bennimeistari Posted November 27, 2015 Posted November 27, 2015 (edited) Hi. I just started leveling a new character, a bounty hunter. I'm almost lvl 36 and so I decided to stop by on Dromuund Kaas to check out the PVP vendor that sells lvl 40 gear. To my surprise however, he wasn't there and the bounty hunter class house was mostly empty save for the trainer. Pretty sad for me since I used to really like that armor and now it's gone! Don't get me started on the awesome flashpoint gear removal and replacemant of stale gear... but seeing this too is just disheartening to say the least. Another thing, I'm not sure if I'm just being lazy and inefficient but the way I did my leveling in the past was through PvP and story-content. I thouroughly enjoy the story in SWTOR but more than that I enjoy the PvP for my own reasons, so unsurprisingly I used to level through these and not bother with gear until I hit a milestone 20 and 40 where I could spend my well-earned warzone commendations to keep up to date gear-wise and continue onwards. Where did they go? I love PVP but looking stylish is also important, innit? Bioware why you do this, did this impact someone's gameplay? (My suggestion on the flashpoint gear is to reward people who complete the mission related to the flashpoint given should reward a box of a unmodded/cosmetic full set of the old gear that they could choose for apperance purposes. Because it's fashionable armor that's in the database being wasted!) Edited November 27, 2015 by bennimeistari
Wainamoinen Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 (edited) There is no PvP gear before level 65. There is some stuff on vendors that calls itself PvP gear, but that's only because Bioware have left it on them from years ago while the game mechanics changed in the meantime. Trying to use it will make you worse. If it's moddable and you like the look, maybe you could rip all the components out or costume to use it, but that's the limit. There is a system called Bolster that will boost your stats so long as your gear is under level 190. Higher level players in warzones before 65 will still have their extra abilities, but shouldn't out-stat you horribly. TL;DR: Do not think about buying PvP gear before level 65. Save up your warzone comms and buy a set once you hit 65. Edited November 28, 2015 by Wainamoinen
AlrikFassbauer Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 All removed by Bioware. They thought that Lowbies wouldn't need stuff. Only the arrived players ould.
kamikosong Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 So I take it 190 is where bolster caps out?
Wainamoinen Posted November 28, 2015 Posted November 28, 2015 So I take it 190 is where bolster caps out? Above 190 Bolster starts removing expertise to balance the superior PvE stats, and Expertise is the best stat in PvP so you don't want that.
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