First, let me just say this update was very poorly communicated and horribly mismanaged.
Now, I’m just curious, does anyone here realize there’s a store that uses the new episode currency from the free pass in which you can buy literally everything from the old GC rewards pool (yes omicrons too!)? Except rather than you get what you get, you can actually pick what you want?
this update moves rewards from the end of GC into a store/onto the free pass. Once we get past this initial phase (like in a week or 2) people are going to start having an excess of currency to spend on whatever they want. I used crystals to get huyang shards and it’s only gonna give me like an extra 2-3k episode points over someone who didn’t buy shards. for those worried about omicrons, there are 3 in the shop and 1 that should hit on your episode pass after completing the 2nd weekly GC. Which, by the way, means you’ll be getting your omicrons SOONER than you would have by waiting for GC rewards to hit.
and yes. Spending money on a pass should speed up your progress and/or make it easier to progress in the pass. That’s how these games work and I see zero problem with it.