Forum Discussion

Skyblitz1776's avatar
Skyblitz1776
New Traveler
1 day ago

The problem is the price, not the payment.

Players: please stop rewarding their bad behavior with your credit card debt. $150 to unlock Cassian at FOUR STARS is utterly unconscionable. These packs should be $2.99 each, for a cost of $15 to unlock Cassian.

Now they have the Maul event returning requiring relic 6 each when new Vader is not even farmable yet. New Maul and Stranger has nearly made PvP unplayable, beating most Galactic Legends on defense. If they are trying to keep the game going, their tactic is demoralizing veterans and deterring new players. If they are trying to shut down the game, these tactics are the final collection efforts to squeeze every last penny from the suckers.

Either way, stop rewarding bad behavior with your credit card.

9 Replies

  • Skyblitz1776 wrote:

    If they are trying to shut down the game........

    What a silly comment

  • ZanirN7S's avatar
    ZanirN7S
    Seasoned Ace
    1 day ago

    Qui dunks on fools for the love of the game. 

  • crzydroid's avatar
    crzydroid
    Hero (Retired)
    1 day ago

    Well, outrageous prices and fomo tactics have been part of this game for 10 years, so I'm not sure about all the death knell comments.

    As for Vader not being farmable, he should be soon, and the datamine shows Maul event being here for a month. So that seems unusually generous of them.

  • Huh, I have a FIVE star Cassian and spent nothing.  Not sure where that $150 price estimate is coming from.

  • Skyblitz1776's avatar
    Skyblitz1776
    New Traveler
    1 day ago

    Two prior guilds I have been a part of, one at 450 million GP, had so many players quit over this nonsense that the guilds dissolved. We all were moderate spenders. I’ve spent more on this game over the last 8 years than I have on my entire Steam collection. The death knell will be a CG post “thanking” us for this “journey” and such other corporate niceties, as they announce discontinuation. Players quitting because of CG nonsense accelerates that post. You can check the data yourself. This game had far more players and would have more players if they adopted a more modest monetization strategy.

    The FOMO factor is fine. The game developers need to eat. That is not the issue. The issue is the extreme prices combined with a rate of power creep that nearly makes the game unplayable if you don’t pay the extreme prices.

  • Skyblitz1776's avatar
    Skyblitz1776
    New Traveler
    1 day ago

    See attached photos. How many crystals did you spend?

  • CommanderBarcara's avatar
    CommanderBarcara
    Seasoned Ace
    1 day ago

    If a player spends on episode pass, that’s three passes to 4 star for $60.  $30 per character to buy the pack to get them to 5 star, which is $180.  That’s assuming a player does not have 20k crystals to buy every pack because not everyone spends crystals wisely.  Ahnald101 did a great video on the cost if a player paid straight money to level to 7 star and it came to $1300 to get all toons to 7 stars. 

  • Skyblitz1776's avatar
    Skyblitz1776
    New Traveler
    1 day ago

    Yep. Ahnald has done a few videos like that through the years and the comments are filled with people who have quit or would spend if CG was more reasonable.

    Folks in my current guild have largely concluded that spending nothing is the only way to *really* win. That in turn hurts competitiveness which hurts fun. And fun is the whole point. Sad state of affairs.

  • jrodfantastic's avatar
    jrodfantastic
    Rising Scout
    22 hours ago

    Did the 5999 pack for each new marquee, all of which were earned through normal gameplay.  

     

Featured Places

Node avatar for SWGOH General Discussion

SWGOH General Discussion

Discuss and share your feedback on Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes with fellow players.Latest Activity: 47 minutes ago
83,875 Posts