"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.
