Ever since the last update I just keep falling further and further behind. I was sitting about 270 - 190 in squad battles but more and more teams just keep passing me. Your "updates" are great for whales and those who want to spend thousands but us F2P players are not able to compete. You keep saying that everything comes available for everyone eventually but I say BS. I've been waiting for YEARS for general Kenobi Commander Skywalker, Jedi Rey etc but they never become farmable. SOME,maybe, eventually after layer upon layer of secondary and tertiary tiers MIGHT become available in some silly "event " that happens, maybe, every 6 months. Most people don't want to waste their lives developing 7star droids, in order to develop 7 star Ewoks, on order to build something else to get a Chewbacca, or whatever. ENOUGH. Make primo characters farmable by simple means or me, and many other F2P players won't be around much longer. There's no point if it's impossible to even compete in the same arena.

Whale harder Everything is working as intended

I'm not 100% F2P, overall i spent around 10 bucks every month on average since i started playing in Juli '16. I have every raid character at 7* and sit at 4,4 million GP by now. Recently i managed to get to the top of my character arena and climb there every day now.With smart choices and enough dedication you can go there too even if 100% F2P. Stick to the system or you'll never be strong enough. Love it or hate it, stay or leave. They won't change anything about it.

Whether you like it or not, that is the nature of the development of the game, you want to get good characters, you work on worse ones, it's a ladder, otherwise by now someone could join and farm CLS as their first character. Raid Han has been made more available over the years slightly, as I suspect other raid characters might be, but event characters are accessed through events, that is the purpose of them. They are F2P accessible through time farming, not time waiting for them to be given to you. And that is as someone who is free to play.

I haven't spent a dime and the only event toons I don't have are 3PO (by choice) and GAS (because GR has sucked for a while). It's just the game. You can't start any RPG and just have the best characters/gear in the game (except for you, Fallout 3).

The teams passing you by at 270 aren't whales, they are more focused ftp.

Falling further and further behind

talbot772
5 years ago
Whale harder
Everything is working as intended
Kisakee
5 years ago
I'm not 100% F2P, overall i spent around 10 bucks every month on average since i started playing in Juli '16. I have every raid character at 7* and sit at 4,4 million GP by now. Recently i managed to get to the top of my character arena and climb there every day now.

With smart choices and enough dedication you can go there too even if 100% F2P. Stick to the system or you'll never be strong enough. Love it or hate it, stay or leave. They won't change anything about it.
thecarterologis
5 years ago
Whether you like it or not, that is the nature of the development of the game, you want to get good characters, you work on worse ones, it's a ladder, otherwise by now someone could join and farm CLS as their first character. Raid Han has been made more available over the years slightly, as I suspect other raid characters might be, but event characters are accessed through events, that is the purpose of them. They are F2P accessible through time farming, not time waiting for them to be given to you. And that is as someone who is free to play.
realcalfzilla
5 years ago
I haven't spent a dime and the only event toons I don't have are 3PO (by choice) and GAS (because GR has sucked for a while). It's just the game. You can't start any RPG and just have the best characters/gear in the game (except for you, Fallout 3).
nothingfac947
5 years ago
The teams passing you by at 270 aren't whales, they are more focused ftp.
Morgoth_swgoh
Seasoned Newcomer
5 years ago
I’m not always the most positive person towards CG, but the top teams are freely available for FTP.
I’m have bought a few small packs here and there, but not more than maybe $100 or so over several years, so no whale.
I played the game poorly for the first 6 months or so, so have been way off meta compared to my shard. But still, without paying of any real level I’ve worked my way to sit around 60 in squad arena and top 20’in fleet.

You do need to plan out if you want the good toons, and that I can’t see a problem with tbh.
Plenty of decent starter teams to be farmed, plenty options to get meta teams through dedication, though guys like General Skywalker is not obtainable for most without paying or being very early days player.

Still fine, really. Not too bad for FTP
NicWester
5 years ago
How many characters DO you want to farm, out of curiosity?

Any time I read someone complain about farming, for example, ewoks (which happen to be a very solid defensive team in TWs and GAs as well as countering First Order offensively and getting you C-3P0--in other words doing quite a lot of useful stuff outside of Arena) they never say what they'd rather be doing instead.
GladOS-013
Hero+
5 years ago
This game is a resource management game. Crystals are the primary resource, and anyone who doesn’t have decent Crystal income will fall farther and farther behind.

You can either purchase crystals or win them in the arenas. Fleet arena might be easier than squad since it doesn’t rely on mod quality.
Da_Bauers
New Spectator
5 years ago
Ewoks are definitely not a good defensive team unless you're facing a guild/opponent that literally ignores checking mods.

Offense is a different story.
MrMukluk23
5 years ago
I'm mostly F2P ('cuz I can't afford much).
Ask yourself: "Do I want to *play* the game? Or do I want to *win* the game?"

I play because I'm a fan of the franchise. I know I will never be META, and I'm okay with that.

It's fun when my Imperial Troopers take out a squad of Nightsisters, but I also giggle when my strongest squad doesn't even get a turn vs. Ewoks.

It's a game.