I'm officially done with trying to compete for the top spot. I've made the transition to F2P these past couple months and am content to get to lvl 85 (currently at lvl 83, close to 84) whenever I get there. I am just so done with the hyper-competitive mindset. Who knows, maybe Arena will be fun for me again but as it stands now there's very little to it that's strategic - unless you consider who has the most speed mods/secondaries to be strategy. But for the time being, I'm gonna wait it out; other than the occasional droid comp and two Rex-led squads, the top 20 in my shard is literally all lando/wiggs... yawn. I can't remember if I was this unenthusiastic about Arena during the height of the dodge meta. At any rate, call it sour grapes but I'm ok with 200-250 Crystals, the trade-off of not having to revolve my family/dinner time to sniping is well worth it. This game is great but it doesn't compare to my kids, and they are the first ones I want to see and experience after a long day of work. .
I shouldn't complain, there's way more content now with Ships, the new Raid and the semi-regular tourneys (I did cop a 6* Chirrut Imwe so I've got that going for me). Even with a decreased net Crystal gain each day, tbh I find that I'm having more fun than I have in quite some time with other facets of the game - and I think that is because I'm finally at a place where I'm playing this game on *my* schedule and not the other way around.
