Six and seven dot mods
September 25, 2016 11:38PM
edited September 2016
For those that have spent hundreds on mods are you going to feel bad when six and seven dot mods are released for free?
Like when b2 was made f2p and I paid $250 for him 3 months ago.
Jawa engineer was also a serious economic devaluation of all of my "investment."
Single biggest reason for wallet closure for me is the power creep which eradicates prior "value."
Like when b2 was made f2p and I paid $250 for him 3 months ago.
Jawa engineer was also a serious economic devaluation of all of my "investment."
Single biggest reason for wallet closure for me is the power creep which eradicates prior "value."
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Honestly who cares what others spend their money on....
As for free 6/7 dot mods, I think this is the real reason for stalling the new raid release. Mods are such a lottery that the extra mod farming is mostly whale territory. They are giving you a bit of time to enjoy the current advantage.
The only thing you're spending money on this game is Time.
@Olddumper
No crying here, just excitement! Because I will purchasing those 7* mods as well and will continue to stay on top.
all freemium games have devaluation problems, their business models require pushing new content that are relatively better than the old
good 5* mods will still have a place some months after the 6/7* mods, since there is costs and time involved in swapping mods. your secondary toons will just absorb the good 5* mods
the devaluation in toons is much more severe, cg doesn't seem to care how expensive the toons were and how important it is to keep them viable. look at the echo/cody nerf, and the gspy bug, and how fast they bring out aayla and b2.
yea, the ROI is pretty low in this game
note: i bought gspy, it was good for 2 weeks, and then it became irrelevant
I don't care how anyone spends their money. But I get annoyed when folks like the OP here complain about having spent that money because now the plebs like us get our dirty, grubby hands on their characters.
I care because it makes my bracket harder lol jk
5 toons out of your entire collection are competing in arena at a given time. The rest matter; for raids, GW, level play if you're not done all of them, etc. ... Plenty of places for the olds mods to go.
I have largely stayed away from new mods recently due to both the coming 7* mods and the fact I joined a T7 guild so I need those credits to star up toons right now.
My arena team continues to be highly competitive, mostly with 3-4* mods. They're not unimportant, but subtle differences between mods are far from the most crucial factor to a toons performance. A toons unique skill set and team synergies out perform mods frequently. Rex's tenacity up and Kit Fisto's potency up are just two examples where the benefit out mods actual mods all day long.
I bought a maxed Tusken Shaman. (Mic drop worthy)
I'm glad you got the toons. I wish I could spend and get reasonable value. There are some examples. Rex is a notable one. Sun fac as well. I just see the value for spending is poor here. Like @Fat_Beard said above. CG actually treats its spenders awfully. I have gone f2p and never been happier.
Fair enough
500 crystals from arena + 100 from pack + ~50 from dailies and login reward mean i could do 2 normal energy refreshes and 2 cantina energy refreshes, and save some for buying the occasional scanner/furnance
but i bought a vault of crystals after deciding to jump in the b2 wagon. b2 is great in almost any team, and he was p2p previously. if i had bought b2 from aurodium i would be sick to the stomach because he was one of the few aurodiums that was actually good
Wedge doesn't count, he was only good after the rework
yea and i bought the emo-kid pack for $100 when i first started. at least they gave you something like 3000 crystals as partial refund of the money spent.
Still like the daily crystal booster though. Good value.
While it is true that you pay crystals for "time shift", the time shift is way more important than most ppl realise
Speaking for arena only, all toons have an end of life, after which they become unusuable. Therefore, getting the toon early (~start of his life) means you get to use him longer and get more value out of the millions of credits you invested in leveling up and unlocking, and the rare pieces of gears.
if you get him later, you still pay the same resources, but you use him for a shorter time, making the toon less attractive.
I think Leia is the best illustration of my "end of life" points. She was awesome when she was chromium exclusive. Then she became f2p, at that time she was just good. After the defenec update, she was marginal. finally, when everyone runs AOE meta, she is not arena-viable.
my second point is, being difficult to farm = less ppl have it = your toon is more valuable. This is because winning in the arena depends on how good your team is, relative to others. Rex is a much sought after leader because not many ppl has him, and even fewer ppl have the synergy to run a Rex team.
and i do believe this game is all about investment. you put in resources in some toons, and hope they can earn you some resources (arena coins, guild coins, GW coins). it tests your project management skills, resource allocation skills, and valuation.
That's the problem with spending here, toons that will become irrelevant after you've spend on them. Other games don't devaluate your IAP. If you take a look at Clash of Clans i.e. the crystals you spend there have a permanent use and you keep your advantage. Even if a character gets nerfed slightly, it remains meta and remains a worthwhile purchase.
In this game not so much. After your character is outdated, it sits on the bench for months to come and even without this character you would have been able to finish top 3 in arena anyway. The advantage or crystals you net here aren't worthwhile the initial purchase. That's why I went f2p as well after the mod release. There is no reason to spend anymore since f2p catches up faster than in any other freemium game I've played. There is no permanent advantage unfortunately.