"MasterJediBrian;c-1920357" wrote:"jhbuchholz;c-1920350" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920346" wrote:"jhbuchholz;c-1920338" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920337" wrote:"CaroCanon;c-1920160" wrote:
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.
There are 27 squads. After an entire year of fulfilling every Daily task, maxing 6 squads would be a nice thing to do.
Where does 27 come from? There are about 170 characters in the game. Divided by 5 you get 34 "squads". This doesn't include ships.
Squads by title. e.g. Clonetroopers, Nightsisters, Jawas, etc.
You want 6 full factions?
The Galactic Republic "squad" plus the Rebel "squad" account for around 58 characters out of 170.
No, not 6 factions; 6 squads. 6 squads maxed at your discretion would be my minimum suggestion as it's but a sliver of all potential squads available. The fun part would be deciding, because as you say, one could form a Rebel Squad while omitting over 90% of all Rebels.
"MasterJediBrian;d-209759" wrote:
It'd be great & not unfair at all, if the game somehow allowed players to catch up to players that have been with swgoh since 2015-2016 & beyond. Like after completing Daily Quests 365 times, the game could let you Max out any 6 Squads minimum, otherwise it's just a video game that says, "Sorry you weren't with us since or near launch, we don't let people catch up."
"MasterJediBrian;c-1920483" wrote:"CoolpantsMcghee;c-1920439" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;d-209759" wrote:
It'd be great & not unfair at all, if the game somehow allowed players to catch up to players that have been with swgoh since 2015-2016 & beyond. Like after completing Daily Quests 365 times, the game could let you Max out any 6 Squads minimum, otherwise it's just a video game that says, "Sorry you weren't with us since or near launch, we don't let people catch up."
Go into more details about how this is fair to players like myself, who have played every day since 2015
The idea of the game shouldn't be "You logged in first so you get to dominate forever those who came after you". But I agree that there should be a rookie period. Like I said to other fellow though, see "The parable of the workers in the vineyard" for why maybe you shouldn't complain if CG chooses to be generous to whomever it wishes.
"MasterJediBrian;d-209759" wrote:
It'd be great & not unfair at all, if the game somehow allowed players to catch up to players that have been with swgoh since 2015-2016 & beyond. Like after completing Daily Quests 365 times, the game could let you Max out any 6 Squads minimum, otherwise it's just a video game that says, "Sorry you weren't with us since or near launch, we don't let people catch up."
"MasterJediBrian;c-1920508" wrote:"Kyno;c-1920468" wrote:"Prosser;c-1920330" wrote:"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.
I get what you are saying, and of course they should always consider the new player experience.
The OP is not about new player v new player, like your suggestion is, so this is a different conversation than their point.
What you are suggesting does nothing for the problem you are stating, any extra stuff would be given to everyone, so the new player in a veteran guild and the new player on the "natural progression" would both receive the same stuff. Yes this would shift them up the scale but would still leave the gap you describe exactly the same.
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How this is solved,if at all, is a delicate balance, there are players at all different points in the progression and too much "help" at any point diminishes the value that someone has put into the game. Just an opinion, not really going anywhere with that.
Paying to accelerate progress proves that playing as you would like to comes at a cost. Thus, playing as you would like to is not free. If someone is generous to you, what right do I have to call their generosity into question? The person that complains about a 1 year reward should remember that they may've started from the beginning and never felt the grind that comes with never being in the discussions with the "bigger inventories"...They were always one of the BIG INVENTORIES...
"MasterJediBrian;c-1920508" wrote:
Paying to accelerate progress proves that playing as you would like to comes at a cost. Thus, playing as you would like to is not free.
"MasterJediBrian;c-1920508" wrote:
The person that complains about a 1 year reward should remember that they may've started from the beginning and never felt the grind that comes with never being in the discussions with the "bigger inventories"...They were always one of the BIG INVENTORIES...
"MasterJediBrian;c-1920525" wrote:"Rath_Tarr;c-1920517" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920508" wrote:
Paying to accelerate progress proves that playing as you would like to comes at a cost. Thus, playing as you would like to is not free.
Free to play means there is no monetary expenditure required to play. Simple as that."MasterJediBrian;c-1920508" wrote:
The person that complains about a 1 year reward should remember that they may've started from the beginning and never felt the grind that comes with never being in the discussions with the "bigger inventories"...They were always one of the BIG INVENTORIES...
I think it is a bloody stupid idea and a shining example of delusional self-entitlement and I have only been playing for a year so I do not have one of those BIG INVENTORIES. :D
Nice fake laugh... but FreeToPlay is not as simple as that and you know it.
