Is F2P dying a slow death?

"No_Try;c-1641879" wrote:

"Warp3dM1nd;c-1641729" wrote:

"Austin09370;c-1641712" wrote:

"JerrickKharr87;c-1641700" wrote:

"zaljko_petrescu;c-1641699" wrote:
I don’t know if f2p is dying - certain feels that way in some respects - but I can say for sure that the game just somehow seems more BORING as of late. New characters being released don’t fill me with any kind of joy and to be honest evoke the opposite reaction when I think about doing a HM farm that seems to average one shard a day even when simming 7-8 battles at once... then that’s not to mention gearing them with the ridiculous stun gun etc. grind... and then G12+ pieces... :(

Yeah maybe that’s my problem. I’m just bored. Arena is super stale with mega whales whaling out on Traya. Too many toons, not enough resources. It’s becoming too much of a bore.

To be fair, "whaling out on Traya' doesn't make any sense as she's FTP and many whales don't have her. It's more of the legacy players that have her because they are in stronger guilds with people who have been playing long as they have.

As far as FTP with the slow death, people have been saying that day 1. FTP is fine and will be fine. It's just that 6 month players can't expect to keep up with 2 year players for obvious reasons..

You make think it is fine and that's your opinion. The truth is the gap is slowly widening and soon will pick up more and more speed. G12 and 6 dot mods being gated behind is going to create a huge gap once the P2P get their toons equipped with them.

Soon unless your lucky enough to be on a dead shard top spots in arena and fleet will be unobtainable. Plus whatever legendary they planning on releasing and assuming the Toons needed will either be on HN or Ship HN in 6 months or so means it will be a year and half or 2 hears out before F2P has a shot at it.

So yeah I think F2P competively is dying. Slowly right now but it will pick up speed. If you are F2P I think you need to start getting your mind set to just have fun and play with your favorite star wars Toons and forget about trying to compete unless like I said you happen to be lucky on a half dead shard.

I keep hearing this opinion over and over; "if you are f2p and you are able to place at the top of your arena your shard is half dead/dead"

I am at a launch shard and I never fell out of the ability to reach the top since I arrived there. So maybe I'm not seeing the picture clearly. A few questions follow;

-Are you in your arenas shard chat?
-Were you able to previously place at the top, but now can't and what is your take on the reasons for it?
-How many of top 50 or 20 in your arena do you suppose are whales/krakens?

1. Yes
2. Yes, Traya has negated this
3. Most who place top 20 are whales

And I love how people claim Traya is FTP! Lol in what universe? To get Traya as FTP, either you’re in a whale guild that is carried by whales or you’re simply lying about FTP. The teams and gear required to complete the outrageously terrible HSTR in all four phases at this point are for whales. Sure, we may be able to build up all those teams in a year or two but if you already have Traya, then either you lucked out with whales carrying you or you are a whale pretending to be FTP just to defend this game (or you’re in denial like most addicts).