GAME OUTAGE: 8/31 Updated 4:22PM Pacific [mega] RESOLVED

Let this event be a reminder to you guild owners/officers to have a secondary source of communication available. Many of you have since day one, but others haven't and this might have hurt their first go at TB (aside from other bugs, of course). Hope this puppy gets runnin' right soon!

Just purchased some shards in guild store and had the error come up to restart game. Duly, restarted game, shows I have purchased the shards in the guild store but not created the shards to the character.

How do I go about getting these added to the character??

Thank you EA for everything that you are doing. In the future maybe a beta should have been done before actual content launch. That might of alleviated a lot of the issues going on right now and I for one fully appreciate your effort.
Thank You ;)

"TwiztidJay;c-1248210" wrote:
Not all but most of you are Impatient and greedy

Can you blame people for wanting to play a feature that has been hyped for a while?

"TwiztidJay;c-1248210" wrote:
Not all but most of you are Impatient and greedy

Nonsense. Greedy for what? Earning the allotted reward for what you accomplished? I'm not sure if I was credited for doing that. All people want is this to work properly.

I think this one is easy to solve.
Just give all guilds 3* completion on this Phase 1.
Takes the heat off your back and its a nice token of gratitude for those of us who actually understand how chaotic releases as massive as this are, and that tried to complete it and simply couldn't.
Since there are 5 more phases to come, I don't think it makes that big of a difference to the owners of the company - but to the players, its a huge "Sorry for the mess and thanks for sticking with us".

"RNGsus;c-1248552" wrote:
I am quite frustrated at the devs and the direction the game is heading.

I want to be as clear as I can so please bear with me on the long post. We all started playing this game because it was truly wonderful, even if you haven´t been playing for long, the appeal of the game is the same for all. Star wars toons, gearing them up, assembling the best team, compete with others to see these toons fight each other. IT WORKS, IT´S FUN.

So, how long until it gets boring? well... a long time, but still, eventually it will get boring... So new content is desperately needed, that means new toons, new game modes, etc.

So far they have tried, the raids have been a success, and I applaud you for them, why? no one team is the best team, there are lots of possibilities to reach very good scores, and it drives you to farm a different variety of toons and expand your roster. Kudos on raids.

However, ships has been a disaster, with close to 0 new content added since its release and the part of the game I have heard people complain about the most. No real use other than the arena, which simply does not yield enough rewards for the sacrifice and simple tediousness of the effort invested. I am yet to see the impact ships make on TB so it may not be all bad, but it needs to be looked into.

Here is what really bugs me, and I will give you the numbers to back me up.The 8 most used toons in the arena as of right now are, in order: R2D2, CLS, GK, Thrawn, Nihilus, Raid Han, Baze, Chirrut. What do they all have in common? They were the most recently released/reworked toons... and that means these new releases are not meta changers, they are meta breakers... LITERALLY. Any previous meta team becomes almost completely obsolete after a new release, these toons are so ridiculously OP that the only counter possible is themselves, so you are no longer farming a fun team, you don´t get to be competitive and creative at the same time, you need to farm the new, the game breakers, or look as the rest passes you by. CLS is an iconic toon, I get it, but he has become essential in all game modes...
Rancor raid? CLS can solo it.
AAT raid? CLS fits almost all phases very well.
TB? CLS again.
Arena? you guessed it... CLS
Just release Red V and make it the most OP ship out there as well and you have the entire game revolving around him.
My concern is the next toons released, they will continue to spiral the power out of proportion and all this time playing will have been for nothing...

Finally, the latest thing are the constant bugs... we have been waiting for this new content for a while now, a long while... the last attempt at new content was the ewok rework and AT-ST event, which was poor at best ( I mean have you used your ewoks in any game mode lately? Teebo doesn´t count, he´s the only one they didn´t rework). Game outages, mods disappearing from deployed units in TB, the training droid thing that delayed the announced TB date... The loss of Territory points due to client outages... Take your pick. Besides, we have no room for creativity again, it was announced a long time ago that we HAD to farm the Hoth brothers, rebels, rogue one, phoenix... Hopefully there will be sufficient different territory battles going around for us to be able to decide where to invest, instead of being told what to do and severely limit our options.

My input: BALANCE power, don´t break it (only a sith thinks in absolutes), I don´t care for the next 7 ability toon with 5 zetas that can singlehandedly win matches or raids. Make zeta mats a bit more accessible, the amount of zeta abilities going around is overwhelming. Focus on eliminating the speed META. Release a new tier of difficulty for rancor raid, it has become too easy. And most importantly: If you are going to go for TB as the next big thing, don´t drop the ball half way like with ships, we need a a variety of territory battles rotating every week so as to expand our rosters in any and all ways at once.

Please don´t let this game spiral out of control and crash, I love the game and I want to help make it better.
Hopefully no one is offended by this, but it is my 2 cents on what is wrong and how to fix it.

Im not offended but it doesnt make much sense imo. Not a great first post, welcome to the forum nevertheless.

"RNGsus;c-1248552" wrote:
I am quite frustrated at the devs and the direction the game is heading.

I want to be as clear as I can so please bear with me on the long post. We all started playing this game because it was truly wonderful, even if you haven´t been playing for long, the appeal of the game is the same for all. Star wars toons, gearing them up, assembling the best team, compete with others to see these toons fight each other. IT WORKS, IT´S FUN.

So, how long until it gets boring? well... a long time, but still, eventually it will get boring... So new content is desperately needed, that means new toons, new game modes, etc.

So far they have tried, the raids have been a success, and I applaud you for them, why? no one team is the best team, there are lots of possibilities to reach very good scores, and it drives you to farm a different variety of toons and expand your roster. Kudos on raids.

However, ships has been a disaster, with close to 0 new content added since its release and the part of the game I have heard people complain about the most. No real use other than the arena, which simply does not yield enough rewards for the sacrifice and simple tediousness of the effort invested. I am yet to see the impact ships make on TB so it may not be all bad, but it needs to be looked into.

Here is what really bugs me, and I will give you the numbers to back me up.The 8 most used toons in the arena as of right now are, in order: R2D2, CLS, GK, Thrawn, Nihilus, Raid Han, Baze, Chirrut. What do they all have in common? They were the most recently released/reworked toons... and that means these new releases are not meta changers, they are meta breakers... LITERALLY. Any previous meta team becomes almost completely obsolete after a new release, these toons are so ridiculously OP that the only counter possible is themselves, so you are no longer farming a fun team, you don´t get to be competitive and creative at the same time, you need to farm the new, the game breakers, or look as the rest passes you by. CLS is an iconic toon, I get it, but he has become essential in all game modes...
Rancor raid? CLS can solo it.
AAT raid? CLS fits almost all phases very well.
TB? CLS again.
Arena? you guessed it... CLS
Just release Red V and make it the most OP ship out there as well and you have the entire game revolving around him.
My concern is the next toons released, they will continue to spiral the power out of proportion and all this time playing will have been for nothing...

Finally, the latest thing are the constant bugs... we have been waiting for this new content for a while now, a long while... the last attempt at new content was the ewok rework and AT-ST event, which was poor at best ( I mean have you used your ewoks in any game mode lately? Teebo doesn´t count, he´s the only one they didn´t rework). Game outages, mods disappearing from deployed units in TB, the training droid thing that delayed the announced TB date... The loss of Territory points due to client outages... Take your pick. Besides, we have no room for creativity again, it was announced a long time ago that we HAD to farm the Hoth brothers, rebels, rogue one, phoenix... Hopefully there will be sufficient different territory battles going around for us to be able to decide where to invest, instead of being told what to do and severely limit our options.

My input: BALANCE power, don´t break it (only a sith thinks in absolutes), I don´t care for the next 7 ability toon with 5 zetas that can singlehandedly win matches or raids. Make zeta mats a bit more accessible, the amount of zeta abilities going around is overwhelming. Focus on eliminating the speed META. Release a new tier of difficulty for rancor raid, it has become too easy. And most importantly: If you are going to go for TB as the next big thing, don´t drop the ball half way like with ships, we need a a variety of territory battles rotating every week so as to expand our rosters in any and all ways at once.

Please don´t let this game spiral out of control and crash, I love the game and I want to help make it better.
Hopefully no one is offended by this, but it is my 2 cents on what is wrong and how to fix it.

Good post. I personally don't agree 100% with it, but with this particular topic I agree with a passion: powercreep is sure taking the fun out of the game. I mean, it's one thing to have a set of toons that are above others, that's called "meta" and it's fun figuring these toons out and coming out with new interactions.
However, this policy CG has of not nerfing toons soon enough not only cripples design space, but it also makes the whole thing a matter of who's got the latest released/reworked toons and who doesn't.
I have a big, big problem with CG not nerfing toons and how the powercreep is bringing more harm than good at this point, but honestly this is not the time for it. After TB rush fades, then we can go back to this topic because I feel a balance pass for the game is needed, a lot.

There are some significant problems with the release that are not "merely" bugs.

there are some decidedly new features that come with TB, and they are not explained in the tutorial, nor are they easily understood through other means.

One example is Orbital Bombardment - it acts without regard to whether opponents' TM's are full, so it was not immediately apparent what was going on and why, and which opponent I needed to defeat to end the orbital bombardment. I eventually found that information (I think) by clicking on some things while targeting the Imperial Probe Droid.

As I understand it now, the IPD effectively has two turn meters, one for regular abilities, another for OB. The "speed" for OB attacks is 100, but it's not clear if this changes at all when, say, IPD receives speed up or speed down.

Other important questions are not clarified. Target Lock gives opponents' attacks extra abilities/effects - but WHAT extra abilities/effects? We should have a way to find that out, but since our opponents include many non-playable toons, we don't know and can't look it up, even if our toons routinely told us what effects might be gained when attacking a target locked enemy.

If you add gear or upgrade abilities to a toon during the 24 hour phase of a Territory Battle, does the deployed toon that now has higher Power get credit for that new Power rating with more Territory Points?

If not, the tutorial should tell us to be careful to make all of our intended upgrades before deployment. Instead, the tutorial actually forces you to deploy all your toons right away. I play in a casual guild with about 44M total Galactic Power. We shouldn't have any problem meeting the 3* requirement if everyone deploys, and though casual, we are fairly active, but as of right now we've slowed down a lot in Territory Point acquisition and are currently at 41M with 4.6M more to go ... will it make a difference if I upgrade things now? I should be able to answer that question. It's kind of important for resource management when someone finds their guild is near a target but time is running out.

If you unlock a toon while TB is running, it should give you an option to deploy that toon immediately (if the game credits your TPs when you upgrade abilities/gain levels/add gear/add stars) or otherwise give a reminder that you're not getting credit for that toon.

If the programming isn't written in such a way that it can easily credit me for my upgrades that occur during the 6 days of the week that TB is running, then you should add a "redeploy unit" feature that allows me to update deployed toons to get full credit for Territory Points. It doesn't have to allow me to change a toon from one territory to another (in fact, that should be prohibited since you can't do that now and those decisions are important strategic ones). It should merely update the current power of the deployed toon within the territory where the toon is deployed.

This is at best a stop-gap, however. The real method should update toon power at the end of the phase to give full credit. If it doesn't, then someone with a lot of cash who really needs the TPs could "buy" TPs by deploying toons one at a time (using the current system) and constantly transferring mods so that every single toon has 5 x 5* mods at the moment they are deployed. Thus if the only changes made to toons' Galactic Power come from moving mods, then some toons' GP will actually go down as other toons GP goes up. This is also fair.

In any case, the programming should be done in such a way that credit is given for upgrades - especially since 6 out of 7 days we'll have TB up and running. We're not only going to upgrade toons on Tuesday afternoons.

Also, this is the first time going through TB and so the tutorial limits options somewhat (so this may not be an issue in later TBs, hard to tell). That's understandable. However, if we're required to deploy without looking at missions, I think that's a bad idea.

We should be able to run a combat mission or other mission - even assign toons to platoon missions - before entering the deployment screen. Toons used on a mission are automatically and irrevocably "deployed" to that territory.

In later stages where you need multiple teams to complete multiple objectives, often with specific toons needed in specific territories, by accomplishing the missions first, then allocating leftover toons through the Deployment screen, you greatly simplify the Players' time spent switching back and forth between different screens in the UI.

This is an absolutely necessary feature to reduce what would otherwise be a very annoying paper/pencil task of tracking all necessary deployments before they are actually made.

Hi :D

I just want you to let you know that since the update, I cant see the Events like the Emperator one.

Hope you can fix all the problem soon