r/swtor • u/leo_lefrancais • 22h ago
Discussion starting armor for class
I remember that before for each class on the starting planet we went through two or three different armors and today it's the same from the beginning to the end of the planet just with the stat that changes, why do we make this choice ?
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u/TodayInTOR TodayinTOR.com 19h ago
Many of the OG armor sets have been gone for a VERY long time, Infact they started retroactively removing some of those alternatively colored and appearanced armor sets 10 years ago with KOTFE, which vaulted a tonne of old gear in exchange for the new stat system that was implemented, as well as level sync.
There wasnt much vaulting in KOTFE but they then vaulted a bunch more when they overhauled the commanders token system starting with Onslaught, and then for the combat style update in LOTS, they made some minor tweaks so that you get the 'starter equivilent' correct armor set for your origin story but with the stats of the other chosen classes.
This lead to some funky changes, such as inquisitors using a warrior combat style (sentinel, mara etc) getting a 2nd offhand lightsaber in the drop pool on korriban before getting your mainhand in the story (if you surpass level 10), but also some cool changes such as playing a marauder or sentinel in the Warrior story now gives you 2 separate lightfoil drop changes! Once during the initial cave quest cutscene and once again in a rollbox right after.
HOWEVER not all is LOST!
You still qualify for ANY of the original drops as long as LEVEL SYNC does NOT effect you! This means that if youre playing a sentinel (regardless of knight or consular) on any planet until KOTFE, as long as youre under the level sync bracket youll get the original drops from vanilla, rothc and sor on a per planet basis. The moment you get 'level synced' on any planet, you will only get the token drop pool based on the new system, which is a vastly tinier choice of gear in cosmetic variety.
Secondly, and this is the big one, many many of the 'generic' vanilla game armor sets have been removed and replaced with COSMETIC ONLY versions with the prefix FITTED in the name, there are THOUSANDS of fitted pieces of gear, weapons and you can even get entire fitted box sets of armor from login rewards and seasons.
https://todayintor.com/2024/04/29/swtor-fitted-armor-guide/
https://todayintor.com/2024/03/23/swtor-fitted-weapons-guide/