Galactic War is now a "nothing" aspect of the game, it's a "quick sim and done" button click.I happen to remember GW back when the last 3 nodes were seriously tough, with some of the best players' arena teams showing up.Once the sim option has been unlocked for GW, I see no reason to keep the nodes so ridiculously easy. Please make it seriously hard and give us the opportunity to test out new squads and characters on these nodes, at present it serves no purpose whatsoever.I never thought I'd say this, but I now miss the days when I ran into Skykrak on the final node!

I wouldn't mind seeing this as well. I have some DoT based teams that I want to try out, but arena is all Traya all the time for me so there's no variety of difficult teams to try it on. And I don't want to risk losing a GA battle or making life harder for guildmates in GW trying out a new strategy.Or at the very least, make it so you can sim through a certain number of battles to get to battles 10-12.

AgreeAnd.. I am also a fan of Skykrak.

"Roksteady;c-1740298" wrote:Or at the very least, make it so you can sim through a certain number of battles to get to battles 10-12.Sadly, that wouldn't work either. Even the last couple of nodes are painfully easy.The difficulty would need to be ratcheted back up to max, as it was in the first year of the game (when John Salera famously said that GW was meant to be "hard", and a "war of attrition").

Nope. The thing we need is a sandbox mode that would allow us to fight our allies'/guild members' squads to help theory craft and strategize good counters. Considering how intense territory wars and grand arena can be, this would be a for sure hit with the fan base. It would also give us the ability to use any of our toons any time we want for fun.

"Trystan_Spyder;c-1740435" wrote:"Palanthian;c-1740403" wrote:"Roksteady;c-1740298" wrote:Or at the very least, make it so you can sim through a certain number of battles to get to battles 10-12.Sadly, that wouldn't work either. Even the last couple of nodes are painfully easy.The difficulty would need to be ratcheted back up to max, as it was in the first year of the game (when John Salera famously said that GW was meant to be "hard", and a "war of attrition").There's plenty of players out there who would disagree that GW is "painfully easy".In the endgame, it is, and I very specifically suggested unlocking the difficulty ONLY after GW becomes simmable, at which point - what does it matter how hard it is?

Make GW Hard Once Sim Unlocked | EA Forums

Ikenstein86
6 years ago
This is a great idea. GW used to be my sandbox. I miss being able to use it even though I do appreciate being able to sim. Best of both worlds
MasterSeedy
Rising Ace
6 years ago
@TVF
It's not failed or forgotten.... It's early game content. New players need content too.

Exactly this.
DrJeff0609
6 years ago
Great idea! I second this!!
Lochaber1984
6 years ago
"princecasals;c-1740356" wrote:
Agree
And.. I am also a fan of Skykrak.

Doesnt seem to be maintaining a perfect roster these days. Wallet must be feeling the pinch :p
trystanspyder
6 years ago
"Palanthian;c-1740403" wrote:
"Roksteady;c-1740298" wrote:
Or at the very least, make it so you can sim through a certain number of battles to get to battles 10-12.

Sadly, that wouldn't work either. Even the last couple of nodes are painfully easy.

The difficulty would need to be ratcheted back up to max, as it was in the first year of the game (when John Salera famously said that GW was meant to be "hard", and a "war of attrition").

There's plenty of players out there who would disagree that GW is "painfully easy".
Sledge7088
Rising Newcomer
6 years ago
I would love to see something like this!
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
Yeah. Just make them full of top arena teams. I need to practice beating those teams for Grand Arena and GW provides the level of redo we don't have anywhere else in the game
tvsfrink
6 years ago
"Ultra;c-1740615" wrote:
Yeah. Just make them full of top arena teams. I need to practice beating those teams for Grand Arena and GW provides the level of redo we don't have anywhere else in the game

I suspect the Whales wouldn't like that and this is why it wouldn't happen.
Babajeeda
6 years ago
"Formerly_Randy;c-1740425" wrote:
Nope. The thing we need is a sandbox mode that would allow us to fight our allies'/guild members' squads to help theory craft and strategize good counters. Considering how intense territory wars and grand arena can be, this would be a for sure hit with the fan base. It would also give us the ability to use any of our toons any time we want for fun.

100% agree
That would be awsome
Vaderizer
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
I'd be into this, but I have a sinking feeling that the result would be accidentally cranking it up for everyone, people who don't have sim unlocked getting completely boned for a few days while they fix it, and the forums being a conflagration of dev hate for the following month.