Quote caronome Quote: Originally Posted by A further complication is that, currently at least, you don't need gear from 47-55. I.e. as soon as you turn 47 you can go to Makeb and get your gear bolstered to 156 while on Makeb. Being cheap, I would be very wary of spending between level 45 and 3.0 starter gear.



There is the best level 60 gear you can buy in 3.0 with basics. Anything below that is you "buying time" deciding that the cost of the gear is worth it in terms of helping you level faster/easier. Which varies by person as to skill, class, role, leveling method and wealth.



E.g., clearly the most efficient use of basic comms is to start with 2000 and level from 55 to 60 via GSF and arrive at 60 having spent nothing on gear and buy a full set of 1?? level 60 gear. That will not the best solution for most.



They specifically stated in fact that they intend for players not to need to make side trips or take time out to grind gear in order to go right into the new leveling zones. You also won't need to grind gear before you can walk straight into the (story mode) new operations at level 60.



There never has been a need for blue or purple gear while leveling from 1 to 50, or 50 to 55, and we can expect that there won't be from 55 to 60. Moving on from Makeb to Yavin IV will be no different than moving on from Voss to Corellia, or Corellia to Makeb. Whatever you have when you finish the last planet will do just fine to get you started on the next one.



Unless you have a burning desire to loiter and grind out higher quality gear while you're leveling, there won't be any real good reason to spend Basic comms on anything until you hit 60, where you can spend them on the most powerful gear that they can buy.



Maybe once you're all geared up you will want to pass Basic comms down to leveling alts, like people do today, but unless you're running into the 1,000 comm cap, you're better off after 3.0 saving them all up until the end. Keep in mind that once 12x is over we're back to "normal" leveling, where you get abundant green trash drops appropriate for your class and level as you go. That works the same on Makeb as anywhere else (with the bonus that you also get the bolster). And we can expect it to work the same with the new leveling planets and ordinary leveling quests and class mission as well.They specifically stated in fact that they intend for players not to need to make side trips or take time out to grind gear in order to go right into the new leveling zones. You also won't need to grind gear before you can walk straight into the (story mode) new operations at level 60.There never has been a need for blue or purple gear while leveling from 1 to 50, or 50 to 55, and we can expect that there won't be from 55 to 60. Moving on from Makeb to Yavin IV will be no different than moving on from Voss to Corellia, or Corellia to Makeb. Whatever you have when you finish the last planet will do just fine to get you started on the next one.Unless you have a burning desire to loiter and grind out higher quality gear while you're leveling, there won't be any real good reason to spend Basic comms on anything until you hit 60, where you can spend them on the most powerful gear that they can buy.Maybe once you're all geared up you will want to pass Basic comms down to leveling alts, like people do today, but unless you're running into the 1,000 comm cap, you're better off after 3.0 saving them all up until the end.