So....Malak??
I’m just going to say it since no one else is....darth Revan has come and gone...still no Malak. Those of us that worked hard on our squads and probably spent a little coin to get Drevan geared in wha...
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"Trake;c-1903239" wrote:"YaeVizsla;c-1903223" wrote:"JerrickKharr87;c-1903005" wrote:
Yeah yeah yeah we always get these “I’m not a whale but I got him with effective resource management.” No you didn’t. To get both DR and Malak in the timeframe CG gave us required spending. Not saying you’re necessarily a whale but spending a massive amount of crystals was necessary to effectively complete both events. Simply farming and gearing with “resource management” is a lie. No other way around it. I was mad at the time but I get it. CG is very effective at getting people to drop cash for pixels.
Yes, hoarding and reading the tea leaves is how you get ahead of the curve and get things first pass as a free player. This is generally the realm of long-time players who have little opportunity cost in doing so as they've exhausted most of the content in the game.
Resource management is not just optimal utilization. It's also saving and planning. Hoarding to achieve goals that are available in the future is valid.
If you forgo hoarding and instead go for an immediate utilization model, that's your decision, but the consequences are also on you. Those who hoarded and read the tea leaves will be ready before you no matter what. And unless the prereqs for the new event are already super ubiquitous (not a reasonable expectation), it will probably take you about three months to shift gears and get the prereqs, with node refreshes. In other words, one cycle. Two if you don't node refresh.
If you put yourself in a situation where it takes you three months to get ready and you get the character in three months, don't begrudge the people who put themselves in a situation to get it sooner. Preparedness accelerates goals, and that's fair.
I never said I begrudge the whales or any other player, I simply said it would be nice to now get our guy for those of us that didn’t do all of those things you just mentioned or whaled out. I’m not asking to reinvent the wheel, I’m not asking for handouts or sympathy or any of the things you’ve assumed by reading a couple sentences, I’m asking for the character that should be coming out....to come out. Not unreasonable, not something ridiculous, pretty simple really.
I'm in the "not a whale but got Malak by a mix of good planning and frankly dumb luck since I happened to really like the OR toons" camp. While I understand the sentiment that those who unlocked him initially "have had their time," one thing VERY few people were ready for was the GET requirement. A lot of folks who unlocked Malak initially only got him to 7* last TB, or maybe the one before. When he comes back the second time, everyone knows he requires 68K of GET, so I imagine a LOT of have saved up.
Letting the "whales" have some time to enjoy the character at 7* for a month or so before others get him doesn't seem that unreasonable.
