Message from the EP

"Lasserini;304210" wrote:

I support your idea of making speed less important and making arena fights a tad longer, but for now it feels like you went way overboard & slowed stuff down too much.

This.

Something needs to be done about this update I mean I've been scouring the forums reading responses and the only positive ones I find are saying the same thing Its more fun now because it's more challenging. Wait seriously? It's more fun because I want to throw my phone out my window and smash it to bits because every battle it seems like I'm loosing now when yesterday I was top 200 in the arena and I can't even beat anyone now and have dropped significantly in ranks?? And I after 8 attempts bear savage in the str challenge with only 1 character with supper low health left basically just won by luck and I still have 4 more trys? This is insane I'm starting over like I just downloaded the game but yet I have lvl 73 characters that are 7 star that as many have stated are useless. I get the reason behind the update and yeah I admit I was hoping this would pan out for the better making the game actually more fun allowing the people who won't spend over 1k on this game to actually make it and be in the top ranks and so on but it hasn't worked out. Yes I have spent money on this game and was happy to do it but with this update I'm regretting paying the devs salary now because all this is, is another money grab. To make it anywhere now you HAVE TO SPEND money to play

I have won a good few GWs in a row.

Just got my A team wiped out in node 6 by a lower starred, lesser geared team but they had "protection"

Fucking stupid update.

Yeah it's bad. It was annoying at first and then I kept playing and it's worse. GAlactic war is impossible for the above reasons. You need like 5 7* teams to make it. The effect and damage updates are screwy as well as the target health bar not updating.

Overall thought, they released this update after zero testing.

"Notice;304299" wrote:
I've played this game daily since December. I've worked out my strategies, invested in building my teams, learned from mistakes so that I can anticipate outcomes and moves, and in one fell swoop you have undone all of that. I've put up with seeing my favorite characters slowly be undone with each new update (Ventress is the best example), but this feels like an entirely different game. It's like I have to relearn everything all over again. You don't invest in building something up so that you press 'reset' one day and start all over. I'm thinking it's time to step away from this game and move on to something else.

That's exactly what I've been saying I mean I've been playing since day one worked out a strategy from my failures before a d actually figured out what worked best and now it's like I just downloaded it with some lvl 72 7 star characters that are useless and I gotta start from scratch

"Wade;304177" wrote:

"Vastion_Cread;304097" wrote:

"Wade;304059" wrote:

"RAYRAY;304001" wrote:

"Wade;303975" wrote:
Rayray you can continue to beat up on my team that will remain untouched after I uninstall. Enjoy

Sorry, I don't think I can. Unless this new update allows me to challenge teams 200+ slots behind mine:)

Hmm there is no rank 200 below 30 and I've been under 50 for last month or so. Try again.

I am confused then...

Don't try golf. The higher your score the worse just like your rank hence 200 ranks lower than somebody would be 200 ranks better

I may be crazy but this isn't golf.
Also a lower "rank" would be a higher number.

"@CG_JohnSalera" wrote:
This was a big set of changes, and one we needed to do for the long-term health of the game.
Why? Well, a couple of reasons:
At the level 70 cap, the top end of the game was very much focused on speed and quick burst damage. There were fairly constant complaints on the forums about the domination of this particular strategy, and complaints that there were not enough viable squad builds.
As we were working on building out the level 80 cap increase, and even projecting beyond level 80, that “speed meta” only got significantly more dominant. This was leading to cases where one party could demolish the opponent before they got a chance to move. Not good.
Furthermore, the number of viable characters and squad builds also got narrower. Also not good.

The problem with this last update is not that you made it harder. Its not that you altered the meta or ruined an expensive/beloved character(s).

The problem is the complete and utter disconnect from what you did, and what you claim you are trying to do. And even now today you seem totally oblivious to this fact. It makes you seem careless, disconnected from your own game, and incompetent.

Why was Ugnaught nerfed? Why were the Jawas nerfed? Why was Mace nerfed? The list goes on and on. Not only were there characters already weak, but they wernt even fast. Then you BUFF Ahsoka? I don't use her, but as I understand it, she IS fast.

Not once has there been any hint of why there were nerfs on poor characters.

You also havn't talked about the real reason the protection bars exist. Its not to slow the game down. If thats what you wanted, you could have just boosted defensive stats and health. No, the purpose of the protection bar is to nerf healers. Again, you have never communicated this to us.

And at the end of the day, you claim this update was to bring balance, but you have only narrowed the meta, not broadened it... Hope everyone likes Royal Gaurd, because we are about to see a lot of him.

What the "response" should have said was this:

"we added a bunch of changes, not content, all of which require a massive money dump to respond to.

Even the event, which was made focusing on characters almost no one uses, which theoretically we could claim is new content but is really just a fly-by-night money grab like the rest of this game has become. First you have to buy the packs, then the crystals to level, just to complete, then you are rewarded with shards for the same characters you just had to dump money into. It's like a human-centipede sewn together in a circle! But hey some of it goes to charity!

The balance changes we made will alienate any children from playing, and increase the time demand! We added more hitpoints for every enemy you face, while in most cases nerfing yours and your damage as well! It's like dark souls now, but without the graphics, story, gameplay and it costs exponentially more!

Oh and we finally released away to get one of the unobtainable items! It is geared towards low level toons with no synergy! That said we have put the gear that everyone needs and counts on behind an impassible wall of time and endless health. But hey you can spend more to diversify, and you can spend even more to get the gear and credits in an alternate way.

GW is back to being either impossible or a chore! After all that time we spent fixing it, don't worry, it is now back to being not worth the time or frustration to get what you absolutely need to advance by actually playing our game. See that box of crystals for a hundred bucks, looks like a great deal now, eh?! You'll need at least five just to build your core team to max, and we will pull the rug out in a few months so you can once again experience the joy of making purchases from the app store!

And lastly fear not, Dooku is still OP, as long as it's not yours. You can face him 7 battles in a row in GW except now he will counter attack, stun, and offense up even more! Plus our next major update will include a rancor, which Luke killed with a rock in five seconds, but hey, he ate that piggy dude, right. Still no true PvP, but guilds, which we will use to undoubtedly introduce another premium currency to buy!

Please maschochisticall give the new update plenty of time before you formulate the correct opinion about it. This will give you the opportunity to buy those crystal vaults to see if you can somehow get your team to a point where it's not a horrible slog!

You won't, but hey, guys and gals, it's all about the journey."

If they wanted it to be accurate it would read like this.

I thought WWF , was for wrestling show..

I've played this game every day without fail since it was released. After this update I don't fancy spending hours and hours a day playing random battles, boring Challenges and a very, very tedious Galactic War. It's an uneven game, only previously made good by the fact you always used to feel you were getting somewhere. Now I don't. It'll be a back seat game now, possibly removed.