More and More paywalls?
Any era upgrades past level 70 don't seem to be available in any game mode other than going to the store and spending money. I unlocked the next tier in Coliseum and am working on getting characters to 70, was expecting to see the new materials (Mk VII Aurek Ability Module), but there's not any. Coliseum stops awarding the materials need to level up it looks like. So even if you whale your way to 70 or buy shards to get toons to 7* for Maul, that's no longer enough because you also have to have characters at lvl 85 which they've put behind another pay wall. It's crazy the effort that seems to have been put into making intentional pay walls for content, instead of making enjoyable game modes. I'm hoping I've missed an announcement somewhere that this will come later (they keep telling us to trust them) but I've yet to find anything. Appears that "lvl 65" for f2p is actually almost as high as you can go at all, because past 70 you can't access with any meaningful gameplay or strategy. Just a credit card.
I also will say in community terms, I have no clue why people defend the era units as separate and reasonable. We were able to use these toons in the past when they released without waiting, could experiment with them on teams, and get them to G12 or relic way sooner and cheaper than what they've done. It's fine defending this mode IF what they had before wasn't better. But from all ways you can look at it, new characters were released in a much better way before than they are now. Again, that's my opinion, but looks pretty consistent that people aren't enjoying the gameplay or formula.
