Shardchat destroys fun

Shard chats destroy stress.

"Smarty;c-1797753" wrote:
Post the players name

That is against the Forum Guidelines.

"Kyno;c-1797756" wrote:

"SirCrankz;c-1797735" wrote:
Kyno i am sorry but you are wrong. I really dont mean it in a bad way. You just dont understand the game probably (which is ok - not everyone has to spend time with this game and get proffesional in it - it is just a game). Besides the simple fact that subpaar moded Treya will win against every Revan no matter how he is moded, and that in a mirror match (even though the most difficult so far) there are many many ways to guarntee a win with subpaar mods (HY, Chewy, Ezra to name a few) if a Mafia is well organizsed they will clear the path for the weaker player and than take out mods once they reach the proper place.
There are currently 2 places where skills and brain matter a bit, and where you can find competition: GA and TW. Other than that... you have no idea what you are talking about... and i envy you, that you didt have to experience what i am talking about first hand.

Best Regards,
crankzy

After playing this game for 3 plus years, I have no worries about my knowledge and experience in this game.

But there are a large section of the player base that dont seem to have as good a grasp of the fundamentals and struggle even in this current meta. I was simply referencing them as an example of where anyone can see there are skills involved in developing a team/strategy.

Also, it is funny that you mention TW and GA which are just variations on Arena, and say they require strategy/skill but arena does not.

I think he meant there you have different troops and setups. In Arena it’s always against Revan/specific players(at least in the Top50) and after a while you don’t need great „tactics“ anymore

"Kyno;c-1797756" wrote:
Also, it is funny that you mention TW and GA which are just variations on Arena, and say they require strategy/skill but arena does not.

Really?, you can't figure out why people think it's the case.

1. There is no sniping/timer issues - it's a 24h period, you don't have to play at exaclty 4:00 or whatever time your payout is.
2. You can't collude with enemies to hold back others progress/it's direct competition.

"Roopehunter;c-1797761" wrote:
Join them. A good pack can easily deny anyone, but it is also a hassle.

Im in a shard chat and I want to enjoy my free time during my PO once ai get 1st. Dont take that away from me and I wont have a reason to take youra away from you either.
Cooperation and socialisation is always the right answer. Dont be an **** to others and youll be fine.

Maybe consider reading before writing. Were never a di**, never pursued specific player. Just don’t want to cheat. And now you blame me?

"Noxfire27;c-1797765" wrote:

"Kyno;c-1797756" wrote:

"SirCrankz;c-1797735" wrote:
Kyno i am sorry but you are wrong. I really dont mean it in a bad way. You just dont understand the game probably (which is ok - not everyone has to spend time with this game and get proffesional in it - it is just a game). Besides the simple fact that subpaar moded Treya will win against every Revan no matter how he is moded, and that in a mirror match (even though the most difficult so far) there are many many ways to guarntee a win with subpaar mods (HY, Chewy, Ezra to name a few) if a Mafia is well organizsed they will clear the path for the weaker player and than take out mods once they reach the proper place.
There are currently 2 places where skills and brain matter a bit, and where you can find competition: GA and TW. Other than that... you have no idea what you are talking about... and i envy you, that you didt have to experience what i am talking about first hand.

Best Regards,
crankzy

After playing this game for 3 plus years, I have no worries about my knowledge and experience in this game.

But there are a large section of the player base that dont seem to have as good a grasp of the fundamentals and struggle even in this current meta. I was simply referencing them as an example of where anyone can see there are skills involved in developing a team/strategy.

Also, it is funny that you mention TW and GA which are just variations on Arena, and say they require strategy/skill but arena does not.

I think he meant there you have different troops and setups. In Arena it’s always against Revan/specific players(at least in the Top50) and after a while you don’t need great „tactics“ anymore

I never said you need great tactics, but to say it takes no skill is not true. That is why when Revan became more wide spread and filled arena, we started to see more complaints about timeouts. People timeout because they dont understand who to sub in, who to mod for what turn order, what kill order, and other fundamentals of combat. I was simply stating that those are skills some of us have or have developed over time of playing this game. There is also a long term strategy or skill in planning development to make sure you have proper mods and sets to make it easier to win or win more consistently, but also farm the toons required to stay flexible.

I think you should consider reaching out to them. Message a few people at the top around your payout and ask who you should avoid in your payout, the payout 1 hour before you and in the 2 hours after you. If they are at all reasonable they will let you know who to avoid and stop targeting you if you avoid them.

If you continue to attack people around their payouts though, they will continue to assume your initial rejection of the invitation to join was a specific - "F. U. I don't care about you loosing crystals because of my high and mighty concerns with 'cheating' which I define using a rule book I made up for myself that no one else has seen." - because right now that's probably how they see your thinking.

Due to human nature - as a group they will not change that opinion without quite a bit of a push. You as an individual could take a step back and very easily see the situation from their point of view if you chose to. You are a nuisance to them, costing them crystals and making them pay attention to the game when they could otherwise be living their lives. Of course they are going to target you. If you were a new player who didn't know about shard chats maybe they'd be more forgiving but it sounds like you are pretty experienced and know exactly what you are doing.

P.S. not making any judgement on whether it should be like this... I don't think it should... but it is. With that in mind you may want to take some action to make the best of the situation. The above is the only thing that realistically is going to work unless you enjoy spending a lot of crystals to have a war with them and annoy them (which is also totally legitimate but from your complaints about being targeted I guess that's not the case).

I wonder if they could just make it so that you cannot see your opponents name in arena. Just see their rank and squad and that is it. The idea of shard chats seem so gross to me. I wish cg would do something to get rid of this in the game.

"elmarko1234;c-1797766" wrote:

"Kyno;c-1797756" wrote:
Also, it is funny that you mention TW and GA which are just variations on Arena, and say they require strategy/skill but arena does not.

Really?, you can't figure out why people think it's the case.

1. There is no sniping/timer issues - it's a 24h period, you don't have to play at exaclty 4:00 or whatever time your payout is.
2. You can't collude with enemies to hold back others progress/it's direct competition.

Those are all great differences and examples of why they are different (and possibly a better) game modes, but not how one requires skill to win a battle and the other does not.

They require the same base skills of battle and character knowledge. GA and TW require more skill and knowledge as they are broader subjects and other factors to consider.

Anyway this is getting off topic. Sorry.

"Noxfire27;c-1797701" wrote:

"mvmss;c-1797690" wrote:
No, it doesn't.

What would you have lost, by joining the shard chat?

It's simply a way to be gregarious, cooperate and maximize returns, to stay competitive. There are plenty of people to hit when climbing and I see nothing wrong in being civil about it.

I had an issue in fleet, with a Russian guy always attacking me on my payout, which was the same as his. We were the only ones on the same payout and, yet, he would always attack me while climbing. He would not reply in game, nor on Discord. I reached out to his guild leader, who was quite nice, and no reply from him. One day, I got fed up and I locked him at 17, I think. We could both be #1 and #2, but since he would always attack me, I burned crystals to hell and locked him there. On the 3rd day of this back and forth nonsense, both of us missing out on hundreds of crystals, he reached out swearing at me. And he, at this moment, understood that cooperating was more benefitial to both of us and it has been this way, ever since.

You may have learned a lesson for life right there. In the end, you are the one who did not join when invited, so now you live with the consequences of your choices.

This is just a game, but, in real life, certain doors will only open to you once.

Bad excuses like this that you make up for yourself because you cheat are the main problem, not a solution. Lesson for life? Are you serious? „You have to cheat because we do, otherwise we will punish you“? It’s ridiculous that you want me to play against the rules and when I decline it’s my fault and I have to „live with the consequences“? That’s a new level of being a hypocrite. Wow.

talking with other players is not cheating, it's just simply coordinating and being courteous to other players.

in order for it to be cheating there has to be a rule against it. seeing that they have in game chat, it is working as intended.