wickedUOF Posted April 15, 2012 Share Posted April 15, 2012 I thought the new battle master gear was supposed to be really sweet? To me, seems like each piece is still an incremental upgrade from Champion and many pieces reduce power or reduce crit? I'm rage spec, so I'm chasing power, but to me it looks like the same game of swapping mods to increase power? Only now, the mods come with tons of expertise or strength on them... What are people doing as they gear up? I thought 1.2 was supposed to change our BM gear to come with more power without mod swapping? And why are poeple complaining about gear gaps?? Everything seems like it was before, each piece is like a 3-4 stat upgrade, except expertise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid-szhite Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) I thought the new battle master gear was supposed to be really sweet? To me, seems like each piece is still an incremental upgrade from Champion and many pieces reduce power or reduce crit? I'm rage spec, so I'm chasing power, but to me it looks like the same game of swapping mods to increase power? Only now, the mods come with tons of expertise or strength on them... What are people doing as they gear up? I thought 1.2 was supposed to change our BM gear to come with more power without mod swapping? And why are poeple complaining about gear gaps?? Everything seems like it was before, each piece is like a 3-4 stat upgrade, except expertise? They changed the itemization back at the last minute because people whined. Expertise is God in 1.2. The gear disparity between Champ/Recruit and BM is night and day. Chances are if you're feeling nerfed in 1.2, it's because you don't have 1000 expertise yet. However, since 75% of the expertise is on the armoring and mod, it's still worth it to do enhancement swapping for more power/surge. Just don't do anything silly like use Rakata over Battlemaster anymore. Edited April 16, 2012 by Vid-szhite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arlanon Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Looking over the new Battlemaster War Leader set, it's chock full of Absorb... and NO SHIELD. At all. Guess I'll check some other class vendor. EDIT nevermind they don't have any either. Guess that's what we're supposed to put in our crit crafted augment slots. Edited April 17, 2012 by Arlanon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wickedUOF Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 They changed the itemization back at the last minute because people whined. Expertise is God in 1.2. The gear disparity between Champ/Recruit and BM is night and day. Chances are if you're feeling nerfed in 1.2, it's because you don't have 1000 expertise yet. However, since 75% of the expertise is on the armoring and mod, it's still worth it to do enhancement swapping for more power/surge. Just don't do anything silly like use Rakata over Battlemaster anymore. Weren't we swapping Operative glove enhancements for more power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halefthaut Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Weren't we swapping Operative glove enhancements for more power? yup but that IA mods are gone with the wind. I kept those mods on stash but the loss of expertise doesnt make for the power/surge gains. I think its time to play full Vengeance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacedemon Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) yup but that IA mods are gone with the wind. I kept those mods on stash but the loss of expertise doesnt make for the power/surge gains. I think its time to play full Vengeance Yea having to reitemise all my gear to get the expertise really hurt the smash component. I am currently Vengeance atm because the stats on the BM stuff/most of the WH gear is better for Vengeance (getting access to the right mods/enhanc's for rage will take time). I'll most defiantly give Rage another go though as i do miss the trololol factor of rage. Edited April 18, 2012 by Lacedemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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