Here's my take on this as an older beta tester to other games. Bioware, you are going to send this game down the route of LOTRO. You are trying to seem creative but youre pulling from outmoded sources and its going to damage your bottom line just like what happened after Westfold release. For them it was also a modding aspect to stats - skill trees- for you its the fact your dev team has been too Lazy to make mod gear and crafting more relevant. Theres no reason you couldnt have done this update in a less convoluted way. I dont pay recurring subs for the very reason youre deciding to go this route. I do limited sub so that i play my way and yall dont get more of my money than i want to give. There are pros and cons to this update but your cons are going to easily outway the pros of a continued sub. Id only continue subbing for my guild because they need ppl who can run ops n fps. Point in fact they are still paygating these two things. So you have to be sub to play just a reminder. Later.