I fully understand their need to make money, but the gear/credit crunch is a bit on the ridiculous side, I (and I'm sure there's many like me) prefer to be able to play different characters to change the monotony of the game, but with limited resources you are forced to focus on your arena team while leveling up or you risk falling behind. And no throwing money at the game isn't the answer. I have several characters unlocked that I would like to play, but can't do so in anything but light or dark side battles as they don't have the levels or gear to keep up with anything else. And I'm not asking for everything for free but a drop rate increase for credits/gear/shards would go a long way to to satisfy thousands of players while limiting these posts about it taking too long or costing too much.