new lightspeed bundles???

I don't see a reasonto make bundles for all GL's but keep Rey and SLKR + some old journeys it's really huge move for early game players because right now it's nightmare for new players to start from zero. But Hyperdrive + speed pack bring them to game level where it's became interesting.

My only request is to add it to webstore. In my regeon it's +20% cost in appstore.

"subxsimo;c-2443080" wrote:
People aren’t complaining that they’ve unlocked Rey and slkr after months of grinding then people are getting it for almost free. That’s not the issue. (Some are)

What we are frustrated about is that they’ve made it so easy to unlock two powerful gls meaning everyone will have gls or two more then what they already had. Gls are supposed to be awards for hard work which are poweful and extremely hard to obtain now they are easy.

You didn’t have to spend a penny before to be competitive now it’s looking like u are behind if you don’t spend money. People won’t switch sides when is not they’re gls they’ll probably quit playing.

No one really wants to get to 13ml gp as there is nothing left to do.

Are you aware that those packs dont include zetas and omegas, no mods? Also there is no pack for finalizer, some toons needs to get to r7, bb8 is lvl 1 same for jtr. Players will need to do some more to get slkr and rey. Some will do it in one month some in 3 months ( including ultimate).
I dont belive that next gac everyone will have full moded with zetas rey or slkr teams.
Also being competitive doesnt mean having more gls. It is not true that if you have 2 more gls than oponent, you have 100% chance of wining in gac. Sometimes you have zero chance, couse fleet is deciding factor.

"Captain_Drogan;c-2443083" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2443076" wrote:

"Captain_Drogan;c-2443071" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2443066" wrote:

"Ultra;c-2443026" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2442998" wrote:
I uninstalled the game after 5 years of good fun and the reason wasn't only this new lightspeed bundle but the general direction this game is going. I refuse to participate in this sick money squeeze social experiment and I pity the players who decided to go for it because there will be more and more bombastic packages and they won't stop paying. I'm not at all against reasonable microtransactions, but this is madness.

i mean

it sounds like you are against reasonable microtransactions

"Captain_Drogan;c-2443027" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2442998" wrote:
I uninstalled the game after 5 years of good fun and the reason wasn't only this new lightspeed bundle but the general direction this game is going. I refuse to participate in this sick money squeeze social experiment and I pity the players who decided to go for it because there will be more and more bombastic packages and they won't stop paying. I'm not at all against reasonable microtransactions, but this is madness.

CG offers "gamble" 5-330 packs to get shards of one toon for $10 in crystals..... "I'll play for 5 years"

CG offers packs that guarantee to 7 star and relic multiple characters...... "I'm out"

Yep, madness.

What is it you wet wipes don't understand? Reasonable = something that doesn't put f2p into miserable position.

If you paid nothing and get to play the game for free and are still miserable then I don't know what to tell you.

Let me put it this way, maybe you will eventually understand. When I joined SWGOH, for $10 you could buy only fistful of crystals that meant nothing and f2p were still competitive. Now a days $10 get you whole bunch of fully reliced characters that f2p got to farm for months, let alone the hyperdrive bundle. Do you see the massive shift in balance?

No, what I see is that they have released packs that even people on a budget can afford and that will help them be more competitive in the game, especially in some of the newer game modes like conquest and galactic challenges.

If you don't want to spend the $10 then that is your choice. If you can't afford to spend $10 then that is unfortunate, but I fail to see why that should everyone else back from a great opportunity to get some great in game stuff for a great price.

What I see in your arguments is either ignorance or naivity, but if you enjoy this p2w dystopia then who am I to judge you?

"stoned77;c-2443076" wrote:

"Captain_Drogan;c-2443071" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2443066" wrote:

"Ultra;c-2443026" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2442998" wrote:
I uninstalled the game after 5 years of good fun and the reason wasn't only this new lightspeed bundle but the general direction this game is going. I refuse to participate in this sick money squeeze social experiment and I pity the players who decided to go for it because there will be more and more bombastic packages and they won't stop paying. I'm not at all against reasonable microtransactions, but this is madness.

i mean

it sounds like you are against reasonable microtransactions

"Captain_Drogan;c-2443027" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2442998" wrote:
I uninstalled the game after 5 years of good fun and the reason wasn't only this new lightspeed bundle but the general direction this game is going. I refuse to participate in this sick money squeeze social experiment and I pity the players who decided to go for it because there will be more and more bombastic packages and they won't stop paying. I'm not at all against reasonable microtransactions, but this is madness.

CG offers "gamble" 5-330 packs to get shards of one toon for $10 in crystals..... "I'll play for 5 years"

CG offers packs that guarantee to 7 star and relic multiple characters...... "I'm out"

Yep, madness.

What is it you wet wipes don't understand? Reasonable = something that doesn't put f2p into miserable position.

If you paid nothing and get to play the game for free and are still miserable then I don't know what to tell you.

Let me put it this way, maybe you will eventually understand. When I joined SWGOH, for $10 you could buy only fistful of crystals that meant nothing and f2p were still competitive. Now a days $10 get you whole bunch of fully reliced characters that f2p got to farm for months, let alone the hyperdrive bundle. Do you see the massive shift in balance?

f2p are still competitive

Are you saying a 7 year old F2P player cannot compete against a 1 year old player that purchased these packs?

Sure, if both accounts start at the same time, you can't compete against someone that just purchased 1 million GP, but you won't be facing him anywhere

Not in Territory Wars since he will be in higher bracket

Not in GAC since he will be in higher leagues

"Ultra;c-2443103" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2443076" wrote:

"Captain_Drogan;c-2443071" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2443066" wrote:

"Ultra;c-2443026" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2442998" wrote:
I uninstalled the game after 5 years of good fun and the reason wasn't only this new lightspeed bundle but the general direction this game is going. I refuse to participate in this sick money squeeze social experiment and I pity the players who decided to go for it because there will be more and more bombastic packages and they won't stop paying. I'm not at all against reasonable microtransactions, but this is madness.

i mean

it sounds like you are against reasonable microtransactions

"Captain_Drogan;c-2443027" wrote:

"stoned77;c-2442998" wrote:
I uninstalled the game after 5 years of good fun and the reason wasn't only this new lightspeed bundle but the general direction this game is going. I refuse to participate in this sick money squeeze social experiment and I pity the players who decided to go for it because there will be more and more bombastic packages and they won't stop paying. I'm not at all against reasonable microtransactions, but this is madness.

CG offers "gamble" 5-330 packs to get shards of one toon for $10 in crystals..... "I'll play for 5 years"

CG offers packs that guarantee to 7 star and relic multiple characters...... "I'm out"

Yep, madness.

What is it you wet wipes don't understand? Reasonable = something that doesn't put f2p into miserable position.

If you paid nothing and get to play the game for free and are still miserable then I don't know what to tell you.

Let me put it this way, maybe you will eventually understand. When I joined SWGOH, for $10 you could buy only fistful of crystals that meant nothing and f2p were still competitive. Now a days $10 get you whole bunch of fully reliced characters that f2p got to farm for months, let alone the hyperdrive bundle. Do you see the massive shift in balance?

f2p are still competitive

Are you saying a 7 year old F2P player cannot compete against a 1 year old player that purchased these packs?

Sure, if both accounts start at the same time, you can't compete against someone that just purchased 1 million GP, but you won't be facing him anywhere

Not in Territory Wars since he will be in higher bracket

Not in GAC since he will be in higher leagues

Read again what you quoted - I say that when I joined SWGOH the gap between f2p and p2w was reasonable and it just got worse over the years and that is the reason I quit. Nothing less, nothing more.

I don't think they should do this too often, because that would remove incentive to acquire GLs the regular way. Perhaps once a year, but only if they have new shinier GLs every year that are out of reach of these fire sales for a few years.

Also, will this particular deal (Rey+SLKR) deal be available again for future new players? If that's the case, perhaps retire their galactic ascensions, or at least warn that unless you are truly f2p, you probably don't want to invest into those.

"TheGamingGeek;c-2442396" wrote:
it is EXTREMELY unfair that I had to pay so much money and spend so much time getting these characters to where they are at now only for you guys to give them away for $10

You have a game, that the average person would take several years to get where you likely are today if they had to go through everything you did.

You flat out are not going to grow a game if you tell new people "welcome! it'll now take you two years to achieve middle of the pack status."

You could make a similar argument for the existence of the hyperspace bundle, and again when you see it on sale for half price.

The deeper a game gets, the more you'll need to do to entire newer people. Is that going to benefit some people who never focused on a faction? of course. Is it going to benefit people who just started? yes. Is it going to anger some long time people, yes. But the goal is grow the game, that means getting new people to buy in, and in the eyes of the developers, 'buy in' is more on the literal side of the equation. It's not like it's a permanent offer either. It's around 2 weeks, that's it. And for toons that have been around, what? nearly 3 years at this point if not longer. You got the benefit of having them when it mattered most. People getting them today aren't getting what you got then - a toon that was top of the heap good and enabled you to hit the top levels in arena, etc. Today, they get a toon that likely doesn't get you top 200 in an older shard, or top 500 in a top level shard.

I don't see this as bad for anyone.

Those of you complaining need to ask yourself if these packs came around when you were going after a GL would you buy them? If that answer is yes than don't get mad or upset at the people that have bought them. I myself grinded for months for both those GLs and relicd some toons I really never wanted to (looking at you Rose) and I'm fine with people able to buy packs that help them get possibly there 1st GL for a good price. They still have a lot of work to do to unlock the GL then a bunch of grinding for the ultimate and to gear them all the way up. Overall this was good for the game imo.

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.

Think this is a great deal for players. Really helps those wanting to catch up or missing a key part to their roster. One of the best packages offered to all players. I’m a 10M GP account, finally adding Rey. Like to see more of these packs to help players catch up on older characters.