So....Malak??

Don't worry! It's just another surprise mechanic waiting for us! We all love surprise mechanics so we'll be willing to shell out a ton of cash when he suddenly returns without warning.

"Trake;c-1903146" wrote:

"sying;c-1903115" wrote:
Let me get this straight...you a) played smart and got yourself ready for an event you knew would come back; b) whaled a bit to do so; c) don’t want to wait any longer so you’re threatening to quit thus wasting your money; and d) don’t want to spend money again which is strange to me because why not whale on gear for the toon you just whaled out for to begin with?

No I did not whale at all, and as for waiting, if it is a week away fine, but if they are skipping this time around then yes, I will not spend money again I'll just slow play it from now on. Spending a $20 here and there on some crystals is hardly whaling. I said others would quit, I would probably not. Not yet anyway.

Maybe I said whale because I didn’t want to sound like a juvenile by saying, spend some coin.

"sying;c-1903317" wrote:

"Trake;c-1903146" wrote:

"sying;c-1903115" wrote:
Let me get this straight...you a) played smart and got yourself ready for an event you knew would come back; b) whaled a bit to do so; c) don’t want to wait any longer so you’re threatening to quit thus wasting your money; and d) don’t want to spend money again which is strange to me because why not whale on gear for the toon you just whaled out for to begin with?

No I did not whale at all, and as for waiting, if it is a week away fine, but if they are skipping this time around then yes, I will not spend money again I'll just slow play it from now on. Spending a $20 here and there on some crystals is hardly whaling. I said others would quit, I would probably not. Not yet anyway.

Maybe I said whale because I didn’t want to sound like a juvenile by saying, spend some coin.

Why does that sound like a juvenile?

"Kokie;c-1903153" wrote:

"Trake;c-1903078" wrote:

"Stokat;c-1903072" wrote:

"Trake;c-1903038" wrote:

"Yawansumame;c-1903031" wrote:
So, I'm just going to say it, as well.... Wah, wah, wah.

Another cg butt kissing liberal type game player.

Liberal?

Liberal type

As a liberal conservative independent libertarian socialist green party member i take offense to this statement

Almost perfect. Just make that, "...green tea party member."

The one thing I will say is that if you got malak first time round without a stash of get you will probably get him to seven star after this tb.

I think these people deserve a week or two to enjoy their maxed Malaks before arena gets flooded with them. People who didn't get malak first time round and hoarded guild event currency will be getting maxed Malaks as they unlock him.

Malak isn’t arriving on schedule, you say?

It would seem that CG is altering the deal. Pray they don’t alter it further.

So someone knows for sure, when Malak is gonna come back?

@Trake
Rumor is 7/13 Malak return.

"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.

"JerrickKharr87;c-1903005" wrote:

"Mistereousone;c-1902996" wrote:

"Trake;c-1902929" wrote:

"Boba_The_Fetter;c-1902925" wrote:
You're complaining that we have Darth revan? Yes with malak he's the strongest he can be but it's still a great squad without malak.

No I’m complaining that we don’t have malak yet, did you read any of the words? We need malak for new Tb, all those platoons we can’t fill, plus we need him for a decent drevan arena team. The whales got him 2 weeks later, us simple peons that had to slowly farm and gear everyone don’t get the same courtesy?

Not a whale, got them both the first time around for free. It's a game of resource management. Don't get bitter because you didn't effectively manage your resources.

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.

you are wrong, if you are in top 5 arena and save up 20-30k crystals you could have old republicks in time to get jkr, then DR then malak. i was needed around 100 shards total for jkr first time. if i had any crystals saved up i could have him first time.