I don't really miss the super-crazy TW bonuses like the one where every version of Han got Shoots First and such a whole lot. They were fun but some of them were obnoxiously difficult to plan a strategy for.
I do wish we'd get back something like the old TW bonuses. Bounty Hunters used to get like, extra crit damage, First Order started with Advantage I think? I forget the specifics, but they were small bonuses that were nice to have but not so earth-shattering that they totally upended the whole match.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
the funniest part about the bonuses was when there were a few people complaining that "many" in their guild built up those otherwise useless factions (at the time) just to get the tw bonuses so were upset when they changed/went away.
The problem wasn't whether the bans and bonuses where fun. It was the fact that all these spent resources and long grinds meant nothing.
So all the resources and long grinds that people who worked on jawas and clones and first order and resistance and the Hans going to waste is fine? Okay.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
It seems you are the latter.
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who get jokes. Those who don't. And those who have to have the existence of a joke pointed out to them.
The problem wasn't whether the bans and bonuses where fun. It was the fact that all these spent resources and long grinds meant nothing.
So all the resources and long grinds that people who worked on jawas and clones and first order and resistance and the Hans going to waste is fine? Okay.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
It seems you are the latter.
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who get jokes. Those who don't. And those who have to have the existence of a joke pointed out to them.
Lol if u worked on jawas just because they were trialing some weird bonuses, u only have yourself to blame.
For the clones FO and resistance, if u think that your gear spent on those factions are wasted, what are you even doing?
The problem wasn't whether the bans and bonuses where fun. It was the fact that all these spent resources and long grinds meant nothing.
So all the resources and long grinds that people who worked on jawas and clones and first order and resistance and the Hans going to waste is fine? Okay.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
It seems you are the latter.
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who get jokes. Those who don't. And those who have to have the existence of a joke pointed out to them.
I kinda liked the TW bonuses, except when there was some banning system AND the devs paricipated in it. Like they couldnt really decide if they were developers or community managers. So i dont miss that idea at all. The owerpowered bonuses were only slightly annoying but brought much fun and twist into the planning stage, so all things considered that was positive for me.
The problem wasn't whether the bans and bonuses where fun. It was the fact that all these spent resources and long grinds meant nothing.
So all the resources and long grinds that people who worked on jawas and clones and first order and resistance and the Hans going to waste is fine? Okay.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
It seems you are the latter.
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who get jokes. Those who don't. And those who have to have the existence of a joke pointed out to them.
Lol if u worked on jawas just because they were trialing some weird bonuses, u only have yourself to blame.
For the clones FO and resistance, if u think that your gear spent on those factions are wasted, what are you even doing?
I don't think I've wasted any gear on any character, to be perfectly honest.
The entire point of this game is to collect them all and improve them all. This is, at heart, Pokemon in space. I'm doing what the game asks, so give me a place to play with my space pokemon. Folks only got mad about bonuses because they made those "useless" characters good and they felt left out. Boo hoo hoo. I'm sorry they feel sad because they only get to use their metamost roster on raids and arena and assault battles and mythic events and most territory wars and territory battles. What a crying, tragic shame that they put one thing into the game where their meta teams weren't inconvenienced but other players had a different sort of edge that put them on par. You're right, let's make sure that never happens again.
The problem wasn't whether the bans and bonuses where fun. It was the fact that all these spent resources and long grinds meant nothing.
So all the resources and long grinds that people who worked on jawas and clones and first order and resistance and the Hans going to waste is fine? Okay.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
It seems you are the latter.
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who get jokes. Those who don't. And those who have to have the existence of a joke pointed out to them.
Lol if u worked on jawas just because they were trialing some weird bonuses, u only have yourself to blame.
For the clones FO and resistance, if u think that your gear spent on those factions are wasted, what are you even doing?
I don't think I've wasted any gear on any character, to be perfectly honest.
The entire point of this game is to collect them all and improve them all.
I don't understand why people say stuff like this. There's no one point to this game. Play how you want. I have no interest in improving my CUP or Gam Guard in the slightest. So I didn't. I'm still having fun and doing well.
The problem wasn't whether the bans and bonuses where fun. It was the fact that all these spent resources and long grinds meant nothing.
So all the resources and long grinds that people who worked on jawas and clones and first order and resistance and the Hans going to waste is fine? Okay.
Half the players ask for changes, half the players complain about changes. Then the other half do both.
3/2 of players? I don’t have a PhD in maths, but this isn’t adding up. I think you mean 1/3 do one, another 1/3 do another and then one remaining 1/3 do both. But maybe I’m not understanding something. Please explain.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world, those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
It seems you are the latter.
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who get jokes. Those who don't. And those who have to have the existence of a joke pointed out to them.
Lol if u worked on jawas just because they were trialing some weird bonuses, u only have yourself to blame.
For the clones FO and resistance, if u think that your gear spent on those factions are wasted, what are you even doing?
I don't think I've wasted any gear on any character, to be perfectly honest.
The entire point of this game is to collect them all and improve them all.
I don't understand why people say stuff like this. There's no one point to this game. Play how you want. I have no interest in improving my CUP or Gam Guard in the slightest. So I didn't. I'm still having fun and doing well.
You can play any game however you want and as long as you enjoy yourself you're doing fine.
But the design of a game has a deliberate and specific intent. The intent of this game is for people to collect everything, otherwise those things wouldn't exist in the game. If the purpose of the game is to be competitive, then anything that isn't competitive is either removed or reworked into balance. Look at fighting games, for example--if a character is bad, they improve the character, if a meta is too strong they tweak a character to change the meta. The goal of those games is competitive balance, not collecting or improving your character (not that you can improve a character in a fighting game, of course, but you can in an RPG like WoW, etc).
The intention of a game informs its mechanics and what players are expected to do. What they actually do is entirely up to them, as you said, I'm not disagreeing there. But that doesn't mean there isn't an intent by the designers.
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I do wish we'd get back something like the old TW bonuses. Bounty Hunters used to get like, extra crit damage, First Order started with Advantage I think? I forget the specifics, but they were small bonuses that were nice to have but not so earth-shattering that they totally upended the whole match.
That’s ok, I’m good at fishing.
What is that three halves? I don't understand.
Forumatically speaking, a joke.
So all the resources and long grinds that people who worked on jawas and clones and first order and resistance and the Hans going to waste is fine? Okay.
There are three kinds of people in the world: Those who get jokes. Those who don't. And those who have to have the existence of a joke pointed out to them.
Self-pre-ninjad!
Lol if u worked on jawas just because they were trialing some weird bonuses, u only have yourself to blame.
For the clones FO and resistance, if u think that your gear spent on those factions are wasted, what are you even doing?
I don't think I've wasted any gear on any character, to be perfectly honest.
The entire point of this game is to collect them all and improve them all. This is, at heart, Pokemon in space. I'm doing what the game asks, so give me a place to play with my space pokemon. Folks only got mad about bonuses because they made those "useless" characters good and they felt left out. Boo hoo hoo. I'm sorry they feel sad because they only get to use their metamost roster on raids and arena and assault battles and mythic events and most territory wars and territory battles. What a crying, tragic shame that they put one thing into the game where their meta teams weren't inconvenienced but other players had a different sort of edge that put them on par. You're right, let's make sure that never happens again.
I don't understand why people say stuff like this. There's no one point to this game. Play how you want. I have no interest in improving my CUP or Gam Guard in the slightest. So I didn't. I'm still having fun and doing well.
How about banning a team on defence, that would be nice 😂
You can play any game however you want and as long as you enjoy yourself you're doing fine.
But the design of a game has a deliberate and specific intent. The intent of this game is for people to collect everything, otherwise those things wouldn't exist in the game. If the purpose of the game is to be competitive, then anything that isn't competitive is either removed or reworked into balance. Look at fighting games, for example--if a character is bad, they improve the character, if a meta is too strong they tweak a character to change the meta. The goal of those games is competitive balance, not collecting or improving your character (not that you can improve a character in a fighting game, of course, but you can in an RPG like WoW, etc).
The intention of a game informs its mechanics and what players are expected to do. What they actually do is entirely up to them, as you said, I'm not disagreeing there. But that doesn't mean there isn't an intent by the designers.