Can't you hear the people?!

"Shijowiral;c-1836307" wrote:
I wanna start by saying I managed to get Malak. I hope that adds a small amount of credibility to what I'm about to say. There are a lot of recent changes to the game that I think negatively impact the game:

1.) Changes to hard nodes.

This is a huge hit to new players, which is really confusing if EA/CG is interested in growing the game. Unless CG is going to pump out more content for the current population of whales to spend money on, which I don't see them doing, the only way to make more money is to continue to increase the player base (i.e. increase the population of whales). The game is harder than ever to break into, and this just makes it worse.

2.) Unprecedented standards for Darth Malak balanced

No notice, shortened time span for the event, and completely new power wall. There's nothing else to say here, but each one of those things are unacceptable on their own, which makes the combination of them a lot worse.

3.) Direct Nerf to zEP

We arrived at a rock, paper, scissors meta. DR beats JKR, zEP beats DR, and JKR beats zEP. The game was actually in a balanced state in arena, and this throws everything off. I can't imagine the decision making criteria here, but I don't see how this isn't going to turn into a simple speed race. There's no strategy involved, just good luck in the mod store.

This has been a rough couple of days for this game. I think CG needs to take a step back and seriously consider the impact of all these decisions on the long-term health of the game.

I don't know why veteran players continue to use "new players" as a argument against the hard node change. New players are all on the same level playing field. Changing the hard node cap doesn't change a thing from a new player standpoint. They have A LOT to farm and, unless they are already at the level cap, don't even have enough energy to utilize all 8 attempts at one hard node. New players are playing against themselves, not against 4+mil GP veterans. The hard node change affects veteran players the most, since we only need to farm the one new thing to keep pace.

As far as zEP goes, there was definitely a problem there. When my brand new DR team with super fast mods cannot beat zEP on offense (4 losses in a row trying various teams and strategies), there is a huge problem. Why even release new Sith when they get obliterated by the Sith of well over a year ago? It got a lot better when I unlocked Malak and put him on the team, so I don't know if I agree with the proposed "fix", but this sort of thing cannot be happening to a brand new team. Also, zEP is still fine against every other team you will use him against in GA/TW.. zEP isn't changing at all except against one specific character.