New raid schedule

"crzydroid;c-2429836" wrote:

"CrispyFett;c-2429782" wrote:

"crzydroid;c-2429771" wrote:
The implication would be that new raids would replace the old one. That being said, Krayt will probably be cycled back at some point in the future, so those teams would be useful again.

Is this official information from the Devs, or just your personal opinion? This isn't intended to be snarky, I was just wondering if you have inside info as a moderator.

It was the way I read the original post about it, but based on what people are saying, it's possible that was just an assumption I was reading into the text. It could be they leave Krayt as a legacy raid, I guess, with the mark III moved to Endor raid...but to me that also seems weird because if we add a new one every 8 months, the raid list would just get really long. I also can't see them spending development time on something that will never see the light of day again after a few months. We've seen datacron abilities recycle...I guess I always just assumed the new raids would too.

In discord, I've seen a lot of people assuming that Krayt would just disappear when the new raid comes out. I'm with you crzydroid - I can't see that happening. They wouldn't spend the dev time for a one-shot thing and then remove it forever, locking newer players out of that content. I feel like they want people to be able to experience all of the content they create (assuming they play long enough).

I think Krayt will just get pushed back to live with the legacy raids. That being said, if they remove the MK3 from Krayt (popular speculation - nothing has been confirmed about this as the February road ahead said 'raid currency' would be removed, but didn't specify anything beyond that), that means the raid as a whole is significantly devalued - which doesn't make sense to me. There's been very little said about what happens with rewards when a new raid comes out - and what has been said is ambiguous - and that's very important information.

I would like to know what comes of those teams though. I've been a little unsure about gearing my Tuskens for the raid - but up until yesterday, I've been determined to do it. I'm a PVE person so their utility in PVP is nice and all, but not a big enough motivator to get me to invest. I've heard they don't have much utility in RotE - so that being the case, where's my motivation to put gear on them? Even if I could snap my fingers and have them all at G7 or G8 tomorrow, there's no way I could recoup that investment before the new raid drops. In fact, I couldn't even come close. Even as a moderate spender in this game, I can't keep up with a pace of 5 new raid teams (to R7 or R8) every 8 months - and I feel like it's not worth even trying if the raid changes as soon as I've got my teams in order.

We need more information before we can draw any kind of clear conclusions - it would be nice to know what's happening to Krayt when the new raid drops. Will the rewards be re-worked? Will the new raid offer better rewards or will it be about the same as Krayt was before the new one came along? The lack of information regarding what's going to happen with Krayt has people off balance (which may well be the intent) and questioning their investment in raid teams. I feel like that's not a place that you want your customers to live in for very long.

So my biggest question for CG is - why are we disincentivizing investment in raid teams?