How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have. One of the players in my Guild fell for the pack and I feel bad because they got a toon they already have at 7 stars - and now this puts them pretty far behind - of course unless they want to spend, spend, spend.Really CG, how hard could it be to make sure a player received something of REAL VALUE vs. a literal complete waste of 5,000 crystals? Not too hard I imagine.

"Ravens1113;c-2398360" wrote:"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have. One of the players in my Guild fell for the pack and I feel bad because they got a toon they already have at 7 stars - and now this puts them pretty far behind - of course unless they want to spend, spend, spend.Really CG, how hard could it be to make sure a player received something of REAL VALUE vs. a literal complete waste of 5,000 crystals? Not too hard I imagine.I don’t see the bait and switch or how it’s unfair?The pack literally lays out who you can get for the crystals. There are some older toons that some may have 7* with others like Boush leia and Scariff Lando maybe at 4*. Some may not have any at 7* so it’s a win no matter what. The pack is going to have better value for younger rosters. Nobody forced your guild mate to buy that pack. If they only needed 4 out of the 20 characters but chose to buy it, then they took the gamble and lost unfortunately. That’s not on CG. Yep, you're right: no one forced the guy to waste 5,000 crystals and get taken by CG, obtaining a toon he already had. Still would have been nice for the guy if CG put some thought into this.

"ObiDarthYoda;c-2398605" wrote:"Ravens1113;c-2398360" wrote:"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have. One of the players in my Guild fell for the pack and I feel bad because they got a toon they already have at 7 stars - and now this puts them pretty far behind - of course unless they want to spend, spend, spend.Really CG, how hard could it be to make sure a player received something of REAL VALUE vs. a literal complete waste of 5,000 crystals? Not too hard I imagine.I don’t see the bait and switch or how it’s unfair?The pack literally lays out who you can get for the crystals. There are some older toons that some may have 7* with others like Boush leia and Scariff Lando maybe at 4*. Some may not have any at 7* so it’s a win no matter what. The pack is going to have better value for younger rosters. Nobody forced your guild mate to buy that pack. If they only needed 4 out of the 20 characters but chose to buy it, then they took the gamble and lost unfortunately. That’s not on CG. Yep, you're right: no one forced the guy to waste 5,000 crystals and get taken by CG, obtaining a toon he already had. Still would have been nice for the guy if CG put some thought into this.He didn't get 'taken' - he knew exactly what the possible outcomes were. He took a risk and it didn't work out for him. I looked at the same pack but the odds were too heavily skewed against me so I didn't risk it. As with any game of chance, the take-away here is, if you can't afford to lose it, don't risk it. Feels bad to lose 5k crystals. At least he got some shard shop currency.

"herd_nerfer;c-2398608" wrote:"ObiDarthYoda;c-2398605" wrote:"Ravens1113;c-2398360" wrote:"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have. One of the players in my Guild fell for the pack and I feel bad because they got a toon they already have at 7 stars - and now this puts them pretty far behind - of course unless they want to spend, spend, spend.Really CG, how hard could it be to make sure a player received something of REAL VALUE vs. a literal complete waste of 5,000 crystals? Not too hard I imagine.I don’t see the bait and switch or how it’s unfair?The pack literally lays out who you can get for the crystals. There are some older toons that some may have 7* with others like Boush leia and Scariff Lando maybe at 4*. Some may not have any at 7* so it’s a win no matter what. The pack is going to have better value for younger rosters. Nobody forced your guild mate to buy that pack. If they only needed 4 out of the 20 characters but chose to buy it, then they took the gamble and lost unfortunately. That’s not on CG. Yep, you're right: no one forced the guy to waste 5,000 crystals and get taken by CG, obtaining a toon he already had. Still would have been nice for the guy if CG put some thought into this.He didn't get 'taken' - he knew exactly what the possible outcomes were. He took a risk and it didn't work out for him. I looked at the same pack but the odds were too heavily skewed against me so I didn't risk it. As with any game of chance, the take-away here is, if you can't afford to lose it, don't risk it. Feels bad to lose 5k crystals. At least he got some shard shop currency. Different take but yep, it does spell-out the odds. Still feel bad for the guy as 5,000 crystals can buy lots of usable stuff.

They should really remove accelerated characters from these packs. Personally, if you're going to spend crystals/money, then stay away from gamble packs.

"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have.It's not.

Holiday Character Trove Pack - really CG?

35 Replies

ObiDarthYoda
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
"Ravens1113;c-2398360" wrote:
"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:
How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have. One of the players in my Guild fell for the pack and I feel bad because they got a toon they already have at 7 stars - and now this puts them pretty far behind - of course unless they want to spend, spend, spend.

Really CG, how hard could it be to make sure a player received something of REAL VALUE vs. a literal complete waste of 5,000 crystals? Not too hard I imagine.

I don’t see the bait and switch or how it’s unfair?

The pack literally lays out who you can get for the crystals. There are some older toons that some may have 7* with others like Boush leia and Scariff Lando maybe at 4*. Some may not have any at 7* so it’s a win no matter what. The pack is going to have better value for younger rosters. Nobody forced your guild mate to buy that pack. If they only needed 4 out of the 20 characters but chose to buy it, then they took the gamble and lost unfortunately. That’s not on CG.

Yep, you're right: no one forced the guy to waste 5,000 crystals and get taken by CG, obtaining a toon he already had. Still would have been nice for the guy if CG put some thought into this.
RagingMonkey057
3 years ago
"ObiDarthYoda;c-2398605" wrote:
"Ravens1113;c-2398360" wrote:
"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:
How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have. One of the players in my Guild fell for the pack and I feel bad because they got a toon they already have at 7 stars - and now this puts them pretty far behind - of course unless they want to spend, spend, spend.

Really CG, how hard could it be to make sure a player received something of REAL VALUE vs. a literal complete waste of 5,000 crystals? Not too hard I imagine.

I don’t see the bait and switch or how it’s unfair?

The pack literally lays out who you can get for the crystals. There are some older toons that some may have 7* with others like Boush leia and Scariff Lando maybe at 4*. Some may not have any at 7* so it’s a win no matter what. The pack is going to have better value for younger rosters. Nobody forced your guild mate to buy that pack. If they only needed 4 out of the 20 characters but chose to buy it, then they took the gamble and lost unfortunately. That’s not on CG.

Yep, you're right: no one forced the guy to waste 5,000 crystals and get taken by CG, obtaining a toon he already had. Still would have been nice for the guy if CG put some thought into this.

He didn't get 'taken' - he knew exactly what the possible outcomes were. He took a risk and it didn't work out for him. I looked at the same pack but the odds were too heavily skewed against me so I didn't risk it. As with any game of chance, the take-away here is, if you can't afford to lose it, don't risk it. Feels bad to lose 5k crystals. At least he got some shard shop currency.
ObiDarthYoda
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
"herd_nerfer;c-2398608" wrote:
"ObiDarthYoda;c-2398605" wrote:
"Ravens1113;c-2398360" wrote:
"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:
How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have. One of the players in my Guild fell for the pack and I feel bad because they got a toon they already have at 7 stars - and now this puts them pretty far behind - of course unless they want to spend, spend, spend.

Really CG, how hard could it be to make sure a player received something of REAL VALUE vs. a literal complete waste of 5,000 crystals? Not too hard I imagine.

I don’t see the bait and switch or how it’s unfair?

The pack literally lays out who you can get for the crystals. There are some older toons that some may have 7* with others like Boush leia and Scariff Lando maybe at 4*. Some may not have any at 7* so it’s a win no matter what. The pack is going to have better value for younger rosters. Nobody forced your guild mate to buy that pack. If they only needed 4 out of the 20 characters but chose to buy it, then they took the gamble and lost unfortunately. That’s not on CG.

Yep, you're right: no one forced the guy to waste 5,000 crystals and get taken by CG, obtaining a toon he already had. Still would have been nice for the guy if CG put some thought into this.

He didn't get 'taken' - he knew exactly what the possible outcomes were. He took a risk and it didn't work out for him. I looked at the same pack but the odds were too heavily skewed against me so I didn't risk it. As with any game of chance, the take-away here is, if you can't afford to lose it, don't risk it. Feels bad to lose 5k crystals. At least he got some shard shop currency.

Different take but yep, it does spell-out the odds. Still feel bad for the guy as 5,000 crystals can buy lots of usable stuff.
GambitAA91
3 years ago
They should really remove accelerated characters from these packs. Personally, if you're going to spend crystals/money, then stay away from gamble packs.
tvsfrink
3 years ago
"ObiDarthYoda;d-260836" wrote:
How utterly unfair it is that, by blowing 5,000 crystals on the 'Holiday Character Trove Pack,' someone can get 330 shards of a toon they already have.

It's not.
Schwartzring
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"JackedJedi;c-2398617" wrote:
They should really remove accelerated characters from these packs. Personally, if you're going to spend crystals/money, then stay away from gamble packs.

This seems logical, if it's already a year+ old in the game then don't have them in those packs.
Keep it to just stuff released that is still on single shards.
BobaFettish86
3 years ago
I got really lucky when I pulled Eighth Brother. I was happy to avoid any Jabba reqs since I have him already, but I was hoping for one of the Inquisitors (apart from Fifth who can be cantina farmed). That being said, I knew there was a chance at it. The last time I got one of those packs I got FO Officer. To this day, I still haven't farmed FO for SLKR lol.
ObiDarthYoda
Seasoned Adventurer
3 years ago
"BobaFettish86;c-2398638" wrote:
I got really lucky when I pulled Eighth Brother. I was happy to avoid any Jabba reqs since I have him already, but I was hoping for one of the Inquisitors (apart from Fifth who can be cantina farmed). That being said, I knew there was a chance at it. The last time I got one of those packs I got FO Officer. To this day, I still haven't farmed FO for SLKR lol.

Gotta' get going for SLKR :)
Screerider
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I'm curious how "pretty far behind" a 5,000 crystal loss puts one (albeit with a 330 shard boon in SSC). For me it's maybe a week or so.
deathbringer59
Seasoned Veteran
3 years ago

I've pulled these packs three times now and gotten 2/3 good results, this last was one Eighth brother. I didn't have any shards for him besides marque yet so that was plus and I can continue to farm relic mats. Last time I got Fennic Shan. I wasn't done with her but prerty close. It just finished up the farm more. The very first one I tried was a letdown but I don't remember who it was, it was some time ago but I had them 7* already