More and More paywalls?

Another ridiculous forum post. 

And? To make a game F2P for players there needs to be an incentive for big spenders to spend, and this is it. Its just different format to  previous marquees, but the end result is the same- you are either patient, or you pay.

You can still enjoy it without getting the new shiny stuff on day one and compete against players at a similar level.

I'd say 'having to pay' does not equate to 'the only place that mats will be available is via cash.  But, they can't say that up front without invite a crapton of backlash.

The ultimate eff you here is that if these were normal marquees we'd be able to relic them day one with mats we have on hand. Changing that structure to require relic level to fully unlock a marque and putting it behind a huge paywall is just sheer unadulterated greed. Especially when the game is well over a billion in the black.

It seems simple to understand to me, I'll narrow it down to one short sentance. He does not like the new era and leveling paywall system.  I do not like a lot of it myself, I am too lazy to complain, rather I just stopped spending money on the game.

This is my issue exactly. People keep bending over to defend CG, but in reality we had toons sooner and could level them further. The bottom line is they didn’t communicate how this would progress well, and have made it more expensive/longer wait time to unlock and enjoy new toons. This update was a step backwards and nobody can argue that it is a faster or cheaper system. 

This! I spent about £40 early on, because I was testing it out and it was anniversary, I expected to exceed the FTP lv65, my experience in spending is not very satisfactory. I wished I had just got shards because they soon released the mats I paid money for (because they were not available elsewhere), for crystals. So FTP started catching up quickly. I was so frustrated, as this was not clear before I spent money,  I have not spent a penny since on era and I am sat at 70 like some FTP. So it’s the lack of clarity, I dislike. I was willing to put some money in for the anniversary but not really satisfied with how the system turned out. I didn’t like hitting caps, I had to spend or wait for a new character to get past. I don’t think it’s fair for us to have a laid back “we will see how it turns out” attitude whilst people are actively spending. I was excited by the new event initially, I kind of expected them to keep the higher level mats in tier rewards and the hard caps slow FTP so they are at 65 as expected at the end but if you accelerate through paying you can get higher. I did not think I would have to pay at every tier an increasing amount to progress. Maybe it’s more efficient to get to level 70 then pay some, to continue levelling. But it was painfully slow progression already so that will probably cause me to get super bored. I think I will try next era FTP and see if I can keep up the same daily rank for currency.