Darth Traya is for Whale Guilds only
March 10, 2018 5:15PM
edited March 2018
The heroic tier of the Sith raid is too difficult for the vast majority of guilds to beat. Only the mega guilds full of whales can complete it. So that means only whales are getting Traya any time soon. Is this what CG intended? To give the best characters to whale guilds only?
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I think we're looking at much longer than 8-9 months before she starts to appear in the rosters of "average" guilds, which I would associate with "everyone".
still cheaper than being a whale.
Yes that's the intent. It was the same for Han and gk. Don't really know why you would expect anything different. They want players to invest to get the characters they covet. This is no different. I'm not a big fan of the new raid. But if it was just a traya hand out I would be really disappointed. I don't need another 0 damage 0 thought raid. Where you just hit auto and look at your phone when it's done.
That is by design. All the legendaries and hard node heroes at max stats to complete end-game raid. Equates to a mostly complete 7* roster to get there. Talzin helps too and that is definitely a P2P hero right now. I am surprised GMYoda does not have a niche yet to require jedi investment. Would not be surprised if Rose and Holdo end up in the raid meta. Sion and Maurauder are also somewhat effective P2P.
For end-game content, sounds about right, doesn't it? But the raid is still playable at lower tiers if you want. You don't have to be a whale, but you will sure get there faster if you are.
Sure wish I did not miss JTR the first time around. Can't do squat in Heroic P1 without her.
My problem with the raid is pretty much completely covered by MCmole's video. Jedi Training Rey is one of the only viable options currently cause the bosses are so overtuned. The game is all about relying on buffs and debuffs. If debuffs don't stick (which they will not do in this raid) then there really isn't much left. All we can rely on to do decent damage in this raid is essentially expose, and since Rey's mind tricks are unresistable that is like the only debuff that works.
This raid at any tier is not fun
Indeed. And by that time, we will have to chase other 'meta for whale only' toons.
Yea, McMole sum it all
They might as well sell "raid booster" packs that each will triple your toons damage for $50 as one time use.
In this way, their game philosophy is intact.
Developers do not need to do things like coding new things.
Managers do not need to nerf game mechanics.
Company rakes in more revenue.
The End.
Of course they intend for their premium, shiny new content to only be available to their highest paying customers?
If I have a 10k per year job, I don't think Mercedes Benz or Gucci are intending to sell any of their products to me.
If I want one of their products, the only available route (not withstanding finance/debt) is to wait until it's not so new & its price comes down.
The problem is this forces whales to leave their guilds to seek out a mega guild or else forgo getting a meta defining character. Is this consolidation of whales really good for the game?
Isn’t it better to have big spenders spread out amongst more guilds?
Won’t this haves and have nots approach discourage dolphins and other light spenders and cause them to quit the game?
Relax, it's not nearly as bad as you think.
The raid structure and character release model in this game has become increasingly elitist. Not a good thing IMO.
increasingly elitist? What the fudge are you talking about? Both rancor and AAT were just roster checks aswell, only whale guilds got raid han and kenobi quickly.
Obviously new content is end game content, doesn't make a whole lot of sence to make a raid aimed at lvl 70 players.
Errrrr........ The character release model in this game has become increasingly easier. Time was a character would be released first to Aurodium packs (which you could only buy if you had spent $125USD on in-game purchases and cost something like 350 crystals each) then after several months they would come to Chromium packs, then several months after that they'd be made available to farm from 0 to 330.
That is to say this was the release pattern for characters worth having. Your Bistans and Paos and Bodhis would be given to you for free, then after a couple months put straight to farm. But your Darth Mauls and Rexes and Codies and Wedges were purely pay to play.
I think they actually like whale guilds. Whales promote other whales to spend. If your in a whale guild and stop spending you won't be there long. It's going to feel like a giant fall if you did this. Could you imagine finishing heroic regularly then switching guilds and going down to t6 guild. That would be very disappointing.
This is very correct. When you’re around a group of people who spend you tend to spend more. When you don’t you feel like you are letting your guild mates down or that you’re falling behind. I’ve asked some people who chose to spend if they’re doing it for themselves or the guild at this point.
The sith raid isn’t just for whales. It helps. It is also for those who are ftp all the way up to dolphins that have also been around a while and are smart about what they farm. In this raid it’s going to come down to who has the right teams. If you don’t have the right teams then you will fight to catch up. If you’re a whale it will make it way easier to catch up. If not, then expect to be stuck behind the time wall for a while.