The #1 Thing the game needs

I’ve never understood the whole “ sandbox won’t make them money” argument. It most definitely would. At the very least, it would keep people engaged more, which, in some cases(I suspect more than the cost to develop) entice people to spend. This game 100% needs a sandbox….and also more events.


But by making more events, all old events need to be simmable.

"akime9;d-262770" wrote:
Obviously this is just my opinion, but I think the game needs more events. There are Omega challenges but no Zeta challenges, for example.

Do you play omega challenges?

Zetas come from the weekly challenges.

"I_JnK_I;c-2415200" wrote:

"Iy4oy4s;c-2415196" wrote:
I’ve never understood the whole “ sandbox won’t make them money” argument. It most definitely would. At the very least, it would keep people engaged more, which, in some cases(I suspect more than the cost to develop) entice people to spend. This game 100% needs a sandbox….and also more events.

No matter how you turn it, sandbox will ultimately narrow down to:
- Copy current GAC opponents team
- "Testing"

There really is no need for that

And that testing would lead to “I just need a couple more relics on X, to beat Y” $$$. Boom, now I can beat Y”. Plus we really do need a place to test 3v3, since it’s nowhere else in the game.

"Rokaryn_Mazel;c-2415312" wrote:

I'd wager the large majority of folks will seldom/never engage with a sandbox mode. No rewards = no play for most people

Exactly. Marque events used to allow only one completion per level. People were constantly making threads on here begging CG to allow us to replay them, so they finally did. And their data showed that basically no one engaged with replaying the events, and the few who did immediately came to the forums to rage about the fact that replaying the event didn't give them additional rewards.

So frankly, I'm not surprised that CG doesn't believe players when they claim they want a sandbox mode. I personally would probably use it, but given how much people gripe about there being too much to do in the game, I think it's pretty clear most of the player base wouldn't interact with it. From what I read on the forums, most people don't even bother to interact with datacrons, which gives a much larger competitive advantage than being able to get a few practice runs in with a team, so why would they interact with a sandbox mode?

they can't do simple ship squads but you want sandbox mode.. come on man

"Iy4oy4s;c-2415196" wrote:
I’ve never understood the whole “ sandbox won’t make them money” argument. It most definitely would. At the very least, it would keep people engaged more, which, in some cases(I suspect more than the cost to develop) entice people to spend. This game 100% needs a sandbox….and also more events.

No matter how you turn it, sandbox will ultimately narrow down to:
- Copy current GAC opponents team
- "Testing"

There really is no need for that

"I_JnK_I;c-2415200" wrote:

"Iy4oy4s;c-2415196" wrote:
I’ve never understood the whole “ sandbox won’t make them money” argument. It most definitely would. At the very least, it would keep people engaged more, which, in some cases(I suspect more than the cost to develop) entice people to spend. This game 100% needs a sandbox….and also more events.

No matter how you turn it, sandbox will ultimately narrow down to:
- Copy current GAC opponents team
- "Testing"

There really is no need for that

Well if I turned it so the sandbox only was active between gac seasons it wouldn't narrow down to your conclusion

"Iy4oy4s;c-2415196" wrote:
I’ve never understood the whole “ sandbox won’t make them money” argument. It most definitely would. At the very least, it would keep people engaged more, which, in some cases(I suspect more than the cost to develop) entice people to spend. This game 100% needs a sandbox….and also more events.


But by making more events, all old events need to be simmable.

I'd wager the large majority of folks will seldom/never engage with a sandbox mode. No rewards = no play for most people

Just put an energy cost to the sandbox mode and allow crystal refresh and it’s nice and monetized. For that matter you could make it where each degree of customization has an associated cost to it and really get the micro transactions going.

If they want quick and easy money, create Assault Battles but for Ships. Then release 32 ships at once (not Capital), and watch the entire player base go nuts into so many directions. Then to top it off each of them are pre-requisites for something upcoming.

Spread them out, 4 each for Rebels, Empire, Galactic Republic, Separtists, Resistance, First Order, Sith Empire, and Old Republic.