PvP Gear Guide

[Ryath]

Hey All,

I just wanted to post a few things in regards to PvP Gear and Titles I have found around the net. There have been many questions, and I wanted to get information out there for people to absorb.

First, the titles. The current Valor titles are as follows:

Skirmisher – Valor Rank 10
Duelist – Valor Rank 20
Gladiator – Valor Rank 30
Centurion – Valor Rank 40
Champion – Valor Rank 50
Battlemaster – Valor Rank 60
War Hero – Valor Rank 70
Conquorer – Valor Rank 80
Warlord – Valor Rank 90
Elite Warlord – Valor Rank 100

Now, gear. This was taken from here: http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...ide?p=14791092

So first, a few quick facts regarding the sets:

• They do have set bonuses. You can't see them in-game unless you attain a piece. You can see the set bonuses at http://knotor.com .
• There is a 2piece and a 4piece set bonus for each set.
• You can use two 2piece bonuses from two different sets.
• All of the different tiers of the PvP gear share the same set. For example, you can have a Centurion Vindicator's Chestguard and a Champion Vindicator's Headgear and you will still get the 2piece bonus.

The vendors to buy the items are located at your faction's respective hub (Republic Fleet/Imperial Fleet). They should be across from the class trainers.

Now, some quick facts about the tier items and commendations:

• For each epic PvP tier besides the first tier (Centurion), you have the choice of buying the items with commendations such as Champion Commendations, or with tokens such as Unassembled Champion Frontline Force Mainhand Weapon
• The reason why you cannot get Unassembled pieces for Centurion are because the boxes for that tier do not exist. In order to get the Centurion Commendations you have to purchase Champion Gear Bags and get them from there.
• The unassembled pieces you get are completely random and you can get duplicates. With the unassembled pieces you get to pick what item to buy that corresponds to the piece you get (such as a DPS weapon or a tank weapon depending on your preference)
• The gear bags are unique, meaning you can only have one in your inventory at a time.
• You can buy the Champion Gear Bags before level 50, but you cannot open them until you are level 50. They are also unique so you can only hold onto one at a time.
• You must be level 50 and Valor rank 60 to open the Battlemaster Gear Bags
• The bags either give you 3 commendations from the previous tier, or 1 commendation from the previous tier and an unassembled item equal to the tier of the bag. For example, if you attain a Champion Gear Bag, you will either get 3 Centurion Commendations or an Unassembled Champion piece that can be used to turn in for an actual Champion tier item, such as Champion Vindicator's Headgear
• It costs 200 Warzone Commendations and 200 Mercenary Commendations to buy a Champion Gear Bag from the PvP vendor (located in the fleet hub, next to the PvP terminals)
• You also get the boxes from Warzone Dailies/Weeklies and Ilum Dailies/Weeklies

You can only get Battlemaster Gear Bags from the Warzone and Ilum Dailies/Weeklies. You can't use them unless you are valor 60. You cannot buy these like you can the Champion Gear Bags.

I understand this is probably getting confusing, so I will try to simplify it. This is the strategy I use to acquire the gear. I went right for the bags and didn't bother buying any blue pieces.

Assuming you are level 50:
1. Save up 800 Warzone Commendations. You can get these from completing Warzones.
2. Go to the PvP vendor, either in a Warzone or on the Fleet. Use 600 of your Warzone Commendations to purchase 200 Mercenary Commendations
(Note: You can also roam around Outlaw's Den on Tatooine to get Mercenary Commendations from chests in the zone)
3. After you have 200 Warzone Commendations and 200 Mercenary Commendations you can buy a Champion Gear Bag
Now that you have your first box. Open it up! You'll either get 3 Centurion Commendations or 1 Centurion Commendation and an Unassembled Champion Piece.

Now you can start gearing up. Use the Centurion Commendations to buy pieces you need or want as soon as possible, and hope you get lucky and get some Champion pieces.

I personally used my Centurion Commendations to replace poor pieces of gear I had such as low level greens first, and relied on luck to replace the gear I had that wasn't terrible (Such as orange modifiable items with epic mods)

You also get either Champion Gear Bags or Battlemaster Gear Bags from Warzone and Ilum weeklies/dailies.

After you get to valor rank 60, you can start picking the Battlemaster Gear Bags from the Warzone and Ilum PvP dailies/weeklies and repeat the above process except with Champion Commendations and Battlemaster Unassembled pieces.

I hope this helps, and good luck gearing up for PvP!

[RJO]

This is wicked - thanks man.

[Jibbler]

Very helpful. Thanks for the post.

[Viveck]

This is pure gold!

I started flipping my warzone commendations to merc commendations but I'm about to max those out as well, and I'm unfortunately only in my uppers 30's as I write this, flipping holidays and weddings destroyed my playing time for the last 7 days. I think the bigger hurdle will be simply attaining the valor rank, I'm about 28 or so myself and I've PvPed quite frequently.

I didn't realize that there were set bonuses, this is a fantastic find!

[Wisqi]

Another pvp gear tidbit I read today that tons of people might not know about it.

The PVP vendors on the fleets are NOT the only PVP vendors. You can find additional vendors on your capital planets (Coruscant and Dromund Kass). The vendors have class specific gear that are level 50 blues. You can purchase the entire set as you level up and have it waiting on you at 50. The cost around 500ish Warzone tokens each. They also appear to have some sort of upgrade available that turns them into purple quality pvp gear.. However, this upgrade method is either unknown or not currently in the game.

This gives you something to spend tokens on while leveling up so you can have a level 50 blue set waiting for you (the guys in the Fleet only sell levels 20 and 40 gear, I believe). I have my 1 bought champion bag that's unique that I can't open until 50, and I'm filling up my Merc commendation pool again to 1000 again to buy 5 more bags at 50. Once that is full and I can't buy anything else, I'll go get these level 50 blue pieces. I'll probably end up replacing (hopefully) some pieces immediately if I have good luck from the 6 total bags I'll have availabe once I hit 50, but such is life

I also read that if you get duplicate pvp items from the bags you don't need, you can rip out the mods to put into your lower level gear to at least boost those pieces up a bit until your luck is better.

[Heden]

I also read that if you get duplicate pvp items from the bags you don't need, you can rip out the mods to put into your lower level gear to at least boost those pieces up a bit until your luck is better.

Remember that mods increase the lvl req of the item they are put on...so be careful here

[Kiylie]

Remember that mods increase the lvl req of the item they are put on...so be careful here

You can't actually use a mod that is higher than your level, so you won't run into any problems. I know because I tried >_<

[Wisqi]

You also won't be albe to open said bags until you're 50 anyway so it won't matter if the level req is increased to 50

[RJO]

Another pvp gear tidbit I read today that tons of people might not know about it.

The PVP vendors on the fleets are NOT the only PVP vendors. You can find additional vendors on your capital planets (Coruscant and Dromund Kass). The vendors have class specific gear that are level 50 blues. You can purchase the entire set as you level up and have it waiting on you at 50. The cost around 500ish Warzone tokens each. They also appear to have some sort of upgrade available that turns them into purple quality pvp gear.. However, this upgrade method is either unknown or not currently in the game.

This gives you something to spend tokens on while leveling up so you can have a level 50 blue set waiting for you (the guys in the Fleet only sell levels 20 and 40 gear, I believe). I have my 1 bought champion bag that's unique that I can't open until 50, and I'm filling up my Merc commendation pool again to 1000 again to buy 5 more bags at 50. Once that is full and I can't buy anything else, I'll go get these level 50 blue pieces. I'll probably end up replacing (hopefully) some pieces immediately if I have good luck from the 6 total bags I'll have availabe once I hit 50, but such is life

I also read that if you get duplicate pvp items from the bags you don't need, you can rip out the mods to put into your lower level gear to at least boost those pieces up a bit until your luck is better.

Do you happen to know what any of these items are called? I'd be curious to research them on TORhead... see what stats are like, etc

[Wisqi]

I haven't gone to visit the vendors, but if you sort Torhead by "blue" quality, it looks like it's the expertise stuff that is iLevel 51, requires level 50, and shows a cost of 1 credit. Here's a sorting for the medium armor, for example:

http://www.torhead.com/items/catg/2/subcatg/2/quality/4