During a patch this week, Star Wars: The Old Republic made a rather big change to their Legacy system. If you don't recall, the Legacy system is an XP bar shared by all of your characters allowing you to unlock some new and interesting things. BioWare decided to lower the requirements for a number of the perks.
- The Legacy Levels required for experience modifier perks have been adjusted. The ranks now require Legacy Level 2/3/5/7/10 (changed from 5/10/15/20/25).
- The Legacy Levels required for companion modifier perks have been adjusted. The ranks now require Legacy Level 2/5/8 (changed from 5/10/15).
- The Capital World and Outlaw's Den priority transit perks now require Legacy Level 2 (previously 10).
- The Fleet Vanguard and Black Hole priority transit perks now require Legacy Level 5 (previously 10).
- The Legacy Levels required for the repair droid perks have been adjusted. The ranks now require Legacy Level 5/8/12 (changed from 10/15/25).
- The field respec perk now require Legacy Level 5 (previously 10).
These are some significant level requirement reductions. I must say I am very happy to see them happen. My Legacy level is still only 5 (have a 41 and 31), so this opened up a number of new options for me. I went ahead and purchased the 2nd tier Warzone and Class Mission experience boosts right away. I could get the 3rd, but I'm too cheap.
So why the change of heart? I can think of a couple reasons. One, there is a large segment of the population still under Legacy level 10. This would give them more to strive for. It could also be in preparation of F2P this Fall. Secondly, maybe they want to make room for new unlocks at those higher levels.
Overall, I think it is a very good change.
