The ongoing destruction of small guilds

"Woodroward;c-1582024" wrote:

"JacenRoe;c-1581790" wrote:

"Woodroward;c-1581772" wrote:
CG has never made it so that someone had to complete a heroic to obtain a type of gear before.

With the Rancor, one could get the raid gear starting at tier V.

With the AAT, one can get that gear from tier VI.

With the STR, it can only be gotten from the heroic, the tier VII.



This is very problematic whether or not people choose to acknowledge it. With the no refreshes and rarity requirements, guilds have to work up to being able to take down the heroic, not everyone can.

Always in the past, people could get that gear anyway. Sure maybe it took a month to get down tVI AAT, but you got the gear at the end of it. You could still keep up in arena, you just had to be more selective about who you geared up.

This is the ONLY place to get this gear. Now people who aren't in the top guilds CAN'T get that gear, period. This has never happened before, it is a very unhealthy shift AWAY from balance.

Just like guild event currency should come from every single tier of STR. Not getting shards for a sweet toon? Oh well, make do with lesser guys so you can work towards that guy. Not getting the gear because you're not strong enough? But you need gear to get stronger...

Let's be clear here. Someone in a tiny guild can still clear a t6AAT and get that gear even if they are doing t5Rancor. They can still get it if they want to put in the effort. Tying gear to heroic only is an abominable decision. Should at the very least be in T6 too. Really should be able to get it starting tV like raid gear in the Rancor.

Why is it problematic? There is nothing you need to reach the max gear level that is exclusive. Every guild that is completing HSR did it without whatever is getting added. If the rewards in HSR were going to exclusively allow elite guilds to reach gear 13 then I'd say that's not fair. But that isn't what's happening. Top level rewards are going to be slashed to the bone in exchange for small quantities of something that isn't needed.

Reaching g12 is a big deal. That isn't exclusive. Reaching g12 with 3 extra slots filled instead of 2 is not a big deal. Some of the g12 pieces are filler with no benefit to the character. Even the really good ones aren't life changing. My g12 Palpatine still dies first in arena even with that 6000 health piece. This whole thing is such a non-issue.

It is absolutely NOT a non-issue. When you are talking about Squad arena EVERY piece of gear matters. Now because I can't farm this gear, it will push my squad rank down, which means that not only can I NOT get gear, I can now get even LESS gear because my crystal income goes down.

Exclusive gear is a HUGE problem. It creates a chain reaction effect across the competitive game modes that will push everyone who isn't farming hSTR down in every other game mode.

Why would someone like the OP in a 40 million GP guild be competing in arena against a player capable of completing the HSR?

The minimum seems to be 120 million GP for guilds that can complete it. If you choose to be in a guild where you are 3 times stronger than your guildies then you are choosing to not be competitive.

If you are where you belong in a 40 mill GP guild and fighting in an arena with someone who whaled out and has triple your GP then you had no shot at competing against them anyhow for at least a year.

And let's look at something besides what the OP was talking about. If you are just shy of being able to complete HSR, and competing in arena against someone who is... SO WHAT? Farm the teams needed, and stop crying. My 5*/g11 Sion does just fine every day against a slew of 7*/g12 Sions. That is a WAY WAY WAY bigger gap that I have to farm for the better part of a year to close than a fraction of a gear level. G12.5 is not going to be such a giant hairy deal that G12.3 will be complete devastated in arena.

In conclusion... boo hoo, boo hoo, boo hoo.