Something I'm Noticing, Along With A Reminder
With the incoming Falcon, I'm noticing people are stressing out because they have been farming HT for months now and the Falcon is going to wipe it out. Or all their Empire ships are now worthless against Rebels. So on and so on. It seems to happen every time something new comes out. It kinda feels like there are some who are losing the sense of fun...
This game is a blast to play. They had me in Dec 2015 when they said "Collect Your Favorite Star Wars Characters..." Uh, yeah, no duh I'm all over that. It seemed like people were having fun and really enjoying an app that connected us to the Star Wars universe more than any other before or since.
Nowadays, there are soooo many complaints. "I have been farming (insert here) and with the introduction of (insert here) it's now worthless." Or "CG has horrible communication." Or "This is just a huge cash grab and I'm done with it." On and on. In my opinion, that's pretty lame.
Yes, there are things that are frustrating. But does it really matter? Number one, it's a game that lets you have a ton of fun with Star Wars. But that's just it. It's a game. This isn't your job that makes you real life crystals in the form of green paper. Your guild probably isn't your real life family (if it is, well then cool.) You know those backgrounds for the battles? There are real life places that we can go visit that were the inspirations for those backgrounds. The point is, and I say this as much to myself as to anyone else, no matter how well or not you do in SWGOH, that will not change anything about our real lives (for 99% of us - lookin' at you CubsFanHan and MobileGamer). Use this as a tool to have fun, relish in the Star Wars nerdiness, and maybe connect to some people you didn't know before. Don't look for anything else cause it's likely you'll be dissapointed.
Number two, YOU WILL GET THE LEGENDARY CHARACTER/SHIP YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. You might get it the first time around because (let's be honest) you were lucky. If you get it the second, third, or fourth time around, will that really change anything for you while you wait? You might not be in the top of your arena, but out of the, let's just say, 1,000,000 people who play this game, most of us aren't going to be in the top 50 anyways. And complaining about your current farm isn't going to do anything. Hound's Tooth is still going to be a very, very good ship for a long time, whether the Falcon and Rebels become the Meta or not. You're forgetting about the other areas of the game. Using HT as our example, you still need it to get the Falcon. It's needed in DS TB, and it's a very good defensive ship in GA and TW. Another example is Nest. SHE IS STILL A GOSH DARN GOOD CHARACTER. Just don't use her against Revan. Other than that there is TW, TB, GA... If playing to the Meta is your game, then go for it. There are people I know in the game that do and have a ton of fun doing it. But here's the catch, they're not complaining about things.
For me, I've been playing since the start. I took around 8 or so months off in 2017, and another little break in 2018. I've had RJT for a while now, but I just unlocked CLS this morning. I won't have Revan for a long time. I've got Chewie, but the seventh star eluded me, so I'm focusing on my BH team right now (without Bossk and Dengar, so we'll see what happens next go round). C3PO and Ewoks? Forget it. Jawas and whoever they are going to be used for? Now were talking! (see, humor!). And I do just fine in the game. I float around 45 to 65 in ships arena, and 200 - 300 in squad. That's good enough for me, I still feel like I still get enough crystals to help me out a lot (besides, since my shard is so old I'll never make it to the top, those guys have rosters that are so deep Aquaman would have trouble with it).
GA showed me that even though I lack in certain areas, so does everyone else, and I'm not as bad as I thought. I won most of the battles I was in. The two I lost were due to my opponent being a very, very smart player who invested to have a few amazing teams, and not that many characters in total (thus the low GP). It also showed me that most of your characters will have a utilization at some point. I was having trouble with a Nightsister team that I just couldn't beat, and was all out of usable characters. Lo and behold I had my Jawas and HK-47 left, and whamo I beat those pesky sisters (I think I had gotten Old Daka out of the way by that point, and more than likely some excellent RNG was involved...).
Anyways, I'm losing my train of thought. Thanks for sticking with this post for so long. Your prize is the satisfaction of knowing you read something today. The whole point is... This game is fun and we need to remember that. Stop worrying about who has what and whether your keeping up. Compared to everyone else, you probably are. If you want to spend money, go for it. If you don't, you can still have fun! And lastly, enjoy this small piece of the Star Wars Universe that you can control.
That's all. Thanks!
This game is a blast to play. They had me in Dec 2015 when they said "Collect Your Favorite Star Wars Characters..." Uh, yeah, no duh I'm all over that. It seemed like people were having fun and really enjoying an app that connected us to the Star Wars universe more than any other before or since.
Nowadays, there are soooo many complaints. "I have been farming (insert here) and with the introduction of (insert here) it's now worthless." Or "CG has horrible communication." Or "This is just a huge cash grab and I'm done with it." On and on. In my opinion, that's pretty lame.
Yes, there are things that are frustrating. But does it really matter? Number one, it's a game that lets you have a ton of fun with Star Wars. But that's just it. It's a game. This isn't your job that makes you real life crystals in the form of green paper. Your guild probably isn't your real life family (if it is, well then cool.) You know those backgrounds for the battles? There are real life places that we can go visit that were the inspirations for those backgrounds. The point is, and I say this as much to myself as to anyone else, no matter how well or not you do in SWGOH, that will not change anything about our real lives (for 99% of us - lookin' at you CubsFanHan and MobileGamer). Use this as a tool to have fun, relish in the Star Wars nerdiness, and maybe connect to some people you didn't know before. Don't look for anything else cause it's likely you'll be dissapointed.
Number two, YOU WILL GET THE LEGENDARY CHARACTER/SHIP YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. You might get it the first time around because (let's be honest) you were lucky. If you get it the second, third, or fourth time around, will that really change anything for you while you wait? You might not be in the top of your arena, but out of the, let's just say, 1,000,000 people who play this game, most of us aren't going to be in the top 50 anyways. And complaining about your current farm isn't going to do anything. Hound's Tooth is still going to be a very, very good ship for a long time, whether the Falcon and Rebels become the Meta or not. You're forgetting about the other areas of the game. Using HT as our example, you still need it to get the Falcon. It's needed in DS TB, and it's a very good defensive ship in GA and TW. Another example is Nest. SHE IS STILL A GOSH DARN GOOD CHARACTER. Just don't use her against Revan. Other than that there is TW, TB, GA... If playing to the Meta is your game, then go for it. There are people I know in the game that do and have a ton of fun doing it. But here's the catch, they're not complaining about things.
For me, I've been playing since the start. I took around 8 or so months off in 2017, and another little break in 2018. I've had RJT for a while now, but I just unlocked CLS this morning. I won't have Revan for a long time. I've got Chewie, but the seventh star eluded me, so I'm focusing on my BH team right now (without Bossk and Dengar, so we'll see what happens next go round). C3PO and Ewoks? Forget it. Jawas and whoever they are going to be used for? Now were talking! (see, humor!). And I do just fine in the game. I float around 45 to 65 in ships arena, and 200 - 300 in squad. That's good enough for me, I still feel like I still get enough crystals to help me out a lot (besides, since my shard is so old I'll never make it to the top, those guys have rosters that are so deep Aquaman would have trouble with it).
GA showed me that even though I lack in certain areas, so does everyone else, and I'm not as bad as I thought. I won most of the battles I was in. The two I lost were due to my opponent being a very, very smart player who invested to have a few amazing teams, and not that many characters in total (thus the low GP). It also showed me that most of your characters will have a utilization at some point. I was having trouble with a Nightsister team that I just couldn't beat, and was all out of usable characters. Lo and behold I had my Jawas and HK-47 left, and whamo I beat those pesky sisters (I think I had gotten Old Daka out of the way by that point, and more than likely some excellent RNG was involved...).
Anyways, I'm losing my train of thought. Thanks for sticking with this post for so long. Your prize is the satisfaction of knowing you read something today. The whole point is... This game is fun and we need to remember that. Stop worrying about who has what and whether your keeping up. Compared to everyone else, you probably are. If you want to spend money, go for it. If you don't, you can still have fun! And lastly, enjoy this small piece of the Star Wars Universe that you can control.
That's all. Thanks!
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lol they censored j erk. what about jerky?
I think your post isnt long enough 😬 but seriously, tons of fun? Are we playing the same game? Debacle after debacle and its CG that messes up every single time.
Hi. I agree with everything you’re saying save one thing. Cubbies is the newest game changer and looked after me and a few of my guildies at the time to get GK. I can speak from personal experience and discussions with cubbies that he’s not a shill. I don’t know mobile gamer but he seems like a nice guy. I can only speak for cubbie. He’s one of us and tries his best to pit out the most honest content that he possibly can. Yes it’s easy to throw shade to the game changers however these guys are just trying to give us some early knowledge and theory crafting. This isn’t an endorsement for or against the game changer program just an opinion from someone that knows one of them.
This just another “anyone with valid concerns be quiet because you get lumped in with people who cry to cry”.
I complain and i praise when both are due and will continue to do both.
T. Karrde 4 lyfe
Sorry, I wasn’t throwing Cub under the bus. What I was saying is that they are the only ones whose lives are really changed by this game, as in they are able to make money by doing the awesome stuff they do. Totally agree, their vids are fun to watch and sometimes super helpful. @DeadPool328 @Millwright2309
"Ignore the boos. They usually come from the cheap seats."
You are playing slots with a back story. Calm down.
Hahaha this is literally the best.
Are there a gazillion characters that need gear? Yes. But in “most” cases (not all cases) we just should have planned better. For me, now I know. When I unlocked RJT, I had her up to gear 12 the second day after getting her, and two zetas within a week because I planned ahead and was ready. I wish I had been playing like that since I started. I read somewhere on this forum about a dude who is ready to get Revan the second time around and has all the zetas and I think gear ready to max him out immediately . That’s awesome, and more people including me could take notes from that.
um, you know how many chars need stun guns, right? "management sounds good, and is true ftmp, but when they make so many chars all need exactly the same stuff...
also, many are ready for revan due to management planning, which is why people are upset bc they thought he was coming sooner (whenever that is). fwiw
Most needing the same gear is exactly why good planning is needed. How many characters need stun guns right now? Not that many, not more than 5, because if you're working on more than that you'll never finish gearing any of them. It only becomes overwhelming if you look at the entire list of to-do and want to get them all done right now.
No you didn't, the game is designed to have that massive bottleneck so people spend more resources to try to catch up on the impossible task of handing out enough of that gear.
You have to prioritize who to gear obviously but you are being sooooooo naive if you think that you put yourself in that bottleneck
I didn't prioritize well....
Carbanti are never enough
It's all good man. I figured it was taken out of context but wanted to throw in my two cents. There are a lot of people that think Cubs is a corporate shill, and he's really not. He gets frustrated with the game just like everyone else. 😄
There will always be complaining and concerns and whatever. You can't make everyone happy. It's not the same people complaining all the time but rather someone different is always going to not be happy with something. You must understand that before you give people advice on why not to complain.
Not that many. However, had I prioritized properly, most of those characters wouldn't show up because they wouldn't be past gear 1. the fact that they're at a gear level where they need a stun gun shows I didn't do a very efficient job leveling my army.
It's honestly a little surprising that the carbantis/guns are really the only early bottleneck and it is so easy to get all your toons to that point just needlessly gearing everything up