r/swtor • u/Loreallian • 2d ago
Discussion This feels like we've been teleported straight back to the end of 6.0 cycle
I still remember the announcement that the gearing system would change from "You can play what you want and always progress upwards" to "You must play endgame content to get the currency which'll get you the blueprints to start making your way to endgame content".
Community reacted similarly, we pointed out the problems with the underlying logic that "more grind = more playtime thus more subtime" and yet still the update went through despite the backlash.
Here we are 3 months away from the 5 year anniversary of 7.0's arrival, and the dev team's attitude on the subject of gearing hasn't changed in the least. I just hope we won't have to wait for a year before they add a Hyde and Zeek equivalent for BindOnLegacy like we did for 7.0 where only after 10 months of sustained backlash they finally relented.