"TheXBoarder;c-1381863" wrote:
"AnnerDoon;c-1381856" wrote:
"TheXBoarder;c-1381762" wrote:
"Nikoms565;c-1381750" wrote:
"PapiLongLegs;c-1380163" wrote:
I do not understand anyones complaint about the farming. I agree it was short notice and that it was tough to get but everyone seems to think this event is P2P. Me and many guildmates will be able to unlock Rey with no paying. If you think things out and make sacrifices such as not buying as many refreshes to save crystals in anticipation for 2x drops etc it isnt that difficult. Yes it is still close but I am happy with it. I like legendary charactera being a sign of accomplishment(or pay lol). I wouldnt enjoy Legendary characters nearly as much if thry showed up every other month and everyone and their brother had one. It is unique to have a character that instead of just farming a node and you are done, you have to invest and plan for them. Making it that much more special and rare. I agree thr vets should have dropped maybe like 1/2weeks earlier and I do feel like this is the almost the max they can go w/o making a legendary event P2P. I feel like CG did a pretty good job on balance and when I get my Rey I will be that much more rewarded for my sacrifices an planning.
Not quite sure how that's possible. I have refreshed cantina energy up to 400 per day and spent it all on vets since they were farmable. I will not make it. Even with double drops. You either have incredible rng or are mistaken.
Honestly, ask yourself, would it make much business sense for a company to make it so the average player could obtain OP characters for free?
You must be the lucky exception, my friend. Lucky indeed.
There's also a chance that most of these stories are merely being posted by whales pretending to be f2p because the moment the f2p realizes they actually can't get these toons any more that they'll abandon the game, leaving nothing but whales to try and outspend each other. I've seen the "calculations" on here many times, none of them add up or work as f2p unless the player happens to be in the easiest arena in the game, or secretly spent money but didn't admit to it.
TL:DR Yes. It is technically possible to be on track to get Rey as a F2P. But it certainly isn't very probable. Not by a long shot.
In your math you noted you retain top position in arena and ship the entire time. How many f2p players can keep those spots for MONTHS without using shards faster farm gear for g12? Talzin came out during that time and a fully geared 7* Talzin is already in my arena. So how are f2p players supposed to keep those ranks without upgrading or working on their arena team and still manage to set aside shards? That's where everything falls apart. It's not believable, not if you were honestly able to maintain top ranking the entire time without doing anything else...
+1
Agreed with everything that @TheXBoarder and @Ben_Tlightsaber said.
Until these people who claim "I'm F2P, just be like me and earn #1 in arena and ships every single day!" start posting their swgoh profiles and the top 5 of their shards, I'm just going to assume that they're lying trolls.
Which brings us back to the original point of this digression: I believe this to be P2P, and possibly P2W. Which is fine, but then it should be advertised as such. Which is why I agreed earlier that I'd be more OK with a $250 pack for 330 shards than this charade. I frankly preferred the days after launch when a handful of OP characters were just flat out P2P via Chromium Packs.
And in a slightly related note, I've been using 50 crystals per day to refresh the Millennium Falcon's node since it was released, on the off chance that it was needed for this event. Those 50 crystals per day represent most of the gap that will keep me from completing the event.
So to everyone who's been congratulating their own amazing planning: do I get to be angry that the Millennium Falcon isn't needed? And if it were needed, would it be fair of me to come here and say "HA! People throughout the forums were guessing that it would be needed! Didn't you watch Episode VII? OBVIOUSLY it's needed. You fools should've been buying the refresh like I did! Poor planning ololol maybe next time, noobs"? I'd like to think that, were that the situation, I would just quietly revel in my own
good luck that the scenario I guessed (and bet on) came to pass.
