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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...
First, I never said I retained top position in ship and arena, but I do.
Second, I never said I was FTP. I am not. Although, I have spent very, very little since I stopped whaling back in April.
Third, that's exactly my point. Getting Rey as a FTP, while technically possible, isn't very likely. And that's a huge understatement.
I don't think there was any actual way to do this f2p. Not unless you got insane drop rates or bought but lied about it.
Well it is possible because I’ve done it. Just got Chewie to 7 stars today. Had Han already done. Here is how I did it.
Start farming the Vets as soon as they show up in shipments. 2 months ago? I was spending 640-960 crystals a day on whoever popped up. The only way I could do this is finishing top 5 in arena and number 1 in fleet arena. Now I couldn’t always finish top 5 in regular arena. Sometimes I’d be top 10 or 15. Because of this I did not refresh any Cantina or regular energy for 2 months. So I could not always hit my 600 but my guild was cool with that. By the time the Vets were added to Cantina I had them both around 40/85 shards. I then spent crystals refreshing Cantina. 700 crystals a day. Drop rates on Han were meh but my drop rates on Chewie were fantastic.
The only way this was possible was the addition of crystal payouts to fleet arena and not farming any gear for 1 1/2- 2 months. All crystals went to the Vets. I sacrificed no gear and not getting my daily 600 for a few months. Very possible but not without sacrificing other aspects of the game.
