Stuns n cuffs

"Shanobiwon;c-1282918" wrote:
At least we get mk3 carbs from challenges but there still a pain! U always run out of mk3 carbs when that miracle happens and u get stun guns.

this game has purposely put whales first coz they love the shard shop considering it was put there for whales in the first place!
I wonder if the game could survive with only whales playing it!

Chill. First off, this is one of the most f2p-friendly game there is. Secondly, the comment "I wonder how long the game would survive if only those that pay alot to support it played" is a little backwards. The game needs both - and it needs to keep both happy. Yes, occasionally there is an update aimed to please whales. Sometimes an update to please f2p and guppies. Sometimes updates to make new players happy (there have been numerous things that make it easier for new players compared to 22 months ago) - and some for the players that have been playing since launch.

Not everyone will like every improvement. Yes, the shard shop - which is only available once you have 7* characters and only truly "good" once you have a roster of 40 or 50 of them - is aimed to make veteran players happy.

Finally, keep in mind that whales need an incentive to spend. Otherwise why would they?

"Shanobiwon;c-1282918" wrote:
At least we get mk3 carbs from challenges but there still a pain! U always run out of mk3 carbs when that miracle happens and u get stun guns.

this game has purposely put whales first coz they love the shard shop considering it was put there for whales in the first place!
I wonder if the game could survive with only whales playing it!

I've refreshed 6 times and have yet to see a cuff, gun, or corbanti. Love the prices, hate the distribution.

And, yes, it could survive, because it's one of the most valuable and popular IPs in history. It wouldn't, however, without the f2p and moderate spenders. It's easier to turn someone from a free player to a low to moderate spender, but the prices have to reflect a value more inline with the real world. The whale model is predictable but dated. A quick Google search can point you to recent academic studies as to why.

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I think so anyways. Are they in shipments? Can anyone confirm? It's always furnace, or droid callers now. I have not seen cuffs or stun guns in there for days. Never anything in shard shop. It's worthless now

"Skywalker_Vader1;c-1283086" wrote:
I think so anyways. Are they in shipments? Can anyone confirm? It's always furnace, or droid callers now. I have not seen cuffs or stun guns in there for days. Never anything in shard shop. It's worthless now

They're there. 560 for 20 salvage or 1400 for a complete cuff.

Thanks

Shard shop is great, the rest of the shops needs quatity increases or price decreases

I do wish cuffs and guns were easier to get. But really they are farmable gear. Im having a harder time with holo projectors!
I think they should do an event where there is a 100% drop rate. Something different every day for a week. Cantina shards, DS shards, LS shards, DS gear, LS gear, then all for 2 days.

Wait, were you able to get more from the fleet shop? I've gotten a ton of stun gun salvage from shard shop 2.0 already. I never once thought the fleet shop rate was worthwhile. I'm seriously confused by all the complaints around this change. For me, it's way easier now to get good gear.

"skywhopper;c-1283380" wrote:
Wait, were you able to get more from the fleet shop? I've gotten a ton of stun gun salvage from shard shop 2.0 already. I never once thought the fleet shop rate was worthwhile. I'm seriously confused by all the complaints around this change. For me, it's way easier now to get good gear.

I really like the new Shard Shop, but to be fair I understand where some of the complaints are coming from.

Some people really don't like ship battles so they would use the fleet tokens to buy gear. Now all they can get are ships, which they don't like, and characters, which they may not need. So they're doing a thing they don't like and getting a currency that only allows them to do more of the thing they don't like.

Another point of view is that of a person who just hit 85 and has an okay roster, but is still in the process of farming characters. For you and me it's easy, we earn spare shards for 7* characters all the time--Galactic War, bronzium packs, daily login characters--and probably have at least the GW and Cantina stores fully 7* so we can take those currencies and convert them into shard shop currency with a free conscience. But if you still need folks, then they've taken away an avenue of gearing them.

As I said, I love the improved shard shop. Once I finish Mob Enforcer I'll be getting 300 shard shop bucks a day, enough for 10 cuffs a day. That's a huge bonus for me. But not everyone is in my position.