Galactic war difficulty

"KausDebonair;c-1676141" wrote:

"AOHNH;c-1676051" wrote:

"KausDebonair;c-1675694" wrote:
I feel like you’re missing the main fact of this game: it’s a slow burn.

I'm not missing it, I just don't see how it applies to new players as of today.

Yeah, choosing to focus on a strong arena team is the most “logical” choice because it gives you crystals. But it’s still your choice.

Well, I suppose anything can be called a choice. I can choose to buy a game and don't play it just for the sake of making a choice of not playing it. Making an argument like that is just silly.

When I unlocked fleet, I climbed to rank 6 in 3 days. Then I stopped caring about dleeet because I figured nobody else would in my shard since we just unlocked it. That wasn’t the case, however, and I dropped like a stone. Then, while everybody was focusing on the new hotness, (I think it was CLS), I focused on ships. Then i climbed back up to top 100. And this was before fleet arena gave crystals as reward.

So, this doesn't apply to today's game state, then? Right now the best "choice" for leveling players is to field arena team full of pilots so that your ship arena performance is good as well. I can "choose" not to do that, hurting both my progression and my contribution to my guild. Why would I make such a bad choice? Just because it exists?

There’s always going to be a “gate” to get by, whether it’s GW, Arena, fleet, mod battles, or any other area of the game.

What's happening in GW is hardly a gate. When you hit a squad 17 levels above you regardless of your current level - that's called a moving goal post that can only be reached by maxing out your own level.

Another example: I was 3 stages behind on dark side nodes on the PvE table because I focused on Rebels.

It seems to me that this is completely normal for new players today. It makes perfect sense - concentrate your efforts on one strong squad.

You can’t have everything all at once in this game

Again, that's fine. That's why I can't yet play on dark hard 9 stage. But why lock that stage, yet allow similar brick wall experience in GW?

Book. Right there. “Moving goal post.” That’s exactly what GW is. It’s been that way since inception. I don’t understand why you believe that, for some reason, it shouldn’t apply today. This isn’t a new problem for players. Wanting an even easier GW (you should have been here before the rework) is simply saying you want more free stuff with less work, when that’s not the game’s design.

GW is a gate. You can’t finish it can you? Because you’re gated behind more powerful squads because your roster isn’t deep enough to adapt.

The argument of choice is not silly when the entire game’s progression is based around choice, whether it’s logical or not. I didn’t believe the Old Republic toons would all be necessary for Revan because the only leader ability benefits only one other toon of the 5. I was wrong. I made a choice, based on logic, to not farm them. I agree that focusing on arena may be the most logical to you, but that’s still your choice to follow that logic. Focusing on a singular team is not, however, the best way to progress. Focus on 2 teams so you can adapt. There are many avenues to do this, not just GW.

That's ok I made the choice to farm them and spend arena and fleet crystals on them most days with a small break to get bossk for chewie. I figured they'd be needed. But with the timing of the event I'm still short. You'll have time before the next time so my choice was no better than yours.