Was this game always like this?
Hi, as a new player I wanted to ask a few things.
I have played this game for a grand total of 5 days and as I did not do anything in those 5 days that I could describe as "fun" I have just uninstalled it.
I am wondering if this is a product of the game being too old, has it evolved to this restrictive blocked grind or is this how it always was. 90 percent of the game is locked to advanced players. You cant enjoy anything unless you pay but if players cant enjoy anything why would they pay? Maybe it wasn't as blocked always and the level and star requirements were relaxed earlier? Im not sure.
But from my experience :-
story line is blocked by energy requirements spend 10 mins simulating and thats all u can play for the day.
pve is limited to 5 times
events are limited by character requirements
guilds only commit to 7 star raids
no guild events for newbies
no mod battles for newbies
no galactic wars for newbies
other things Im not even aware of.
I suppose the game expects to make revenue off players its already got hooked months ago. I don't see why a new player will wanna stay/spend.
If any EA staff see this, might I suggest if a 7 star is a requirement to do anything on this game now, maybe start new players off with a weak one like netmarble does in its games of the same format, so that new players might enjoy the game enough to stay and possibly spend. Thanks all for reading!
I have played this game for a grand total of 5 days and as I did not do anything in those 5 days that I could describe as "fun" I have just uninstalled it.
I am wondering if this is a product of the game being too old, has it evolved to this restrictive blocked grind or is this how it always was. 90 percent of the game is locked to advanced players. You cant enjoy anything unless you pay but if players cant enjoy anything why would they pay? Maybe it wasn't as blocked always and the level and star requirements were relaxed earlier? Im not sure.
But from my experience :-
story line is blocked by energy requirements spend 10 mins simulating and thats all u can play for the day.
pve is limited to 5 times
events are limited by character requirements
guilds only commit to 7 star raids
no guild events for newbies
no mod battles for newbies
no galactic wars for newbies
other things Im not even aware of.
I suppose the game expects to make revenue off players its already got hooked months ago. I don't see why a new player will wanna stay/spend.
If any EA staff see this, might I suggest if a 7 star is a requirement to do anything on this game now, maybe start new players off with a weak one like netmarble does in its games of the same format, so that new players might enjoy the game enough to stay and possibly spend. Thanks all for reading!
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Dude, lots of things are locked for new players, progress through the game, make wise choices and then you can unlock certain things. Ea didn’t give us CLS for free, players had to work hard for that and they are still working trying to unlock CLS. Let the game teach you before you move on to the more advanced stuff. It becomes a headache if you don’t take things slowly!
Not true a friend of mine broke his android and had to restart on io's. He's back in the game in no time focused on phoenix for emperor and trawn and because of that hes back up there. And he's f2p aswell.
The feeling you feel now, is the entire game. Content will always be locked until you progress. Progress is simply simming until you pass the point.
Then you play the progress in a few minutes and it’s over and back to the grind again.
Now there is one raid made for newer players, but you will have to do work to find a guild who runs it. The pit has much lower difficulty levels, going as low as 2 or 3 star requirements?
Anyways, we at the high end have already put the time to progress at the high end, but we still have to be blocked to progress. The reason we stay is the time and money put in. It takes a lot to quit once you’ve been drawn in. Guild breaking up, or realizing the monotony, ect.
... And this is what we call entertainment!
you missed the point. Dont really want everything or to be the best in 5 days, just some part of this "game" to be "fun" like games are supposed to be. atm its zero fun and 100 percent work.
This is just plain nonsense. This game is all about focus: know what you do, get into a favourable starting position so that you get a positive feedback loop going, and enjoy.
I am F2P, started August 2017 in a fresh shard with a small hoard (under 3k energy), have been very focussed in all I do, and am ranking consistently top 10, often top 5 (yesterday even nr 1) in arena and fleet - and having a blast at it.
Ofc you don't need to do all at once: focus your arena team first, closely followed by fleet team, then work towards the legendary toons you need (in my case: just 7s-ed my 5th Empire today, and the CLS crew is almost ready as well).
I couldn't agree more with you. Why do people enjoy collecting stamps. It doesn't sound fun to us who don't but the accumulation of one's horde whatever that may be is enjoyable. I play this game constantly and I collect sealed video games ill never open or even take out of there extra safe display cases. What do I get from this nothing but I enjoy it.
dont worry you will hit a wall trust me
The trick that you're seemingly not affected by is that when you first install the game you progress super fast and you get hooked. To a certain extent the game is more fun when you first start playing eventhough you're locked out of alot of content because you're working towards unlocking that content. Best part of the game is that the only compete vs players who started around the same time as yourself. Well, with the exception of all guild things, then again, you can chose your own guild.
If you uninstalled withing the week, it's probably safe to assume this game ins't for you.
However new players are now allowed to see requirements and set specific goals and a proper gameplan of their targets
This game is a marathon, and you are complaining while lining up at the starting line.... I am not sure this is really the game for you.
Many games are paced with energy refreshes or wait times, or lvl caps. This doesn't mean you need to spend to progress, the game is fairly F2P 'friendly' with its crystal distribution, you just need to stay focused and make wise choices. If you want everything up front then you have to make the choice to pay.
Knowing that a gamer can install the product, view enough of the content to do the math, and walk away is a good thing to know and probably representative of a measurable percentage of people that have downloaded SWGoH only to abandon it.
The whole marathon thing either needs to die or make its way into the game description on Google by adding words and phrases like "eventually" "slowly paced" "one day" or "after several years".
And not recommending the game is not nonsense. It's an awful grind. It is. And knowing players will NOT recommend the game is also essential feedback.
If you ran a restaurant that served amazing food but most people never came back a second time, you'd want to know why. And if it came to your attention that many of them felt the service took too long, it'd be something worth considering and reevaluating because it's extremely likely that those people had a reasonable expectation.
When you first reach arena at level 28 or what ever or put on a shard consisting of people that 28 within a couple weeks of yourself, so your not battling to catch up to old whales who already have everything, not saying there's not gonna be new whales or old whales making alts though
U played 5 days quit , went to the forum and posted long post that is "special " to say the least for what exactly? Don't answer u got your attention everybody look at this.
What game are u playing? U don't have to spend any money at all on this game especially new players. I started a second account and progressed I lot faster than when I first started. As to the time sink people talk about really I find myself finishing it so fast I have nothing to do in game most days.