Giolon Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Bioware changed it so that barrels coming out of raid-tier weapons have a "Ranged" weapon restriction on them. You can no longer place these barrels into Techstaff or Techblade weapons. So how are we supposed to gear up the weapons of companions that use melee Aim weapons like Qyzen, Akaavi, SCORPIO and others? Edited April 10, 2013 by Giolon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaximusRex Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 The mod system is a bunch of broken pieces put together into a bizarre puzzle that doesn't properly achieve any of the stated goals form the pre-launch dev blog. Its supposed to allow us to stat gear we like so it stays viable, but the vast majority of gear that you get in this game isn't even moddable. The keep restricting certain mods, like they forgot players have companions. Armor mods don't go into droids, because for some reason they didn't mark the droid slots to be equivalent to the none droid slots. Now barrels (which make total sense in knives and staves!) are restricted to just guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostpenguins Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Bioware changed it so that barrels coming out of raid-tier weapons have a "Ranged" weapon restriction on them. You can no longer place these barrels into Techstaff or Techblade weapons. So how are we supposed to gear up the weapons of companions that use melee Aim weapons like Qyzen, Akaavi, SCORPIO and others? I think crafting can still do it, right? Since those are restricted until you put them into an item. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giolon Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I think crafting can still do it, right? Since those are restricted until you put them into an item. Raid equipment still surpasses crafted equipment - meaning these companions are going to fall behind in performance compared to others that use more standard equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infernixx Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Raid equipment still surpasses crafted equipment - meaning these companions are going to fall behind in performance compared to others that use more standard equipment. Is raid gear needed in a situation where you're going to be using a companion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khevar Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) Raid equipment still surpasses crafted equipment - meaning these companions are going to fall behind in performance compared to others that use more standard equipment. This is half right. Raid equipment is both Arkanian (69) and Underworld (72) gear. You don't need 72 gear to run raids -- that gear is obtained by DOING raids. Note that you'll still be able to put 72 armoring, mods and enhancements in your companion. The only thing is you'll have a 69 barrel or a 69 hilt. Hardly the end of the world, especially when talking about a companion. Edited April 10, 2013 by Khevar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 This is half right. Raid equipment is both Arkanian (69) and Underworld (72) gear. You don't need 72 gear to run raids -- that gear is obtained by DOING raids. Note that you'll still be able to put 72 armoring, mods and enhancements in your companion. The only thing is you'll have a 69 barrel or a 69 hilt. Hardly the end of the world, especially when talking about a companion. /Agree. Totally not the end of the world by any means. No real need to min/max companion damage output on tanking companions. But hey OP... if it bugs you /bug report it and maybe they will fix it since the restriction does not actually make all that much sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmymillertime Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Gearing companions is a pain in the butt. Droids have it hardest with armorings being slot specific. They have it far worse than Akaavi and Qyzen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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