Galactic war difficulty

It is absolutely horrible as a new player. I keep wanting to quit just because of the difficulty. It's easier to say you need depth in your roster, but if you just started a week ago, got a 4 star Phoenix team, then when are you supposed to get a second team? Still trying to unlock my scoundrels. It's ridiculous

"Roopehunter;c-1674792" wrote:
Gw prepares you to be better at this game.
Pumping just 1 team will not solve all thr game modes. You need different teams for. TB, Tw, events, missions, raids etc

This is a bad argument. Right now the guild I'm in is running heroic pit and AAT. I can't possibly have a team to contribute to that at my level, so this point is not relevant.

At my level, having one strong squad is highly beneficial to my advancement due to arena rewards. This is where I get gems, which allows me to progress at a faster rate. Having multiple mediocre squads means I go through leveling content at a slower pace.

Bottom line is, everyone around me (my guild, squad arena, ships arena) is higher level and in order to keep up I need to concentrate my efforts, not spread them around. Galactic war is a huge stumbling point because it directly counters the most efficient way of pushing forward. It punishes new players only, because once you're leveled up, GW becomes a cake walk.

The sooner you accept this, the more efficient your strategy can be. (and the sooner these complaints stop :) )

No, my point is that the galactic war is countering my most efficient strategy. Making multiple squads at low levels slows me down and prevents me from reaching the point where I can contribute better towards my guild. The design of the galactic war may have been good for when the game first came out, but at this point it is outdated and counter-productive. It needs to be fixed.

Full completion is something to work towards as you level, providing you with a challenge to overcome. If they just hand everything to you as soon as you can access the content with nothing to strive for then the game would be boring.

Sounds like you are already being handed haat and hrancor for no effort already anyhow. Which is more than a lot of people got when leveling. We all had to deal with GW and have many many none completion runs and in the grand scheme of things it really isn't that bad. Especially compared to some other hurdles in game.

"Weaselcult;c-1674802" wrote:
Full completion is something to work towards as you level, providing you with a challenge to overcome. If they just hand everything to you as soon as you can access the content with nothing to strive for then the game would be boring.

I would agree, to an extent. The problem is, what I'm facing today is simply not possible on any level. Let's say I follow the original intent of GW, slow myself down, and at some point I have 4 level 68 squads. This will hit my squad arena ranking and my ship arena ranking, but at least I'll be able to complete GW all the time, right? Wrong! Even if I did have that, there's no way I could possibly beat the team I'm facing today (on node 6!!!). Level 85 team with 2 level gear advantage, they will simply mop the floor with each squad I toss in there. The power disparity is too large when it comes to top end. There's nothing to strive for when you hit a brick wall like that, except to hurry up and reach level 85 so that I don't face this crap anymore. I wouldn't call this a challenge - more like "bang your head against the wall until you reach 85, and then just auto it every time".

Sounds like you are already being handed haat and hrancor for no effort already anyhow. Which is more than a lot of people got when leveling. We all had to deal with GW and have many many none completion runs and in the grand scheme of things it really isn't that bad. Especially compared to some other hurdles in game.

Sure, you guys had it hard, but the game has been out for what, 2 years now? You guys are already eons ahead of players like me, what is the point of slowing down new players anymore? If the game wishes to keep growing and expanding, slowing down new players is counter-productive. Current GW design is bad does not benefit anyone.

Besides, I'm not asking to just hand me the wins all the time. All I'm asking for is to reduce the power disparity so that there are no fights where you're just getting one-shotted and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.

"GhostTruckin;c-1674815" wrote:
Build a better squad.

I kinda wish we could test this theory. I'd like to take my level 68 gear 7 squad and put it against your squad, which has to be level 51 gear 5. Oh, and your abilities have to be two levels lower, too. If your squad wins, I will never again complain about GW in here.

Lets assume they lower the difficulty, what will new players ask for in half a year? CLS giveaway because some part of the community is too far ahead?

Again, I'm not asking for a giveaway. I'm asking for brick wall removal - fights that cannot be completed under any circumstances.

GW is meant to be super difficult at lower levels. You’re not supposed to clear it every day. Nobody was able to at your level, even before the new(er) metas. It’s the same idea as not everybody having access to farm high level/node toons from the start.

This game is a slow burn resource management game. Only make 400 GW tokens a day? 50 crystals per day? 200 arena tokens? Spend them wisely, advance, build your roster, get more currency.

"AOHNH;c-1674798" wrote:

"Roopehunter;c-1674792" wrote:
Gw prepares you to be better at this game.
Pumping just 1 team will not solve all thr game modes. You need different teams for. TB, Tw, events, missions, raids etc

This is a bad argument. Right now the guild I'm in is running heroic pit and AAT. I can't possibly have a team to contribute to that at my level, so this point is not relevant.

I want to add some input here.

First, you are in a guild that can basically give you free stuff. That is worlds better than trying to solo the game. I'm in a similar situation. I just hit level 81 and beat GW (for the first time in a month) two days ago. My guild completes all the heroic raids, and with my paltry 420k GP I can't do squat in terms of contributing meaningfully to any of them.

But the key is to do what you CAN do.

• Join the guilds TW's - they need at least 25 to participate, and even if you lose you get stuff.
  
• Join every raid, and make an attempt if you can. Even if you only put out 10k damage to that rancor that's still 10k more than everyone who posted a 0.
  
• Get your 600 tickets every day.
  
• Donate gear when you can.
  

If your guild is OK with what you are doing, great!

"KausDebonair;c-1675510" wrote:
GW has been frustrating new players for the entire life of the game.

This is not a counter to my argument. First of all, how is this supposed to be a good reason for it? Second, this is not a new game, and putting unnecessary road blocks in front of new players does far more harm than good at this point. Third, you're not addressing the biggest problem - some players may choose not to continue playing solely due to GW frustration.

As for the impossible teams, there’s no completely impossible team. Maybe impossible for you at your juncture, sure. But I’ve seen GW teams that I couldn’t scratch, and they just made me better strategists and showed me what I need to develop for arena.

Those are two completely opposite goals. If I develop my arena team, I hurt my GW performance. This is exactly why the current GW design is so bad.

There isn’t a reason why it’s difficult. It just is.

Hence there's no reason to keep it as is.

"GhostTruckin;c-1675567" wrote:
In short. It’s appropriate, there’s nothing wrong with it, it is supposed to be a challenge, not a cakewalk, if you don’t like it, well, sorry, don’t play then lol.

I can't agree with this. When you get the high end of the RNG, it's not a challenge, it's a brick wall with no way around it.

Also, "dont like it dont play it" is not a good motto for any game, and I'm sure that's not what developers had in mind when they were working on it.