Game doesn't reward Player for Veterancy

"Malthael;846497" wrote:

Yes, you may be right to state that the rewards for lvl - 80 were great compared to 80+. But the issue isn't with the tournaments below lvl 80, but with the tournaments lvl 80+.

And in these tournaments (+lvl80) veterency does count, a lot
(Someone that started in December 2015 vs You (May shard) vs a October shard player: under equal circumstances the guy that started in Dec.2015 has a huge advantage).

The more playing time you have
a) the more (potencially at least) ally points you had banked
b) the bigger the roster,(and if your roster is bigger) the refreshes become proportionally cheaper.

Yes, in theory lvl 80+ tournaments do reward veterancy a little bit, but I really think they more reward whaley-ness than veterancy. Once in a while if im lucky I can get into the top 100 of a tournament, but my most of F2P guildmates usually dont come close, even those who started earlier than I.

A bigger issue is that many people have speculated that your roster size and depth is taken into account when put into brackets, which completely negates the point of rewarding veterancy, instead punishing it.

However, either way as tournaments are right now, flawed and grueling they certainly dont really feel like a reward. Perhaps if tournaments are cleaned up this would make me feel better about the whole thing.

Also imo, the lower than lvl 80 tournaments rewards thing is a huge issue.

"Malthael;846497" wrote:

- bigger rosters score better in raids (more solutions)... so you get to progress faster (more currency etc);
- You get to participate in more events... again, progressing faster;
- You probably farmed some key characters before (e.g. Boba, anakin, teebo), so you can allocate your resources in to mod farming or the new characters that get released;
- You probably have more banked currency (cantina currency/ galactic wars/ arena) making you progress faster in ships (buying ships left and righ in gw... buying credits and droids in cantina... etc) which will make you get more currency in fleet shipments/ Zetas to... again progress faster than a player thats as started a few months after you...

You dont score better in raids though, because your guild is also progressing too. Ive been at about the same spot for a long time and I dont see that really changing. Once you get a good raid team and your guild has one things dont change much.

As I said earlier unless your guild is usually made up of new players then zetas don't really feel like a reward, as your shardmates and guildmates are also in the same position as you. A new player wont have to deal with opposing zetas until they themselves start getting them, and both of us fight for the same rewards.

Cantina currency is a decent point but its minor. GW is not applicable, because before ships were released Ally points were used by CG to empty most of us who banked, leaving players from 6 months old and onward all in basically the same boat. And youre not really progressing any faster, if anything the new ship currency (and the fact that new players face much weaker ship teams for the same rewards) means faster progression for new players.

"Malthael;846497" wrote:

Not mentioning the gear barrier, that keeps pilling up, and that should seem everyday more unsurpassable to newer players...

The gear barrier sucks for everyone. I suppose from the standpoint of character collecting, vets are at a large advantage when it comes to gear, but my OP is writen from the perspective that arena is most important, and there, vets dont have an advantage.

"Malthael;846497" wrote:

If anything this game should be more noob friendly.

Signed:
Someone that started around the same time as you.

Funny thing is is that I agree to a certain extent, I actually wrote a thread befoe talking about this problem with new players. But the game having noob hostility problems and vet problems are not exclusive of each other. I cant refute the fact Im playing for the same rewards for months and will be it seems for months if I continue to play.