I’ve made multiple post and I will make it again, Datacrons have got to go. They are extremely overpowered and are making me want to quit this game. I have a 11m GP account that I have put so much work into and for me to get destroyed by a team with a DC against my GL that I put real money into is not cool. I used JML against Dr alphra and I didnt take a single turn from any character. JML has 562 speed and his turn meter did not even go above 50% the entire battle. These DCs should not exists. CG you are failing this game and you are failing the community with your *brilliant* ideas. I know people are going to come on here and say “use the right counter”. If I lost fine but for me to use a GL and it not even take a single turn is just stupid.
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Just joking, sorry...
Nah I would rather quit the game than put money into something that I don’t like. I spend for what I want.
I wouldn’t take it that far. In the end they do whatever they want with this game. Eventually the community will get tired of them doing things everyone hates and the game will die off.
I don't like DCs either. I don't hate them with the firey passion of a thousand suns like I did when they came out, but I still don't like them. I only engage as much as I'm able to with what mats I farm from left over conquest energy. And I only do that much so that I have an answer if I run up on an opponent using them.
You're right though - you should use the right counter. Looks like maybe CLS could have managed it if .gg is to be believed. Probably stunning Aphra out of the gate with Han would shut the whole team down. Also, I would guess JMK would have worked considering Aphras team relies on a TM train.
I hated DCs at first. And yes there are issues with them — especially the first few seasons, with balance and over the top stat boosts (dodge and health steal anyone?)…
But I’ve changed my mind. I use DCs pretty regularly, generally not the crazy level 9 ones (except I did land a level 9 Darth Vader one with cooldown reduction last season, which was awesome), usually just 3-6. I have 13 DCs currently, and I haven’t paid a single cent for them — they’ve all come from farming hard Conquest bonus nodes. Datacrons (along with omicrons) have helped me stay in Aurodium 2, despite being only ~5.4M GP currently with one GL, no mega fleet (unlocking executor soon), and way underdeveloped GET2 fleets (I’m in a smaller/casual guild). I don’t have the relic levels to engage in them fully and I understand it’s different up in Kyber…
All that being said, here the point. What’s the worst thing that could happen to this game? Clearly it’s not CG’s greed or incompetence, because we’ve been dealing with that for awhile and we’re still here (to be fair: they do some things really well). The death of this game would be it getting BORING and stale. Datacrons make sure that will never happen by constantly shifting the meta around. Could they be better implemented? Yes, absolutely. Is it frustrating sometimes? Also yes. But I do think they are good for the health of the game overall in the long run, because they ensure that the game will always be interesting, with new puzzles to solve, and I’m willing to admit I was wrong about them initially.
I can see how this wouldn't bother a lot of people. But we're all just spouting opinions here, so thought I'd join in
Stun Aphra is not enough. You have to kill her out of the gate. If not, once any droids in her team gets a turn, its usually game over. Yes, her L9 DC is OP.
So you think because you have invested real money in some toons it entitles you to get a win? Datacrons are garbage but you’re reason to be against is ridiculous. You should use a legit counter instead of complaining.
Datacrons are cool
the RNG aspect of getting what abilities you want and farming it seems to be the main reason people dislike them
I think it would be better received with RNG and monetization if they only added 3 levels and got rid of stat boosting levels? They are supercharged team wide mods on top of what they do
I think a real sore spot with the community (on this and other issues), is CG’s lack of communication, QC, and QOL implementations that would make managing all this complexity much more bearable…
To your point about RNG I think a mercy system, as others have proposed, would also go a long way towards cooling people’s jets on DCs.
It takes resources that were built over years and devalues it tremendously.
Content Creators have left because of Datacrons.
CG needs to admit their mistakes and turn them off..
For every battle someone loses there is someone that wins. I don’t hate datacrons either.
Datacons are making GAC more stale and boring. The reign of the vadercons was the stalest GAC seasons ever.
That loosing of players is totally made up.
The data dont indicate a big loss of players due to datacrons. The count of players GAC signups are pretty stable
Are whales whaling on datacrons? Seeing as it helps devalue they're investment, i'd think they'd be most upset with them. Maybe they are spending there, who knows....but yeah, GL's not getting turns is poor design - proper counter or not.
I couldn't tell you the GL team i used or who they faced in CQ, but the GL team sat there and took about 20 turns from the opponent before getting a turn - IN SECTOR 2! That's not right. I still got through with 3 starts, but on sector 2? come on.
I definitely think they're on stale level now. CQ started fun an interesting but turned into level up all the new stuff fast or you can't do much of anything past crate 4 or 5. People call it a test for a balanced roster and that's not correct. It's a test of who's paid up the most to have all the required toons.
The game cruised past the 8 figure mark a good while ago. The incessant need to squeeze every last penny they can from people is hurting more than helping. The balance really needs to start tipping more towards being fun than grind...there used to be a better balance. There's no balance any more it is very tilted to one side.
It’s not made up. Going by the metrics done by third party companies monitoring mobile games there was a significant loss of players with the introduction of datacons.
What third party companies?
I think that if a character is called a galactic legend it should not be beaten by a journey guide character to the point the GL and his whole team do not take a single turn. The more resources you put into a character the better he should be. I guarantee you Dr alphra even with a Level 9 DC is not more spent resources than JML to where he doesn’t even get one turn.
Just an independent unbiased 3rd party company.
They're called WeHateDatacrons Inc.
This.
If they are, that means that CG is getting massive revinue on this every other month (or whenever dcs come out). Since they are temporary, if someone likes the current one they have, they are likely to buy the next to see how good that is. If they like that, the next, and so on. Forever and ever amen
Seems like Aphra is winning so easily that 0-0-0 just isn't caring anymore.
I mean, if we all cried about getting beaten by a lower tier squad, this forum would be chockablock with similar threads.