Credit crunch for f2p - does it ever get better?
Hi guys. I've been playing this game since January but am new to the forum. I'm f2p and just hit level 78. I've been suffering from credit crunch for a few levels now. For those of you who are f2p but who've been at level 80 for awhile, do we ever start to catch up? If I were to try to use all my training droids and promote every eligible character, I'd need 7.5 million credits I don't have. I've just been prioritizing the characters I like and focusing on spending my energy to get gear rather than acquire shards for new characters.
Along these lines, I've been saving my extra crystals (after I refresh squad cantina once for 100 crystals and light/dark battles twice for 50 crystals each time) to buy a furnace for my ST Han, but should I instead consider buying credits with my crystals?
Before you ask, I finish GW and all challenges everyday. I get all my bonus energy.
In case it matters, my arena team core is Phasma 7* 77 g8 (L on offense, excluded from defense), Dooku 6* (waiting for promotion to 7*) 78 g8 (L on defense, or use on offense under Phasma against Jedi teams), ST Han 7* 78 g8, Lumi 7* 77 g8, GS 6* 77 g9, and RPilot 7* 77 g8 (defense, as well as on offense if not using Dooku). I always finish top 50, rarely top 20. Dooku's basic has my only omega (maybe foolish, I don't know).
Other actively viable characters I've been developing:
Kylo 6* 76 g9 - my squad cantina energy goes here, then I'll get my GS up to 7*
QGJ 6* 76 g8
Savage 6* (waiting to promote to 7*) 67 g8
IG-86 7* 69 g7
Sid 7* 72 g8 (I clung too long lol)
Boba 7* 73 g8 (don't ask)
I've scoffed at farming current populars like Rey and RG. I've been farming Poggle from arena but not excited to waste credits on promoting/leveling him. I have Daka at 76/80 shards to unlock so I can finish the DS battles. Any advice from longstanding f2p players would be welcome. Thanks.
Along these lines, I've been saving my extra crystals (after I refresh squad cantina once for 100 crystals and light/dark battles twice for 50 crystals each time) to buy a furnace for my ST Han, but should I instead consider buying credits with my crystals?
Before you ask, I finish GW and all challenges everyday. I get all my bonus energy.
In case it matters, my arena team core is Phasma 7* 77 g8 (L on offense, excluded from defense), Dooku 6* (waiting for promotion to 7*) 78 g8 (L on defense, or use on offense under Phasma against Jedi teams), ST Han 7* 78 g8, Lumi 7* 77 g8, GS 6* 77 g9, and RPilot 7* 77 g8 (defense, as well as on offense if not using Dooku). I always finish top 50, rarely top 20. Dooku's basic has my only omega (maybe foolish, I don't know).
Other actively viable characters I've been developing:
Kylo 6* 76 g9 - my squad cantina energy goes here, then I'll get my GS up to 7*
QGJ 6* 76 g8
Savage 6* (waiting to promote to 7*) 67 g8
IG-86 7* 69 g7
Sid 7* 72 g8 (I clung too long lol)
Boba 7* 73 g8 (don't ask)
I've scoffed at farming current populars like Rey and RG. I've been farming Poggle from arena but not excited to waste credits on promoting/leveling him. I have Daka at 76/80 shards to unlock so I can finish the DS battles. Any advice from longstanding f2p players would be welcome. Thanks.
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They want you to buy stuff to speed it up.
One specific area I'm uncertain about is whether I should get Kylo to 7* or abandon ship and get my GS up to 7* instead. I went with Kylo, even though I prefer GS for arena, because the higher level squad cantina battles yield more purple ability mats (I think). Am I wrong on this?
That's correct as far as I can tell - ability mat drop rates change with the cantina level. This is different from gear drops, where the rate looks like it is solely dependent on gear color.
By my math I need 50 mil to promot and level all toons that's are 6-7* for raid simple math of adding GW/ Arena/ cantina/ Raid/ credit challenge will have it in 11-13 weeks so if cap isn't raised for 3 months I will have it by then
Rewards havent moved since the L60 cap.
You dont really need a massive roster in this game. If you have 20-30 7* toons you'd want say 10 at G9+ L80 then the rest you can keep at L70 or so as GW depth.
Let the whales spend 20K.
I'm agree with you. As for op, im lv 79 f2p and as a f2p you should manage your credit spending and it will be fine
Poor whales.
You can very well maintain an arena team of 5 and 2 substitues and also hold your weight on tier 5 raids — maybe 6.
Can you? When they decide to nerf f2p characters like Rey, Fives, Gs and Dooku (all that suffered nerfs in the past already). Not to mention Barriss and Poe. Everything you build up, gets torn down and most don't have the credits to make a switch to stay competetive. This coming from a dolphin turned to shrimp because of this.
Yes, it's frustrating not having the credits to lvl up characters. I have 4 that are getting ready to jump to either 6-7* and I don't have the credits.
What I do is just hoard. Save up resources. If you don't spend a credit for a week you can save around 5 million between GW, arena, raids, challenges and farming. I've done it. If I can do it anyone can because I have the impulse control of a 5 year old when it comes to this game.
You have an awesome team. Just save up and you'll be golden, pony boy!
Woah... uh, GS, Rey, and el duche are just fine sir. Some beautiful narwhal put a picture of Dooku up on the Reddit thread with the tag "they tried to nerf me. I dodged". I'm with the spirit of your argument but lets not get crazy
As to credit crunch, even whales have same issue. We buy tons of credit packs to mitigate problem.
Omg this is epic. I died.
Thank you all for your responses (and encouragement, @Carth_Onassi1973 ).
Actually the rewards we are getting are what you get at level 40
1. Scale rewards in GW?
2. Make GW manageable?
3. Offer reasonable rewards in Events?
Answers: no, the credit crunch creates the most reliable revenue stream in the game.
Only 7 star toons get leveled and gear. I will start to work on someone when they hit 6 star so they are almost ready when they it 7.
Level 7 star toons to L70 gear viii.
Max out your arena team.
Then pick one toon at a time to bring up to L80 gear ix/x.
My logic is gear is the actual crunch not credits so it doesn't make sense to have a L80 gear viii toon. You are better off with 2 L70 gear viii toons. So to maximize raid viability you only spend resources on toons that contribute to raids and only on toons that are well geared.
With this strategy im able to be competitive. So to answer your other question don't spend crystals on credits only spend crystals on gear.
It does get better once your five arena toons hit 80.
There is still a crunch and you are falling behind by 1-2 million credits a week but this at least seems to get you to the best state given the restrictions