Fewer and fewer things to buy as a F2P...
So I've reached an interesting impasse in that I've maxed out what I can buy from most of the stores using the different currencies in the game. While it is certainly the case that I can turn those currencies into either Ship materials or used for Shard Shop currency, it isn't quite the same as being able to earn and spend that currency on something you are working towards diligently.
Surely there must be other people who are F2P who are running into this same situation? I used to find myself spending (and occasionally buying) crystals in order to refresh activities in order to earn more currency each day, but now I don't see the point since its all just getting recycled into a different type of currency.
I think if there were more moderate crystal sinks then I would actually spend more on the game, but right now its either feast or famine and I just don't feel the need to plunk down huge chunks of crystals for the 'bleeding edge' content.
Surely there must be other people who are F2P who are running into this same situation? I used to find myself spending (and occasionally buying) crystals in order to refresh activities in order to earn more currency each day, but now I don't see the point since its all just getting recycled into a different type of currency.
I think if there were more moderate crystal sinks then I would actually spend more on the game, but right now its either feast or famine and I just don't feel the need to plunk down huge chunks of crystals for the 'bleeding edge' content.
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Should you desire something to do with crystals may I recommend refreshing hard nodes to shorten those 8 month farms. Also refresh cantina 3x100 per day until you have all of those toons to 7*. Then spend some refreshes mod farming after those are done. Or do both simultaneously. And look up which gear pieces are the best value for crystals. Buy those with crystals. But the ones that are not a good crystal value you can buy from the shard shop, or guild store instead. Enjoy the gear grinding.
“They announced in a Q&A a few months ago that they will not be adding new characters to some of the stores since they intend for new character releases to be bought using rage money induced by putting all new characters in single hard node or highly competitive cantina node farms”
Fixed it for ya. I’m pretty certain this was their real “intent”
Don't forget that platoons you paid thousands and thousands of dollars to be able to fill will have new pay only toons added making platoons a permanent black hole that takes away progress people paid for already.
Unfortunately for them I'm too smart to rage.
However, given the small sample size of "most posters" I can't say I blame them.
But, yeah, for the sake of the other stores—no joke, ever since I maxed them out I’ve been enjoying the game so much more! I buy hellllllllla gear now and the characters I have are getting gear levels at a super fast rate. Took three geonosians from 7 to 10/11 in a little over a week!
The shard shop as a means to farm gear is really nice, but anybody who has multiple characters maxed out from each store has a source of shard shop currency. There’s no reason for them not to put more characters into those stores other than to create a new bottleneck with new character shards
They do have a moderate crystal sink available. It's called gear. I just unlocked Wampa and want him as powerful as possible as quickly as possible. CG will get a few dollars from me because I'm impatient AF.
Once Wampa is 7* I can focus 100% of my GET towards gear and progression will become even more enjoyable. Farming character shards from the shops is probably the least enjoyable part of the game for me.