new lightspeed bundles???

"herd_nerfer;c-2443166" wrote:

"ludachuck;c-2443152" wrote:
We'll be respectful with each other when we feel we are being flat out disrespected by the game. There was no heads up, no hey there will be a holiday pack or something, just flat out dropped out of nowhere and completely devalued 12-14 months of farming just because CG decided to ARBITRARILY REWARD ONLY A PERCENTAGE OF PLAYERS. Thats whats so annoying. This pack isnt universal. It just says a massive screw you to players like me who went for SLKR or REY as their first GL.

Here I am sitting with Rey and Kylo, finally making it up to chromium, getting through the absolute SLOG that is horrific GAC matchmaking, when oh wow, everyone around me who farmed SEE/JML/Jabba or whoever now has 4 GLs to my 2. Boom. Crushed. back down to bronzium or wherever.

Also, there is no disrespect towards any other player who purchases it. That's their choice and they're making a smart decision for themselves. But dont try to tell me not to feel disrespected for the past year that i've spent grinding, only to now see my time and effort was maybe worth $40, which is actually overstated, since i've spent money along the way.

Respectfully...

I think you have a legit gripe. In fact, I think anyone that already has Rey and Kylo have a little bit of room to feel somewhat salty about this.

That being said...

This game has a real problem. Anyone starting the game today is looking at several years of roster development to be able to access some of the newer content in any meaningful way. The game was made this way from the beginning, but the game is also knocking on 8 years old now if I'm not mistaken. There are players that have been playing since day 1 that still play - that's a LOT of years of playing the game daily, hitting your dailies, doing your farms, countless TBs, TWs, three different raids every week (until recently), building spreadsheets, growing a guild... a newer player simply can't hope to play on that level without a few birthdays passing them by first. When new players come to the game and see that there's years between where they start and where they want to go, they're much less likely to stick around - which means the game, ultimately will die off when enough of us early adopters decide we're done.

So if you're CG and you're in a situation where you need to revitalize the game, and make it accessible and exciting for newer players and start growing the playerbase again (playerbase being the collection of all the players) - how do you do that? What's more - how do you do that in a way that everyone in the game is happy about it?

I'm not crazy about the idea that people can buy what took me probably a year to accomplish (Rey and SLKR) for so cheap. My sense of "pride and accomplishment" is just a touch diminished. I feel like I'd have been better off skipping them and working on other GLs instead. But I'll get over it. I'd rather CG did what they did and get some excitement back in this game from lower GP accounts than let the game wither on the vine because me and my dinosaur friends "worked so hard to get here".

I love the game, I love my guild, and I'm still **** proud of my roster - I want to keep playing. Get some new blood in here CG. Do what you have to do.