I would like to start off saying that I really enjoy this game. The mechanics are fairly solid and progression to a degree is appropriate. While I do not like having to grind, there is something to be said for getting one of your favorite characters up to 7* and getting their gear up. I also like the changes that recently came about on what is available guild,GW and various stores.For almost a month now I have been grinding on getting ready for a CLS event. And before some of you groan, oh man another CLS complaint... consider that some of us who are not paid to win and don't have exorbitant amounts of money to drop on these microtransactions get frustrated at the bait and switch of events coming up. We had maybe three days notice for the upcoming BB8 event? This is coming across as an attempt to squeeze out even more money out of people. At this point how is this model being employed in this game any different than the model that SWBF2 is being roasted for? Terrible drop rates, exorbitant prices on any of the microtransactions. It is just insane. The whole model just drips of greed.So how do we fix this? - People, who can and want to drop money, maybe decrease prices to a more reasonable for them? -- Give a solid amount of notice for the upcoming major events. Not everyone is entitled to every character but give them a fighting chance of obtaining it or at the very least a lesser starred version.- Increase the drop rate on character and ship shards. I personally have spent 200 gems on cantina energy to not get a single vet chewi or vet han shard. And btw, $30 for 50 shards of each which wont make much of a dent in leveling either character is outrageous. - Increase the energies regeneration rate a bit. Allow people to play the fun game a bit more without milking money out of them.- Make things more attainable.Thanks for reading,Raspy

I think the same as you, I am a pretty advanced player in the game and honestly I think the drop rates are awful. I spent more than 20 sims just tu get 3 pieces of purple gear! That is an awful drop rate, they need to at least change it 1/3 of the time so it’s better because if it was at 1/2 it would be too easy, honestly I think some characters should be easier to get, for example the first order stormtrooper, it’s not a great character at all and he is super hard to get and he is required in a few events. Some characters are too hard to gear, eg. Greedy is kitten and he is super hard to gear( one of the hardiest in the game). And some pieces of great are really hard to farm and they are needed for so much characters. That game is awesome but needs some updates to be excellent.

Well ... they want to make money ... when they go to announce major events earlier, ppl will just farm the requirements (for free) and CG/EA loses tenthousands of dollars.I also do not like their pricings. IMO its way overpriced. For $60 i get a full boxed (offline) game, im able to install on my pc and play whenever i want to, for ever. Here, you get 100 (of 330 needed) shards, of 1 character (out of 135+) and a lil gear/credits to gear it, but still not being able to use him/her anywhere. Thats the reason, why im F2P. I dont want to support such prices.However the game is still running, so there are ppl willing to pay those amounts of money, for a very little part of the game, you dont even know how long you are able to play, as they could just shutdown the servers today and all is gone. Kinda crazy ... Its all about very few ppl paying thousands of dollars to get a char half a year earlier than the average gamer. Like CLS ... those who paid, enjoy his opness, f2p have to wait, until his event finally returns.Other games decided to run lower prices so everyone "wants" to support/pay for it ... which model works better? no clue, bc idc honestly.

I just hope that a law will pass just to force them to show the actual drop rate. Just to let the customer know the real odds. I am sure that will increase drop rate magically ....

please stop comparing swgoh with swbf2. This is a freemium game, it's a given that it's frustrating to entice spending. An argument could be made for a faster rate of progression though.

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CleP04
7 years ago
I think the same as you, I am a pretty advanced player in the game and honestly I think the drop rates are awful. I spent more than 20 sims just tu get 3 pieces of purple gear! That is an awful drop rate, they need to at least change it 1/3 of the time so it’s better because if it was at 1/2 it would be too easy, honestly I think some characters should be easier to get, for example the first order stormtrooper, it’s not a great character at all and he is super hard to get and he is required in a few events. Some characters are too hard to gear, eg. Greedy is kitten and he is super hard to gear( one of the hardiest in the game). And some pieces of great are really hard to farm and they are needed for so much characters. That game is awesome but needs some updates to be excellent.
CleP04
7 years ago
I totally agree with you ;)
AchillesAT
7 years ago
Well ... they want to make money ... when they go to announce major events earlier, ppl will just farm the requirements (for free) and CG/EA loses tenthousands of dollars.
I also do not like their pricings. IMO its way overpriced. For $60 i get a full boxed (offline) game, im able to install on my pc and play whenever i want to, for ever. Here, you get 100 (of 330 needed) shards, of 1 character (out of 135+) and a lil gear/credits to gear it, but still not being able to use him/her anywhere. Thats the reason, why im F2P. I dont want to support such prices.
However the game is still running, so there are ppl willing to pay those amounts of money, for a very little part of the game, you dont even know how long you are able to play, as they could just shutdown the servers today and all is gone. Kinda crazy ... Its all about very few ppl paying thousands of dollars to get a char half a year earlier than the average gamer. Like CLS ... those who paid, enjoy his opness, f2p have to wait, until his event finally returns.
Other games decided to run lower prices so everyone "wants" to support/pay for it ... which model works better? no clue, bc idc honestly.
Fredy5
Seasoned Newcomer
7 years ago
I just hope that a law will pass just to force them to show the actual drop rate. Just to let the customer know the real odds. I am sure that will increase drop rate magically ....
emvedebe
7 years ago
please stop comparing swgoh with swbf2. This is a freemium game, it's a given that it's frustrating to entice spending.
An argument could be made for a faster rate of progression though.
Jos33680
7 years ago
I started a new account 3 months ago as F2P.

Top 20 arena is now 75-80 gear 8-9 .... and this ...

https://swgoh.gg/u/zephyrk/

lvl 85, 2M5 power, 132 7*, 37 gear 12 .... in 3 months.

There is a very low probability they change the model as player continues spending 10K dollars per month to enjoy Star War mobile toons.
CorvusGER
7 years ago
"Jos33680;c-1386348" wrote:
I started a new account 3 months ago as F2P.

Top 20 arena is now 75-80 gear 8-9 .... and this ...

https://swgoh.gg/u/zephyrk/

lvl 85, 2M5 power, 132 7*, 37 gear 12 .... in 3 months.

There is a very low probability they change the model as player continues spending 10K dollars per month to enjoy Star War mobile toons.

They will only change if they have to, either by people no longer spending (unlikely) or they are forced by law. As it stands right now with all the heavy spenders this is a succesfull model, no matter wha the majority of players thinks or believes.
NyKynoe
7 years ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/7if8xr/galactic_war_report_episode_85_reys_journey_and/

The progression pacing does seem to be on the heavy side, but there are very few things in this game that can be solved by time, or made quicker by money (time = money). Most similar games, as you hit certain points, make the previous steps quicker and this game is farm more even across the whole game. I wouldn't expect this to change all at once,but we have been seeing changes.

On the other point, they addressed that in the GWR, there is a method here and it does seem to work for them.

Moved to Feedback >>General.
ctyc123
7 years ago
"Kyno;c-1386365" wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/7if8xr/galactic_war_report_episode_85_reys_journey_and/

The progression pacing does seem to be on the heavy side, but there are very few things in this game that can be solved by time, or made quicker by money (time = money). Most similar games, as you hit certain points, make the previous steps quicker and this game is farm more even across the whole game. I wouldn't expect this to change all at once,but we have been seeing changes.

On the other point, they addressed that in the GWR, there is a method here and it does seem to work for them.

Moved to Feedback >>General.

The time you're referring to. It's called grinding in most games. But we spend less than an hour doing dailies, purchasing energy and the rest of time watching the energy increase by 1 every 5min (lets not go into cantina's).
So in what way is this time=money?
LiathSW
7 years ago
"ctyc123;c-1387389" wrote:
"Kyno;c-1386365" wrote:
https://www.reddit.com/r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes/comments/7if8xr/galactic_war_report_episode_85_reys_journey_and/

The progression pacing does seem to be on the heavy side, but there are very few things in this game that can be solved by time, or made quicker by money (time = money). Most similar games, as you hit certain points, make the previous steps quicker and this game is farm more even across the whole game. I wouldn't expect this to change all at once,but we have been seeing changes.

On the other point, they addressed that in the GWR, there is a method here and it does seem to work for them.

Moved to Feedback >>General.

The time you're referring to. It's called grinding in most games. But we spend less than an hour doing dailies, purchasing energy and the rest of time watching the energy increase by 1 every 5min (lets not go into cantina's).
So in what way is this time=money?

In this case, rather than the time in question being actual playing time, it's real time. You pay money, or you wait weeks, months, or years to have the thing.