Platoon Requirements

"CaptainRex;c-1267994" wrote:
Maybe this would be a good time to re-visit the LS exclusivity in character platoons. The devs knew it was a mistake that non-farmable characters ended up platoons (they said so themselves). Apparently they can't change it? (doubtful, but whatevs).
As we all know, DS characters are COMPLETELY useless in TB. There was a lot of hype around TB with "using your entire roster", and no one can claim that hitting "deploy all" is in any way gratifying. DS ships are already in ship platoons, so change the algorithm to randomize all characters into platoons. It will ease the current requirements, which have been universally acknowledged as needing improvements.
Just my 2 cents on the matter.

Yeah, I agree. I cringed when they kept implying that we will "use our ENTIRE roster" but in reality, we're only using Light Side units. I won't be able to work on my Dark Side roster until my guild gets close to 45 stars...

"Stenun;c-1268047" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1268012" wrote:
That's why Lobot, Ugnaught, Bistan, Bodhi and Pao show up much more frequently than any of the Jedi, Clones, Resistance, etc. characters.

Not convinced that's the reason. Hoth is a Rebel Territory Battle so we need Rebels and other Light Side characters from the original trilogy the most.

I'm sure there will eventually be something similar to a Geonosis Territory Battle where we need Jedi and Clones more than the Rebels.

Except the Rogue One characters have nothing to do with the Battle of Hoth....they were all dead before that. Phoenix Squad has nothing to do with the Battle of Hoth. What do Lando and Lobot have to do with the Hoth? The mere fact that they all were Rebels at some point is an extremely loose association with the Battle of Hoth. Ugnaught and Coruscant Policeman show up far more often than other non-Rebel characters too....and neither of them are Rebels. It's always been the M.O. of this game. We needed for farm Old Ben and Farmboy Luke to get Commander Luke...characters that hadn't been useful since the early days of the game. We needed to speed farm an entire Phoenix Squad to get Thrawn...and Phoenix Squad was was pretty much met with a collective "meh" upon release. They clearly built this TB with an emphasis towards creating a reason for people to farm little used characters or to spend money to acquire and/or level non-farmable characters and ships.

"Ixias0;c-1267989" wrote:
Just to be clear, having the same 6 platoon sets in every single territory isn't a bug? I'm not even complaining about the P2P characters/ships since they're technically "farmable" now, but the fact that we've now had 5 of the exact same Platoons can't be working as intended. There are some characters used 16 times in one day while more than half of the light side roster isn't used at all. @CG_Kozispoon @CG_RyDiggs

The ships aren't even technically farmable (except Cassian's now). But they did actually say that the identical platoons were identified as a bug. Whether it will be fixed before the disaster that will be phases 5 and 6 is another question...

"Stenun;c-1268047" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1268012" wrote:
That's why Lobot, Ugnaught, Bistan, Bodhi and Pao show up much more frequently than any of the Jedi, Clones, Resistance, etc. characters.

Not convinced that's the reason. Hoth is a Rebel Territory Battle so we need Rebels and other Light Side characters from the original trilogy the most.

I'm sure there will eventually be something similar to a Geonosis Territory Battle where we need Jedi and Clones more than the Rebels.

Except Rogue One characters really have nothing to do with the Battle of Hoth....all of them died before then. Phoenix Squad had nothing to do with that battle...same for Lando and Lobot. The mere fact that they were Rebels at some point is a very loose association with the Battle of Hoth....and characters like Ugnaught and Coruscant Underworld Policeman aren't Rebels and they show up far more frequently than other non-Rebels characters. It's been the M.O. of this game for a long time to try to force players to farm little used characters and/or pay for non-farmable characters (such as with the CLS and Thrawn events).

"Vos_Landeck;c-1268080" wrote:

"Stenun;c-1268047" wrote:

"Vos_Landeck;c-1268012" wrote:
That's why Lobot, Ugnaught, Bistan, Bodhi and Pao show up much more frequently than any of the Jedi, Clones, Resistance, etc. characters.

Not convinced that's the reason. Hoth is a Rebel Territory Battle so we need Rebels and other Light Side characters from the original trilogy the most.

I'm sure there will eventually be something similar to a Geonosis Territory Battle where we need Jedi and Clones more than the Rebels.

Except Rogue One characters really have nothing to do with the Battle of Hoth....all of them died before then. Phoenix Squad had nothing to do with that battle...same for Lando and Lobot. The mere fact that they were Rebels at some point is a very loose association with the Battle of Hoth....and characters like Ugnaught and Coruscant Underworld Policeman aren't Rebels and they show up far more frequently than other non-Rebels characters. It's been the M.O. of this game for a long time to try to force players to farm little used characters and/or pay for non-farmable characters (such as with the CLS and Thrawn events).

They're Rebels. The Territory Battle has the title Rebel Hoth. Check out the name of this very sub-forum.
And I did say "other Light Side character from the original trilogy", e.g. Lobot.

If we get Territory Battle: Separatist Geonosis, I would expect to see Zam Wessell as a character needed for Platoons because she's a Dark Side character from that era.

I just see this entire TB as a big money train for EA they want everyone to spend money on packs to get CHS and the ships needed. The real problem is that they don't show any signs of balancing platoons or allowing idk the other 1/2 of your roster to be used in any way. They refuse to comment with any useful information.

This system as of right now if a clear slap to many players faces. It is forcing the game to be played in 1 way and taking away the diverse rosters and teams we would see in the game prior to the rebel overload.

I enjoy the idea of having something your entire guild needs to be involved with however. Being this is a worldwide game many players are operating with massively different time zones so being able to compensate a 12 hour window for worldwide membership is basically impossible.

There are many flaws with how TB currently is and being a new mode I expected some negative gameplay, however the real problem is the lack of communication from EA on what is being done to help or alter the clear issues.

If we could get a clear response on what are some possible options many people will stop complaining or at least have some peace of mind know things are being dealt with

"BentWookiee;c-1267815" wrote:

"Liath;c-1267813" wrote:

"BentWookiee;c-1267810" wrote:
Come on people.. you complain if people do not respond and then complain if they do. If you read @CG_RyDiggs as condescending that is on you, communication in written form conveys no "emotions" the reader applies that themselves. :|

Maybe you should pay attention to the message without your rage goggles on?

Do you really, honestly believe that it isn't possible to be condescending in writing? Because that is utter absurdity.

Tell me what my emotion was when I wrote this.

arrogance

"CG_Kozispoon;c-1266872" wrote:
Hiya!
This does not appear to be a bug. Recruit Players to your Guild that have these Characters in their roster, or you can acquire them on your own.

So basically buy the ship mega packs with a next to no chance of unlocking falcon and that. Why don't you just release some new packs that let us unlock just falcon/reaper at 5* or something. That at least is a worthwhile thing to spend on.

Saying buy mega packs to get those ships that are over 6 months old? Are you trying to make me want so spend less on the game? That response alone has made me want to spend about 75% less on the game. I'm even debating reducing farther. If it's gonna take several thousand a month to stay slightly useful I can't do it. Give us a bit of a break and keep falcon/reaper/shuttle requirements to p6 or give us a way to farm those outside the mega pack exclusive.

"Kyleslater;c-1268189" wrote:

"CG_Kozispoon;c-1266872" wrote:
Hiya!
This does not appear to be a bug. Recruit Players to your Guild that have these Characters in their roster, or you can acquire them on your own.

So basically buy the ship mega packs with a next to no chance of unlocking falcon and that. Why don't you just release some new packs that let us unlock just falcon/reaper at 5* or something. That at least is a worthwhile thing to spend on.

Saying buy mega packs to get those ships that are over 6 months old? Are you trying to make me want so spend less on the game? That response alone has made me want to spend about 75% less on the game. I'm even debating reducing farther. If it's gonna take several thousand a month to stay slightly useful I can't do it. Give us a bit of a break and keep falcon/reaper/shuttle requirements to p6 or give us a way to farm those outside the mega pack exclusive.

+1

I am repeating myself on this forum but with the thinking on hat constant dripping wears away stone I don't give up. I am ok with requiring payable toons only, but in such case stop excluding certain countries from bring new toons to higher stars with the non-release of the corresponding packs.