OK So I've been playing my F2P alt account and running every Lvl 2 quest at Lvl 3 and Kobold Assault+Redfang at Lvl 4 on Hard {2nd Life].
So far 90% of the loot I've picked up has been too high min lvl for me to USE! {Min Lvl 4 in Level 2 quests on Hard, Min Lvl 5 in the Lvl 3s on Hard.}
This isn't a big problem for me but for newbies this is insane!
Especially if they're joining Groups that are running Elites {I'm only running Hards!}.
No I'm not running a Loot Gem just the basic Shipbuff that comes as part of the package!
Another issue is that a good proportion of the loot is dropping with +0 to effects {Bugged I assume?}.