Reduce upfront cost to make a toon usable

"Saraleb;902580" wrote:
Credit cost is not an issue... the real problem is the countless amount of purple gear needed to make a toon usable

You can transfer me the 8M credits to my account if this is not an issue ;)

"Neo2551;902612" wrote:

"Saraleb;902580" wrote:
Credit cost is not an issue... the real problem is the countless amount of purple gear needed to make a toon usable

You can transfer me the 8M credits to my account if this is not an issue ;)

How? I would if I could TBH I've got 100mill lying around with zero use while I wait for gear, so go find that trade function :)

You run into a lot of bottlenecks as you progress in the game but eventually you'll run into the worst one of all, purple gear as Saraleb stated.

Without the 1,000 purp gear each toon needs, they are worthless. Think about a full day of playing, how many purp gear u get towards that 1,000 then multiply it by how many toons you have.

Well let's not forget the new purples and gold gear that you get about two of per raid. They released the new raid in august and I have two new g11s EP and boba. With crystals... Ridiculous. The lack of ability to farm the new gear will be a massive problem imagine if they raised the cap now...

There should be a grind and a pay option, the new gear is just a pay option

By the way OP I really agree with your sentiment and what you're saying buffs/nerfs should be more common in a game like this, would be very enjoyable, and I'd love to see less complaining about it every time a nerf is even mentioned. And issues should be dealt with weekly (daily). It'd make a much better game, but simply can't be done because of 1. the gear issue, 2. EA is too cheap to manage the game properly.

In other words EA wants to 1. get loads of money 2. spend almost nothing.

And not care if something sucks or anything could be better :).

So instead we can just line their pockets :)

The main costs in this game, money and time...

You don't have to spend a dime, EA has made a road map and if they stick to it you can even more easily gauge your investment of both.

What the OP is asking for is to introduce more of a gamble into the game and less planning and "skill". No thank you.

The nerf, or more commonly the "bait and switch" would kill this game faster then the gear crunch. This hurts everyone as it effects their investment of both time and/or money.

The buff (not referring to the rework) removes advantage, why would someone spend money to advance a new toon, if all of a sudden some old toon gets a buff. This hurts the revenue stream.

Balance like 'the cake' is a lie. The game needs to move forward or it will die. They need to make money, it is a business. This movement might not be paced for you, but it's better then constantly trying to change the wheel while moving to get a smoother ride.

"Kyno;902718" wrote:
The main costs in this game, money and time...

You don't have to spend a dime, EA has made a road map and if they stick to it you can even more easily gauge your investment of both.

What the OP is asking for is to introduce more of a gamble into the game and less planning and "skill". No thank you.

The nerf, or more commonly the "bait and switch" would kill this game faster then the gear crunch. This hurts everyone as it effects their investment of both time and/or money.

The buff (not referring to the rework) removes advantage, why would someone spend money to advance a new toon, if all of a sudden some old toon gets a buff. This hurts the revenue stream.

Balance like 'the cake' is a lie. The game needs to move forward or it will die. They need to make money, it is a business. This movement might not be paced for you, but it's better then constantly trying to change the wheel while moving to get a smoother ride.

I think I did not make myself clear, I am sorry.
I meant that they should reduce the gear grind so that we would be less pissed off when our resources are render useless. I prefer to lose 2 weeks of farming than a whole month if balance were made weekly. I would then switch strategy and farm toons I really like.

I never read the part where I want to take out skill from the game?!

"spotremix;902821" wrote:
with all the people that say it i really wish i could see this point of view. maybe i am just too uncompetitive. i just don't find a toon useless at any level unless they are getting taking down first shot of the battle.

here's my one example. i only literally have 3 toons with the scoundrel tag and one is literally just unlocked. dengar i thin is his name. now this isn't a super tough tier but i take my 3 all the way through credit heist and 3 star it 90% of the time. dengar is absolutely untouched, no gear, no mods, level 1, and star whatever he is when you unlock.

so id say he's far from useless for me. he gets me through that tier.

Suppose you farm GK with his 450 carbantis And 200 cuffs to G11. Then they decide to nerf his soresu mechanics and does not gain taunt anymore because GK is OP.

You are annoyed because you just lost a lot of time and useful gear for a useless toon.

"Neo2551;902799" wrote:

"Kyno;902718" wrote:
The main costs in this game, money and time...

You don't have to spend a dime, EA has made a road map and if they stick to it you can even more easily gauge your investment of both.

What the OP is asking for is to introduce more of a gamble into the game and less planning and "skill". No thank you.

The nerf, or more commonly the "bait and switch" would kill this game faster then the gear crunch. This hurts everyone as it effects their investment of both time and/or money.

The buff (not referring to the rework) removes advantage, why would someone spend money to advance a new toon, if all of a sudden some old toon gets a buff. This hurts the revenue stream.

Balance like 'the cake' is a lie. The game needs to move forward or it will die. They need to make money, it is a business. This movement might not be paced for you, but it's better then constantly trying to change the wheel while moving to get a smoother ride.

I think I did not make myself clear, I am sorry.
I meant that they should reduce the gear grind so that we would be less **** off when our resources are render useless. I prefer to lose 2 weeks of farming than a whole month if balance were made weekly. I would then switch strategy and farm toons I really like.

I never read the part where I want to take out skill from the game?!

Yes I see what you are saying, but the end goal of you plan was to make it more acceptable to have nerf and buffs, due to this decreased cost. That was the point I was addressing, it's not just about the upfront cost.

The skill comes in from the management of you resources(gear, shards,coins,ability mats,energy, mods) 90% of the skill in this game comes before the fight. Team composition, turn order, and subs, are choices you make and things that are limited by you choices. (And rng to some extent) making it easier to gear toons takes away from the people that pay to gear fast and those that exercise practice and patience in how they are building their roster (the skill of th game)

I completely agree with you management skills. However, mods are still here to display your skills and discipline.

It would still require time to farm toons, but it would rewards players with large rosters and make it more interesting to have a more dynamic arena and more diverse as well. You could have small change (for example max attack damage reduction of 5%-10% or tenacity increase).

I enjoy arena and raids the most, but now every change to my arena team needs 2-3 months (even though I could use G10 toons thanks to my mods), so I only focus on mods, whose farming is depressing :)