Question about Platoon Squad and Deployments Update Post

Players should be aware that with the release of the Territory War feature, we will be actively curating Platoon compositions in the first three vertical slices of Territory Battles. This is with the intention to provide a more deliberate experience in Platoons for the players. Curated Platoons will have static compositions that will persist from Territory Battle to Territory Battle. Our intention is to post the static compositions to the forums when we are ready to provide them to the playerbase, so that players can prepare for the Platoons with some notice. Exact details to come.
Our intent is to keep theses static compositions in rotation for the forseeable future and any change to these static compositions will be announced to the playerbase beforehand. This is to ensure that players are more prepared for the Platoons and can adjust their collections accordingly. We will continue the practice of excluding factions/characters from Platoons where those factions/characters are required somewhere else in the same vertical slice. The last three vertical slices will pull from all available units in the game, with the caveat that any previously excluded units will continue to be excluded.

I am full of baff.
The intention is for us to have a more deliberate experience with platoons. You want us to intentionally fill platoons? Or are we to do it consciously? I intentionally fill platoons already. With intent even. I honestly don't understand what you mean by this.
So the first three phases/vertical strips will always be the same toons/ships from TB to TB (understanding the exclusions per phase of required toons)? M'kay, fine. But we all know it's phases 4-6 that are the issue. I'm starting to understand why this last Marquee event gave 1 fewer star.
And 4-6 will pull from ALL available units? Is this meant to suggest DS toons will now be in LS TB platoons going forward? Or is that just inexact language and should have read "all available LS units"?
Just... you know, in the future... might want to lead with this stuff. It's bad optics when these announcements come after we've pointed something out to you. And stop using that person who wrote the Battlefront statement. The curated statements have static compositions that persist from forum to forum.

"xlX_Snow_Xlx;c-1346927" wrote:
I am more interested in seeing if DS toons will start popping up in platoons. I feel like this will actually make it a little easier, rather than more difficult. I see this as a good thing!

Until it's 6* Talzin on 5 or 5* NS Zombie on wave 4...

C'mon man. You've been here awhile. You know where this is going. Hint: not easier.

"Nikoms565;c-1346932" wrote:

"xlX_Snow_Xlx;c-1346927" wrote:
I am more interested in seeing if DS toons will start popping up in platoons. I feel like this will actually make it a little easier, rather than more difficult. I see this as a good thing!

Until it's 6* Talzin on 5 or 5* NS Zombie on wave 4...

C'mon man. You've been here awhile. You know where this is going. Hint: not easier.

Cha ching.

"Dantes;c-1346937" wrote:

Is it even worth investing In platoon characters as f2p at this point?

Nope.

"Dantes;c-1346937" wrote:
I've always enjoyed the grind as it keeps me playing but this has me scratching my head. Finally unlocked falcon, filled a platoon with it, and now 1 platoon remains unfilled with new FO ships. 1 step forward, 2 steps back. There's no sense of accomplishment, I'm only left feeling "why'd i farm the falcon? I'm in the same position i was a month ago". What's the point? So I buy silencer/SF tie only to be blocked by the next set of marquee ships in a month? I'll pass.
Is it even worth investing In platoon characters as f2p at this point?

You answered your own question. What's the point? That you keep spending money to chase the constantly moving goal posts. At least they're making it more obvious now.

:D

"Jamesm;c-1346911" wrote:
So i get that we like to complain about everything but i dont get the outrage here. Its not like its the first time new marquee toons were put in platoons. Yes its a ds ship but ds ships have always been in platoons. I honestly expected the new ships to be there. The changes to platoons I agree are dumb and unneeded.

I honestly just wanted a clarification. And this is the first time that toons that were not part of the game when TB launched have been included in platoons. I just want to know if a) we can expect new toons to show up in platoons in the future, b) if so, at what part of their cadence should we expect them, and c) are dark side toons including in the quote in my OP?

"Angelloyd;c-1346874" wrote:
CG keeps saying they are listening to what people are talking/complaining and then they do this.

Listening =/= taking action

All I know is that when I want to sit down and have some fun with a video game, the first adjective that I hunt for is "deliberate".

I remember back in '98 when metal gear solid came out, I checked the back of the box and the first sentence said, "get ready for deliberate stealth action!" I was sold!!

Wow so the developers have totally missed the feedback from the players with this one and moved the goal posts to make it harder. I understand they want people spending but this just seems like a knee jerk reaction to people perhaps doing too well too soon in TB?

On a positive note - TW beta is looking promising.