[2023] Progression Changes coming in 7.3

Hey Community!

In patch 7.3, we will be making some changes in an effort to reduce the complexity of Gear Progression in the Legacy of the Sith expansion. I wanted to take some time to discuss these changes with you.

Removal of Daily Resource Matrices
Daily Resource Matrices, rewarded mostly from Daily and Heroic missions, are going to be removed and activities that used to reward DRMs will instead reward Conquest Commendations. This removal will also make it so players of PvP, Flashpoints, and Operations will no longer be required to play Daily or Heroic areas to upgrade their gear (more details on this later in the post).

Players won’t need to do anything to prepare for this currency removal. During maintenance for the 7.3 patch all Daily Resource Matrices and their boxes will be converted into Conquest Commendations. You’ll receive 1 Conquest Commendation for each Daily Resource Matrix.

More breathing room on currency caps
We’ve heard your feedback on the frustration currency caps cause and will be raising the weekly caps for progression currency as follows:

• Increased the weekly cap of Conquest Commendations to 6000 (up from 2500).
  • Increased the total cap of Conquest Commendations 4000 (up from 2500) to account for the removal of Daily Resource Matrices.
• Increased the weekly cap of FP-1 Stabilizers to 3000 (up from 1200).
  • The total cap will remain at 2500.
• Increased the weekly cap of WZ-1 Accelerant to 2000 (up from 1200).
  • The total cap will remain at 1200.
• Increased the weekly cap of OP-1 Catalyst to 2000 (up from 1200).
  • The total cap will remain at 1200.

Fewer currencies required to upgrade gear
We will also be reducing the currencies required to upgrade gear, allowing players to better focus on the content they enjoy. Here are the coming changes, organized by their vendor.
Conquest Gear Vendor:
To Purchase Gear => Conquest Commendations, Credits
To Upgrade Gear => Previous Gear Piece,Conquest Commendations, Credits 
 
Flashpoint Gear Vendor:
To Purchase Gear => Flashpoint Stabilizers, Credits
To Upgrade Gear => Previous Gear Piece, Flashpoint Stabilizers, Credits 
 
Operations Gear Vendor:
To Purchase Gear => Operation Catalysts, Credits
To Upgrade Gear => Previous Gear Piece, Operation Catalysts, Credits 
 
PvP Gear Vendor:
To Purchase Gear => PvP Accelerants, Credits
To Upgrade Gear => Previous Gear Piece, PvP Accelerants, Credits

Legendary Implants Vendor:
To Purchase => Conquest Commendations, Tech Fragments, Credits
To Upgrade => Previous Implant, Conquest Commendations, Tech Fragments, Credits, Previous Implant

 

These will not be the final changes to Gear and Progression, so please continue to send your constructive feedback on these changes and overall progression.

Gotta jet, Lonndar Eadwinn has something really interesting to show me and I’m already late!

 

This thread will reopen for feedback once PTS goes live. We wanted to give everyone time to read over the changes first.

Thread is now opened (05/05/2023)

Players can provide feedback on the Gear Progression coming to 7.3. Be sure to read this initial post before jumping on the PTS. 

• Have you run into any bugs? If so, please offer step by step details so we may be able to reproduce your experience. 
• Is there any other general feedback you would like to share?