It's almost as if they are trying to get rid of there player base this year. We have had the sith raid fiasco which took them the best part of 6-7 months to fix after loads of people quit. We now have Revan whereby 13 days ago they put 3 of the required toons on a node to farm and have announced they need to be 7* by next week.
They need to be realistic and listen to the player base we don't mind a hard farm at short notice if it's achievable.
This is clearly not achievable in the timescales set by the devs.
Wow... so much to me saying: you're slowly earning trust back from some people... That's like... wow.... hit in the face and just saying whales only matter.
I farmed Bastila (since she was released and just TODAY with 2 refreshes at 75 crystals) was able to 7* her. JTR was predictable to see and although I started farming right away, I was only able to get here by buying one Vet pack and spending 20$ for crystals.
Lesson I learned predicting the current trend:
Doesn't matter to farm in a already "speculative" direction because f2p and even those spending occassionally are kept out of the content... classic...
Luckily, I expected as much and did NOT spent a single $ ever since and as having lost my trust again, my wallet that was about to honor the last months snapped shut in a flash :-)
Give the continually shortening timelines, no double drops, etc., there is one and only one lesson CG wants you to learn from this. No matter how prepared you think you are for a panic farm, it will never be enough. Whale early and whale often.
These hardnode toons were availabe for farming sept 26, and now the event is Oct 18th. I get a farm panic for a couple toons but this kinda stuff destroys the fun game panic farming 5 toons in less than a month.
Normally it's Friday and the devs run for the hills til Monday morning.
However, I sense THIS topic is not one that'll die quickly, so I sincerely hope everyone voices their opinions (good or bad) so EA/CG can get a quick grasp on how the player base feels and prevents a drawn out fix like the STR questionnaire...
650 crystals a day and I'm as close to 7* on the OR toons as I am solving world hunger.
This makes me sad.....I have 1 5* Bastilla.3 4* Jolee bindo,T3-M4, Zaablar, and a 3 star Mission vao.i really wanted Revan to be a Legendary character.
Whales are what pays the bill's and now and then you need to cater something towards them but it seems you would of made alot more money if you would of waited another month. Just that one more month or even 3 weeks you would of been able to bring in dolphins also. Myself when first announced I was going to buy the packs but when the date was updated to the 18th there is no reason for me to buy them now because regardless I wont be able to get them 7* and geared.
Can we get some more whales who don't feel they have gotten enough value for the $1000s they have spent on the game make some more snarky remarks and give us screenshots of their full slate of 7* g12 OR toons? Because that's what I really want right now... completely tone-deaf, entitled (insert preferred expletive here) showing off how much money they spent and how it makes them better than everyone who's not too happy atm. At least the first guy to do it, (wont name them, but a Screenshot lasts forever) had the good sense to delete his post... or it got taken off by a mod.
That said, we don't know the start date... but its likely soon and yeah, its disproportionately providing value to the whales, even the ones that have no class... but I can guarantee there will be at least one f2p player who gets Revan... my OR toons are all 5* and I have 84k crystals banked for just such an occasion... so, yeah... gg getting your toons ready by spending all the money... I'm doing it for $0... I'm soooo classy.
Haha no chance to panic farm all that in a week. Just regular farm and hit the event when it comes back in 3 months. I'm in the same boat. There is zero reason to spend money here.
I saw a post saying this comes out on the 18th of October, one week from tomorrow. I have been farming and refreshing energy and nodes ever since these characters came out F2P, like I have spent over 4 thousand crystals on energy and nod refreshes and at best J have all these characters at 5 stars an some of them higher but I have worked like crazy and i wont be ae to get this charcter ive been prepping so long for because I wanted him!?!?! This js ridiculous.
I have no pity for those angry they aren't getting him. I had a hoard of gear and crystals waiting for Jango to finally show...only for CG to make him marquee and then toss Revan-related toons into the game, causing me to make a choice.
I chose Revan over blowing gear and crystals to get a 7* Jango...a character I've been waiting for since launch. Anyone who has every seen my post on here know this to be true. And yes, I almost quite the game because that angered me so great.
But that sacrifice seems to have paid off. I'm only 26 shards away from getting Mission to 7*, the last one needing to get there. So I understand the anger but we all have choices to make.
CLONE HELMETS!! Now let's get Sabine her epic helmet.
Haha no chance to panic farm all that in a week. Just regular farm and hit the event when it comes back in 3 months. I'm in the same boat. There is zero reason to spend money here.
I agree... if they give us 1 month mrore ppl would spend 20-40 euro... 8 days no chance, so 0 euro to spend
Before the lecture about business models and panic farming begin... I get it.
Just saying, I've been farming OR with max refresh and even got shan through shipments. I usually get 1st in both squad and fleet - calculator says I need 33k more crystals to be ready.
It's outright impossible for a f2p account to unlock this first round. Can CG at least acknowldge this?
But that sacrifice seems to have paid off. I'm only 26 shards away from getting Mission to 7*, the last one needing to get there. So I understand the anger but we all have choices to make.
Now, imagine you don't have a hoard of crystals and you don't have the capacity to make the choice you made at all. Now you understand where 98% of the long time playerbase of the game is sitting.
Why would you do this?? Sickening money grabbing behaviour.
I’ve been playing since release. This is the first time you have truly shocked me with your lack of respect for the player base. Really can’t believe you want such hard to farm characters so quickly. You can’t just want money this badly? You must want the respect of your player base? Such disregard for us is a sorrow sight.
I would ask how can you feel comfortable with this decision? I guess the answer is on a chair stuffed with money.
Doesn’t matter what I say. Post will be deleted because god forbid we have an opinion you don’t like
I'm so excited Revan is coming! I don't understand why everyone hates CG so much for doing it. They spent a lot of time on this and it is really cool, even if we have to super panic farm the poop out of this game. I am panic farming right now and it actually is really fun considering I get one of the coolest characters in all of Star Wars! Good luck farming!
I do not intend to spend any money and I have them all around 4*. Getting about 4-7 shards a day with one energy refresh, one cantina refresh, and one ship refresh. Jolee and Zaalbar on energy, Mission and T3 on cantina, and Bastila and Zaalbar on Ships. HK I got to 7* a while ago. Should take me about a month, not a week though.
I make character kits! Ask me and I will try my best to make one for fun.
Translation: I used free stuff the game gave me to get free stuff and I am unhappy I can't get more free stuff right away and have to wait for muh free stuff.....
A light side Revan? Noooooooooooo! What is this ridiculous garment on him? He’s preparing for a wedding or what? THIS IS REVAN:
This. How is this a "Journey of Redemption" if we don't even have a Darth Revan to redeem? Plus, he already has the mask, meaning he already disobeyed the Jedi Order.
CLONE HELMETS!! Now let's get Sabine her epic helmet.
Personally I’m a little bummed I won’t get him first time around but I understand that the devs made him a hero’s journey. They’re only doing their jobs everyone so try to understand
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They need to be realistic and listen to the player base we don't mind a hard farm at short notice if it's achievable.
This is clearly not achievable in the timescales set by the devs.
I farmed Bastila (since she was released and just TODAY with 2 refreshes at 75 crystals) was able to 7* her. JTR was predictable to see and although I started farming right away, I was only able to get here by buying one Vet pack and spending 20$ for crystals.
Lesson I learned predicting the current trend:
Doesn't matter to farm in a already "speculative" direction because f2p and even those spending occassionally are kept out of the content... classic...
Luckily, I expected as much and did NOT spent a single $ ever since and as having lost my trust again, my wallet that was about to honor the last months snapped shut in a flash :-)
Or just sit back and get Revan in 3 months.
Normally it's Friday and the devs run for the hills til Monday morning.
However, I sense THIS topic is not one that'll die quickly, so I sincerely hope everyone voices their opinions (good or bad) so EA/CG can get a quick grasp on how the player base feels and prevents a drawn out fix like the STR questionnaire...
650 crystals a day and I'm as close to 7* on the OR toons as I am solving world hunger.
Nice move!
I guess I have to start panic farming
I chose Revan over blowing gear and crystals to get a 7* Jango...a character I've been waiting for since launch. Anyone who has every seen my post on here know this to be true. And yes, I almost quite the game because that angered me so great.
But that sacrifice seems to have paid off. I'm only 26 shards away from getting Mission to 7*, the last one needing to get there. So I understand the anger but we all have choices to make.
I agree... if they give us 1 month mrore ppl would spend 20-40 euro... 8 days no chance, so 0 euro to spend
Just saying, I've been farming OR with max refresh and even got shan through shipments. I usually get 1st in both squad and fleet - calculator says I need 33k more crystals to be ready.
It's outright impossible for a f2p account to unlock this first round. Can CG at least acknowldge this?
Now, imagine you don't have a hoard of crystals and you don't have the capacity to make the choice you made at all. Now you understand where 98% of the long time playerbase of the game is sitting.
A character so many of us love
Completely unachievable for what? 90% of us now.
Why would you do this?? Sickening money grabbing behaviour.
I’ve been playing since release. This is the first time you have truly shocked me with your lack of respect for the player base. Really can’t believe you want such hard to farm characters so quickly. You can’t just want money this badly? You must want the respect of your player base? Such disregard for us is a sorrow sight.
I would ask how can you feel comfortable with this decision? I guess the answer is on a chair stuffed with money.
Doesn’t matter what I say. Post will be deleted because god forbid we have an opinion you don’t like
I do not intend to spend any money and I have them all around 4*. Getting about 4-7 shards a day with one energy refresh, one cantina refresh, and one ship refresh. Jolee and Zaalbar on energy, Mission and T3 on cantina, and Bastila and Zaalbar on Ships. HK I got to 7* a while ago. Should take me about a month, not a week though.
And for those of us who don't curr we'll just keep driving until we run out of gas at the "third time lucky hotel".
This. How is this a "Journey of Redemption" if we don't even have a Darth Revan to redeem? Plus, he already has the mask, meaning he already disobeyed the Jedi Order.