CG has kinda had a mixed bag when it comes to the execution of datacrons. On the hand there are really fun ones like the Sidious cron or the Boba Fett Scion of Jango cron. They’ve definitely shown that they can make bad characters good again and that’s always fun for players.
On the other hand, they make absurd datacrons like the DS Rey cron. My gosh does that cron just suck. It is so absurdly busted that hardly anything can even go toe to toe with it, and yeah the fact that there are almost no consistent counters to it is a huge problem for the game. The only saving grace for it is that it’s temporary and we don’t have to deal with that cron forever.
Honestly I think datacrons should maintain the focus of making bad characters or teams viable for a certain period of time. Those are by far the most well-received and enjoyable datacrons, not the ones where it makes an already busted team even more busted in an unenjoyable way. I kinda OP’s suggestion of banning GL’s from having datacrons specific to them or one of their core team members as it can help mitigate this problem. Of course I also wouldn’t be mad if they just deleted datacrons all together, but since they’re not going to do that I would be a lot happier if they focused more on making bad teams or characters good for a bit. Like a Tarful Wookiee datacron sounds like a ton of fun to me.
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