Response to Raid Economy Update

I feel like people are sleeping on the fact that you can get exactly what gear you need when you need it. That means gearing up characters way faster than previously when you might have to wait a week or more for the right pieces to drop from a randomized loot box. It's a true statement that we won't be building up giant hoards of gear that are only occasionally needed - but now all those piles of gear have been converted to gear that you absolutely need right now today. So you're getting what you need faster, even if you may not be getting the same exact 'value' in terms of raw gear income. But what good is a stack of 2000 Mk 4 holos when you only need 50 or so to gear your current projects and you're still starving for Mk4 commlinks or Mk8 binoc components?

I feel like the prices on the Mk1 gear is really reasonable - in particular because there's SO MUCH of it on offer (a huge plus in my book) and you can basically go to the store and buy full pieces worth of what you need in one shot - and still have currency left over.

I know it's hard to quantify the value of it, but they've opened up the floodgates on player agency and choice when it comes to rewards and I feel like that's a very, very good thing. It's also something the community has been asking for since the very beginning. I can't remember how many times I've read in guild chat and discord, "These rewards would be so much better if I could just pick the gear..."