Its been years since we last had a level increase. Look at games like wow, where the level cap is increased every few months! If you don't put in the time your gear will become obsolete. It's reasonably normal in an MMO.
I'm not saying it is meaningless to collect high level gear, but it is hyperbolic to say that pvp is broken or we can't play anymore because of high level gear.
I agree that it adds up, especially the passives and traits - which is unfortunate. However gear still doesn't have that much of an advantage. Fleet consoles are nice, but are far from absolutely necessary. Also, you don't really have to grind that much for fleet gear - especially with easy access to T5 fleets.
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You are painting a broad brush. Not all of us are like that. Most people don't have an issue with new content, the issue is the fact that we really haven't seen too many pvp updates beyond balancing issues and shuttle pvp. It would be great to see some new pvp maps or pvp territory control. Thanks for the quote. Hopefully…
TBH, people place way too much importance on pretty minor spec boosts from gear. It's perfectly possible to be competitive in pvp with relatively cheap mk xi rare or less gear. You don't have to grind to still remain competitive. Anything that adds some more variation in play style is definitely welcome. One of the big…
TBH, I personally only use the splitting for the turn rate buff and the power buff to certain systems. The other segments only do marginal damage and while the attack patterns they provide are nice, I only spare them a heal if I have no other priorities at the time. It's best not to worry about the other parts of the ship.
it's not that big a deal tbh, but it's still irritating to get back and find...this. that said, I can't even have i_lick_batteries, since underscores aren't allowed.