Arena Shard Duration
April 5, 2019 8:58PM
edited April 2019
Mandalorians and Jawas! Sith Lords and Jedi Knights! Here are my 2 cents on what is happening to our young padawan players!
If i am not mistaken, arena shards were created the way they were to make our novices compete with others who have been playing for the same duration of time as each other! A padawan should not have to slay a Sith Lord in order to make their first light saber!
However, there is a problem starting to spread through our quadrant of space. These new galactic starlords (hehe) work their butts off, hit level 28 in like 2 or 3 days, and WHABAM! They enter an arena shard to which they are BOUND, only to find that the TOP 50 COMPETITORS didn't have a single account under LEVEL 60. (#1 being almost lvl 65!) (PS this was me last month)
... Do you realize how long it takes to hit level 65? These Super Sayans (hehe) are perhaps 1-2 MONTHS ahead in their training!!!. Do you realize that even if they spend HUNDREDS of dollars, they STILL will be extremely behind in their shards?
As any good supporter of a beloved game does, i do not only come to critique but to offer a solution.
Your "baby boom" of new trainees is over. This excursion of a game has been offered for multiple years, and the amount of new accounts has slowed dramatically. You need a NEW SHARD TIME LIMIT! If a new shard is not full within a week, i plea that you seriously consider calling it quits, and starting a new shard. Yes, there won't be the same "quantity" of competition in a shard, but at least the competition will will be able to compete!!!
These are my two cents! I took them from Bossk so I may not be around long enough to read your reply.
Thank you for reading a dialogue twice as long as the introduction to any of the original star wars movies... You deserve a gold star.
May the force be with you.
If i am not mistaken, arena shards were created the way they were to make our novices compete with others who have been playing for the same duration of time as each other! A padawan should not have to slay a Sith Lord in order to make their first light saber!
However, there is a problem starting to spread through our quadrant of space. These new galactic starlords (hehe) work their butts off, hit level 28 in like 2 or 3 days, and WHABAM! They enter an arena shard to which they are BOUND, only to find that the TOP 50 COMPETITORS didn't have a single account under LEVEL 60. (#1 being almost lvl 65!) (PS this was me last month)
... Do you realize how long it takes to hit level 65? These Super Sayans (hehe) are perhaps 1-2 MONTHS ahead in their training!!!. Do you realize that even if they spend HUNDREDS of dollars, they STILL will be extremely behind in their shards?
As any good supporter of a beloved game does, i do not only come to critique but to offer a solution.
Your "baby boom" of new trainees is over. This excursion of a game has been offered for multiple years, and the amount of new accounts has slowed dramatically. You need a NEW SHARD TIME LIMIT! If a new shard is not full within a week, i plea that you seriously consider calling it quits, and starting a new shard. Yes, there won't be the same "quantity" of competition in a shard, but at least the competition will will be able to compete!!!
These are my two cents! I took them from Bossk so I may not be around long enough to read your reply.
Thank you for reading a dialogue twice as long as the introduction to any of the original star wars movies... You deserve a gold star.
May the force be with you.
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But I know they probably wont actually do it, it was just an idea. I would appreciate if anybody has the discord link.
Stay focused, play regularly and you will catch up. This game is not a sprint. It's a marathon with sprints in-between.
This post was literally just something to think about, and you are calling me naive without considering my point. THAT, is naive. If a shard isn't full within a week, I think it MIGHT be an OPTION for the developers to end the shard. It would help to separate such a large STARTING level and experience gap. Unless these people are using 20 refreshes a day, calling me naive is irrelevant. It would still help to have a smaller gap at the start.. These crystal hoarders still took a week or two to get that far ahead.
Either way, thank you for also recognizing that there is a gap. Whether it be shard duration, or energy hoarding, I just think something should change to make it fair for new players.
This isnt even a cash grab by EA, it's just a problem.
Yes there was once CG randomly introduced an event that gave out some XP, that screwed over some of the hoarders who were not paying attention lol. I was not affected because I'm not hardcore, I just log in and collect the free energy once a day if I even remember to do so.