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Rising Scout

3 days ago

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All or nothing economy (or why CG doesn't have a lot of small spenders).

Hi, This is not a complaint, just an observation. Here's the thing: I wasn't terribly interested in last era's characters. However, I was interested in Mara Jade to revive the JKLS team. I think thi...

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Zanir2
3 days ago
it was very unclear how much packs were needed and how much shards I would get through the game
Assume you will get 5 shards per pack, and the math is clear.
If anyone could share their views or strategy on Era's, that'd be much appreciated.
The plural has no apostrophe. This is a plague.
Easiest way to unlock the Era legendary at 4 stars is to spend 60 bucks on episode passes. To get the same result F2P, you need 26k crystals.
It takes 20 shards of a marquee to get to 4 stars. 20 shards is 4 packs (assuming the worst pull each time). 4 packs x 5 characters (only the first 5/6 are required at 4 stars to unlock to the Era's legendary unit) is 20 packs.
20 x 1300 = 26,000
This means that you don't do the 6k or 12k combo packs. Just 4 regular 1300 crystal packs. Four of those for 5 of the 6 marquees. If you take top 5 in fleet daily, that's at least 300 crystals a day.
300 x 14 = 4200
So, if you're competitive in fleet arena, saving up 5200 crystals every 2 weeks is very manageable F2P. If you double the crystals, you can get the legendary to 5 stars. Getting 40 shards of a marquee character on day 1 of the marquee event will get you to 5 stars on the last day.

crzydroid

Hero (Retired)

3 days ago

Honestly, the new system is only slightly better for f2p than the old marquee system was. My marquee toons certainly get more into them now, but in other ways a lot of them will just get benched. Yeah, seems weird to have 4* relic 2 characters never getting farmed or worked on again, but there you are.

They made it easier to get into relics, but that loses some of your lister when you realize everything below g13 is kind of phased out. They even call it "legacy" gear now. They will keep adding new relic levels, they will keep raising the bar on the minimum needed relic levels (such as datacrons requiring r6 now).

So yeah...you have to pick and choose. On the other hand, if you've caught up on old units with tokens, there's not a whole lot else to spend crystals on, unless you are hoping for a new capital ship. New GLs are going go require all the new marquee toons anyway, so.

P.S. A 5* should have only cost you 7k crystals, not 12. Unless you just bought the biggest pack and overshot.

DUNCAN1919
Seasoned Ace
2 days ago
Hard disagree. With the new system f2p can now push other characters straight to 6 R5 via the Era Shipments, and in most case just use it to gear them as in many cases they'll have the characters at 7 via many catchup mechanics they have for older character shards.

Yes, their era currency income might not be great but when you see someone like Scrybe having his f2p accounts first GL as PKHO you really see the benefits of the new system.

Also in Rotta we had a Marquee character that could beat GLs at low stars, thats far better than how previous Marquee releases worked. As a long time player I remember when Marquees (or Legendarys) just felt absolutely unachievable in the early and sometimes mid-game but now all players can get some benefit from them. We are also seeing reports that Darth Jar-Jar is a GL Killer too.

Finally regarding Gear, it is beneficial as young f2p accounts will have bottlenecks in gear that many of us experienced years ago and they will get the new characters in a state that saves them a lot of gear.