Poll on New Updates
Hi everyone! I’ve been a Galaxy of Heroes player for almost two years now, playing consistently every day. I’m a grind account—typically not caring how long it takes me to grow, generally being very...
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Terrible for the game
Only positive QoL change is if their sims actually work to save a little bit of time and frustration. Negatives GCs are essentially unplayable for people that don’t whale on the pass AND the Marquee. Get ready for Jawas and Tuskens as the next factions incoming which are AWFUL especially after the Rebel Fighter trash. Sending into a Hyper PtW direction is not the way to keep this game alive and healthy. They need whales and FtPs for the Whales to beat on.
I’ll give it some time but for the first time ever yes I’m considering leaving if they don’t try and find a middle ground to this nonsense
If CG continues to ignore the player base and over monetize everything there’s no reason for me to pay a little here and there and I’ll be falling behind constantly and just be done.
I hope that this at least gives them some food for thought but I’m resigned to the fact they’re tone deaf and don’t understand their own game and player base that makes their game keep going.
I’m relatively new to the scene, but the sense I’ve been getting from the community overall is that each update over the past few years has made it harder and harder for free-to-play players to grow. This update seems to have been particularly devastating because of all the hype around it being a “benefit” to free-to-play players. Hopefully, CG_Meathead will take these frustrations and suggestions and try to find that middle ground—that balance in the force, if you will. If not, it would be nice if they just openly stated that their goal is to drive away free-to-play players so we can go ahead and remove this platform from our lives.
the sense I’ve been getting from the community overall is that each update over the past few years has made it harder and harder for free-to-play players to grow.
I started an alt a while back. I'm deliberately not gaining any more XP right now because I'm enjoying the levels between 50 and 60 where GW is doable every day, but not necessarily easy. So take this with a grain of salt knowing that I'm not the average noob with a new account, but...
I think the raid system as it's currently structured makes it vastly easier for newer accounts to get ahead. And this is made even better with the change allowing raid tickets to be earned using all available energies instead of only DS/LS & Cantina.
Many new players don't feel like they have enough crystals to do daily refreshes (that's not true, given that there's literally nothing that is a better value than energy refresh, but it is how many people feel about their small crystal collections when they are new to the game). As a result of this, it's very common for new players to get 200-400 tickets instead of 600. This severely limits low-end guilds and their ability to raid. Now everyone over level 60 (where you get fleet energy) can and should easily get 500-600 raid tickets per day instead of 200-400. This will double raid frequency for new players, and with the new Mk1 Tokens and all the characters available with them, it's vastly easier to progress.
I'm not taking full advantage of this yet because I'm dinking around enjoying GW, but you really can't possibly appreciate how wonderful it is getting previously rare characters like Traya at level 60-80 with ease (depending on your priority). It took me forever to get Traya on my main account when that raid was first released. Now, because my guild hasn't kicked me out for not earning enough tickets, I'm halfway to Raid Han while still in the 50s, and if they continue to be tolerant of me I might actually have RH, GK, and Traya before I hit level 60. (Again, normal players will be gaining more XP than me, but should still have all three before level 80, maybe as early as level 72.)
So when you say that every change has been bad for FTP and new accounts, that's clearly not true. Again, my account is recent and I'm playing unconventionally, so I can't speak to all the changes, but there are two right there that are massive gifts to new, FTP accounts.
That’s a new perspective, and fair—I see where you’re coming from. I’m glad it works for you, but from my end, I’m also a relatively “unconventional” player. The first time I almost deleted this game was when I realized how imperative guilds are to progressing. I’m not a social person, and I loathe “cooperative” style games that leave you having to jump through hoops to remain in a community that’s meant to help you grow. You shouldn’t have to feel like your team is “tolerating” you to have fun and progress at a reasonable pace.
I never found a guild that was a blend of committed enough to play everyday and “tolerant” enough of new growing players. So I started my own and resolved to grind, taking months to earn enough raid tickets to perform just one raid.
The Galactic Crate Challenge was my greatest source of resources and that’s been gutted now. 🫤
