Understanding the players in the end game

I do not regret my B-Wing investment.  And I’m about to not regret owning a Profundity.  I still think my best investment back when stormtroopers rode pteradons and T-Rex was king, was Teebo a Rancor Killer and a full HK 47 lead droid assault battle.  

Well he paid for it and you didn’t. Did CommanderBarcara​ hurt you by doing this? No, I don’t think so. I’m free to play, so I am taking my time to farm for Profundity the free way, but I’m doing fine, it is just a matter of preference. CommanderBarcara​ chose to pay money, you don’t have to pay money too.

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someone removed their post before this one.

That's kinda the point.  Your not an idiot and won't buy these sorts of packs, and neither are more of the other players.  However, these kind of "gotcha" packs, that HAVE been in the game since day 1,  won't keep the game alive amidst an ever shrinking player base.   The point of my post is that CG needs to rethink how it sells things to active end game players that are willing to pay for things.

You’re fooling nobody here. Bit of a 360 that you’ve gone from your initial post to your current stance. 

If you were the spender you claim to be then this is a non-issue based on your last post. 

As for “ever shrinking  player base”, care to back this up with evidence?

Kind regards from a non-whale who has a bigger GP than you. 

I was replying to OP……

I do think, though, the only reason we don’t have ads for other games rn is because people have been spending. This gives us F2P players, as the name suggests, an F2P experience with no ads. Some of the things CG are not worth it in my opinion, but for others it was worth it for them. We don’t know the full reason they choose to purchase the packs with real money, so calling them dumb because of their decision, really isn’t our place too.

I regularly spend money on this game. 
I have all GLs and every toon but 3 at relic levels. I keep 3 at G12 to farm mats. I have hit 18M points in the raid since it launched. 
I haven’t changed my stance, I just think you might have read my initial post in a way that mischaracterized my intent. 
My point is that CG needs to do a better job at creating these gamble packs that target end game players. End game players won’t spend for them if there is a significant chance of receiving nothing of value in return.  End game players currently only spend money on characters and ships. There is very little else in the store of value for them. 
I don’t consider buying shard packs for toons or ships “gamble packs”. We know we’re are probably getting 5 or 7 shards per pack, with a minuscule chance of something more.  So, not knocking the investment into new toons or ships. 
The data on sensor tower very clearly shows that the game is shrinking in players and in revenue. Check for yourself. 

This, 14.m gp, the only really fo Conquest for DCs and any new toons. Slowly chip away at the new marquee characters, Haven't spent any money in a long time, just short of new GL Hodo no real excitement.

Do the raids just to participate for higher reward crates for lower level Alliance members.

There is no real endgame for the endgamers......

I feel spending habits alter as you progress, not sure how much of a read out they have on that. Early game bottle necks are where I focused money so kyro’s were my biggest purchase. But since 11-12M your economy picks up. New bottle necks are high relic mats and shards. But I tend to find way more value in conquest pass as I have a more mature roster, and I like the episode pass now. Not much in the shop is really enticing me in the same way the kyro’s did. I get the limited relic pack sometimes for crystals. Gamble packs with multiple characters lost value when you kept up with newer characters more which for me was 6M+. The gamble packs on the latest character can help you hit 5 star and max shards early on. 

I have seen some experimentation, there were slice a bundle relic packs which let you choose your rewards at 3 levels. I just thought the price was steeper than my liking still but I think that’s because it removes the gamble element.