Is F2P dying a slow death?
Am I the only F2P/Dolphin who feels like after a dozen or so Marque events that the game is slowly being built towards whales, thus leaving us long-dedicated F2Ps out in the cold watching the game pic...
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There is no end game in this kind of set-up -- and that's ok! In some ways, its what makes the game fun. That said, the game's last 12 or maybe 18 months have been over the top and everyone feels it. Too many toons to farm -- and that's ok -- all demanding too much gear to farm -- and that's ok. All with payouts that are a bit over the top, which is not ok.
Thrawn broke the game way back when. Since the release of fracture, arena has been all about whatever next toon can keep up with it. This wasn't this way when droids were the meta, or when Anakin / Asoka was actually useful. Everything since Thrawn has been some new mechanic that makes your inventory basically useless.
For example, I still don't have the Chaze meta. Frankly, I don't need it. There's no use to it at all, hardly even a use for Territory War. All you need is the next "big thing" to overcome it. And chances are the next big thing is still going to struggle if it gets fractured. It's the most broken mechanic in the game right now. That's what happens when you add stuff that cannot be resisted, countered, or dispelled. It was a dumb move then and it still is. All they have done since then is to continue to add this kind of thing, which just narrows the game rather than widening it.
What the devs have to do at this point (and forget my son, he already threw his hands in the air and quit) is to try to find a way to make newer players relevant. Right now, they aren't. Are you a new player? You don't matter. You aren't going to matter for at least six months and maybe a year. The game isn't for you because you haven't been padding EA's account.
That's gotta change before anything else. New players need to feel like they can drop a $50 on this game and get somewhere. Right now, you could drop $250 on it and still not be in a position to do much. That doesn't feel good and in the long run, it's going to hurt us all.
Thrawn broke the game way back when. Since the release of fracture, arena has been all about whatever next toon can keep up with it. This wasn't this way when droids were the meta, or when Anakin / Asoka was actually useful. Everything since Thrawn has been some new mechanic that makes your inventory basically useless.
For example, I still don't have the Chaze meta. Frankly, I don't need it. There's no use to it at all, hardly even a use for Territory War. All you need is the next "big thing" to overcome it. And chances are the next big thing is still going to struggle if it gets fractured. It's the most broken mechanic in the game right now. That's what happens when you add stuff that cannot be resisted, countered, or dispelled. It was a dumb move then and it still is. All they have done since then is to continue to add this kind of thing, which just narrows the game rather than widening it.
What the devs have to do at this point (and forget my son, he already threw his hands in the air and quit) is to try to find a way to make newer players relevant. Right now, they aren't. Are you a new player? You don't matter. You aren't going to matter for at least six months and maybe a year. The game isn't for you because you haven't been padding EA's account.
That's gotta change before anything else. New players need to feel like they can drop a $50 on this game and get somewhere. Right now, you could drop $250 on it and still not be in a position to do much. That doesn't feel good and in the long run, it's going to hurt us all.
