"Catching up"

They do. It’s called a credit card

You can if you spend a lot. But if you don’t, why would it make sense for CG to let new people compete for free against loyal and committed long term players?

"SemiGod;c-1920033" wrote:
How does mario kart relate to this?

It’s called a comeback mechanic. When you are behind in Mario kart you get better items to help you push forward, and when you are 1st or 2nd you only get the green shell

Are you suggesting they add a blue turtle shell to the game

Blue Shell- 5 turn cooldown

Deal massive damage to the strongest enemy, and make your opponent absolutely furious.

RE: OP, "instantly maxing out 6 squads" is definitely way too much, but they really should add some more of the older characters into shops or something. Somebody starting from scratch now would have, like, 2 years of farming just to get all the legendary/hero characters.

"Oldeuboi;c-1920093" wrote:
Are you suggesting they add a blue turtle shell to the game

In a pod racing game mode.
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Why do you need to catch up to them?

The only time a player is pitted against someone that far ahead of them is if they are choosing to be in a guild that is above them, and that's a players choice, and they offer a path for you to make those choices and catch up. $$$.

Nothing about this game has any direct need for a player to catch up to other players, if they played without taking a break. If they took a break, that's their choice and a different conversation.

This game is measured in time, how much you have put in, this "advantage" (not really since we compete with players of the same timeframe) is what veterans get and they shouldnt diminish that.

I’ve been playing since December 2015 and don’t have six maxed out squads, and the blue shell is awful, true Mario Kart is played on the SNES.

"MasterJediBrian;d-209759" wrote:
Like after completing Daily Quests 365 times, the game could let you Max out any 6 Squads minimum

I like how you added the "minimum" because giving you 6 maxed squads might not be enough.

"Kyno;c-1920143" wrote:

"Oldeuboi;c-1920093" wrote:
Are you suggesting they add a blue turtle shell to the game

In a pod racing game mode.
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Why do you need to catch up to them?

The only time a player is pitted against someone that far ahead of them is if they are choosing to be in a guild that is above them, and that's a players choice, and they offer a path for you to make those choices and catch up. $$$.

Nothing about this game has any direct need for a player to catch up to other players, if they played without taking a break. If they took a break, that's their choice and a different conversation.

This game is measured in time, how much you have put in, this "advantage" (not really since we compete with players of the same timeframe) is what veterans get and they shouldnt diminish that.

Have you started a new toon lately? The only way to stay competitive in your shard, of all new players, is to join a strong guild that will carry you because that is what everyone does. If you don't, everyone will slowly but surely pull ahead due to getting more gear from raids, more guild tokens, more GeT, and more Zetas from TW. Even if you keep up farming the current meta, which means you never have time to farm older needed toons, you will still be behind your shard since they will have better geared toons.

If you try and follow the current natural progression of the game, you're setting yourself up for failure in your shard, again those new players you're supposed to be able to compete against. You'll barely get raid han, and the rest will have him as well as GK and Traya.

I personally dont think new players should be handed maxed squads, but something to speed up the earlier grinds is needed. Double shard drops of older toons or move them to multiple low energy hard nodes. Gear up to about level 10 or even 11 (let's be honest, most toons are useless until then) should be halved, ie make a stun gun need 25 salvage and 25 carbs. That or again, increase the drop rates of those gear pieces.

This won't happen, they need you to either quit or think spending is the only (and the good) way. Pretty normal if you think about someone trying to get the revenue they deserve for their work, pretty pathetic if you think about how predatory and greedy they've become.