[MEGATHREAD] Road Ahead: June 2022 - Datacrons

"Ultra;c-2365895" wrote:

"AlexanderG;c-2365889" wrote:
I think a pilot or test run would have been a good idea.

If only they announced an exhibition phase....

Doesn't that just mean we're the beta testers? Do the results of the GACs or TWs during the exhibition phase not count?

"Teron;c-2365874" wrote:
I don't think so, but different people have different things in mind, when they talk about fun.
it can also work if u make every next level of relic ridiculously more powerful and much harder to obtain.
in current state.. well, I honestly believe, that such idea won't bring anything good.

r8 is substantially harder to obtain than r7, and r9 is even worse to attain than r8. So CG have already implemented that method :joy:

"Ferril9909;c-2365835" wrote:
Questions
I'm walking through an unlock in my brain, and have written out the scenario below and questions that came to me:
Level 1 to 2 - upgradeable but cannot be used?
at Level 3 - at this point they become useable and LS or DS specific, for relic 3 toons and up?
Level 4 to 5 - upgradeable, but do only stats from Levels 1-3 apply to relic 3 toons and up, or do relic 5 toons and up get the bonus immediately?
at Level 6 - faction specific bonus unlocks. Do the level 4-5 upgrades now apply? Do they apply to only the unlocked faction, or the alignment, for relic 5 and up?
Level 7 to 8 - upgradeable, but do only stats from Levels 1-6 apply?
at Level 9 - toon specific bonus unlocks. Do bonuses from level 7-8 upgrades now apply? Do the level 7-8 upgrades apply only to the unlocked toon at 9, or the unlocked faction, or the alignment?

Is there a limit to how many datacrons from a set one person can have/apply?

Will I be able to see opponent datacron types/upgrades prior to attack phases?

A video showing these being upgraded and applied to a mixed relic level set of squads would probably be useful.

These are good question.
Furthermore:
Why the imbalance in the Set 1 and Set 2?
Set 1 applies to 6 LS toons and only 2 DS toons and they are only Inquisitorius.
At LS there are JMK and Rey, why not Lord Vader, SEE, SLKR or at least Darth Vader for DS?
Set 2 is solely for Light Side. I hope Set 3 will be solely for DS.
Still I think this imbalance is just impractical.

Will we get one Datac(r)on and get to put it on as many squads as we like?
Will we have to gather and upgrade multiple Datac(r)ons for each squad?
Then we need a whole lot of guaranteed materials but that ain't gonna happen, because here comes the money making aspect. 15+ squads needed for GAC/TW
Will exchanging the Datac(r)ons use them up or will it be a free (lowcost) action?
When will Datac(r)ons be locked in when it comes to GAC/TW?

So this is how Liberty dies, with a roar of thunderous codswallop

"Wed_Santa;c-2365904" wrote:
So this is how Liberty dies, with a roar of thunderous codswallop

Liberty died when Solidus Snake tried to kill it by going against the patriots

I liked the idea of buffing non-meta toons, but in the case of us that have just a handful of characters at relic, I don't think it will be very useful and we'll end up hoping we get the Datacron for the single character we have. For example, if I have Ezra at G8, Datacron or no Datacron I won't be able to use him vs R3 - R5 opponents I'm facing in GAC.

Please consider making a player's datacron inventory part of their public profile. This will help all the sites and tools that need to know what datacrons a player has

This is going to make things very difficult for the hyper competitive guilds and players. In an unusual turn of events I feel bad for the top end guilds - attrition there will increase, I fear.

For me it means GAC counters are shuffled around. That's going to be frustrating - but at least it will be the same for everyone.

It's not that I think this is a bad concept, but I'm not sure why we're doing this without "softening the blow" with something... Anything... That looks like a QOL update. Surely you all (CG) had to know how this was going to be received?

I'm reserving final judgement until it's in the game, but I'll echo another posters sentiment and say I think this was a mis-play.

Unless I missed something, these datacrons are just for GAC & TW?

Not for the Arena, Fleet Arena, TB, Raids, Assault Battles & etc.?
If that's the case, that's awesome news!

Since GAC & TW are my least favorite game modes, I don't need to care about the 'crons at all.
Thanks CG!

"Zumwan;c-2365910" wrote:
I liked the idea of buffing non-meta toons, but in the case of us that have just a handful of characters at relic, I don't think it will be very useful and we'll end up hoping we get the Datacron for the single character we have. For example, if I have Ezra at G8, Datacron or no Datacron I won't be able to use him vs R3 - R5 opponents I'm facing in GAC.

On the bright side of that. In the long run maybe it'll help balance GAC so that you face opponents of a similar ability.