Bit of a SWGOH old timer here. Not hating the global system entirely, but also not loving this participation system. I wish I could preset a team ahead of time before GA event starts, let my defense go live and only fight if I feel like it without being punished into losing the base crystal payout. Things are busy, I got stuff to do. Just let me chill -_-

I get it, I guess, but the attack phase is 24 hours. Takes 2 minutes to login, start a battle, and quit. If you can’t find 2 minutes out of 1440 on a day, I don’t know what to tell you. They set it up so people that don’t participate don’t get rewards to prevent giving crystals to people that don’t do anything. I don’t understand why people always want rewards for not doing anything in this game.

I get it, and I can totally run 1 battle most days of the week. But sometimes I just want a break. I had 10 hrs of straight work, some plans after and I just don't want the stress of looking at an opponent who has spent thousands of dollars on their full team of GLs, haha. Is it really too much to give me the minimum crystals for those types of days?

"Karste;c-2323432" wrote:I get it, and I can totally run 1 battle most days of the week. But sometimes I just want a break. I had 10 hrs of straight work, some plans after and I just don't want the stress of looking at an opponent who has spent thousands of dollars on their full team of GLs, haha. Is it really too much to give me the minimum crystals for those types of days?Conversely, is it too much for the devs to want a bare minimum of participation from their players? It takes literally 2 minutes to log participation. Bare minimum. You’re still asking for crystals for doing absolutely nothing.

"Karste;c-2323432" wrote:I get it, and I can totally run 1 battle most days of the week. But sometimes I just want a break. I had 10 hrs of straight work, some plans after and I just don't want the stress of looking at an opponent who has spent thousands of dollars on their full team of GLs, haha. Is it really too much to give me the minimum crystals for those types of days?If you're already in there looking at your opponent's thousands of dollars worth of character builds, just click one add 5 characters and attack. Lose, collect your 10 banners and you're done. that part would take far less than 2 minutes. Were you not playing regular arena or fleet arena on a daily basis either so as not to see other people's expensive teams?

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StarKarste
3 years ago
"thorntree99;c-2323479" wrote:
I have the opposite gripe. In the old arena there was an incentive to maximise your own score even when you’d definitely lost. Now if my opponent has already cleared mine easily and I lose 1 or 2 battles there is no point continuing.

Huh, that is an interesting point, it really does take the competitive spirit out of once you know you've mathematically lost a match... Yeah, I just had a super busy day and didn't remember to jump in and make my attacks, the little "you didn't participate" was kind of a smack in the face since I did set my defense
firefoxx83uk
3 years ago
If I recall, without looking back, you can take days off. I think they said you need 20pt total to get event rewards. Set you def day 1. Attack day 2. Day 3 let your defense roll over. Day 4 do nothing. Day 5 let your def roll over. Day 6 do your one attack.

That's 3 days in the middle you can do absolutely nothing. Hey, you can even auto set day one and just use 2min any two days on the week to do two attacks.
kello_511
3 years ago
"Karste;c-2323477" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323475" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323472" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323462" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323447" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323446" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323444" wrote:
No no that is the point~ I would rather not look at my opponents all the time. Occasionally I would like to do absolutely nothing and then collect the minimal crystals; just like back in the Arena more or less... apparently I'm in the minority here so far, haha

Right, so you want rewards for doing nothing in a mode that’s designed to essentially punish non-participants. Got it. Do you want GL shards for not doing the event, too? Same idea, right?

Well well, this has turned into an interesting guilt trip now hasn't it? No, I just want the minimal crystals for being lazy on my personal non-team based involvement, that is all. Nothing else. I want SWGOH paid vacation days Kaus, that's what I want!

I know. I understand. You want something for nothing.

Um, you do get vacation days at work... don't you?

Of course I do. A bunch. But I have to *actually* work to get them. They’re not free for doing nothing.

Cool cool cool. You do realize my whole request is to let me do work sometimes? I'm not saying I never want to actually battle. That is the fun of the game... gosh the forum is so much fun ?

For some, battling is also the fun of the forums.
crzydroid
New Scout
3 years ago
I mean, if you want to take a break, take a break. That can be more valuable than crystals.
VeritasInfinite
3 years ago
"Karste;c-2323477" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323475" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323472" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323462" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323447" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323446" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323444" wrote:
No no that is the point~ I would rather not look at my opponents all the time. Occasionally I would like to do absolutely nothing and then collect the minimal crystals; just like back in the Arena more or less... apparently I'm in the minority here so far, haha

Right, so you want rewards for doing nothing in a mode that’s designed to essentially punish non-participants. Got it. Do you want GL shards for not doing the event, too? Same idea, right?

Well well, this has turned into an interesting guilt trip now hasn't it? No, I just want the minimal crystals for being lazy on my personal non-team based involvement, that is all. Nothing else. I want SWGOH paid vacation days Kaus, that's what I want!

I know. I understand. You want something for nothing.

Um, you do get vacation days at work... don't you?

Of course I do. A bunch. But I have to *actually* work to get them. They’re not free for doing nothing.

Cool cool cool. You do realize my whole request is to let me do work sometimes? I'm not saying I never want to actually battle. That is the fun of the game... gosh the forum is so much fun ?

You want to do less work than required for full (albeit minimum) rewards. You’re asking to be paid for 40 hours of work but only punching in for 30.

Want to take a break? Take a break. But don’t expect to be paid for your lack of participation.
LordDirt
New Traveler
3 years ago
You EARN vacation time, it is the reason you still get the time paid for if you quit or get fired.
LordDirt
New Traveler
3 years ago
"Karste;c-2323569" wrote:
"LordDirt;c-2323567" wrote:
You EARN vacation time, it is the reason you still get the time paid for if you quit or get fired.

So if I uninstall the game I should get paid for all my hard work? ...now we are making some progress! O_o

You will still get daily crystals for your rank.
StarKarste
3 years ago
"LordDirt;c-2323573" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323569" wrote:
"LordDirt;c-2323567" wrote:
You EARN vacation time, it is the reason you still get the time paid for if you quit or get fired.

So if I uninstall the game I should get paid for all my hard work? ...now we are making some progress! O_o

You will still get daily crystals for your rank.

And for those of you just tuning in, welcome back to another episode of the OP being unreasonably lazy and people getting offended and telling them things they already know.
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
"Karste;c-2323473" wrote:
"Thorozar11;c-2323450" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323444" wrote:
No no that is the point~ I would rather not look at my opponents all the time. Occasionally I would like to do absolutely nothing and then collect the minimal crystals; just like back in the Arena more or less... apparently I'm in the minority here so far, haha

You can, you get crystals every day sent to your inbox. You don't need to do anything to get them, you just won't get the additional ones for the active GAC.

Okay, solid point, you do get something regardless. Your critique is the most fair so far. I just feel like setting a defense is still participation I didn't just leave it to the AI to set it for me.

This is still A LOT less work (doing one battle) compared to squad arena

You are still getting crystals for doing no amount of work

I don't understand your complaint, you are getting a daily inflow of crystals, if you do nothing, but you are required to put in a lot less work than squad arena does given your schedule
VeritasInfinite
3 years ago
"Karste;c-2323562" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323548" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323477" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323475" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323472" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323462" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323447" wrote:
"KausDebonair;c-2323446" wrote:
"Karste;c-2323444" wrote:
No no that is the point~ I would rather not look at my opponents all the time. Occasionally I would like to do absolutely nothing and then collect the minimal crystals; just like back in the Arena more or less... apparently I'm in the minority here so far, haha

Right, so you want rewards for doing nothing in a mode that’s designed to essentially punish non-participants. Got it. Do you want GL shards for not doing the event, too? Same idea, right?

Well well, this has turned into an interesting guilt trip now hasn't it? No, I just want the minimal crystals for being lazy on my personal non-team based involvement, that is all. Nothing else. I want SWGOH paid vacation days Kaus, that's what I want!

I know. I understand. You want something for nothing.

Um, you do get vacation days at work... don't you?

Of course I do. A bunch. But I have to *actually* work to get them. They’re not free for doing nothing.

Cool cool cool. You do realize my whole request is to let me do work sometimes? I'm not saying I never want to actually battle. That is the fun of the game... gosh the forum is so much fun ?

You want to do less work than required for full (albeit minimum) rewards. You’re asking to be paid for 40 hours of work but only punching in for 30.

Want to take a break? Take a break. But don’t expect to be paid for your lack of participation.

Oh gosh you're back, you doooooo realize that is exactly how vacation days work for the average working arrangement don't you? You work most of the days and then you get a few freebies. I don't think my request is particularly offensive ?

You dooooo realize that I’d you aren’t working you won’t get vacation hours right?

Your request isn’t not offensive. It’s stupid. You want rewards in a game mode that’s predicated on the bare minimum of participation for NOT participating. You’re asking to be paid for not earning anything.