Episode pass devalued?
When they communicated that 5* is required for era level 80, which translates to r2 and bypasses g12 and kyrotech completely. I thought doing what I usually do to get 5*—buy episode pass, buy 5 card ...
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I get all that. It’s baked into my question. Basically all the backloaded rewards are the minimum wage to get lvl65. What I’m noting is that the Episode Pass gives you nothing beyond that minimum wage.
The way they presented the era level system, it seemed like if you got to X number of stars, you’d be able to reach that associated threshold in the era level. But it doesn’t seem to be the case. So if you do low to moderate spending, like getting an episode pass and maybe one or two material bundles, invest some crystals, you just end up in more or the less same place as if you spent nothing.
Oh, and there are fewer omicrons too. So I don’t see why I’d bother with the episode pass in the future. Spending seems now to be more all or nothing.
yeah, the Ep Pass is garbage if it doesn't give you anything that benefits you DURING THE EPISODE.
Here are links to the last 3 Era announcement posts. They have detailed information about what the episode passes for each Era would contain. Please point out to me which exact items, aside from 20 shards of 2 marquees, constituted a humongous boost to the new marquees. Episode passes didn't contain enough materials to max out a marquee before and they still don't now. Not enough gear to go straight to G13, not enough zetas/omicrons to max out the abilities.
You were able to apply the materials in the pass to the marquee and the marquee was available in GAC/TB/TW/Conquest right away. Now, the marquee characters are locked out of those modes--for everybody. In 3 months, you will be able to use anything gained from the pass to upgrade the marquees (provided you don't use it to upgrade other toons first--the point is, you're still getting the stuff and you can use it to upgrade characters) and you will be able to use the marquees in GAC/TW/TB/Conquest.
The contents and value of the episode pass is basically the same as it was before.Era of Revenge of the Sith | EA Forums - 12059188
Era of Piracy | EA Forums - 12281643
Era of Deadly Pursuit | EA Forums - 12581296Ok, my bad miscalculating on the omicrons. But the question is still valid in my mind.
Value is relative and contextual. There is a new system in place now, that interacts with the episode pass, but within which I do not think the episode pass gives much of a boost. Therefore it has less value despite having an equivalent amount of gross stuff.
And with the new economy for relics and relic delta, there is a new premium on being able to skip gearing. Yes, I can still use gear stashes to promote units same as before. But the opportunity cost for that is now greater. Which means, again, ending up in the same place is not leaving me with equivalent value in the new system.
And a more minor factor is the delayed gratification. That’s less valuable than immediate or even just less delayed gratification. Numbers may be the same in the end, but the experience is different. And less fun. So again, the value is less.
Rewards/amounts are not necessarily equivalent to value in every case.
I can't say I disagree with anything you said.
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