Gear crunch

Because you need to pay for crystals to buy them from shipments.

They said they were going to release something that would make it easier, they have not don't that yet.

It has not gotten harder, it's just not easier yet...

Hopefully the new game mode or some other table/store will help soon.

The gear crunch is an annoying part of the game. They release all of these new characters and many of them need the same pieces of gear. So you either pay up or play the waiting game. And that game is a long one.

Many suggestions have been made.

https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/80174/this-wont-solve-everything-but-it-might-help-with-gear#latest

Also increasing donation rates from 2 up to 5

Constantly blowing through 200-300+ energy for one measly purple is ridiculous...

Thanks for all your replies, you've all been very helpful

"Kyno;c-1163396" wrote:
They said they were going to release something that would make it easier, they have not don't that yet.

It has not gotten harder, it's just not easier yet...

Hopefully the new game mode or some other table/store will help soon.

Thought it was the flash events.

"Dani07;d-119908" wrote:
Can anyone tell me why the gear crunch is even harder when we were told it'd be easier?

I actually don't think we were speficially told it would be easier, because communication from devs to the community is ... lackluster. I think we inferred there would be a new mode that would help the gear crunch, but we were never out and out told "Yes, there will be a new permanent game mode that will help gain gear specifically to get over the gear 8 to 10 hump."

When you get right down to it, I don't think the community has even been told if devs even consider there to actually be a gear crunch. For all we know, the current rate of gear entering the game is exactly what they want. We just don't know because we've never been told one way or the other.

Basically communication in this game does not happen. The community is told when there is a new character coming, when there is a problem and what will be done to fix it, and given a bit of detail about the yearly new game modes we get. But in terms of answers to actual questions that (repeatedly) come up, there has apparently been a decision made to not provide any information at all.

https://i.imgflip.com/1s0vbx.jpg

"crzydroid;c-1163512" wrote:

"Kyno;c-1163396" wrote:
They said they were going to release something that would make it easier, they have not don't that yet.

It has not gotten harder, it's just not easier yet...

Hopefully the new game mode or some other table/store will help soon.

Thought it was the flash events.

Did they say that? (No) I think people just keep saying that. I feel they will make a bigger deal about what ever the "solution " is and that it will be more permanent, flash events dint seem like anything but a test case for random timed events.

They made a big deal about the gear in the fleet store, and I would bet that's the least purchased items in there.