Why does he have to be a mod to post something like this? Anyone who has spent time on the forums can see a lot of things he is talking about is definitely stuff you will see often here on the forums.
I agree with all points. But will say. Our opinion on the forum doesn’t matter. We talk with our wallets. That’s the voice that is heard. Even TW. What do you think would happen if they made the power requirement 5000 instead of 6000. This was carefully planned. As to break the 6k threshold either requires max level gear 6 or g7 with a couple pieces. Which encourages people to buy the mid level gear from the stores. If 5k was required instead of 6k you would no longer have to buy/farm to get characters over that threshold.
As far as platoons. They want it so at least one person in every guild drops $300 on a new character to help the guild out. Sometimes more. As far as the hero and legendary events. Making them more fluid with the game would hinder their ability to force panic farm. Like this recent thrawn event they had a $99.99 Phoenix squad bundle in the store. Like seriously? Lol. If the event happened more often people wouldn’t feel the pressure to buy those packs. While you are right that a lot of people have just given up on it. Those people don’t matter to them. Only the people that fill their pockets matter.
Vet farming. Pretty clearly a money grab panic farm. Pretty standard practice for them at this point.