What's the rush, CG? 3 new Sith barely out of the gate, their packs all over the store, and now 6 new characters? All pay to play with 15 shards conveniently missing for 4*?Slow down, seriously.

I must say, as much as I would like to try running Phoenix squad the idea of trying to gear up that many toons at once is just daunting.

i guess it's all going to depend on how previously released characters stack up against the newly released characters. If the newly released blow the old ones out of the water every time, i also would like them to be released at a slower pace.

The problem is if you want your toons to be competitive. Not rank 1 everyday, but competitive. I believe 90% of the players want to play like that, and releasing broken toons all the time is not good for anyone unless you're a whale.Anyway, latest toons have been good but didn't revolve the meta. Darth nihilus, krennic, deathtrooper, both sith. Phoenix squad may be good but it doesn't mean you won't be able to be competitive without them. If that's the case, release as many chars as you want

On the positive side, they'll all start rolling out as farmable in a few months. Unless they're just trolling Ilya on that terminology and they put them in shipments for crystals, or a single hard node. The inventory in arena/Cantina/GW stores is getting stale.

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pac0naut
8 years ago
All I'm going to say is if a 4* Phoenix team can beat my Sith, I'm going to explode.
tintinbrun992
8 years ago
"Palanthian;98277" wrote:
What's the rush, CG? 3 new Sith barely out of the gate, their packs all over the store, and now 6 new characters? All pay to play with 15 shards conveniently missing for 4*?

Slow down, seriously.

+1
Palanthrax
8 years ago
"pac0naut;954839" wrote:
All I'm going to say is if a 4* Phoenix team can beat my Sith, I'm going to explode.

^ This is the central point I was making.

My other concern is an event for the ship slated for a few weeks' time with, what, 5 characters to (potentially) fully gear? I just don't get the need for rushing this content through. They used to release one character a month, then 2 together, then 3 together, now a whole faction together - just 2 weeks after the last 3 Sith were released.

Soon we'll reach the point where it takes 5 minutes of scrolling to get to the right-hand side of the shop for the free pack! Past all those 1,299 packs with a 0.01% chance to get 30 shards.
Davivius
8 years ago
TL/DR New toons = Lotsa benjamins.... I'm ok with frequent free characters

Gear farming is very profitable for the boss. the top percent of highest paying customers (responsible for like 70% of the overall revenue) WILL maxx out their toons. Its like a crazy collecting game where dinero is no object. Because they feel the need to have a maxxity maxxed roster, they will buy the packs and buy the gear.
Sooo, New toons = Lotsa benjamins.

Maybe it has nothing to do with getting a bump in financials, but more of a marketing strategy because something big is about happen in REBELS that will attract a lot of new fans/customers? Who knows... All i know is that I'm happy with my free characters (ten away from all unlocked).

Guessing that well be getting a ton of darksiders come this dec with ep VIII. The second movie is always darker right? fingers crossed for knights of ren
mdrewbullard33
8 years ago
Setting the precedent that all new toons are locked beyond a 3* paywall is kind of depressing.
tintinbrun992
8 years ago
"Atlas1;954886" wrote:
Setting the precedent that all new toons are locked beyond a 3* paywall is kind of depressing.

+1
I miss the days of the Palp/Yoda event. Also, it's not like the arena, cantina and GW shops couldn't use a new character...
Davivius
8 years ago
"Atlas1;954886" wrote:
Setting the precedent that all new toons are locked beyond a 3* paywall is kind of depressing.

they said farmable in 2-3 months after character event. check the Character Release Cadence. you can also save up your free crystals to buy the special character packs that occur for 4-6 weeks after character event. more like a sloth slow farm, but def not a paywall.
b82cfeb496c8b3f
8 years ago
I am very confused. Not more than two weeks ago people were still making "August" jokes. Now after a huge release you are saying too much too fast? People just love to complain about everything.
Palanthrax
8 years ago
"DeeOhGee;954919" wrote:
I am very confused. Not more than two weeks ago people were still making "August" jokes.

Weak troll attempt, no they weren't. Since ships were released in November last year we've had a deluge of new "content" with a hefty price tag attached for anything beyond the unlock star level.

Welcome to 2017, anyway.
yetanotherscott
8 years ago
New characters is not new content.