Things I think need to be addressed.

"Zombie961;c-1424842" wrote:
That super tight, gotta make time for arena thing I notice is really only for top 20. The most dedicated. Nightsisters hard counter most everything and are good defense, and three hours? I can do my dailies in less than 10 minutes, GW even on manual is less than 20. Events are less than 10. Raids are as much time as you put into them. Only thing left is TB/TW which the former is roughly half an hour or so. The latter maybe an hour at worst. And both of which give you a full 24 hours to do them

"Atrreyu;c-1424857" wrote:
Dude quit crying. I'm f2p and am top 20 in arena and I can assure you I run the most unconventional team. Yeah I don't have JTR, but I run with what I have and make the best of it. They want people to spend real money on that type of toons. So if you don't oh well, but crying in the forums won't help your cause. If you're f2p it's best to come to terms that you probably won't get things the first time around. Make peace with that and you'll have fun, the latter is you sulking here on the forums. Savvy

"jcrandall2178;c-1424848" wrote:
10 our of the top 20 on my shard are f2p attainable teams. Some are titans and a couple Akbar plus Hermit Yoda.

But the most interesting, is the 4 rex lead teams. The rex teams have stayed viable in top 20 for months. I often see them in top 5 as well.

Maybe it’s on you.

"Yarrg;d-154166" wrote:
- Arena and ship arena are essential to growing and gearing your roster. Having a fixed, unchangeable ~2 hour block of required play to keep up just doesn't work if a real world schedule conflict arises. This needs some kind of method for the player to adjust it, even if a limited number of times or at a crystal cost.

- The f2p vs p2p gap has widened substantially over the 2 years of the game's existence. When JTR took over the top of most arenas, it really put the gap front and center. Unless you had stored up about 8k of crystals for buying her shards plus another 6k for extra refreshes during double drops (possible, but would take months of saving without spending on anything else), you didn't get her f2p. People who bought all those extra refreshes and farmed to the max every single day came up about 100 shards short. There are counter teams, but they drop like a rock on defense. Also, all of the new content focuses on having a wide range and quantity of highly geared toons, rather than careful and strategic resource allocation.

This game went from a minor time and resource commitment to a major one. There is now a required investment of about 3 hours a day to play at the high ends of the game, combined with an investment at least $20 / month just to keep pace with shards and gear (with some choosing to add a 0 to the end of that number). These both seem high for a mobile game...they are a closer match for a MMORPG.

Yarrg

"Yarrg;c-1424844" wrote:

"Zombie961;c-1424842" wrote:
That super tight, gotta make time for arena thing I notice is really only for top 20. The most dedicated. Nightsisters hard counter most everything and are good defense, and three hours? I can do my dailies in less than 10 minutes, GW even on manual is less than 20. Events are less than 10. Raids are as much time as you put into them. Only thing left is TB/TW which the former is roughly half an hour or so. The latter maybe an hour at worst. And both of which give you a full 24 hours to do them

To clarify, 3 hours includes an hour each for arena and ship arena. To get top 5, which is really needed to keep up with toon and gear farming for endgame content, that's what is needed. Then an hour for everything else including GW, daily stuff, events, and TB / TW.

If there are enough people that are ok with that level of investment, there's no need to adjust anything.