It's been posted already so won't go into much details but leaving my feedback here as well for the benefit of interested parties at BioWare:
Yeah, mixed feelings too, guess it's the usual "wait and see". I do very much like to be able to max gear without running OPs currently, especially as we'd need to do it rather consistently to get a full set at max level. It also means I could gear to max level casually at my own pace and then dip my toes in casual story OPs content without them being extra difficult due to my lower level gear.
The simplicity of the new system without RNG and "as many mods" is good though, taking way too much space in my legacy storage at the moment. Won't miss amplifiers either.
However tying the rewards and the gear to weeklies might be problematic, thinking about that weird change of resetting them week after week. Again, for players with less time to play, doing the weeklies for FPs, PVP, GSF will be crazy... usually it takes me a month to finish a couple of these weeklies, so essentially I'll never ever do them again, which means missing out on significant rewards and gearing compared to current status quo Essentially it's work going to waste effectively, especially if those weeklies will reset at 4/5 FPs, or 9/10 PVPs, etc. That would be a true hit your head against the wall thing because effectively all those rewards are going down the drain.
As for the intent to group players more in common weekly areas, faction tagging, etc. that's great, but still not sure on details, respawn can currently be quite inconvenient on crowded heroic/daily areas, getting more players in those could potentially make them more time-consuming and less fun.
I love the game, I just have a few alts I like to play with and not that much time on my hands, meaning somewhat reduced time per character and I fear that some of these changes will be detrimental to players in such conditions. if you can see fit to post something about how casual players or alt-happy players are also being considered in these new systems and how we could benefit, I would appreciate it BW.
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