"Monel;c-1920534" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920519" wrote:"Monel;c-1920511" wrote:"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...
First of all, what?
Second of all, see first of all.
Monel, if you don't know what to say, remember, your silence is golden.
Lol, I did know what to say though. So I said it, thanks for your concern though.
"Liath;c-1920566" wrote:
No.
"TVF;c-1920585" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920577" wrote:"TVF;c-1920542" wrote:"TVF;c-1920484" wrote:
Just to be clear, you want to be given the choice of 30 toons that you can just push a button and they're maxed out?
Yeah?
That's exactly what I want. 30 out of 174 toons after 1 year of my life playing the same game daily. I'm a very reasonable man.
Tracked data in this thread disagrees.
"jhbuchholz;c-1920596" wrote:"TVF;c-1920592" wrote:
I've seen some crazy requests and demands in my time here, but this might be the craziest.
Seriously. Is this guy delusional or just a whiny brat? I can't decide. I think he's probably the former.
"MasterJediBrian;c-1920599" wrote:
Eventhough thousands of mature adults have voiced similar requests
"TVF;c-1920604" wrote:"jhbuchholz;c-1920600" wrote:"TVF;c-1920598" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920594" wrote:"TVF;c-1920585" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920577" wrote:"TVF;c-1920542" wrote:"TVF;c-1920484" wrote:
Just to be clear, you want to be given the choice of 30 toons that you can just push a button and they're maxed out?
Yeah?
That's exactly what I want. 30 out of 174 toons after 1 year of my life playing the same game daily. I'm a very reasonable man.
Tracked data in this thread disagrees.
How so?
Every data point in the thread proves that you are in fact quite unreasonable. 30 maxed toons give to you for free because you've played for one year is nuts.
Hey, @TVF , just between you and me, CG gave me a maxed Empire squad on my one year anniversary. Yup, all 18 in the squad, legendaries included. It was sweet. To bad they don't do that any more.
@jhbuchholz thanks for the PM. I'm contacting CS to complain because all I got was a lousy 7* Negotiator, which was useless since it didn't exist yet.
"jhbuchholz;c-1920600" wrote:"TVF;c-1920598" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920594" wrote:"TVF;c-1920585" wrote:"MasterJediBrian;c-1920577" wrote:"TVF;c-1920542" wrote:"TVF;c-1920484" wrote:
Just to be clear, you want to be given the choice of 30 toons that you can just push a button and they're maxed out?
Yeah?
That's exactly what I want. 30 out of 174 toons after 1 year of my life playing the same game daily. I'm a very reasonable man.
Tracked data in this thread disagrees.
How so?
Every data point in the thread proves that you are in fact quite unreasonable. 30 maxed toons give to you for free because you've played for one year is nuts.
Hey, @TVF , just between you and me, CG gave me a maxed Empire squad on my one year anniversary. Yup, all 18 in the squad, legendaries included. It was sweet. To bad they don't do that any more.
"TVF;c-1920609" wrote:
A squad now has 18, I confirmed it with CS. Its because the negotiator can fit 18 pilots.
"Phrenesis;c-1920607" wrote:
Not sure if this was mentioned but i see the game as some kind of mmo game in a smaller concept.
So i don't think you should always be allowed to "catch up" that easily with everyone. Sure getting all toons and stuff but there is nothing hindering you from farming.
Of. Course people that joined at start will have better teams and setups as a whole. But that's normal. You don't join a multiplayer game and demand to get the same stuff and achievements another person got for being there far longer than you in basically a heartbeat. That's common sense. Else you'd put everyone on the same level and basically taking away their feeling of accomplishment. Imagine there would be mounts you only get from a specific event or raid that is really hard and only a small amount of people have. Imo you should NOT be able to get it quicker as the people putting so much effort in it right? Wouldn't feel fair to me.
Of course everything gets easier by time and people get things faster. And There always has to be something to make everyone enjoy the game so people that have a lot should get new stuff too.
Maybe i'm really **** and didn't get your point right. In that case let me know. But it just sounded as if you wanted to get to the same level as the best/longest playing player's.
