Im done defending CG/EA..........

"Qeltar;147424" wrote:
Here's the exact quote: "I can't speak to that, yet. But suffice to say, the exclusive character won't take as long to acquire."
It's ambiguous and could mean either "you can get him faster if you already have a big pile of shards" OR "you can get him faster by farming shards for 7* chars".
I give the dev the benefit of the doubt here. He had absolutely no reason to lie, and he's repeatedly made clear he does not make these sorts of decisions and avoids discussing them.

It wasn't too hard to say "it'll be easier to acquire the exclusive, as long as you have at least (some number, say 10,000 shards or whatever it is to actually unlock, I haven't seen him), so be prepared that he isn't cheap, don't get false hopes anyone. Thanks"

It's easy to say that someone doesn't lie or say falsehoods, regardless of what the actual truth is. I'm not saying that they definitely are giving false misrepresentation, just that with the ambiguous stuff said pretty much from the start that I've seen since I started, anything could be happening.