This update is the worst I've ever seen.
The most recent update is the worst in the game history that I've witnessed.
Galactic Challenge was always one of my favorites. It was fun to craft a team to try to accomplish specific feats. It encouraged players to have well rounded rosters.
The Episode Pass made a significant attempt to ruin that game mode. Players were immediately punished by being able to barely complete any feats unless they bought the Episode Pass and heavily invested in the newest character. Luckily, changes were quickly made after community feedback.
Now Galactic Challenge is gone completely. We've been gifted the Coliseum! It's a great new mode where we can test out the new characters and earn the rewards that we would've been receiving! We can farm the new characters while still upgrading old characters! We won't have to waste so many established resources on the new characters as they use entirely different materials to upgrade!
The Coliseum and Marquee event are now front and center on your screen for fast access so that the most fun is right at your fingertips and always staring you in the face!
But this is horrible execution. As a player who understands the game, my first two high scores for Coliseum were 13% and 7%. Stormtrooper Luke is stuck at level 5 because it's absurdly expensive to upgrade him, and buying the materials requires some gambling in the store. I have much better uses for my money than gambling inside a video game.
None of the characters are any fun to play as in Coliseum because they have 0 synergy together. I have no desire to play Coliseum. I'm forced into a humiliating loss every single time, and I have no choice but to do it because Coliseum battles are part of the daily activities.
Relic delta... the jury is still out on that concept. I understand the concept of why it's being implemented. But it again is encouraging players to not have diverse rosters. This makes focusing on fewer squads and putting all your resources into them more beneficial than having more relic squads that you can use for a unique counter. This is a step back towards the days when squad arena was the most important mode for crystals instead of Grand Arena Championship.
The game is also nearly unplayable on a mobile device now. There is a constant lag experienced by most players in my guild. Many members are now afraid to participate in Territory War for fear of timing out and losing battle efficiency.
Overall, this update combined with the Knightfall raid have made the game feel very unwelcoming for someone who doesn't spend $50+ in the game on a monthly basis. The game is following a path to focus solely on producing a profit and not player enjoyment.
I hope that the developers can listen to community feedback and make some major course corrections, as I fear exceptionally large parts of the player base will start to disappear soon.
