Shard Economy Changes [MEGA]

"MaruMaru;c-2190802" wrote:

"Fieldgulls;c-2190790" wrote:

"JarJarRequissa;c-2190784" wrote:
ea/cg cant do something to help the community without taking something away. so they give one thing but take something else away. as a player that has been around since nov 2015 when the game started i know ea/cg doesnt care about me anymore. thats the statement they make when they do something for new players and take something away from us longtime players on a 5th year anniversary change. thats how i see it. if you do something for the community it should universally benefit the community. i am all for helping newer players but not at the detriment of the majority of the community.

I agree wholeheartedly on your comment. I am close if not a day one player. I have read all the past Q&A’s and provided feedback to surveys to all see it ignored (i.e. gear crunch) The game made it five years on the backs of us long term players. I am all for helping newer players as they have way more characters to farm than we did...however the gear acquisition has no way kept up. A nice gesture of keeping the shard shop cost the same, as it is now, instead of doubling it would have helped EVERYONE and would have been seen as them listening to their player base...especially after kyro addition under the guise it would help “diversify” the gear requirements to only turn into another gear wall. What is the plan for year 6 anniversary? What will be taken away then? We have had more nerfs in 2020 than content. Think about that!!

How do you assess gear acquisition not keeping up?

When I look at the evolution of my roster it's not as bad as majority claims. To give an idea of the conditions, f2p, both arena top income, very rarely buy gear but always 3x farm. At the time g13 was introduced I had 80 g12s. Right now I have 65 g13s and 63 g12s. I bet g13 count will exceed previous g12 count before the new gear thingie is here. Stun things are waning as a bottleneck for me while kyro and fleet g12+ needs (especially mk12 furnace and stun cuffs) are becoming more prominent. This is very much by design and everyone hits it at some point.

You are looking at it from your roster and your point of view. I am looking at it from an all player view as I see what my needs are but also that of my guild. A pretty big tell tale sign is the daily gear request made by guild members...we have at least 15-20 requests a day for stun guns. Let’s be honest all guilds probably see this daily except the high end ones. One place to get said stuns guns is the shard shop...make it easier to get this stuns guns with this change is to keep the cost as it is now instead of doubling. Plus add them to the guild store (the only reason they’re not there is guns were/are the gear wall with older toons)...as now kyros are the gear wall on new toons. So if we are helping newer players with shards, on the accelerated path, shouldn’t they be helped with the gear wall on gear level 7 or 8?