Calling out CG Communications
Meathead and anyone else doing comms, we need a response.
There have been many comments about how bad the experience is with this raid. Personally, I'm spending 3 or more hours. There are terribly frustrating conditions that kill player experience -- in particular, droidekas + bonus turns in wave 8. To fight all the way there and then not be able to kill the last two droids is ridiculous. If there was even a button that allowed you to kill your toons just to end the raid and take what score you've got, I'd happily take 2.6M instead of 2.7 just to end the pain, but instead I have to plug in my tablet and walk away for 20 minutes until one side or the other ends up dead.
This kind of thing shouldn't happen. You have to consider player experience. You have to make your game fun to play. People have begged for a sim button on the raid. Remember when people wanted more raids? Remember when people wanted a practice mode to play them for no rewards, just because the raids were fun? I do. The fact that players have been calling for sims should scare and shame you.
I did my best to present positive feedback about what players expect from the next raid rather than simply complaining (again) about what we dislike in this one. But I am growing ever more dissatisfied with the lack of response.
You have a comms team. Communicate. Do you play the raid? Do you enjoy having your buffs dispelled so that your team can't make any progress until Kit Fisto can get Potency UP back off cooldown? Do you like watching the enemy take turn after turn after turn, and heal up, erasing your progress as they attack?
What is it that you feel. What do you like about this raid that made you think it was good for release? What do you dislike about it in retrospect. Have you learned anything? Will anything change at all in the next raid in terms of prioritizing fun and player experience?
We need some communication here. There are lots of times when the forums can be useful without your direct input. Players can help players in many, many ways. But we don't design raids, and I'm honestly wanting to know if the game is going to continue to be worth playing. I want to hear from you that you understand that restarting long battles is not fun.
I don't want to quit the game. I've made many friends here. I've got a good guild. But I'm not putting up with this indefinitely.
I know that you've read our threads. I know that you're aware that there's deep dissatisfaction with the raid. Use your comms team and communicate, otherwise we have no choice but to assume the worst.