Is this a mobile game?

Any computer MMORPG like world of warcraft was less time consuming and people were already joking about that :-)

Yesterday it took me 2 hours for the tourney, 1 Hour Arena, 30Min daily activities like GW, 45Min Rancor, 30Min ATT.. so that's almost 5 hours and I could have spent way more time at the tourney or in the raids if I wanted to maximize my performance.

Playing less is not an option since many people want either to have a chance to compete with others or wont play at all.

"ReVenGe_in_MiNd;767493" wrote:
I can do everything I need to do every day in less then an hour, including all 12 nodes of GW, so I am not sure what the fuss is about. Looking forward to more new content, this game just gets better and better.

How do you manage that when there is a timer on challenges and arena?
Imo they need to remove the timer on challenges atleast
Also if ships comming and are the same grind as we allrdy have they just double the game but guess we will see

I love this game but I agree that the time consumption gets a little bit too much for a casual mobile game. Normally I wouldn't mind but my GF begins to hate this game lol.

There are "mobile" games like CoC which makes you play 24/7 (or untill a personal break is needed).
This is nothing compared to games where you can grind without a limitation. Every day there is a point in this game where you can do nothing. There are many games where this doesn't apply though I agree, it takes up a lot of time. Could be more though :)

"DatBoi;767482" wrote:
Heaven forbid there's too much gameplay. What a nightmare. I hate it when my favorite app consistently updates and adds new features.

Ships = gameplay. That I agree with.
"Tournaments" (aka "auctions") is just poorly executed rehashed arena.

I don't mind it being time consuming, I like that there is a lot to do.

What I'm less keen on is the need for a lot of co-ordination we see in raids. That doesn't really sit well with a mobile game, the appeal of which is surely to be able to pick up in play in bursts whenever and wherever is convenient.

It's a similar story with the arena payout being a ladder with a set cut off time, which really makes playing at that cut off time imperative given the importance of arena rewards. At least with the tournament for example, you can build up your points at a convenient time.

Afterall, if you have the ability always play at set times and coordinate dozens of other players then there are always going to be better ways of doing that playing pc or console MMOs. In a mobile game it somewhat diminishes the appeal, in my opinion anyway.

"DatBoi;767482" wrote:
Heaven forbid there's too much gameplay. What a nightmare. I hate it when my favorite app consistently updates and adds new features.

Right? This is just appalling, how dare they add new things and increase the amount of time you can spend playing a game. What are they thinking??

"Bobafeit;767503" wrote:

Imo they need to remove the timer on challenges atleast

They need to remove the challenges. Just deliver the rewards each day in the inbox.
I don't think I will miss tapping 8 times on a "sim" button at some random time interval.

I don't mind the new content, it was clearly planned to be added. I'd like more bug fixes and rebalances, but I understand that it's new content that drives profit. However, the sheer amount of time things are taking up is getting to be too extreme:

Tank raid takes a long time due to animations, which was a willing choice on their end. Completely unneeded. It serves no purpose other than to kill time. Having the tank rotate isn't visually appealing or a stunning cut scene that will wow us with In game graphics, it's an artificial time sink. This should have never been released in this status, or at least updated within the first week.

Tournaments are a GIANT time sink that truly only benefit a small number of players. Each bracket holds 5000 players, only the top 100 get a full toon. That's 2% of the the player base gets rewards worth the effort. It's an even smaller number if you are under lvl 80, I believe .05%. For the hours of game time people need to spend to be competitive, the rewards are underwhelming. And it's boring.

The timers on everything are to drive longer and repeated activity, that's a number they care about. Fine, I get it. But give us a way to pay our way through it. Either crystals or extra sim tickets would be fine. Whales will spend crystal to save time, ftp will spend sim tickets for the same reason. And if they run out might actually buy the sim ticket packs.

Ships will add a whole new layer to this. The content will probably be good, and add to the swgoh experience. But based on previous and current releases, I am deeply worried about how much extra time it will be deliberately designed to take up. Not too mention how it may amplify the bug fixes and rebalances that we still need. I want a lean and efficient Star Wars experience that allows me to enjoy a game in that universe, not a mindless slog of time consuming and useless interactions.

"Jordison;767478" wrote:

"Nightlores;767474" wrote:
Batteries of mobile devices are not ment for this game!

EA smartphones upcoming! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ye, you pay with crystals every time you try to call....