I already stocked like 800 mod energy, i also read only GG, GK and jango shards, not the entire clone wars animated characters. But what can we do, this game has always been misleading so i will enjoy the extra shards for shard currency and a lot of mod salvage, it is always like this, you gotta conform with what bone they toss you.
I agree. Did the same here. Perhaps that was the intent behind there wording. Let the buyer beware. From now on I will be very careful of trusting what I read from them the first time.
I will just hope for stun guns in shard shop to spend the new currency. I’m sure I’ll only get one or two shards with my large amount of stored energy.
You are literally the only person to catch that (that I have seen). Once again, CG's communication is lacking. It should have been made very clear from the start.
I sincerely doubt that I'm the only person who read it that way. If you just glanced at the text, you might have been misled, but the use of the word "including" before the list of characters has a very specific meaning.
Interesting that you chastise people for reading comprehension when you struggle with it as well. I did not say you were the only one, I said you were the only one I was aware of, CLEARLY indicating it could have been more.
I'm not chastising anyone, merely pointing out that the wording was clear, as long as you read it instead of skimming over it.
It was definitely a chastising message to come in to a complaining thread and tell the guy he was an **** for not reading it the way you did.
And you'll note that I didn't say that you said I was the only one.
Its clear false advertising and if i had stocked energy, I'd be extremely annoyed. Thanks from the future for saving me from this stupidity. If you think they weren't trying to capitalize on this misleading communication, I have a bridge to sell you.
Ask your wife or girlfriend how she'd feel if you told her you only had three partners when in reality its in excess of 20, haha.
If you read the message it is not clearly false advertising. It could have been worded more clearly, but is no way misleading, just misunderstood.
And therein lies the problem. Had it been stated with actual clarity, it would not have been misunderstood. If your customers misunderstand you, then you have not communicated properly.
Agree it could have been worded more clearly, but when you read it and not just skim it (like I did) it is pretty clear it's not going to be just those 3.
I dont think anyone would be mad if it was 5, or maybe even 10...but when you tell us 3 and its 3 out of 24+, thats just plain wrong...to me, it was purposely done to induce mod energy refreshes and pack purchases in order to stockpile energy for this event. And thats a garbage way to treat your customers.
Its clear false advertising and if i had stocked energy, I'd be extremely annoyed. Thanks from the future for saving me from this stupidity. If you think they weren't trying to capitalize on this misleading communication, I have a bridge to sell you.
Ask your wife or girlfriend how she'd feel if you told her you only had three partners when in reality its in excess of 20, haha.
If you read the message it is not clearly false advertising. It could have been worded more clearly, but is no way misleading, just misunderstood.
And therein lies the problem. Had it been stated with actual clarity, it would not have been misunderstood. If your customers misunderstand you, then you have not communicated properly.
Agree it could have been worded more clearly, but when you read it and not just skim it (like I did) it is pretty clear it's not going to be just those 3.
But it is not clear that it is going to be *all* of them, lowering the chance of the listed three to almost zero.
Its clear false advertising and if i had stocked energy, I'd be extremely annoyed. Thanks from the future for saving me from this stupidity. If you think they weren't trying to capitalize on this misleading communication, I have a bridge to sell you.
Ask your wife or girlfriend how she'd feel if you told her you only had three partners when in reality its in excess of 20, haha.
If you read the message it is not clearly false advertising. It could have been worded more clearly, but is no way misleading, just misunderstood.
And therein lies the problem. Had it been stated with actual clarity, it would not have been misunderstood. If your customers misunderstand you, then you have not communicated properly.
Agree it could have been worded more clearly, but when you read it and not just skim it (like I did) it is pretty clear it's not going to be just those 3.
I dont think anyone would be mad if it was 5, or maybe even 10...but when you tell us 3 and its 3 out of 24+, thats just plain wrong...to me, it was purposely done to induce mod energy refreshes and pack purchases in order to stockpile energy for this event. And thats a garbage way to treat your customers.
From how much you can scroll in the window it looks more like 40 different possibilities, such bad odds for something useful.
I read it just fine. It definitely made me believe that there was at least some indeterminate chance to get some bonus Jango shards even though I assumed it would mostly be junk. I had no idea that it would be that bad. Seeing that image of Jango buried under dozens of toons I don't need including CUP is very helpful. I know not to waste a bunch of crystals tonight before reset stockingpliling energy. So thanks for that.
I'm not sure why that makes people angry though. I don't particularly care. Nobody was misled because they didn't read carefully enough. But I'm not required to be excited either. This is another missed opportunity to get players excited about something. It used to be that in between vigorous milking sessions the devs would do fun/generous events that kept players loyally volunteering for subsequent milkings. I guess the customer retention those bonuses (like double drops) generated wasn't justifying the cost of what they gave away. Im going to assume that is why their recent bonus events have been such disappointments lately, and I'm adjusting my expectations accordingly.
Its clear false advertising and if i had stocked energy, I'd be extremely annoyed. Thanks from the future for saving me from this stupidity. If you think they weren't trying to capitalize on this misleading communication, I have a bridge to sell you.
Ask your wife or girlfriend how she'd feel if you told her you only had three partners when in reality its in excess of 20, haha.
If you read the message it is not clearly false advertising. It could have been worded more clearly, but is no way misleading, just misunderstood.
And therein lies the problem. Had it been stated with actual clarity, it would not have been misunderstood. If your customers misunderstand you, then you have not communicated properly.
Agree it could have been worded more clearly, but when you read it and not just skim it (like I did) it is pretty clear it's not going to be just those 3.
But it is not clear that it is going to be *all* of them, lowering the chance of the listed three to almost zero.
"In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Star Wars™: The Clone Wars, for a limited time, all Mod Battles Stage 9 nodes may also award bonus shards for select characters featured in the animated series, including General Grievous, General Kenobi and Jango Fett. These bonus shards will be available from 11/9 to 11/11."
This line makes it pretty clear that it is not just those 3. Having never watched the series, I do not know all the characters in it, but I would imagine it is not *all* of them.
But I am not trying to argue, I skimmed it the first time and was not expecting that list of toons to be included, but after actually reading it I can see how they would include many toons (the number of which is irrelevant).
Wording aside, this "celebration" is just underwelming, like most of their recent celebrations and make goods. That's is. Very unispiring and no where near exciting.
Its clear false advertising and if i had stocked energy, I'd be extremely annoyed. Thanks from the future for saving me from this stupidity. If you think they weren't trying to capitalize on this misleading communication, I have a bridge to sell you.
Ask your wife or girlfriend how she'd feel if you told her you only had three partners when in reality its in excess of 20, haha.
If you read the message it is not clearly false advertising. It could have been worded more clearly, but is no way misleading, just misunderstood.
And therein lies the problem. Had it been stated with actual clarity, it would not have been misunderstood. If your customers misunderstand you, then you have not communicated properly.
Agree it could have been worded more clearly, but when you read it and not just skim it (like I did) it is pretty clear it's not going to be just those 3.
But it is not clear that it is going to be *all* of them, lowering the chance of the listed three to almost zero.
"In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Star Wars™: The Clone Wars, for a limited time, all Mod Battles Stage 9 nodes may also award bonus shards for select characters featured in the animated series, including General Grievous, General Kenobi and Jango Fett. These bonus shards will be available from 11/9 to 11/11."
This line makes it pretty clear that it is not just those 3. Having never watched the series, I do not know all the characters in it, but I would imagine it is not *all* of them.
Except that it is (almost) all of them that are in the game. Like you, I skimmed it and thought it was just the 3. Had I actually read it, I would not have thought it would have been 36 of the maybe 40 we have in game.
Regardless of how you slice it (har har), it is very misleading, and I can't help but think they did that on purpose.
Has everyone gone full stupid? There is absolutely no misleading language anywhere in the post unless you didn't finish grade school. Some people are like a bunch of kids, if I dont get my candy right now when I want it I will throw a huge tantrum. Grow up people
Agree it could have been worded more clearly, but when you read it and not just skim it (like I did) it is pretty clear it's not going to be just those 3.
The implication though was that there were be a character on each node....I'm sure that's what the vast majority of players were expecting based on that announcement.....not that there would be a prize box with 30 character possibilities. Based on 3 years of player experience, I think most of us know that CUP or CW Chewbacca will end up dropping far more often than someone like Jango.
Thanks to the OP though for posting this....saves me wasting crystals on the mod energy pack that just went into the store, lol.
You guys need to learn to read. CG’s message was just fine. Most people just skimmed it and got a different meaning, that’s on them. This message is clear, and I’m not a fan of CG’s choices lately, but I’ll defend them on this one.
I didn't have any issues either understanding, thought it was pretty clear.
Here's an English translation from English though for others:
Out of the 20 Clone Wars Characters, there is a possibility not all 20 will be available as drops. HOWEVER, out of the 20, these 3 will 100% be included: Jango, GG, GK.
You guys need to learn to read. CG’s message was just fine. Most people just skimmed it and got a different meaning, that’s on them. This message is clear, and I’m not a fan of CG’s choices lately, but I’ll defend them on this one.
I didn't have any issues either understanding, thought it was pretty clear.
Here's an English translation from English though for others:
Out of the 20 Clone Wars Characters, there is a possibility not all 20 will be available as drops. HOWEVER, out of the 20, these 3 will 100% be included: Jango, GG, GK.
Except it's not 20, it's 36. And if you say "100% be included" then now it sounds like they drop every time. So much for extra clarity.
But I get it, they added "included" and "select" to give themselves leeway. That doesn't make it okay, or clear communication.
Its misleading but in a very clever manner. Honestly, I'd pat the CG staff in the back for this one. The wording was a great touch and I fell for it.
The way they followed up by name dropping premium CW Toons like GK (raid only), GG (known for being the hardest farm for the longest time), Jango Fett (Fan-Favorite not yet farmable) got everyone excited in the bonus drops was genius.
It's called marketing....if a store has 12packs of coke products on sale they dont start the ad by stating 12packs of fanta, barqs root beer and Sprite on sale. They state 12packs of coke products on sale because coke sells, so does jango shards....
It's called marketing....if a store has 12packs of coke products on sale they dont start the ad by stating 12packs of fanta, barqs root beer and Sprite on sale. They state 12packs of coke products on sale because coke sells, so does jango shards....
Poor analogy. A store would have to give away random 12 packs of soda, and say "have a chance at getting bonus 12 packs of soda from select soda brands, including Coca-Cola and Pepsi" but then only give out Sam's Cola or Mr. Thunder.
bonus shards on nodes ALWAYS suck, even if it were just those 3 characters.
They helped me get Bossk to 7* which helped me get Chewbacca to 7* which helped me continue to do well in arena without either Traya or Revan...but ok.
TRANSLATION OF THIS THREAD: "I misinterpreted the announcement and now I'm going to get angry that it wasn't clear enough and blame others and then accuse others of personal attacks when they simply clarify the situation with facts. I also seem to believe that the extra shards of Jango during a three-day span would have been enough to make a considerable difference."
these celebrations feel more like a slap in the face than if there was no celebration at all.
the good ole days before ea/cg got greedy we used to get double drops for these type of occassions. players could farm whoever they wanted to on the type of energy that was deemed a bonus node.
not sure why cg got so greedy they cant offer double drops and have to play these cat and mouse games with these horrible celebrations.
thanks for nothing ea/cg. hopefully you learn from these mistakes because the company image to most gamers is going down the tubes with these antics where we wont even try future games you develop if something doesnt change.
Argh. Thanks for sharing. I planned on stocking up on mod energy before my reset, even buying the mod energy pack for 600 crystals. Now I'll just do nothing. THANKS for the warning!
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I agree. Did the same here. Perhaps that was the intent behind there wording. Let the buyer beware. From now on I will be very careful of trusting what I read from them the first time.
I will just hope for stun guns in shard shop to spend the new currency. I’m sure I’ll only get one or two shards with my large amount of stored energy.
It was definitely a chastising message to come in to a complaining thread and tell the guy he was an **** for not reading it the way you did.
touche.
I dont think anyone would be mad if it was 5, or maybe even 10...but when you tell us 3 and its 3 out of 24+, thats just plain wrong...to me, it was purposely done to induce mod energy refreshes and pack purchases in order to stockpile energy for this event. And thats a garbage way to treat your customers.
But it is not clear that it is going to be *all* of them, lowering the chance of the listed three to almost zero.
From how much you can scroll in the window it looks more like 40 different possibilities, such bad odds for something useful.
I'm not sure why that makes people angry though. I don't particularly care. Nobody was misled because they didn't read carefully enough. But I'm not required to be excited either. This is another missed opportunity to get players excited about something. It used to be that in between vigorous milking sessions the devs would do fun/generous events that kept players loyally volunteering for subsequent milkings. I guess the customer retention those bonuses (like double drops) generated wasn't justifying the cost of what they gave away. Im going to assume that is why their recent bonus events have been such disappointments lately, and I'm adjusting my expectations accordingly.
"In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Star Wars™: The Clone Wars, for a limited time, all Mod Battles Stage 9 nodes may also award bonus shards for select characters featured in the animated series, including General Grievous, General Kenobi and Jango Fett. These bonus shards will be available from 11/9 to 11/11."
This line makes it pretty clear that it is not just those 3. Having never watched the series, I do not know all the characters in it, but I would imagine it is not *all* of them.
But I am not trying to argue, I skimmed it the first time and was not expecting that list of toons to be included, but after actually reading it I can see how they would include many toons (the number of which is irrelevant).
Except that it is (almost) all of them that are in the game. Like you, I skimmed it and thought it was just the 3. Had I actually read it, I would not have thought it would have been 36 of the maybe 40 we have in game.
Regardless of how you slice it (har har), it is very misleading, and I can't help but think they did that on purpose.
The implication though was that there were be a character on each node....I'm sure that's what the vast majority of players were expecting based on that announcement.....not that there would be a prize box with 30 character possibilities. Based on 3 years of player experience, I think most of us know that CUP or CW Chewbacca will end up dropping far more often than someone like Jango.
Thanks to the OP though for posting this....saves me wasting crystals on the mod energy pack that just went into the store, lol.
I didn't have any issues either understanding, thought it was pretty clear.
Here's an English translation from English though for others:
Out of the 20 Clone Wars Characters, there is a possibility not all 20 will be available as drops. HOWEVER, out of the 20, these 3 will 100% be included: Jango, GG, GK.
Except it's not 20, it's 36. And if you say "100% be included" then now it sounds like they drop every time. So much for extra clarity.
But I get it, they added "included" and "select" to give themselves leeway. That doesn't make it okay, or clear communication.
The way they followed up by name dropping premium CW Toons like GK (raid only), GG (known for being the hardest farm for the longest time), Jango Fett (Fan-Favorite not yet farmable) got everyone excited in the bonus drops was genius.
This is quality sithposting
Poor analogy. A store would have to give away random 12 packs of soda, and say "have a chance at getting bonus 12 packs of soda from select soda brands, including Coca-Cola and Pepsi" but then only give out Sam's Cola or Mr. Thunder.
They helped me get Bossk to 7* which helped me get Chewbacca to 7* which helped me continue to do well in arena without either Traya or Revan...but ok.
Seems a stretch to consider Jedi Consular and Jedi Knight Guardian featured Clone Wars characters.
Absolutely spot on.
I trained my brain to automatically add time or subtract quantities from any deadline or gift promised. It works great.
the good ole days before ea/cg got greedy we used to get double drops for these type of occassions. players could farm whoever they wanted to on the type of energy that was deemed a bonus node.
not sure why cg got so greedy they cant offer double drops and have to play these cat and mouse games with these horrible celebrations.
thanks for nothing ea/cg. hopefully you learn from these mistakes because the company image to most gamers is going down the tubes with these antics where we wont even try future games you develop if something doesnt change.