Is F2P dying a slow death?

I'm F2P and am doing very well. Gearing my guys up at a good pace, getting Zetas at a good rate, and farming who I want at a good rate. I still recommend this game to people looking for a good F2P team-building game.

Just feels like a constant money grab with no care for F2P players. I admit that I spend just to "try" to catch up but it is getting to get the point where I am about to say "F" it. I like the game but not the constant money game grab. They don't seem to have respect for those things that just want to play and stay competitive. I mean really $15 for 4 mods and 1 mil credits. Just crazy

I have several guys in my alliance already talking of leaving the game. I imagine they were small spenders. And we are doing Hsith

"Captain_Apollo;c-1634476" wrote:

"DuneSeaFarmer;c-1634467" wrote:
If anything more are going F2P. Pay to win is not as popular as it was once.

I feel like that is more an unintended consequence of how much everyone hates sith raid than anything else. Instead of motivating whales in non-hsith guilds (and whales that fail to make top 10) to shell out they spent the last 6 months letting the gap between top 1% of whales and everyone else explode exponentially, convincing the community that if you aren't already at the top there's no point spending trying to get to the top .

At least I very much doubt they intended to convince would be whales that spending money in the game wasn't a good choice because the gap was too large.

Actually more are hitting the boredom wall and getting off the hamster wheel. This type of game has no real new content, it's more rehashing existing. But many like it so...

"DuneSeaFarmer;c-1634691" wrote:

"Captain_Apollo;c-1634476" wrote:

"DuneSeaFarmer;c-1634467" wrote:
If anything more are going F2P. Pay to win is not as popular as it was once.

I feel like that is more an unintended consequence of how much everyone hates sith raid than anything else. Instead of motivating whales in non-hsith guilds (and whales that fail to make top 10) to shell out they spent the last 6 months letting the gap between top 1% of whales and everyone else explode exponentially, convincing the community that if you aren't already at the top there's no point spending trying to get to the top .

At least I very much doubt they intended to convince would be whales that spending money in the game wasn't a good choice because the gap was too large.

Actually more are hitting the boredom wall and getting off the hamster wheel. This type of game has no real new content, it's more rehashing existing. But many like it so...

This is me. I’m just bored...and my boredom gets worse each day. I use to care about arena until STR and Traya took over. I’m still completing dailies and participating in guild events but I’m definitely not dropping cash or planning anything long term. There’s literally nothing to work toward right now.

"Jarvind;c-1634738" wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

Any headline that ends in a question mark can also be answered by the word yes.

No one leaves this game! They take a break and always come back! Lol

"Captain_Apollo;c-1634466" wrote:

"JediKnight_MarkRyan;c-1634461" wrote:
I’m F2P. The HSTR was behind a paywall. Gear 12 Pieces are behind a paywall.. the best Marquee toons are behind a paywall. & now 6• mods will behind a paywall. Each “paywall” expires after 5ish months to make room for the next paywall. Yet F2P can still be competitive. I’m top 5 in ships every day

This. You can pretty much kiss any chance of being at the forefront of a meta shift as ftp but if you don't try to chase the meta the whales follow you can do plenty well with the ftp toons available.

This This.

I play to be playing; not have had played. I enjoy the animations ("C'mere! I'm gonna use Thrawn's Fracture! Check it out!")

I'm pretty much a minnow (though I see myself more as a cuttlefish), and I have always been aware that the whales play a different game. That's fine. Good for them.
When my (almost-)FTP Troopers can take out a stronger squad, I feel a real sense of accomplishment. Without Zetas, even. Knowing that I earned (almost) every shard on the tables gives me a real sense of ownership.

YMMV, of course.

I really feel for the people who try and play this game f2p now, it used to be so much better like a year ago, but whales and the dev's/EA's Cash grabs being fed by the whales have really downplayed this game immensely. 3k crystals for something you know only exists cause EA knows whales still pay for it regardless, because fairness and fun can't exist, it has to be all about the mula.

Also, you realise how terrible the excuse is that "f2p shouldn't be able to win or be top"? Like, I've literatlly never seen someone give up that much hope and even make up excuses as to why a game can't be good or better.

I play f2p, started last year , i love the game , yeah the whales get an advantage, but guess what , they pay for it , which keeps the game going.
THERE is no truly f2p game , cause if the company makes no money then you have no game.
If you want to be top of the arena or beat hsith , yeah you have to pay , but guess what , if you dont you can be free to play and still enjoy the game.
If you stopped worrying about what everyone else has and enjoy what you have, the game is more fun. But don't forget what this game is , its a grind, thats the point of it. If everyone had everything maxxed , why play ?