TB battles: HRSoldier and HRScout [merged]

there were quite a few people upset about thrawn and commander luke. I believe you're referring to those events when you said "Unlike some previous surprises that left ppl upset".
Both those toons were semi easy to unlock, specially for long term players. I could probably unlock both those toons starting from scratch faster than i can farm HRSoldier to 7* from his single hard node.
I don't get why this is any better than those "suprises", for me personally this sucks way more than any legendary event from a farming/preparing/getting ready perspective.

"leef;c-1232425" wrote:
there were quite a few people upset about thrawn and commander luke. I believe you're referring to those events when you said "Unlike some previous surprises that left ppl upset".
Both those toons were semi easy to unlock, specially for long term players. I could probably unlock both those toons starting from scratch faster than i can farm HRSoldier to 7* from his single hard node.
I don't get why this is any better than those "suprises", for me personally this sucks way more than any legendary event from a farming/preparing/getting ready perspective.

Oh yeah, agreed wholeheartly.
I mean, even Phoenix and Ewoks had double drops for this... One can only hope.

Merged the threads on HR Scout and Soldier.

"leef;c-1232425" wrote:
there were quite a few people upset about thrawn and commander luke. I believe you're referring to those events when you said "Unlike some previous surprises that left ppl upset".
Both those toons were semi easy to unlock, specially for long term players. I could probably unlock both those toons starting from scratch faster than i can farm HRSoldier to 7* from his single hard node.
I don't get why this is any better than those "suprises", for me personally this sucks way more than any legendary event from a farming/preparing/getting ready perspective.

With you on this one. If you don't have HRSoldier at 7* (and even many long term "launch" players don't) - you're only "choice" is to by a $20 pack and hope for good RNG on the chance to get him. And that's only the 3* version.

This is actually worse than the Luke "surprise" - because at least Old Ben had a Cantina node. This is basically event extortion - you want to play, you have to pay. Quite an insult for those of us that have dropped decent sums already.

@Nikoms565 Do you think this was to keep everyone from easily being able to complete TB? I can see the devs thinking that if we make the requirements too easy it'll get stale quickly.

No need to panic. You will still be able to play TB without these toons. They will just unlock additional missions and rewards. Scout is an easy farm, in any case. Soldier will be harder, but I'd wager he'll be September's login toon.

"phatphil3;c-1232444" wrote:
@Nikoms565 Do you think this was to keep everyone from easily being able to complete TB? I can see the devs thinking that if we make the requirements too easy it'll get stale quickly.

No. I think it was to get people to buy packs. Period. The Luke event was nod to long time players. Requiring HRS (both) at 7* for any event is simply an attempt to cash in on useless characters.

Compare it to the Luke requirements:

1) STHan - a very useful tank (in fact, until pre-tuants cam along, he was arguably the best tank in the game). He is also a rebel and scoundrel - so useful for obtaining Palp and Credit Heist.

2) Leia - she was p2p initially - and for goof reason. She can deal out a ton of damage. With her rework she is viable on my November 2015 arena team (I know, I run her)

3) R2D2 - he's been on most arena teams since he was released. His usage is unquestioned.

4) Old Ben - while he was "viable" during the dodge meta, he is still an easy cantina farm and with his rework (including his taunt) he is useful for some. I have even seen him in the top of my arena shard in the top 20 from time to time. He is useful for early mid-game players as he is a Jedi (Yoda) and Rebel (palp) - so he serves both purposes.

5) Luke (Farmboy) - was practically given to us anyway - and needed for all the Luke flash events. Also, a hard node + cantina farm. Easily obtained.

Now look at HRS (either/both):
Rebels only. Fairly useless in most areas of the game and better options for almost any aspect. HRScout is easy enough to snag in Cantina store. HRSoldier? No - one hard node. At a 33% drop rate, that's almost a year to farm him. Good luck with that.

This isn't about hard or easy - it's about making people pay to play.

"skywhopper;c-1232454" wrote:
No need to panic. You will still be able to play TB without these toons. They will just unlock additional missions and rewards. Scout is an easy farm, in any case. Soldier will be harder, but I'd wager he'll be September's login toon.

Oh cool, so by the end of September I'll only need 200 more shards, that's fantastic news! /s

Also, you need to go through the data mine. A lot of the t2 (t1-3) playable missions require 6 star HRSoldier/Scout. Calling it playable when at least a quarter and up to half of the content is gated behind these two toons is laughable.

"phatphil3;c-1232444" wrote:
Do you think this was to keep everyone from easily being able to complete TB? I can see the devs thinking that if we make the requirements too easy it'll get stale quickly.

Yes, going through the data mine, HRSoldier will be the gate for most established, long-term guilds. Which is sad.

"Ben_Sunwalker;c-1232382" wrote:
Good thing I started farming them ever since the first screen shots for TB were leaked, a couple of months ago. That took Scout to 7*.
After all the farming, though, Soldier is still at 4*. Kitten.

I did the same thing and he is only 4*. I gave up recently. The end point is just too far away to be wasting my time on. If they want paygates for new content well that sucks for me cause I hate those games personally.

"Maegor;c-1232466" wrote:

"skywhopper;c-1232454" wrote:
No need to panic. You will still be able to play TB without these toons. They will just unlock additional missions and rewards. Scout is an easy farm, in any case. Soldier will be harder, but I'd wager he'll be September's login toon.

Oh cool, so by the end of September I'll only need 200 more shards, that's fantastic news! /s

Also, you need to go through the data mine. A lot of the t2 (t1-3) playable missions require 6 star HRSoldier/Scout. Calling it playable when at least a quarter and up to half of the content is gated behind these two toons is laughable.

"phatphil3;c-1232444" wrote:
Do you think this was to keep everyone from easily being able to complete TB? I can see the devs thinking that if we make the requirements too easy it'll get stale quickly.

Yes, going through the data mine, HRSoldier will be the gate for most established, long-term guilds. Which is sad.

Yeah, people should really check out the datamine before posting here. They stars required on them are: 3*, 6* and 7*.

So yeah.

"warmonkey;c-1232468" wrote:

"Ben_Sunwalker;c-1232382" wrote:
Good thing I started farming them ever since the first screen shots for TB were leaked, a couple of months ago. That took Scout to 7*.
After all the farming, though, Soldier is still at 4*. Kitten.

I did the same thing and he is only 4*. I gave up recently. The end point is just too far away to be wasting my time on. If they want paygates for new content well that sucks for me cause I hate those games personally.

Dont give up, man. It's only 60 energy anyways. I'm still going strong and will only stop at the 7*. I'm not pleased by it, but it is what it is.