Been playing since 2016...

Even if I wanted to I can't get anymore datacron pieces until weekly reset. They missed an opportunity to make money

"John_Matrix1985;c-2370426" wrote:
Even if I wanted to I can't get anymore datacron pieces until weekly reset. They missed an opportunity to make money

Please don’t spend money on datacrons. You might as well put your wallet in a blender

Couldn’t agree more. This past year has seen so many exit the game it’s unreal.
I’m in a top end guild as well and we have had lots and lots leave and more say they are going to asap once they find replacements. (Who?)
Nothing new to play with our rosters is ridiculous. Why have a roster then?
Every year we should be getting at the least 1-2 new areas to play. Not vs each other but to ourselves.
I like playing vs others but more so enjoy playing content with a good storyline.
Haven’t had that in years I’m afraid.
I will see my almost 10 1/2 mil account go to trash by Xmas at this rate.
No communication- no bug/ QOL fixes- no new content- no make goods anymore for being unpaid beta testers- officers burnt out (me included).
Game was so good it was the top of the list, then some ass hat decided that they should put the game on cruse control and stop making new content and since then has slowly killed the game. Why!?!?
Game use to make millions and millions. Why not keep that cow alive? Is Kathleen running the show from behind the scenes? Lol

"WookieWookie;c-2370445" wrote:
You can currently buy a few thousand c worth per week, from either free or paid crystals.

The single intern working on this game forgot to hit the 'publish' button on the DataCON paid $100 packs during their one weekly hour of time allocated on the shared, single dev laptop at CG.

More realistically, I think the intention during all 'experimental/pilot exhibitions' is to gauge crystal spending, engagement, use, and bugs. I'm sure they'll be properly monetized after the exhibition period. Not that I would ever recommend spending on something as temporary, (IMHO) lazy, and poorly balanced as dataCONs, the seasons after the exhibition will actually be a better 'investment,' as they'll last six months before auto-scrapping instead of three.

Yes, you can "buy" materials to upgrade datacrons with crystals, ally points and shard shop currency. For datacrons that will expire in a couple months and then more will be added. Datacrons are temporary omicrons used to suck resources out of players that they might be hoarding, or using to buy gear (you know, that stuff CG PROMISED us they were working to improve output of?) What's up with the gearlaxy anyway? you haven't said squad about it in 6 months now?

At that, CG has taken a temporary piece of garbage and added it to the game which devalues any roster. Temporary abilities that, if you're lucky enough to get the stupidly overpowered ones, reduce the opponent's team to uselessness. (Along with the AI purposely targeting non-stunned characters to stun them) Yes, a level SIX datacron ability stunning entire teams and keeping them that way for an entire match. How is that fun again CG? And again, who's idea was it to make these so stupidly excessive? If you get specific datacrons and place them on defense in GAC, TW, or arena, only someone else with luck or similarly stupid datacron unlocks will be able to pass. (I know! Just waste more resources on materials for temporary omicrons in hopes of getting the excessive abilities, either through upgrading more datacrons or rerolling them!)

As an example, the stunning every character with every ability, even if it's an attack that MISSES is extra stupid. Like, who seriously thought this was a good idea to implement? (Yes, I've tried rerolling and burned through materials trying to get it. I'm not that lucky I guess.) What good is it to have R8 and R9 characters if they get stunned the entire match because of your stupid datacron abilities?

Seriously CG, you just have no clue how stupid this garbage is. The "idea" of datacrons is fine, it's taking the abilities to the infinite level of excessiveness is what's stupid. Stop taking things in the game to 4500 when you should be taking them to "11". It's stupid.

This is the kind of thing that makes people stop playing. You're trying to implement something "new" and make new "content" but then some putz who makes the decisions and is more concerned about revenue than the game being fun decides to turn up the stupidity level of new content. (If your goal is to get players to stop playing, then I guess it's working?)

Datacons devalue the investment we’ve put into our rosters, by potentially giving someone an “I win” button through pure RNG.

Please understand this, CG. This is part of why it’s being received so poorly.

When opponents have the super-OP Datacons, it significantly devalues all the time and resources we’ve put into building our rosters over the last 7 years.

I played swgoh almost since the beginning and deinstalled it after the last tb.
conquest and datacrons killed it for me.

swgoh has become such a time sink and datacrons pushed me over the edge.
tbh, I am glad they introduced datacrons.
it is such a relieve leaving swgoh behind me and not logging into it several times a day.
with my free time I can make forum posts about a game I don't play anymore.
strange

"TheDude420;c-2370482" wrote:
Datacons devalue the investment we’ve put into our rosters, by potentially giving someone an “I win” button through pure RNG.

Please understand this, CG. This is part of why it’s being received so poorly.

When opponents have the super-OP Datacons, it significantly devalues all the time and resources we’ve put into building our rosters over the last 7 years.

Not only for building rosters, but also modding, scouting, watching counter videos....

cit. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play

"LastNeuron;c-2370507" wrote:
cit. A strange game. The only winning move is not to play

Now that’s an old movie. Great quote.