Congratulations, you took the most abysmal aspect of the game and actually succeeded in making it far, far worse, I didn't think it was possible.
The payout on these events is paltry, this isn't going to make very many people buy credit packs, it's going to make them question spending anything else on this game.
I've never called out the makers of this game before for anything but the blatant avarice displayed in the recent changes to these events leads me to call you unabashedly greedy. Shame on you and a pox on all your houses.
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All you did is complain about the credit and droid events instead of providing feedback. Do you have any recommendations on how it could be better?
I think people are upset because the complaint was that we didn't get enough credits for the amount of energy expended, and then the response was to significantly reduce the credits per energy amount. I can't imagine anyone was limited by the hour constraint in the old events, just that it cost a lot of energy and didn't give xp or materials. It feels like "we heard your concerns about the old credit event, and have adjusted it to be much, much worse. Thank you for playing". I can't imagine this was actually the intention. So it's puzzling.
I really enjoy this game, and thanks for reading this post.
Ok, fair enough. Restore the payouts to the previous levels or at least by a factor of 10.
This. The fix isn't complicated. or even controversial, except to say that fewer people will be forced to trade crystals for an insulting amount credits. 24 energy for 8,300 credits (because the x3 multiplier rarely triggers) is simply unacceptable.
The old profit mining event was bad enough, but the current implementation is far worse. I'd rather have the old versions of both events back than continue being punished by these updated events.
If you don't want to give away free credits, fine, don't, it's your prerogative. Just remove this part of the game because it is really insulting as constructed. Not to mention this was billed as a rework of the keycard system because it didn't work.
The new credit events are garbage ESPECIALLY when they did those training droid packs a few weeks ago so I purchased some crystal packs and bought quite a few of the training droid packs thinking it was a good deal as I had a guaranteed 440k credits a day (2 x 50 crystal refreshes on the profit mining keycard battle) so I could level up my whole roster for GW. Now I can't even bring in 100k credits a day! Levelling up and promoting characters is impossibly slow and I am falling further and further behind, GW is harder every time I level up and now I don't have the credits to level up three or four characters let alone my whole roster and I have THOUSANDS of training droids I can't afford to use. What I find absolutely staggering is despite the outpouring of negative feedback from the community there has been absolutely ZERO response from EA. I flat out refuse to pay another penny or purchase credit packs with my crystals until we get some kind of explanation/reasoning behind this change. Up until the update where I was level 64 I had managed to stay pretty competitive in the arena (between 200-300) and usually reached battle 8/9 in GW. Since the update I have reached level 68, only managed to get one of my characters to this level, fallen below 600 in the arena and now rarely get past battle 4/5 in GW. I love this game and want to succeed in it but feel like we are being increasingly forced to pay more and more just to do basic things like upgrade your roster which we could do for free pre update. Credits are a fundamental part of going forward in this game and when it costs 170'000+ per character per level at higher levels it will take a week+ to upgrade one character! Never mind the cost of promoting... I am 10 shards away from getting Sidious to 5 stars and 3 shards away from getting Kylo Ren to 5 stars. To promote them both will cost 750k credits, at the current earning rate of the new credit event (presuming you still use the 2 x 50 crystal refreshes on it) it will take 9 days just to earn the credits to do these two promotions that's without levelling any of my other characters. I urge the development team to look into this as it seems to be a major issue for the whole community and is drastically affecting our enjoyment of the game. Prior to this I literally had zero complaints about the game, some suggestions sure but nothing that made me feel the need to come on the forums and complain like this has.
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So get rid of bonus energy. Most are quite happy to use crystals for energy and trade off for Creds/droids under the old system. The new system is just like playing the slots....
Check your math, base payout is 8,400 if you were REALLY lucky and got the maximum 3x multiplier every time (not likely) and you did it the 5 times you suggest, you arrive at a max of 126,000, a far cry from the 420K-2.5M you state.
Base 8,400 for 24 energy
3x multiplier 25,200
5x attempts 126,000 for 120 energy (don't forget this is only if you get max multiple each time)
This is at best half what you could make under the old system and likely, in reality, you're going to fare far worse.
I'm with you Carl. It was a great way to get some extra coin to star and level up.
I have struggled afterward to get the required credits.
I believe he was talking about the credit earning potential after a x10 change.
Also, on no planet is this currently worth it. Just change it to the previous payouts EA.
Upgrading your toons from 6* to 7* cost 1mil credits.
How long would it take to collect 1mil credits, if you do not purchase them?
I will spent my energy on farming gear only - it will bring me comparable training droids + additional gear pices.
Before, I would VERY RARELY play droid or credit events because they used far too much energy. However, when you REALLY need some droids or credits fast to boost up a character, it was always nice to have it there for you.
The new payout is SIGNIFICANTLY less than before. Not only that, but the advertised payout is if you get the 3x multiplier, where as the MINIMUM payout is all I ever get.
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I love the fact that options are there for cheaper events and that there are Tiers. Using 20 and 24 energy is MUCH better than having to throw down 50 every time you want to play it. However, the PAYOUT IS TERRIBLE!!! It's completely not worth the cost of energy anymore. The possible reward (if you're lucky and get x3) is HALF of what it used to be. When you're not lucky and don't score a multiplier, it's 1/6th what it used to be!!!!
My suggestion is to triple the minimum payout up from 6000/8400 credits (Tier 1/2 respectively) to 18000/25200 and drastically increase the chance of a x2 multiplier. Feel free to reduce the probability of a x3 multiplier, but it shouldn't be THAT hard to get 50K credits from spending 24 energy considering we used to get 110K from spending 50 energy EVERY TIME.
Same goes for training droids. 2 and 3 star training droids are practically worthless on 7* lv70 cards. I'm not even at level 70 yet so I don't even have the option of playing tier 2. This is another issue - I think tier 2 should be opened the same time the credits tier 2 is opened. Increase the amount of training droids given to be closer to where it was before the update.
I spend money. As a PAYING customer, I'll give you my feed back that most people who spend money want to spend it on Characters and PLAYING the game; NOT leveling up characters. Don't even get me started on how badly Galactic War was messed up by changing the Refresh button to costing 50 crystals.
I'll reiterate, this should be buffed a little. It's not good the way it is. But let's not go nuts and demand we get millions per day just because we think we are cool and deserve it.
20% , 5x multiplier , 10% 10x multiplier, 5% , 15 x, 3%, 20 , 2% 50x
somehting like this would be fun
To anybody listening; can we get some kind of explanation as to why this portion of the game is so out of whack? Is it just something we are going to have to pay no mind? is it being reworked? Is there some reasonable justification behind it that we are all missing? Any response at all would be appreciated. Over.
Now that I'm 70 and am trying to level, promote, and gear multiple heroes to 70i need credits, not xp.
The fixed payout times are the worst part of this game and makes it absolutely family-unfriendly.
The explanation is simple, obvious, and the one you think it is.