CG, can you speed up the pace of this game?
Serious question. For reference, I am at about 7M GP and would consider myself a dolphin.
Some days when I open the game, there is literally nothing to do. This is mainly because energy takes forever to accumulate and I only earn about 400 crystals per day. Without those items, there is not much to "play". And what makes playing fun? Well, I think that depends on the player, but for many players, making progress with your characters is fun. What is making progress? Improving Gear/relics or character shard farming to unlock or get to 7 stars. Yes, there are other aspects to the game, but ultimately getting more characters to higher relics opens up parts of the game and/or allows you to win in more game modes.
I can't progress on gear because you absolutely need rewards from ROTE and Naboo Raid. Both of those take a week each to get rewards. Then I spend all of those rewards within two days. It's like Christmas when both rewards come on the same day. But the other 6 days of the week, pretty boring really. That's 84% of the time.
How hard is it to put out a daily match that gives some good daily rewards? Heck, give us a full zeta (and omegas) now and then. Give us some relic materials (not 3 signal or 10 CCBs but enough to actually relic one toon from 4 to 5). Give us a full G12+ piece. This might seem like a lot compared to what is normally given as rewards, but if you do some math... let's say we unlock and relic a character every week, how long would it take us to unlock everything in the game. At 300+ toons, that is over 6 years. I'm sure you have stats for player demographics but most players are not going to hang around for a year much less six years. All the proof is there to increase the pace of this game.
Even with the episode pass which is supposed to be "great value", doesn't really do much outside of give us an omicron and some kyrotech, and a few shards for random accelerated toons. It doesn't really move the needle to be honest.
What is reasonable as far as game progression? At 7M GP, should I be able to gear up a toon from gear 1 to Relic 5 in a week? Two weeks? Should I be able to farm the shards in a week? If not, how long? It just seems like a huge disconnect between releasing new characters and the ability to upgrade them versus the rewards we are getting. And as more toons are released, that gap is widening. May the 4th week shed some light on this issue. We had more events, more giveaways, and were able to make more progress which makes it fun to play. Wish we could continue in a path towards that.