The Pit Challenge Tier & Relic 8 [MEGA]

"Konju;c-2201984" wrote:
This is a poor excuse for the new raid:
1. Rehashed old content
2. Poor gear rewards are still included
3. The rewards are not flat
4. Highly prized (and in many cases, expensive) characters are effectively nerfed
5. Relic gates on participation
6. Misleading communication
A. Rewards will be flattened, they are 11:1
B. “Exclusive” should never come with an “also”
C. Lessened guild friction, guilds will lose players
7. High tenacity, no TM reduction, etc. etc. etc.

I understand that this is created as end game content. I have no issue with the difficulty...HOWEVER, gating behind relic levels (quite high at that), making highly-invested and expensive characters nerfed, giving some terrible rewards, making those rewards quite variable to receive, ruining guilds, and communicating incorrect/fallacious information about all of it is plainly ridiculous.

I have left 2 guilds before. I was an officer in the first, and leader in the second. I hated to do it. But I realized I had to. To even have a chance at keeping up with metas, or remain competitive in GAC I have had to make these decisions based upon gated content. As an officer in the first, I lost friends to the Sith raid. We couldn’t do it and others could. In the second guild, I left due to the GET2 crunch. I must have both capital ships to try to remain competitive in GAC for div 1. I left a lot of great people behind. This is my biggest peeve about the game. My solo play is affected by guild play and because of that I have lost friends. Here we are again. While I have no intention of making any guild changes due to the new content and the necessity to compete, I can only imagine how many people are currently weighing their options where otherwise they were happy. Guilds and the friendships created are the heart of the game and this is a very disheartening release IMO.

To conclude, I have an alt in my 2nd guild in order to remain a part of that amazing group of people (No Country for Old Ben, you rock!!). I am lucky to be an officer for both of the guilds I call home. I am definitely concerned about losing friends to rewards and competition. It’s happened too much to people like me already. Many have shared their issues, I agree with most, but I also wanted to share a story.