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Thread: Read:Don't Nerf BH loot!
I looted 5 mando intraframes in a row and that was it. 
Like to see those be replaced with (depending on the mark difficulty) low-highqualityarmor cores and weapon craftingenchancement components. Drop the slicing components all together.
Darth-Malus wrote:
Reyza wrote:
I know there's alot of animosity floating around atm, that I'd like to remind everyone that smugglers are not mad at BHs or hold them responsible for what's happening.
There are some who are, and they tend to be the more vocal of your community. Remarks like:
As if today, my slicing prices are as follows:
1. Inquiry 10k
2. Each slice, 1 million
3. Each complaint, add 200k
4. Special for BH's, add 20% to all above.
That's a pretty clear indicator of animosity if you ask me. Yes, Smugglers are long overdue for a revamp. But changing BH missions isn't going to help smugglers - I'm glad you realize that but some of your colleagues don't.
I saw that post myself, but it was definately a minority who were crying about BH's getting slicing tools as loot. The most seem happy that another avenue of these tools is open.
If Smugglers should be upset at anything, its that the slicing went away from crafted tools and went to looted components. Before, Smugglers went to the appropriate 'smith and bought slicing tools but for some stupid reason the Dev's continue to move away from crafting and shift the balance to a more loot oriented game.
This is readily apparent with weapons such as the proton carbine and rifle among the many other loot-only weapons. Had these been like the DE-10 or even better like the RIS quest for Armorsmiths I wouldn't be near so certain of this shift. As it stands now, its blatantly obvious that crafting is ever so slowly being phased out. I mean, look at entertainers. There is absolutely NO reason why Battle Fatigue was removed from the game. No one was complaining about it, it wasn't hurting anyone, there were always plenty of entertainers around, and they removed it without so much as a lame excuse for doing so.
Other than making the high tier slicing tools more accessible, "uber" loot drops (for me at any rate) are dropping from appropriate MOB's. +10 CA's from Gold Chevron Elites and +20's from Double Gold Chevron Boss's is equivalent to what SHOULD be dropping from other MOB's. Unfortunately, I've killed Nightsisters of equal level and gotten credits and the occassional Lance that sucks, but what is broken in this case? Same goes for a group taking down the CL114's outside the Dantooine Mining Outpost. I've seen bupkiss from killing a number of those.
Seems to me BH Marks are dropping loot as intended, and these other MOB's aren't......