Legend of the Old Republic Event Feedback

"CountPookoo;c-1673817" wrote:
No offense CG but the event is really (silly) easy - was that intended?

I like the idea of a “Raid Boss” style ending...but seriously the lack of challenge was a bit disappointing.

Chewbacca - people say too hard.

Revan - people say too easy.

*shrug*

It was easy. Easier than JTR and CLS I think. But that’s ok since the real challenge was to get the toons to 7*. Maybe it only felt easier because I have far better mods these days.

Rewards were good. I need most of the stuff all the time because I don’t hoard gear. Omegas and zetas are great and the amount was ok. This time absolutely not disappointed.

And it looked nice. The event was well designed.

I only post in this „hidden“ area of the forums because another member suggested it, going out of my way and doing the work for CG, be Hase this also burns under my fingernails:

"Cossin;c-1673972" wrote:

"CG_Erik;d-184333" wrote:
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Have you heard the tale of the Hero who led the Jedi to victory against the Mandalorians in the ancient war? How the Savior of the Republic faced down the armies of Mandalore and took their leader’s mask? Or, perhaps, the story of a great fall and a return to the light? Learn all about one of the great mysteries and myths of the Old Republic. Prepare to follow the journey of... Jedi Knight Revan!

I am at stage 5, I have learned NOTHING about Revan‘s story. Where is the Mask part, how and when does he fight the armies of Mandalore? When did Jediknight Revan Fall to the dark side and returned to light? Ist that all in stages 6 and 7? Quite crowded in those last 2 stages innit?
Where is this highlighted and promised story? Where is the narrative for this narrative driven event, which holds so much knowledge for us? Why and how is this a new event - besides requirements - compared to the other events? Very few lines and a Rancor... how and why did he fight a Rancor? How did he become friends with Zaladbar and Mission? Why do they call him friend?... rather than learning things, I‘m left with many questions....
Not everyone is a passionate gamer having play Kotor or tor... some people might only have seen the movies. Thus, Hero‘s Journeys work the way they are designed because 99.99% of the fanbase playing this game have seen the movies. But most certainly not 99.99% have played the games/all the games

Additionally, the rewards are good but not awesome. This event was intended for spending players, that‘s fine by me. But the whole advertisement of this new event by itself was a mess. I expect more consistency and actual information in announcements. How can there be harm in telling us „this is a brand new event type“ or similar remarks? Until the very end, people argued whether this event is a Legendary, Hero‘s Journey or new Event. For me, sadly, it has no new feeling. It is a mix of Hero‘s Journey and Marquee, with the reward being a 7* character rather than 3*s one. After the initial mess, I hope with the emphasized parts of the announcement, we‘d actually get to know what you‘re writing about. Cutscenes, Dialogues, getting to know the character, in short a narrative campaign that involves aforementioned features to justify the short notice, high paywall and motivate throughout the next months to level my toons and get to know more of his story. Maybe even parting his Journey over several weeks to tell his story piece by piece, ending with a 7* Revan whose story I actually know now (and you‘d bind your customers to the game, as missing out a date would mean no Revan and no info on him)
As occasional spender I have never felt the urge to spend at all as in this event, after the initial announcement. Not because I might not get Revan without spending. No, because I was left totally in the dark what I am buying in and what to expect, as it wasn‘t even clear -as mentioned above- what kind of event this will be. It felt rushed and miscoordinated, adding inconsistent and vague advertising.

"TVF;c-1674054" wrote:

"CountPookoo;c-1673817" wrote:
No offense CG but the event is really (silly) easy - was that intended?

I like the idea of a “Raid Boss” style ending...but seriously the lack of challenge was a bit disappointing.

Chewbacca - people say too hard.

Revan - people say too easy.

*shrug*

They are different events...can't both be true?

My first reaction was, "meh, the rewards are terrible". But then i realised that whatever(albeit little) useful things that we were getting, were worth more than previous event rewards(50 crystals).

For example, the worst tier, tier 2, gave the only useful item in the form of mk6 dets, which were 420 crystals worth iirc. I think thats a very good value for something so easy to achieve. :D

Anyway, the comment by crumb that t1 gives all salvage for rancor and t2 gives all salvage for aat was blatantly false, so that resulted in a bit of disappointment. Nevertheless,thats not your problem.

The event was fun to play. Using revan was... something i liked. But wouldn't recommend doing it again since it gives it a marquee feel. Would rather prefer earning revan to play with him.

The event design was beatiful, and the story was cool too. 10/10 for effort in that regard.

The event was very easy. Not really fun. Don't stop reading here, please take the below advice.

You could have waited till late november, and dropped an event that required g10,g11,g12 characters, than for people to scramble for 7* like this one. Also, this time, people would have known the gear req, so it wouldn't have been a kick in the groin like the chewie event was.

That move would have been a very smart because:
1) It could have given more time to 7* first time around for ftp, while still requiring smart investment. This time it was all about hoarding crystals and/or buying, both of which are pretty dumb.

2) All OR characters are fantastic. No one will regret the investment. They may not understand it right now, but eventually they will.

3) People who dont unlock him this time will *easily* unlock him next time. Thats like giving a free 7* HJ toon to new players. It undermines the effort that old players put.

4) Launching a big event so close to another legendary is utter bs. Should have some gap b/w the two.

See, you missed a lot with these event. A lot of potential. But i can't blame you, you must have had your deadlines. :)

I thought the event was pretty good. Better than Rey's Journey event. I think the final tier rewards of mod salvage were meh. Should've been something else. Full stun gun perhaps since Revan needs like 3. But the other extra rewards were pretty good.

But....where's the achievement for doing this? Pretty sure we got achievements for all Legendary and Journey toons before this.

Out of 10 I give this event....8.75/10.

@CG_CapGaSP

Alright well... Whale response....

Revan, underwhelming (for now) if a great Jedi attacker comes in this will change things.

Revan event.... story was “ok” learning to use the new mechanics was poorly done as I was able to auto gear 8 toons to second last tier “without any mods” once I tossed on pretty mediocre mods I Auto’d the last two stages and the final stage boss took like 4 turns total.

Rewards, would have appreciated some crystals and Stun guns to actually be able to gear up Revan after the event.

Overall issue, he will be like CLS soon as he comes back a large % will have him and the third time everyone (within reason) will have him. Because of the ease of this event this is a 100% power creep and nothing else.

I’m not mad or angry and yes I partially bought this toon. I am concearned for state of the game and where this leads though. This is a resource managment game and none of those principles came into play with this event.

I was a spender. 100-200 a month occasionally as high as 300. The fact that you made this event such an overt cash grab such that even if I were willing to spend extra it wouldn’t even touch getting the character has made me permanently FTP. First time I didn’t get the character during the first run of the event. That was in fact, why I spent. You told me with this move that you did not value my business so you don’t get it anymore. I’ve cancelled my SWOTOR account of 3 years too. I’ll never ever touch an EA backed product again.

On the bright side, I played the event through 5 Star. Dull, dull, dull. And it seems Revan’s kit is lackluster (and who doesn’t love a little schadenfreude), the rewards outside shards are the usual brand of absolute refuse. I get why you milked the sales of the limp-noodle non- bastila old republic characters by not releasing the kit until the 11th hour. Lol. That tactic might have given you some 3rd quarter growth to impress the board with, but the long term damage will sink you (pass the popcorn).

Spending money on the game now gets you so much more than it did back when I spent money. What a waste for me. If only I was a jedi that could predict the future.

As for the event, the tier 3 rewards are just awful. Tier 1 rewards were okay. Tier 2 is stuff that I have too much of from HAAT as it is. I just don't understand why Tier 3 rewards were so bad. It makes no sense, they are so worthless and I really hope we don't get such lame rewards for a tier in the future. Literally any other event gives better rewards. Tier 3 was my limit.

Overall my biggest issue with Revan event has been communication from CG, or lack thereof. 1.5k comments on the megathread and barely any here. Revan has always been subject to so many rumors and so much speculation from the community. Therefore there should have been extra effort with much more advance notice about Revan. You cannot drop announcements and then stay silent when event drops 2 weeks later. There has been so much great content and new characters to farm, but you gave f2p players absolutely no chance to focus their farming adequately. You give us 2 new types of energy that we need to refresh to stay competitive and no new crystal income. Increasing node sims to x8 and lowering the first refresh cost does not fix the problem, it only exacerbates it without giving us at least a little more crystal income. I don't have time to spend even more time on discord for shard chats, trying to get more arena crystals. It's impossible to get decent payouts unless you engage in such shard chats and not everyone has that ability, which makes the current crystal system for f2p players very inadequate after all the new changes.

Revan event has merely highlighted all of these issues, but didn't create them. I get that. I just feel so frustrated that all my time and efforts and money into this game's early years are continuously eroded by new p2w content and I am not given adequate opportunity or information from the source (CG) to make informed decisions about farming priorities with the dwindling resources I have at my disposal. If it's this frustrating for me at 4M GP I can only imagine it is so much worse for many others.

"Goosey_Majumbo;c-1674214" wrote:
Spending money on the game now gets you so much more than it did back when I spent money.

No it doesn't. It still only buys a very temporary advantage that CG/EA will either nerf or release a hard counter to in a month or so. Same stuff, different character.

Think of the last two (CLS and JTR) - how are they doing in arena these days? Oh, sure, you could say "CLS is making a comeback!" - but that's only because of Chewbacca... who was released to counter Triumverate.

One month, CG/EA sells everyone a bigger, tougher new rock. The next month, they sell a new and unique colored piece of paper. Month three, they sell everyone a shiny new pair of extra sharp scissors. Month 4, repeat the rock thing. Since 2016. No difference.