleared Legacy of Rakata on Republic side, at least a pack of 3 Elite Droids was unbeatable because of our lack of control. The rest of the FP wasn't very hard, except for Rand who cost us many pulls - I wish every boss felt that hard, but I expected other HM FP's to make up for that. After the nerf: - Kaon Under Siege: The turret encounter was unbeatable without cheesing - me (Shadow) kiting the big ones and going out of combat, resurrecting my healing comp, running back after dying... etc. Bonus boss was impossible, even with our two comp as healers, the first wave of adds was unhealable. Enrage would have killed us anyway. Our Republic side chars cannot heal so we gave up on them until this nerf gets reverted. - HM Black Talon: Hitting enrage on everything. Second and third boss were kited to oblivion. First boss (GR-5) showed us our healing comp was utterly useless, and our tank comp not that tanky, though that was ok. Yadira Ban was only doable with both our comps and I (Conc Op) going DPS, and the Sorc going heal. No tank needed, but we won't have that luxury on other Flashpoints, and the game might very well be over for us. We need to get back the possibility of swapping role with our comps and having them competitive again. Healer comps are useless as it is now, and we like to change roles every now and then, but we heavily favor DPS even while having to micro the tank and healer comps. I intend to upload at the Yadira Ban fight, not sure what I have left from the rest. Might provide a link if I have the time later tonight.

Thanks for showing me that grinding all the way to rank 50 doesn't make up for this horrendous nerf. I am strongly considering quitting unless they quickly revert this.

Encountered that same exact issue. Thanks for reporting it, I first thought the bolster mechanic was just not working for HM Flashpoints, I will try another one then.