"Zippy_3000;c-1995109" wrote:
Exactly this: Engaging content that uses characters THAT WE ALREADY HAVE DEVELOPED/GEARED
But that won’t happen, because there’s no money (well, not as much money anyway) in doing this.
Your geonosis argument is silly. Yes, many of those toons were available before.. but hardly anybody had them maxxed. IE- the majority don’t care about them. So why-oh-why did CG choose Geonosis then? Because it was just another way to sell you something. Why can’t we run hoth at the same time? Because they want to keep the gear scarce - to keep people spending. That hilarious **** statement they made about it being “too difficult for officers” is LAUGHABLE.
There are definitely ways to add new, engaging, AND CHALLENGING, content without it being mostly about CG dangling stuff they want you to purchase in front of you. If you can’t understand this, you are incredibly short-sighted.
And if you think I’m the only one dissatisfied with the state of this game, just look around the forums. There are a lot of end gamers that are unhappy.
CHALLENGING IS NOT EQUAL TO:
Make it so hard it’s almost impossible unless you have very specific toons.
Instead why not: a challenge that can reward not only the dopes who drop $1k+ Per month, but also someone who is f2p - and has already invested tons of hours in the game.
They took the easy / greedy way out, and just made it all about buying more crap from the store. If you doubt this: then why else do you think they immediately put GEONOSIANS and separatists in the store for purchase? Is that some kind of coincidence? Um, no. It’s an OBVIOUS, SCUMMY CASH GRAB.
Of course they put the separatists in the store for purchase. Guess what -- they STILL put the hoth characters in the store for purchase every TB (currently, there are imperial trooper and empire packs for DS Hoth). They almost always put the character packs, because there are a variety of people at different points in the game's lifecycle, who spend at different levels. So they provide the option to buy the packs or farm the shards the old-fashioned way.
As far as using characters already developed and geared, different people have different characters developed and geared. Should we base this on your roster or mine? Given that all kits work differently, content is generally going to be geared toward certain teams over others.
Why geonosis? Well, we have the OT trilogy TBs already, so why not a prequel era TB? Just because *you* didn't want to gear separatists doesn't mean everyone hates the idea. While I had some seps geared for Padme and a JKR counter team in GA, I had to gear more for this TB. I don't mind having had to do that, and enjoy having another fun-to-play team. And if you had spent any time on this forum prior to this spring, you would've seen all the people asking for prequel era content. Speaking of the forum, of course the more vocal people are people complaining -- people who are content are less likely to come to the forum to start a post "hey CG, just wanted to say all is cool. nothing to complain about." And those that do say it are shouted down as shills because, god forbid, they're not rabidly attacking everything CG does/says.
Finally, as a f2p who has invested tons of hours in the game, I find the new content (mostly) enjoyable.
