GAC division rebalancing was long overdue but it came with additional time requirements for many players. Then Galactic Conquest was added, requiring more time from players and being practically mandatory since it is the sole way of acquiring key characters & ships. Then it was buffed requiring even more time and draining the fun out of it.Now Territory Wars is getting revamped. Again long overdue but again it comes with additional time requirements and is practically mandatory at the top end because it is the only way to acquire r9 mats.Any one of these would not be a big deal. But add them together and you have turned a fun game into a laborious grindfest and increased player dis-engagement. I've seen more in the last few weeks than at any other time in the last 3 years and I have even contemplated it myself. For now I settled for ignoring the red crate in Grindquest but I don't know how long that can last.

I don’t believe the increased number of teams in GAC/TW makes a material difference to time requirement. Most of the time 1 additional battle is no more than 3 minutes, so it’s more than offset by AB being simmable.However conquest is not a fun game mode.I have gotten red crate hard, and I hated at least half the time spent to get there as it was nothing but a boring grind.I will get red crate as long as I keep playing, since I want to keep up.But as you say, it’s bad engagement, pushing me closer to uninstall every day.

Agree, they have been talking about changes to other things to help offset this, simming the raid, ABs, and maybe others, but I'm still not sure that is enough of an offset.

I have always been one that goes for all the new characters and ships when they release but the new conquest has killed my drive. If that means I will slowly fall back in the arenas and slowly lose rewards and crystals then I guess CG got what they wanted? Weird that they would want players to lose interest in their game but it is what it is.

"Kyno;c-2303178" wrote:Agree, they have been talking about changes to other things to help offset this, simming the raid, ABs, and maybe others, but I'm still not sure that is enough of an offset.It’s far from it.Time needed for conquest after latest changes is like nothing else in this game if you are going for top box.Also, I’d like to correct my earlier post. When I said team increase in TW/GAC is of no consequence, that was before the actual increase was known. TW teams needed does make a negative difference now that we are looking at almost double teams needed at the higher end.

Nothing like setting 38 teams in each sector now. Will be a lot more time attacking in TW. Seems CG wants us to play this game nonstop now. No more QoL changes for us.

Too much "player engagement" is a bad thing

X-Kurare-X
3 years ago
I fully agree with the posters above. For this type of game the daily commitment has become way too much. It is just a game, not work.
mushroomb
3 years ago
Problem is all those “engagements” are just repetitive tasks.
Just too much and too repetitive
GunnerFC
3 years ago
If I take any more "bathroom breaks" at work, they are going to put me on medical leave!
SurvivorMmm
3 years ago
TW was well designed, only match-making and number or squads comfortable for sand-baggers were not great. 25 per zone for everyone could fix everything just that easy - and... we get either 50 or less but still comfortable for sand-baggers as they still can build GL walls of their size, still awfull match-making with 30-50kk gaps. That all is 1000% opposite to what community asked for)
mykdapet
New Novice
3 years ago
"Kyno;c-2303178" wrote:
Agree, they have been talking about changes to other things to help offset this, simming the raid, ABs, and maybe others, but I'm still not sure that is enough of an offset.

Easy fix. Put CQ back to how it was. :)
mykdapet
New Novice
3 years ago
"LordDirt;c-2303318" wrote:
Nothing like setting 38 teams in each sector now. Will be a lot more time attacking in TW. Seems CG wants us to play this game nonstop now. No more QoL changes for us.

I'm guessing that's towards the 380 end....but hey, at least you get 2 guaranteed aero's for the effort. Most people get squat in that regard since 1 for a win is a 240GP participation :)
gflegui
3 years ago
All the changes made since initially re launched the Rancor, were terribl at the beggining. Hope they re consider the path they are throwing us in. We can’t hold that much playing this game like it is a job. And it feels like it right now… game modes should not require this excessive amount of time from players who have jobs, family and friends. If you disrupt the professional and social life of your players, you will end with no players at all. May be this sounds a little extreme, but it is not. Make a call, and make it fast!
Xcien
3 years ago
It seems like everything CG has done recently is one good thing (1 step forwards), and one thing that creates a new grind or time sink (3 steps back), and causes player unrest. But of course, they’ll tell you it’s all to increase player engagement.
SurvivorMmm
3 years ago
Though we want to be entertained, not engaged heavily)
Redcyclone105
3 years ago
This post was made by a player with lifetime GAC score of over 1 million. The type of player who spends a large amount of time as is with the game. The shelf-life on this game is nearing the end if CG doesn’t at least acknowledge the community sentiment and tell us they believe it’s a problem with quick plans to address it.