Genuine feedback here.
I'm not F2P OR a whale. I've spent about $275 on this game since May.
I updated within minutes of the new patch on Tuesday. I spent probably 800 Cantina energy. Nothing crazy but enough to get some Mk5 mods. However they are almost all E or D quality. I didn't realize the difference at first but was pretty happy with them at the time. I had enough to mod my arena squad and with some filler 1-2 and a couple 3-4 tier mods as fillers for the gaps.
Not only that, I went up against an arena team with one character (Rey) who had all 5 tier A quality mods. The rest of the team had decent mods (more on par with my own modded toons) but that Rey! She destroyed my team single handedly.
Realizing the difference between A quality 5 tier mods and what I had, I tried to upgrade my mods. Lo and behold, they are now much harder to get and MUCH more expensive to level.
I felt cheated and I was one of the first people to get mods!
The disparity from the whales and me is incredible. The disparity between me and any F2P people who didn't get the optional update is also incredible.
This is just one small facet of the difficulty we've been facing?
Can you please comment and correct any erroneous information in what I have just stated?