I have followed what has been posted since onslaught and have a good idea of the pros and cons at this point. First they did a lot of things right, but, did too many things wrong. This is ‘not’ an expansion, this is a re-calibration/re-engineering of the game. Unfortunately, this is not the first time and I have no doubt this will not be the last time the developers will do this.
Increase the players level 5 points, increase equipment ratings 50 points, but, now playing older game content is (harder/ takes longer). After many, many hundreds of hours of grinding to get equipment and sets, they are now useless. As for the new equipment, I have not been able to notice any appreciable difference at play at any level on any planet. But, the cost is extremely high.
Added penalties: my companions of nerf , so my healing is downgraded. The new scaling on planets has reduced all my toons stats. In some cases, you cannot even complete it unless you die/respawn several times.
So overall, I was doing much better before ‘expansion’ 6.0.! The developers not only moved the goal post, they changed the rules of the game and added more handicaps.
For certain, in and ‘expansion’ it should never be harder to play content that was already mastered. I just don’t understand why bioware doesn’t get it!