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speedo256's avatar
8 years ago

"Must Use" characters

When Thrawn was launched and the new Phoenix squadron was a must use, it was a really tough decision for many to drop everything we've been working on to dump everything into 6 toons we may not have any interest in, to obtain a character that everyone should have been interested. I chose to stay on my path and did not get Thrawn. I'm ok with that and when I was done with the other characters I figured that I could go for Thrawn next time around.

Again, providing new toons that must be used to get the newer toon gets a little frustrating... at least to me. When I 1st heard that we had to develop characters that have been in the game since launch like Luke, Old Ben and Leia... I was really impressed. I thought it was a brilliant idea to encourage the community to go and get the original characters, make them great and put them to use to get a new character.

Now we're in another situation where new characters are going to lock down sections of Territories and force guild members to abandon their efforts in order to comply with the new content and grow their guild. Don't get me wrong here, because I love where the game is going, so when the devs develop a process to get the new material by completing the old material 1st is just makes some sense to me.

Thank you for all the great new stuff and keep up the good work, but I really had aspiration to max out nightsisters, Cad Bane, and Nute Gunray to unlock special sections of TB :)

16 Replies

  • "DarthR244D;c-1210728" wrote:
    All of those toons are easy to get. Even R2, they brought the event back and it is empire toons. People need to quit complaining because they are never prepared for an event. They gave hints in all the journey posts to what might be needed and look, it is exactly what 90% of the people thought it would be.


    Again... your contribution is not even close to what was presented... reading is fundamental.
  • i've read your post, but i don't really get what you're trying to say.
  • Persimius's avatar
    Persimius
    Seasoned Scout
    8 years ago
    "Speedokillz;c-1210738" wrote:
    Um, big words that you do not understand? This is not a situation where the same thing can be manipulated to be seen more than 1 way.

    You must use these 5 characters and no other characters will be allowed access is very different that any 5 characters out of these 12 will allow access. You probably will come up with something clever here to prove your trollness though.


    Not trolling. You can twist it around anyway you want, but many events have been limited somehow. When Yoda's event came out, there were very few Jedi to pick from; same for Rebels for EP and (the already stated) Phoenix for Thrawn. We've had events where you could only pick female characters (Play to Give) and some limited to Light Side (Force Champions). Some limited to Ewoks (latest ones, as well as an Earth Day one last year).

    Requiring specific named characters is no more a trend than requiring factions was. You're looking for patterns where there probably are none. They needed a way to make stuff more exclusive, so the logical solution is specific named characters.
  • I guess they don't want to release irrelevant characters like Gamorrean Guard and they're finding it hard to find a balance. Or they don't want a balance so people can chase the ever changing meta with $$$.

    Either way once you start to care less about your arena rank you'll enjoy the game a lot more, I know I did!
    New content looks super exciting
  • Thank you for fixing the title... it was mildly inflammatory and unnecessary...
  • Moved to the correct sub forum.


    They want to make it so you have to have a diverse roster. They also want to reward those with diverse rosters. We have all missed out on events and new toons at one point or another due to this strategy. Its ok, they all come back.