My veiw on Legendary Events

Thank you for your cheerful attitude, keep up the good work.
+1

I agree. It's not our game to design, only play. I spent over 6 months previously grinding FO "just in case." Thrawn, as much as the Phoenix requirement was disliked, i felt had a totally fair method of unlocking an maxing without buying the bundle. These things, like Thrawn, require a little bit of work, but they shift our focus so that we have something to do.

I do not disagree in principle, but there are a few problems. With Yoda and Palpatine this was not an issue because while good, there were alternatives or simply better characters, and they felt like some icing on the cake. But with R2, Thrawn and Luke, these characters are meta-breaking. The fact that you lock them behind other characters, that is not the problem, the fact of the time constraint is. This means that if you do not have the needed characters to unlock in time, you might be screwed out of the top of arena for 4+ months.

So, either these events need to return faster, or the characters provided should be less broken. I prefer the latter.

True. And all are not on short notice since devs give hints in "whats ahead" like latest feels like Thrawn is coming back. And also you get to use your head not always like "farm this, farm that - ok daddy".

My view on legendary events is this: lightside much?

"Vohbo;c-1278615" wrote:
I do not disagree in principle, but there are a few problems. With Yoda and Palpatine this was not an issue because while good, there were alternatives or simply better characters, and they felt like some icing on the cake. But with R2, Thrawn and Luke, these characters are meta-breaking. The fact that you lock them behind other characters, that is not the problem, the fact of the time constraint is. This means that if you do not have the needed characters to unlock in time, you might be screwed out of the top of arena for 4+ months.

So, either these events need to return faster, or the characters provided should be less broken. I prefer the latter.

THIS.
I'm more for the latter too. The power creep has started an irreversible overdrive to the pace of the game and is causing premature burnout. Not being able to get them first time round shouldn't begin such a drastic nosedive decline for those who can't get them.

Otherwise, no problem with farming out Legendary characters and getting them the second time round.

"Vohbo;c-1278615" wrote:

So, either these events need to return faster, or the characters provided should be less broken. I prefer the latter.

it's a legendary event. Wouldn't be very legendary if they were super often or rewarded mediocre characters.

The only issue I see is people who are new to the game have to play catch up and we are stuck in perpetual limbo in PVP Arena because we can't get the shiny OP toon to assist our miserable squads. So when a shiny new shows up it blows us back to 1500-1000 ranks and we can't move unless we get the meta toon.

We also get our squads to GS8 and then stuck behind a log jam of 50 of everything needed twice on every toon. Meanwhile, we are not getting the currency to open or level toons from the arena store because we can't advance. And the folks in the top 10 don't even need the large payouts they are getting. They just convert to shards and get more big shiny stuff.

It's a strategy game. Your have to have a long term game plan and prioritize your choices. As soon as people figure it out, hopefully they will settle down and understand. I see the same squads in PVP every day and people are afraid to change their squad to smash what they are given to fight because once they kill the other squad, the squad makeup they have is in turn slapped down 700 ranks because it can't compete against the CLS R2 Wiggs team. Just take it in stride and if you really want BB-8 pay the $80 to get the darn FO boosted fast. That's the point of the darn booster. You pay to catch up or you don't and you wait until next time.

"Nocturnal_Glow;d-134402" wrote:
Many in the community have been complaining about the short notice given for legendary events. I have always looked at this as an opportunity to reward those who have already invested in characters outside of the normal meta (and of course to those who spend money on the game).

After the first event everyone who wasn't prepared then has time (months) to farm up and get what they need for it. For instance with people who missed out on cls the first time around I'm sure they're already prepared for him the second time around now. Just wanted to know if anyone else had similar thoughts? I know the fact the meta is usually with that new character for a few months but again I think that's the reward of not investing in to the current meta or being someone who provides income to the people who work on this game.

(Disclaimer: I am actually a F2P been playing for quite a while and did not get cls and won't be getting bb8)

+1 I actually quite like the Legendary events, I consider it the bonus to farming an entire faction. As an F2P player like the OP I will be missing out on BB8 this time, but I'm ready for 7* Thrawn next month, and IF there is a TLJ Lengendary FO toon requiring a Resistance unlock I'll be ready for that too.

And you can bet your last pay check that I will have a 7* BB8 the next time he comes back around.

Some people do need to chill out a bit, not being 1st at Arena payout everyday is not the end of the world. If for any reason you do consider it to be the end of the world, may I introduce you please to my friends MasterCard & Visa? As stated I missed out on Thrawn, I was running inside the top 200 everyday before his release and afterwards too. I got CLS, thanks to the forum for that btw, and guess where I'm running in the Arena??? Top 200. So really they haven't made the blindest bit of difference to my overall game experience.

I like the legendary events but refuse to pay to speed farm any toon requirements.

I got CLS and R2 first time and I have all my FO 7* ready to unlock BB8 this time.

I did however miss out first time with yoda, Thrawn and palp, and yes it frustrating but it was my choice and was ok with it. I made sure I got them second time they showed up (I'm waiting n ready for thrawn :) ) and they were more rewarding victories.