This was mentioned privately, and might as well throw it out here.
"There are only 2 possibilities for the discontent over no changes in difficulty and/or rewards. 1) They cannot (unable to discern a realistic solution) or they will not (change things and never had any intention of doing so). Either paints a very dim future for these and related concerns. At this point, all our complaints and ire is misspent and wasted effort. Those of us here since the game opened, saw this coming. Look at how long we moaned and groaned about GW. The reason it finally changed (for some) was to expedite the playing of newer content (Established players were leaving out of boredom, and frustration over time spent in game). Now, consider Einstein's definition of insanity. "Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results". The changes have been made, they will be applied."
So the people that are HSTR ready benefit.
The ones that are building are being put back further.
The ones that are just now starting to develop decent teams are being put on the back burner.
Seems like this game is starting to turn backwards.
I understand you need endgame content to keep the higher gp/level players playing, but this update is going to make others that are in the middle or less turn away.
Can someone please make a post on this with a poll to see who agrees with this and doesnt so CG can see what they are doing????
So the people that are HSTR ready benefit.
The ones that are building are being put back further.
The ones that are just now starting to develop decent teams are being put on the back burner.
Seems like this game is starting to turn backwards.
I understand you need endgame content to keep the higher gp/level players playing, but this update is going to make others that are in the middle or less turn away.
Can someone please make a post on this with a poll to see who agrees with this and doesnt so CG can see what they are doing????
One factor missing. Nothing dire or sinister. Revenue. The third factor is spend more, get there faster, if at all. If those "leaving" do not spend or do not spend enough to matter, do in fact leave, they lose nothing or next to it. What it does scream ever so loudly is, the game is not making as much as possible. They have been directed to fix that problem. Now, given that premise, who would you cater to?
Can you clarify how the dissolving of 30-50 raid rewards will affect Traya shards? Will 20+ be receiving the same amount of Traya shards that 20-30 was, or will they be receiving the lowest amount?
The changes above only impact G12 and G12+ gear. Shards, Credits, Guild Currency and Guild Event Token rewards remain unchanged.
@CG_SBCrumb What do you mean they are unchanged? That is not possible, since currently rank 30 gets more currency and shards than rank 31 does.
Edit: or wait, does that mean all the current ranks still exist, and 31-50 still get 5 shards, 11-30 get 6, and only the new stuff is split up like that, in such a way that rank 11 gets the same g12 box and rank 50?
Wow. 5 pages in a matter of ~12 hours. Predominately negative feedback. You've managed to outpace the Ships 2.0 Mega negative feedback post rate. Well done CG...
I actually found no significant change for ships after the reworks. Battles were initially slower, but I've gotten it back down from 2m30s to 50s (before reworks 40s). But it's all mostly the same ships and stuff.
Can you clarify how the dissolving of 30-50 raid rewards will affect Traya shards? Will 20+ be receiving the same amount of Traya shards that 20-30 was, or will they be receiving the lowest amount?
The changes above only impact G12 and G12+ gear. Shards, Credits, Guild Currency and Guild Event Token rewards remain unchanged.
@CG_SBCrumb What do you mean they are unchanged? That is not possible, since currently rank 30 gets more currency and shards than rank 31 does.
Edit: or wait, does that mean all the current ranks still exist, and 31-50 still get 5 shards, 11-30 get 6, and only the new stuff is split up like that, in such a way that rank 11 gets the same g12 box and rank 50?
You can’t give the latest tech to the masses. It needs to be initially gated to create exclusivity for those who want to invest and farm for it. The g12+ gears doesn’t even impact half the people posting on this thread. You can always switch guilds to match your specific needs in terms of rank. What is the best way to release new content? Freebies all around?
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
Think of it this way, how many here would still complain if they could get on a hstr guild on farm and post any value from 0 dmg and up? Get all the latest drops, g12-12+, traya etc. There are plenty of guilds out there with open spots farming this raid. They may take anyone without any specific requirement.
To reiterate how bad this change is, CG has now gated the best gear based on finishing top in a raid where top scores are almost exclusively determined by a section of the raid that ammounts to about 1/12th of its entirety? (Best NS squad able to go in P4 against DN)
Nothing else the REST OF THE GUILD DOES MATTERS, before or after that for the most part.
And this is meant to reward COLLABORATION?
So yeah, this is a terrible change.
Also remove challenge gear, and buff rewards for t1-6 so that the effort there helps progress players towards Heroic.
You can’t give the latest tech to the masses. It needs to be initially gated to create exclusivity for those who want to invest and farm for it. The g12+ gears doesn’t even impact half the people posting on this thread. You can always switch guilds to match your specific needs in terms of rank. What is the best way to release new content? Freebies all around?
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
There would be a lot less complaining if they would have held off on changing hSTR rewards till they were ready to fix rewards for tiers 1-6. Fix the rewards at the same time. I'm sitting here looking at the hSTR rewards as a buff to hSTR guilds. I get people are complaining that they think its a nerf, but they were getting too much as it was. But when you leave tiers 1-6 the same, you make it impossible for people eventually move up to hSTR and you ruin arena and ship shards by adding gear pieces that boost speed that only 1% of the playing population has access to.
WOW, so literally NOTHING on tiers lower than Heroic?!?! What a bunch of kitten! Those that can clear Heroic really need that much more of an advantage they already have in the first place? You devs are something else, I swear! You know what? Just remove Sith raid altogether for tiers below Heroic. How in the kitten are sub-Heroic tiers supposed to be able to even come close to competing if you're only rewarding those that can already clear Heroic? Geezus tapdancing ****. Seriously, just get rid of the kitten raid for tiers below Heroic.
I'd really appreciate some legitimate explanation of why the lower tiers are not being changed. If you're not going to fix our rewards, just come out and say so, and tell us why.
Your comments in the STR feedback thread have not gone unnoticed. We are still reviewing Tiers 1 through 6 of the Sith Raid regarding player progress. We want to see the results of the return of Rey’s Hero’s Journey which doubled the number of JTRs in the wild and should result in a significant boost to raid progress. Also Grand Master Yoda’s reworked kit (more details coming tomorrow!) should allow him to help with Sith Raid performance as well.
In addition, we will address other experiential concerns that we have pulled from numerous sources including the official forums and Reddit after we are able to gauge the impact of these changes on the raid.
We will continue to keep you posted on these upcoming changes.
And there it is, folks. Confirmation that really only a RJT squad is consistently viable. Unbelievable. And yes, I see the very next sentence.
You can’t give the latest tech to the masses. It needs to be initially gated to create exclusivity for those who want to invest and farm for it. The g12+ gears doesn’t even impact half the people posting on this thread. You can always switch guilds to match your specific needs in terms of rank. What is the best way to release new content? Freebies all around?
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
Think of it this way, how many here would still complain if they could get on a hstr guild on farm and post any value from 0 dmg and up? Get all the latest drops, g12-12+, traya etc. There are plenty of guilds out there with open spots farming this raid. They may take anyone without any specific requirement.
You can’t give the latest tech to the masses. It needs to be initially gated to create exclusivity for those who want to invest and farm for it. The g12+ gears doesn’t even impact half the people posting on this thread. You can always switch guilds to match your specific needs in terms of rank.
Yeah I'd rather not abandon my long-time guild in order to stay competitive, thanks though.
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
I am directly impacted because I'm maintaining top ranks in both arenas, and it sure seems like G12+ will put an end to that. Yes there should be a gap, I get that, but the gap already existed. It needs to be wider? They talk about balancing for the entire player base, but this just shows they think the gap isn't large enough. Otherwise they'd fix the lower tier rewards.
You can’t give the latest tech to the masses. It needs to be initially gated to create exclusivity for those who want to invest and farm for it. The g12+ gears doesn’t even impact half the people posting on this thread. You can always switch guilds to match your specific needs in terms of rank. What is the best way to release new content? Freebies all around?
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
Fine, initially gate it to make some $$. To create (what I consider a large) disparity in G12 rewards between the top 10 and the other 40 of the Guild behind a “gate” that basically consists of: can you get JTR in time for Phase 1, can you set up a Chex Mix run before Ph3 is done, do you have a 7* NS Zombie at low gear levels and are online to cross over from Ph3 to Ph4, and finally, hopefully, you avoid the Ph4 damage bug that can give millions of damage to a CUP Ugnaut team.
I’m in a 150m+ GP Guild. H Sith phases go so fast that you don’t get a retry for most, and you certianally can’t use your rosters. To pretend like spending any amount of money can get you into the top 10 of a guild like that is fantasy. So I guess it’s not just the little guilds they’re trying to break up.
Is this a joke? How much more feedback do you need? Find me a single post that says the rewards are fair for lower tiers. All you are doing is making it worse for those of us who refuse to abandon our long standing guild for an hstr guild.
Thanks for nothing. I usually defend you guys but this is garbage.
This. I could quote hundreds of posts. Pretty sad.
You can’t give the latest tech to the masses. It needs to be initially gated to create exclusivity for those who want to invest and farm for it. The g12+ gears doesn’t even impact half the people posting on this thread. You can always switch guilds to match your specific needs in terms of rank. What is the best way to release new content? Freebies all around?
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
Think of it this way, how many here would still complain if they could get on a hstr guild on farm and post any value from 0 dmg and up? Get all the latest drops, g12-12+, traya etc. There are plenty of guilds out there with open spots farming this raid. They may take anyone without any specific requirement.
You don't get it..... Sure, p2p will always have the advantage..... As they should
However, that typically means having the latest and greatest toons, gearing them up faster etc..... The problem with this scenario is we are talking gear, which can make EVERY toon better..... The same gear has always been available to everyone, and if you wanted to gear up faster, you paid for crystals for refreshes or pieces in shipments...... You can't even do that for this gear....
Your suggestion that people guild swap is ridiculous.... EA and CG should be promoting good guild culture.... Instead, between this and the broken rancor quest, they are killing it....
After monitoring how guilds are progressing through the challenging Sith Triumvirate Raid, we've significantly revamped the rewards across all Raid tiers. After monitoring early results & player feedback, we will do a similar pass on AAT & Pit Raid rewards in the coming weeks.
We have done some serious thinking about our intention with the original reward change and its rollout, and we've realized the net effect has gone too far to diminish the value of the Sith Raid to players while it is still relatively new, especially to the very top end of the rankings in higher Tiers. We will be revisiting reward changes in May along with Gear XII 5/6 so that we can more effectively balance rewards and progression for the entire player base, but in the meanwhile, we have decided to completely roll back all the changes to the way they were prior to the update on 4/11/18.
Note: "the entire player base."
@CG_SBCrumb you say you will continue to monitor the situation. How is it not obvious that the gap between regular and hSTR guilds (and therefore the players within those guilds) will get significantly wider, when it was already so wide to begin with? When the power lies at one end of the spectrum, how does not helping the other side achieve balance?
Again, I shouldn't have to choose between the 80m GP guild I've grown up with and a new guild to chase new gear I will need to stay competitive in fleet and arena. What you should want is for my 80m GP to be incentivized to reach hSTR. This can't be done by simply adding some JTR and a Yoda rework (unless you're going to make Yoda as killer as JTR in the raid). hSTR takes entire teams to gear. Leaving lower tier rewards in place, when the entire community (including those doing hSTR) understands they're currently inadequate, does nothing to help guilds reach their full potential.
I've got a good roster. I could go join an hSTR guild today. I shouldn't have to.
Lol most guilds cant even do a heroic pit raid and now there are gonna be peices of gear that you can only get in heroic sith raids. What a **** joke. Im done with this game the developers are literally braindead. Your game should be fun not infinitley gold digging and frustrating nice job EA
Lol, most guilds cant do HPit??? If you cant do HPit none of this will affect you anyways.
Lol most guilds cant even do a heroic pit raid and now there are gonna be peices of gear that you can only get in heroic sith raids. What a **** joke. Im done with this game the developers are literally braindead. Your game should be fun not infinitley gold digging and frustrating nice job EA
Lol, most guilds cant do HPit??? If you cant do HPit none of this will affect you anyways.
I'd really appreciate some legitimate explanation of why the lower tiers are not being changed. If you're not going to fix our rewards, just come out and say so, and tell us why.
Your comments in the STR feedback thread have not gone unnoticed. We are still reviewing Tiers 1 through 6 of the Sith Raid regarding player progress. We want to see the results of the return of Rey’s Hero’s Journey which doubled the number of JTRs in the wild and should result in a significant boost to raid progress. Also Grand Master Yoda’s reworked kit (more details coming tomorrow!) should allow him to help with Sith Raid performance as well.
In addition, we will address other experiential concerns that we have pulled from numerous sources including the official forums and Reddit after we are able to gauge the impact of these changes on the raid.
We will continue to keep you posted on these upcoming changes.
And there it is, folks. Confirmation that really only a RJT squad is consistently viable. Unbelievable. And yes, I see the very next sentence.
I noticed the irony, the use of JTR in P1 was cited as a reason for the adjustment of expose damage in raids. I'm sure they said they wanted people to build more creative squads etc, and now they are saying we will be making more progress due to more JTR.
I'd really appreciate some legitimate explanation of why the lower tiers are not being changed. If you're not going to fix our rewards, just come out and say so, and tell us why.
Your comments in the STR feedback thread have not gone unnoticed. We are still reviewing Tiers 1 through 6 of the Sith Raid regarding player progress. We want to see the results of the return of Rey’s Hero’s Journey which doubled the number of JTRs in the wild and should result in a significant boost to raid progress. Also Grand Master Yoda’s reworked kit (more details coming tomorrow!) should allow him to help with Sith Raid performance as well.
In addition, we will address other experiential concerns that we have pulled from numerous sources including the official forums and Reddit after we are able to gauge the impact of these changes on the raid.
We will continue to keep you posted on these upcoming changes.
And there it is, folks. Confirmation that really only a RJT squad is consistently viable. Unbelievable. And yes, I see the very next sentence.
I noticed the irony, the use of JTR in P1 was cited as a reason for the adjustment of expose damage in raids. I'm sure they said they wanted people to build more creative squads etc, and now they are saying we will be making more progress due to more JTR.
Yup. Crazy they just up and admitted it. We already knew, but dang. In my guild there are only a sliver of us that have Rey. And I'm not going to jump ship to a higher guild! Seriously, who actually recommends that?!? THAT, or Rey is the fix? Geezus...
In my limited experience with these pay as you go mobile games (which has only been about 4 years) the moment free players dont like the way a game is going they stop recommending it to their friends and new blood starts to drop. When free players feel nothing they do keeps them competitive they usually quit. When there aren't enough free players games ALWAYS die. People don't pay money to play a game most are no longer interested in.
Top 4 reasons people pay money for this game
1. They pay to catch up to their friends who convinced them to join
2. to help out their guild mates with guild goals
3. to crush their opponents.
4. To unlock their favorite characters.
Problems with hstr:
1. It has sent a clear message to ftp players who are no longer trying to get their friends to play due to game dirsection.
2. Its broken guilds apart rather then encouraging people to spend more and build their guilds up because the pay wall to get from new player to hstr is massive.
3. It has given their spenders a massive advantage to crush their opponents without spending.
4. New characters aren't really impacted. People who really want those toons will still pay but if their kits aren't specifically anti hstr there is less incentive to be spent on them.
I still love this game ans enjoy it immensely but the path it seems to be going down based on recent changes and forums has me worried it will isolate too many new players or players who don't want to be massive spenders which will lead to its downfall.
I remember when rogue 1 came out I got so excited with all these updates I went and saw it multiple times and recommended both the movie and this game to countless people because I loved the way different toons were released. That was the last era of updates that really had me excited enough to both spend money outside of this game and try to get others to play the game.
Great job at making everyone angry. What were they thinking? We want more people playing this game not less. The more they do to make people angry the more they have people deleting the app.
I think this is very good. Many players overreacting based on exactly how their own gameplay is affected. Thinking of this change as a whole i think its good. Of couse shall the best players or the ones invested most have acces to the best stuff. Thats their reward for being loyal and strategic with their roosters. I see no benefit at all give g12+ stuff to mediocre players who sit and whine all day at forums.
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Define a mediocre player, is it someone who does not drop 10k or more into the game? Or is it someone who is trying to better their gameplay by sharing with their guildmates and lifting them up together as a team to accomplish a goal and strategizing together to over come? Mediocrity throws money at the game to overcome the hump immediately gaining unfair advantage while those interested in strategy and can’t afford it suffer through months of building a decent team to overcome the same issue together as a team.
You can’t give the latest tech to the masses. It needs to be initially gated to create exclusivity for those who want to invest and farm for it. The g12+ gears doesn’t even impact half the people posting on this thread. You can always switch guilds to match your specific needs in terms of rank. What is the best way to release new content? Freebies all around?
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
Think of it this way, how many here would still complain if they could get on a hstr guild on farm and post any value from 0 dmg and up? Get all the latest drops, g12-12+, traya etc. There are plenty of guilds out there with open spots farming this raid. They may take anyone without any specific requirement.
This directly impacts Arena and pilots in Fleet arena. So yes it impacts everyone.
I find it amazing the two positive feedback posts on this thread were created the same day in Jan 2017 and have never posted anything except to say how awesome the change is and belittle the player base.
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"There are only 2 possibilities for the discontent over no changes in difficulty and/or rewards. 1) They cannot (unable to discern a realistic solution) or they will not (change things and never had any intention of doing so). Either paints a very dim future for these and related concerns. At this point, all our complaints and ire is misspent and wasted effort. Those of us here since the game opened, saw this coming. Look at how long we moaned and groaned about GW. The reason it finally changed (for some) was to expedite the playing of newer content (Established players were leaving out of boredom, and frustration over time spent in game). Now, consider Einstein's definition of insanity. "Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Again and Expecting Different Results". The changes have been made, they will be applied."
The ones that are building are being put back further.
The ones that are just now starting to develop decent teams are being put on the back burner.
Seems like this game is starting to turn backwards.
I understand you need endgame content to keep the higher gp/level players playing, but this update is going to make others that are in the middle or less turn away.
Can someone please make a post on this with a poll to see who agrees with this and doesnt so CG can see what they are doing????
One factor missing. Nothing dire or sinister. Revenue. The third factor is spend more, get there faster, if at all. If those "leaving" do not spend or do not spend enough to matter, do in fact leave, they lose nothing or next to it. What it does scream ever so loudly is, the game is not making as much as possible. They have been directed to fix that problem. Now, given that premise, who would you cater to?
@CG_SBCrumb What do you mean they are unchanged? That is not possible, since currently rank 30 gets more currency and shards than rank 31 does.
Edit: or wait, does that mean all the current ranks still exist, and 31-50 still get 5 shards, 11-30 get 6, and only the new stuff is split up like that, in such a way that rank 11 gets the same g12 box and rank 50?
I actually found no significant change for ships after the reworks. Battles were initially slower, but I've gotten it back down from 2m30s to 50s (before reworks 40s). But it's all mostly the same ships and stuff.
Yes only the box will be the same.
If you are not directly impacted by it why so much whining and complaining? I get the lower tiers need rework. That is a known issue. There will always be A gap between those who dedicate time and money and those who are more casual.
Think of it this way, how many here would still complain if they could get on a hstr guild on farm and post any value from 0 dmg and up? Get all the latest drops, g12-12+, traya etc. There are plenty of guilds out there with open spots farming this raid. They may take anyone without any specific requirement.
Nothing else the REST OF THE GUILD DOES MATTERS, before or after that for the most part.
And this is meant to reward COLLABORATION?
So yeah, this is a terrible change.
Also remove challenge gear, and buff rewards for t1-6 so that the effort there helps progress players towards Heroic.
There would be a lot less complaining if they would have held off on changing hSTR rewards till they were ready to fix rewards for tiers 1-6. Fix the rewards at the same time. I'm sitting here looking at the hSTR rewards as a buff to hSTR guilds. I get people are complaining that they think its a nerf, but they were getting too much as it was. But when you leave tiers 1-6 the same, you make it impossible for people eventually move up to hSTR and you ruin arena and ship shards by adding gear pieces that boost speed that only 1% of the playing population has access to.
And there it is, folks. Confirmation that really only a RJT squad is consistently viable. Unbelievable. And yes, I see the very next sentence.
I COULD join a new guild.
I shouldn't HAVE to.
Yeah I'd rather not abandon my long-time guild in order to stay competitive, thanks though.
I am directly impacted because I'm maintaining top ranks in both arenas, and it sure seems like G12+ will put an end to that. Yes there should be a gap, I get that, but the gap already existed. It needs to be wider? They talk about balancing for the entire player base, but this just shows they think the gap isn't large enough. Otherwise they'd fix the lower tier rewards.
Fine, initially gate it to make some $$. To create (what I consider a large) disparity in G12 rewards between the top 10 and the other 40 of the Guild behind a “gate” that basically consists of: can you get JTR in time for Phase 1, can you set up a Chex Mix run before Ph3 is done, do you have a 7* NS Zombie at low gear levels and are online to cross over from Ph3 to Ph4, and finally, hopefully, you avoid the Ph4 damage bug that can give millions of damage to a CUP Ugnaut team.
I’m in a 150m+ GP Guild. H Sith phases go so fast that you don’t get a retry for most, and you certianally can’t use your rosters. To pretend like spending any amount of money can get you into the top 10 of a guild like that is fantasy. So I guess it’s not just the little guilds they’re trying to break up.
This. I could quote hundreds of posts. Pretty sad.
You don't get it..... Sure, p2p will always have the advantage..... As they should
However, that typically means having the latest and greatest toons, gearing them up faster etc..... The problem with this scenario is we are talking gear, which can make EVERY toon better..... The same gear has always been available to everyone, and if you wanted to gear up faster, you paid for crystals for refreshes or pieces in shipments...... You can't even do that for this gear....
Your suggestion that people guild swap is ridiculous.... EA and CG should be promoting good guild culture.... Instead, between this and the broken rancor quest, they are killing it....
Well said!
Lol, most guilds cant do HPit??? If you cant do HPit none of this will affect you anyways.
Lol..... Most PEOPLE can do HPIT....
I noticed the irony, the use of JTR in P1 was cited as a reason for the adjustment of expose damage in raids. I'm sure they said they wanted people to build more creative squads etc, and now they are saying we will be making more progress due to more JTR.
Yup. Crazy they just up and admitted it. We already knew, but dang. In my guild there are only a sliver of us that have Rey. And I'm not going to jump ship to a higher guild! Seriously, who actually recommends that?!? THAT, or Rey is the fix? Geezus...
Top 4 reasons people pay money for this game
1. They pay to catch up to their friends who convinced them to join
2. to help out their guild mates with guild goals
3. to crush their opponents.
4. To unlock their favorite characters.
Problems with hstr:
1. It has sent a clear message to ftp players who are no longer trying to get their friends to play due to game dirsection.
2. Its broken guilds apart rather then encouraging people to spend more and build their guilds up because the pay wall to get from new player to hstr is massive.
3. It has given their spenders a massive advantage to crush their opponents without spending.
4. New characters aren't really impacted. People who really want those toons will still pay but if their kits aren't specifically anti hstr there is less incentive to be spent on them.
I still love this game ans enjoy it immensely but the path it seems to be going down based on recent changes and forums has me worried it will isolate too many new players or players who don't want to be massive spenders which will lead to its downfall.
I remember when rogue 1 came out I got so excited with all these updates I went and saw it multiple times and recommended both the movie and this game to countless people because I loved the way different toons were released. That was the last era of updates that really had me excited enough to both spend money outside of this game and try to get others to play the game.
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Define a mediocre player, is it someone who does not drop 10k or more into the game? Or is it someone who is trying to better their gameplay by sharing with their guildmates and lifting them up together as a team to accomplish a goal and strategizing together to over come? Mediocrity throws money at the game to overcome the hump immediately gaining unfair advantage while those interested in strategy and can’t afford it suffer through months of building a decent team to overcome the same issue together as a team.
This directly impacts Arena and pilots in Fleet arena. So yes it impacts everyone.
I find it amazing the two positive feedback posts on this thread were created the same day in Jan 2017 and have never posted anything except to say how awesome the change is and belittle the player base.