So the profundity is coming on the 31st and it requires one r8 and one r9…can we expect the r8/r9 recipe to be changed before we have to apply r8/r9 mats? Or are you gonna hold it over to get one last one over on the community?

You’ll best know when the event goes live if the changes are live by the 31stHow are they hold it over the community? They could’ve not told us they were planning this and it wouldn’t make it any different

"Ultra;c-2378658" wrote:You’ll best know when the event goes live if the changes are live by the 31stHow are they hold it over the community? They could’ve not told us they were planning this and it wouldn’t make it any differentWhich would have been better. Why tell us something like this is coming, something that they could easily change right now, then hold it for so long? It paints CG is a greedy light. “Hey, we are changing the relic recipe, but not until after the event that requires r8/r9! See you on the holotables!” Not a good look.

its not as simple since the change requires a title update, same with the mod changesSo early communication is no longer a good look, i see

"Iy4oy4s;c-2378659" wrote:"Ultra;c-2378658" wrote:You’ll best know when the event goes live if the changes are live by the 31stHow are they hold it over the community? They could’ve not told us they were planning this and it wouldn’t make it any differentWhich would have been better. Why tell us something like this is coming, something that they could easily change right now, then hold it for so long? It paints CG is a greedy light. “Hey, we are changing the relic recipe, but not until after the event that requires r8/r9! See you on the holotables!” Not a good look. They *ARE* greedy... it paints them honestly. Guarantee it won't happen before the event. You are absolutely right - it is just another twist of the knife to screw players over who want to be day 1 adopters.

Those pieces are easy to get anyway.

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NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
You’ll best know when the event goes live if the changes are live by the 31st

How are they hold it over the community? They could’ve not told us they were planning this and it wouldn’t make it any different
Iy4oy4s
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
"Ultra;c-2378658" wrote:
You’ll best know when the event goes live if the changes are live by the 31st

How are they hold it over the community? They could’ve not told us they were planning this and it wouldn’t make it any different

Which would have been better. Why tell us something like this is coming, something that they could easily change right now, then hold it for so long? It paints CG is a greedy light. “Hey, we are changing the relic recipe, but not until after the event that requires r8/r9! See you on the holotables!” Not a good look.
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
its not as simple since the change requires a title update, same with the mod changes

So early communication is no longer a good look, i see
nitiggy
3 years ago
"Iy4oy4s;c-2378659" wrote:
"Ultra;c-2378658" wrote:
You’ll best know when the event goes live if the changes are live by the 31st

How are they hold it over the community? They could’ve not told us they were planning this and it wouldn’t make it any different

Which would have been better. Why tell us something like this is coming, something that they could easily change right now, then hold it for so long? It paints CG is a greedy light. “Hey, we are changing the relic recipe, but not until after the event that requires r8/r9! See you on the holotables!” Not a good look.

They *ARE* greedy... it paints them honestly. Guarantee it won't happen before the event. You are absolutely right - it is just another twist of the knife to screw players over who want to be day 1 adopters.
LordDirt
New Traveler
3 years ago
Those pieces are easy to get anyway.
EyiSalinas
Rising Novice
3 years ago
Why ultra is always defending mostly "un-defendable" CG crap? Is he paid or what?
Drimtg
New Spectator
3 years ago
Ultra change your name to Whataboutism. “Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about…?") denotes in a pejorative sense a procedure in which a critical question or argument is not answered or discussed, but retorted with a critical counter-question which expresses a counter-accusation.”
Iy4oy4s
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
"Ultra;

Early communication is fine and all, but waiting too long to bring the changes to the game is a bad move. Take the gear change phase 1. Was communicated almost a year ago and its still not done.....not a good look. In some cases, its better to announce things until they are almost here while others, it would better to announce things with lead time. CG's communication points to not having a real plan to me. It sporadic, lacks key details and sometimes gets released in the worst way possible.

It makes 0 PR sense to announce the relic recipe change....wait over a month (and still counting) to bring the change to the game....then require you to spend the mats you wouldn't have to if they made the change for an event. It all points to horrible communication. Why would you purposely do this to yourself?
NotRealUltra
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
"Drim;c-2378667" wrote:
Ultra change your name to Whataboutism. “Whataboutism or whataboutery (as in "what about…?") denotes in a pejorative sense a procedure in which a critical question or argument is not answered or discussed, but retorted with a critical counter-question which expresses a counter-accusation.”

If i could change my forum name, I'd rename myself to Devil's Advocate
clarencetomas
3 years ago
"Ultra;c-2378660" wrote:
its not as simple since the change requires a title update, same with the mod changes

So early communication is no longer a good look, i see

It's not "early communication" that's the issue but "misleading communication." It's about intentional withholding of information, not the providing of information. The announcement was made early to lure in more investment/whaling, and the good stuff will be delayed without communication to reduce the benefit of the investment/whaling. It's in CG's interest (in a narrow sense that doesn't consider future iteration) to provide minimal in-game benefit for maximum cash. Matchups in Kyber now are basically determined by i-win-button p2w consumables so this potential misstep in communication would be in line with their current policy.