New Gold Ability Mats

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Anyone else notice level 8 ability take gold Mats now?

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  • Barrok
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    edited March 2016
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    lol this is a big middle finger to those who "bought" lots of these, or have hoarded them. :( Wish this was in the update notes (not that it would change anything).
  • benacrow
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    This must have been the surprise ;). But really though no warning at all.
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    I have a feeling that the drop rates on those gold mats will be about as astronomical as finding a golden ticket in your Wonka bar
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  • benacrow
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    I have a feeling that the drop rates on those gold mats will be about as astronomical as finding a golden ticket in your Wonka bar

    Does this mean there are a total of 5 gold mats available in the entire game for all players?? Yay!!!
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    Max Level Player Daily Activity – The Max Level Player Daily Activity is only displayed to players at max level and rewards a new Ability Material.
    Can only be completed after the “Claim All Daily Activity Rewards” daily activity is claimed.

    So it looks like these will not be available until level 80. So no upgrades to lvl 8 abilities until you reach the new level 80 cap.

    I am wondering how many of these will be awarded each day after completing the "max level player daily activity". I'm guessing it will be one per day, which will create another huge bottleneck for players. With each toon needing multiple mats for each skill, the grind is going to be ridiculous. It is going to make deciding who to level that much more difficult.
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    I agree... It "could" be good if it lessons the bottle neck already in place by the purple mats. If the number of purple mats stays the same and we just get bonus gold ones at a reasonable rate I think it will be OK. But I fear we will get like 3 gold mats a week...
  • DV_27
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    Is the only way to get them through daily activities after we reach 80 :o
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    benacrow wrote: »

    Does this mean there are a total of 5 gold mats available in the entire game for all players?? Yay!!!

    ...and all the chocolate you can eat
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  • LeoRavus
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    How do you even get them? Or will that be in the next update?
  • Greg1920
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    I'm pretty sure that it was implied in the update notes that this was coming at is after the L80 cap.
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    This is actualy the worst update they have ever brought out
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    Probably. It will also transform Yoda into Yogurt if you're lucky enough to get one of the 5
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    And not even single word about it in parch notes. Again stealth $%^&.
  • Waz675
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    Starblade wrote: »
    Probably. It will also transform Yoda into Yogurt if you're lucky enough to get one of the 5

    Yoda yoghurt?

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    They did say a surprise!.. Well... surprise!
  • DV_27
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    I'm pretty sure a lot of people have been hoarding purple mats before this
  • Greg1920
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    Balbes wrote: »
    And not even single word about it in parch notes. Again stealth $%^&.

    It's in the patch notes.

    New daily max activity- rewards new ability material

    Reading helps
  • Yudoka
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    benacrow wrote: »
    I have a feeling that the drop rates on those gold mats will be about as astronomical as finding a golden ticket in your Wonka bar

    Does this mean there are a total of 5 gold mats available in the entire game for all players?? Yay!!!

    Yes. And if you're a lucky finder of one, you'll be flown to EA headquarters where you'll be given a tour before killed in a comic song and dance.
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    hahahahahahaha... i bought a lot of useless aurodium data cards to stockpile purple mats. They are pushing players away in hard mode. EA, MY GOD!!!!!!! I am really really ****.
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  • benacrow
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    edited March 2016
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    Yudoka wrote: »
    benacrow wrote: »
    I have a feeling that the drop rates on those gold mats will be about as astronomical as finding a golden ticket in your Wonka bar

    Does this mean there are a total of 5 gold mats available in the entire game for all players?? Yay!!!

    Yes. And if you're a lucky finder of one, you'll be flown to EA headquarters where you'll be given a tour before killed in a comic song and dance.

    That's what I've always dreamed of!!
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  • DV_27
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    Greg1920 wrote: »
    Balbes wrote: »
    And not even single word about it in parch notes. Again stealth $%^&.

    It's in the patch notes.

    New daily max activity- rewards new ability material

    Reading helps

    The problem with the notes is that is says this is a max level reward. Which means we can't get them until we reach level 80 but abilities can be upgraded from 76. I hope there's another way to get them :/
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    There are gold mats in challenges
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    Yudoka wrote: »

    Yes. And if you're a lucky finder of one, you'll be flown to EA headquarters where you'll be given a tour before killed in a comic song and dance.

    I wonder if we get to farm Oompah Loompahs at level 7 Cantina?
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  • Brom
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  • DV_27
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    Hangfire wrote: »
    There are gold mats in challenges

    Even if they add them to challenges those only unlock at 84 which doesn't help either
  • Brom
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    If anyone can find an example of the gold ability mat being required before level 80, let us know.
  • Greg1920
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    DV_27 wrote: »
    Greg1920 wrote: »
    Balbes wrote: »
    And not even single word about it in parch notes. Again stealth $%^&.

    It's in the patch notes.

    New daily max activity- rewards new ability material

    Reading helps

    The problem with the notes is that is says this is a max level reward. Which means we can't get them until we reach level 80 but abilities can be upgraded from 76. I hope there's another way to get them :/

    I agree that it doesn't really make sense to force people to wait until 80 to get things you could use at 76 but I was responding to people saying it was stealth and wasn't in the notes. It was clearly in the notes.
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    Noooooo So I've been hoarding purple ability mats for nothing!! Well now I have no excuse not to use em for my up and comers.

    But seriously this means that you'll only be able to upgrade a lvl 8 ability once every 5 days assuming that they are the reward for completing daily a utilities at lvl 80. So it'll take 2 weeks to max a single character....
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    I actually like this idea! Some ability above 70 level can change a lot in the battle. Gold ability mat make no one can reach level 8 ability in a few days. It probably need a weeks to level up a single ability, and it can prevent the whales take over the top leadboad just after the update. Maybe it can make every one still have chance to fight for top 1 place. And I can use my purple ability mat stock for my bench team now.
  • Aero
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    edited April 2016
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    Greg1920 wrote: »
    DV_27 wrote: »
    Greg1920 wrote: »
    Balbes wrote: »
    And not even single word about it in parch notes. Again stealth $%^&.

    It's in the patch notes.

    New daily max activity- rewards new ability material

    Reading helps

    The problem with the notes is that is says this is a max level reward. Which means we can't get them until we reach level 80 but abilities can be upgraded from 76. I hope there's another way to get them :/

    I agree that it doesn't really make sense to force people to wait until 80 to get things you could use at 76 but I was responding to people saying it was stealth and wasn't in the notes. It was clearly in the notes.

    You can be level 80 and your character not 76. Not saying this is a good thing, but it's not an entirely trivial thing for the abilities to be available prior to level 80.
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