Galactic Wars & time consumed...
While I don't have any issue with the difficulty of GW I do have a problem with the unnecessary amount of time that they now take to complete. This game is just consuming far too much time for far too many of us these days.
Both arenas, if you're viable & near the top, take roughly 2 solid hrs. Back to back. Every single day. Add another 15 or 20 mins of general activity. Another, minimum, 15 or 20 mins of upgrading characters & mods daily. We're you to 2.5 hrs, minimum, every day. Then while the TB event is running that's at least another hr each day. It's arguable that one could shave that time down but I feel that's pretty realistic. That's 3.5 hrs each day. Then there's raids. Typically, at least in my guild, rancor takes 30 mins & tank takes an hr. So now we're up to 4 to 4.5 hrs on days that TB is running, 3 to 3.5 when it's not. Then you have Galactic War, daily, and these days I'm willing to bet that's another 30 mins added to the total amount of time. So, arguably, we're looking at 3.5 to 5 hrs of gameplay. Daily. For a phone game.
I think at a certain point EA needs to shave this number down and GW would be an easy place to start. I think for a lot of us this game is becoming a huge time suck. I love this game but it's certainly getting to that point. Maybe we could have the option of just simming an entire GW after a certain point. Maybe once you hit the broken node or something. Just an idea, and you could keep the option to play it out so ppl could still test teams and whatnot. But there is honestly no need for GW to consume so much time every day when it's virtuality the same battles over and over. Imo anyway...
Both arenas, if you're viable & near the top, take roughly 2 solid hrs. Back to back. Every single day. Add another 15 or 20 mins of general activity. Another, minimum, 15 or 20 mins of upgrading characters & mods daily. We're you to 2.5 hrs, minimum, every day. Then while the TB event is running that's at least another hr each day. It's arguable that one could shave that time down but I feel that's pretty realistic. That's 3.5 hrs each day. Then there's raids. Typically, at least in my guild, rancor takes 30 mins & tank takes an hr. So now we're up to 4 to 4.5 hrs on days that TB is running, 3 to 3.5 when it's not. Then you have Galactic War, daily, and these days I'm willing to bet that's another 30 mins added to the total amount of time. So, arguably, we're looking at 3.5 to 5 hrs of gameplay. Daily. For a phone game.
I think at a certain point EA needs to shave this number down and GW would be an easy place to start. I think for a lot of us this game is becoming a huge time suck. I love this game but it's certainly getting to that point. Maybe we could have the option of just simming an entire GW after a certain point. Maybe once you hit the broken node or something. Just an idea, and you could keep the option to play it out so ppl could still test teams and whatnot. But there is honestly no need for GW to consume so much time every day when it's virtuality the same battles over and over. Imo anyway...
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They kept adding more and more stuff but they never thought how that extra stuff would impact the game in other areas; Today GW is hands down the worst part of game: painfully boring, tough and frustrating as hell.
It amazes me how the development team can be so deaf to the feedback section. I mean, this rant has been going on for ages!
Lol what?
Which is why they should keep an option to do so... but for those of us with lives outside of the game, or jobs taking up 50+ hrs per week, 5 hrs of virtually mandatory gameplay for a cell phone game is obsurd... and unnecessary. And given the general mood of the players, and the number of players that seem to be quitting, I'd think everyone would want some sort of fix sooner than later.
Ha... you're just starting, it's still a novelty to you... give it another year and see what you say then...
Not everyone takes up to 5 hours of game play daily. I run Squad Arena with Fleet concurrently since the timer in between fights is 10 mins. Rancor solos are allowed to drop score after 20 mins. HAAT is about 1 hour. TB is the real drag at more than an hour. GW usually takes about 20 minutes which is just nice for waiting in between Bronzium cool down. I tie the challenge cool down together with Bronziums so I'll finish those off in 20 min intervals. For a bad GW, it'll take 2 of those intervals at max.
Unless you are hardcore min/max and do 36 GW on GW day, you can spread it out and won't meet 12 CLS a day. TB on the other hand is the real monotonous same battle mode with up to 110+ waves of the same nonsense per TB event.
this. besides hard to beat teams, gw is the best. get rid of the unnecessary clicks and the time it take for battles, especially ship battles. AGAIN, STOP THE TIME SUCK THAT HAPPENS FOR NO REASON!!
Of which gw is an unneeded time suck... you want to keep doing your gw, fine, I won't try to stop you. But for those of us that feel different there should be another option such as SIM... I've done the same battles approximately 6000 times now. There is no need to keep repeating them at this point.
you don't take this same amount of time because your either not at the top of your arena shards, or not in a guild getting 40+ *... both of which affect the time involved.
You are welcome to check my profile, and I started playing for more than a year already.
https://swgoh.gg/u/huatimus/
If u think this game is 5 hrs of mandatory gameplay then u are doing it wrong . People quit new come on board some come back every game does this. U might be ready for a break
I haven't? Based on the numbers, I would say I have played this game longer than you ...
True, in fairness, that might be... but that's not what I'm hearing from ppl & other than when mods were introduced, I've haven't witnessed so many ppl quitting. Things aren't looking great from what I see... and I'm having trouble seeing how any of you could even argue against this idea as it would have zero effect on you if you chose to play thru your gw... And while it might not be exactly 5 hrs, I was just estimating & averaging, it is far too much time for the average player. Also, while I haven't bothered to look into it for some time now, I'm willing to bet the game is losing more players than it's gaining. More importantly, it's losing veteran players. As someone who has invested quite a bit of money into this game I'd like to see it last as long as possible. If you're not witnessing the general mood of the players then you are blinding yourself to the reality. I keep hoping EA will address the issue rather than compound it but that doesn't seem to be the case. And if you like playing this game arguing pointlessly against changes like this will, in the end, hurt your gaming experience. As I said, this idea would have zero effect on your own gaming, it would only give others options to decrease the amount of time this 1 aspect takes...
This coming from a player who made a thread asking to put an end to TB for basically the same reasons... hypocrite much?
I know you've been playing about as long, I simply didn't see your comment. In any event, I see no logic in arguing against the option as it would not affect your own gaming... this is just 1 idea. Feel free to offer other possible solutions if you don't agree. But to act like there isn't a problem currently doesn't mean there isn't a problem. I just want the game to last at least a few more years.
Also ironic that I found this quote on that very thread...