Obviously this is just my opinion, but I think the game needs more events. There are Omega challenges but no Zeta challenges, for example. They'll probably never do a sandbox mode since it'd be hard to monetize, so having more events (and more difficult events) could make it easier to test out teams or just play to have fun. Personally I would take iconic moments from the franchise and turn them into events (ex: Death Star run, Starkiller Base Duel, Battle of Coruscant).

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 peopleExactly. 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

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tvsfrink
3 years ago
"Boomer8800;c-2415356" wrote:
they can't do simple ship squads but you want sandbox mode.. come on man

false equivalence

by that logic we shouldn't have game modes at all
dogwelder79
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"ragnoris;c-2415318" wrote:
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.

Good idea! Let's spend crystals and energy on a mode with no rewards and no fun.
dogwelder79
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"BubbaFett;c-2415390" wrote:
"dogwelder79;c-2415377" wrote:
"ragnoris;c-2415318" wrote:
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.

Good idea! Let's spend crystals and energy on a mode with no rewards and no fun.

Who says it needs crystals and energy?.... There are plenty of other very simple mobile games that have a sandbox mode that costs absolutely nothing...

The person I quoted literally says "Just put an energy cost to the sandbox mode and allow crystal refresh and it’s nice and monetized. "
dogwelder79
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"BubbaFett;c-2415396" wrote:
"dogwelder79;c-2415395" wrote:
"BubbaFett;c-2415390" wrote:
"dogwelder79;c-2415377" wrote:
"ragnoris;c-2415318" wrote:
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.

Good idea! Let's spend crystals and energy on a mode with no rewards and no fun.

Who says it needs crystals and energy?.... There are plenty of other very simple mobile games that have a sandbox mode that costs absolutely nothing...

The person I quoted literally says "Just put an energy cost to the sandbox mode and allow crystal refresh and it’s nice and monetized. "

Fair....

I still assert that there are plenty of other mobile games that offer sandbox and challenge modes that literally cost the players nothing.....

So you agree with me that it was a ridiculous suggestion. Thanks.
Ragnoris1
3 years ago
"dogwelder79;c-2415397" wrote:
"BubbaFett;c-2415396" wrote:
"dogwelder79;c-2415395" wrote:
"BubbaFett;c-2415390" wrote:
"dogwelder79;c-2415377" wrote:
"ragnoris;c-2415318" wrote:
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.

Good idea! Let's spend crystals and energy on a mode with no rewards and no fun.

Who says it needs crystals and energy?.... There are plenty of other very simple mobile games that have a sandbox mode that costs absolutely nothing...

The person I quoted literally says "Just put an energy cost to the sandbox mode and allow crystal refresh and it’s nice and monetized. "

Fair....

I still assert that there are plenty of other mobile games that offer sandbox and challenge modes that literally cost the players nothing.....

So you agree with me that it was a ridiculous suggestion. Thanks.

Just curious how is it a ridiculous suggestion? How would you go about monetizing a sandbox mode? Note I never asserted that it needed monetization, just provided an idea of how to do it, directly in line with the conversation that CG will not introduce a sandbox mode as they can not monetize it.

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