Game doesn't reward Player for Veterancy

"Malthael;846497" wrote:
Quite the opposite actually,

You say this game doesn't reward veterancy and offer the tournaments as an example, which actually is the worse example to give.

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.

Plus,
- 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...

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

If anything this game should be more noob friendly.

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

Yup, being a veteran in this game definitely has its advantages. I started in February of '16 and I definitely feel like those that started in December of '15 have advantages over me, mainly deeper and more developed rosters.

Having developed rosters helps in ALL aspects of this game. Like it was mentioned in the above post, you have a deeper roster for tournaments. You also might have a toon you developed in the past (ie. Barris) that you don't have to farm in order to put the Zeta on them (I have to farm Barris). You also may have a developed toon that made your crew power initially very strong once you got his ship (ie. Wedge or Biggs).

IMO, you definitely gain benefits in this game the longer you play it.