tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post4083994229617012192..comments2024-03-26T20:47:12.919+00:00Comments on Going Commando | A SWTOR Fan Blog: Prepared to PatchShintarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-41652799791895082552017-04-09T20:28:02.423+01:002017-04-09T20:28:02.423+01:00They simplified gear acquisition. Which only was n...They simplified gear <i>acquisition</i>. Which only was needed in some areas (though it was needed), and they very nearly threw the baby out with the bathwater.<br />But, what they didn't do (and ended up making <b>worse</b>, was simplify gear <i>use</i>. Itemization is a worse mess than it was before, except that PvP gear is not a completely separate upgrade chain (and because they didn't make PvP "need" as much Accuracy as PvE, they screwed that up too at the BiS level). <br /><br />Not to mention adding too many gear levels, too quickly, for no other reason than "because we can."Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-53619476527349151182017-04-09T19:57:43.521+01:002017-04-09T19:57:43.521+01:00It's definitely sad what a mess it has become,...It's definitely sad what a mess it has become, especially considering that "simplifying things" was one of their stated goals with Galactic Command. But I feel I've harped on that enough and don't really have anything new to add. :/Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-82404671359496300042017-04-09T19:56:22.587+01:002017-04-09T19:56:22.587+01:00For me it's actually the opposite, I don't...For me it's actually the opposite, I don't mind working on my lower level alts, because they can continue to slowly work their way through the tiers.<br /><br />However, working on a hard to get best-in-slot set that will cease to be so very shortly feels pointless.Shintarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758343475446510635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-1109284965594673182017-04-09T16:03:10.929+01:002017-04-09T16:03:10.929+01:00I must confess, I just can't understand BW'...I must confess, I just can't understand BW's (currentish) plans for gearing, even before everything went pear shaped. It appears they are going to revert to (mostly) status quo ante, only with an even wider and more bewildering range and selection of components. At least the last stream promised a QoL improvement in the vendor interface. To late for the 100 unassembled components I blew buying a wrist slot piece for the wrong advanced class, despite staring at the vendor interface trying to figure out which one I should be buying. IE, an armor piece I could never use on that character, even if I respecced. And, of course, all sales final. <br />The entire gearing minigame is a seething and impenetrable morass of complications to someone not familiar with the language, and the various (3rd party, mind, not in game) gearing guides assume a level of familiarity with the intricacies as to be indecipherable to the newcomer. There is literally no easy for someone not already familiar with the system to know what enhancements to choose to put into an empty orange shell, and it's not even intuitively obvious what armor and mods to put in (though at least you only have a 50/50 choice for armor, so that's easy enough to figure out.)Ian Argenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03704336044732061128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1538233114133115363.post-78366527596397074062017-04-09T15:19:29.417+01:002017-04-09T15:19:29.417+01:00Very much agree, I am not playing as much as I wou...Very much agree, I am not playing as much as I would like because T 1&2 gear is pretty much obsolete. There maybe another expansion planned for December which I'm sure will add T5 into the mix. I do enjoy gearing up but I will think twice about it when I'm playing anything but my 3 mains (tank, dps and healer)Sootyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218431999395698542noreply@blogger.com