The Star Wars: The Old Republic site has been updated with a recent post to summarize how players will be able to craft gear to catch up to friends, gear up alts or off-specs in preparation for Eternal Throne. To do so, there is a new crafting material that will allow the creation of gear that falls within two item rating of the best gear for any particular tier, though without the ability to shift mods and without set bonus as well.
Players will earn schematics from Command Crates. The team gave an example of tier 1 gear schematics come from tier 1 Command Crates and require materials from Conquests to be able to craft.
Mod schematics come through either reverse engineering, PvP or by looting from Operation bosses. Materials required also come from the same places.
Read more on the Star Wars: The Old Republic site.
The War Within Hotfixes - 20 June
The War Within Hotfixes - June 20
