How can I progress as F2P?

"Kyno;c-2304751" wrote:

Progress in this game has a pace, and you definitely feel this as you build your roster and grow into many of the events and game modes. That being said, what paywalls? There is nothing that cant be gained for free in this game, even GLs. The ship event for Executor for example was all based on crystals.

That is not to say its easy or anyone can do it, but much of this game is all about planning and sticking to the plan and an understanding of the timeline.

I don't think that was the point Kevin was making, and I agree with him.

Sure, everything can be obtained for free over time, but what I see has changed and what I think Kevin was alluding to, is that you cannot expect to win anymore if you don't have the latest released characters/ships, which the P2W are prepared to pay for.to get faster.

There are no tactics that can be tried to beat a General Kenobi squad, as CG decided only GL's can beat GL's now, and for something like Kenobi, you have to farm some new characters, or buy them.

Then add in the fact that you can spend a year farming for requirements, and overnight, CG can decide that they don't like xxxxx being beaten by that character and change the mechanics, destroying the time invested.

Executor became virtually unbeatable, even by other Executors as soon as it was released, so if you need to farm it, don't expect to get/stay in Fleet top 10 while you do, or EVER win a Grand Arena if your opponent has one and you do not.

So yeh, disagree with you @Kyno because anything you plan for in this game can get 'taken away' at the developers whim................

"Adzski;c-2305733" wrote:

"Kyno;c-2304751" wrote:

Progress in this game has a pace, and you definitely feel this as you build your roster and grow into many of the events and game modes. That being said, what paywalls? There is nothing that cant be gained for free in this game, even GLs. The ship event for Executor for example was all based on crystals.

That is not to say its easy or anyone can do it, but much of this game is all about planning and sticking to the plan and an understanding of the timeline.

I don't think that was the point Kevin was making, and I agree with him.

Sure, everything can be obtained for free over time, but what I see has changed and what I think Kevin was alluding to, is that you cannot expect to win anymore if you don't have the latest released characters/ships, which the P2W are prepared to pay for.to get faster.

There are no tactics that can be tried to beat a General Kenobi squad, as CG decided only GL's can beat GL's now, and for something like Kenobi, you have to farm some new characters, or buy them.

Then add in the fact that you can spend a year farming for requirements, and overnight, CG can decide that they don't like xxxxx being beaten by that character and change the mechanics, destroying the time invested.

Executor became virtually unbeatable, even by other Executors as soon as it was released, so if you need to farm it, don't expect to get/stay in Fleet top 10 while you do, or EVER win a Grand Arena if your opponent has one and you do not.

So yeh, disagree with you Kyno because anything you plan for in this game can get 'taken away' at the developers whim................

But thay has always been the game, even in the praised RPS time period, you only were able to compete with the newest addition to the game, which was GLs.

We can agree to disagree, but certain terms have meanings, and paywall is one of those. If you can get it for free, it is by definition not a paywall.

Many players have worked and planned and made it very far without $$. Yes things take time and yes you need to be on point to make it work.

Correct $$ makes things faster and allows players to be more flexible, no one has ever disagreed with that.

So then there are tactics that can beat him, they are just not easy to get, and you can farm them for free. This is the name of the game, and yes taking a break will put you behind on the current situation, but it's not something you cannot make a plan to overcome and get to the next point around the same time.

Correct the executor is as end game as the layes set of GLs, but as with GLs can be gained for free by farming and earning the crystals needed to refresh the event.

You didnt disagree with anything I said, unless you are going to point to something that cannot be gained for free.

This is a meta driven game and always has been, if you want to stay at the front of the wave pushing everyone forward, you absolutely do want to stay on top of the meta. This doesnt mean you need to to play and enjoy the game, but many want to be competitive and I understand that. The dev teams goal is always to try and open up more areas of use for toons as they work on new things, this adds to the value of the things we have invested in. Yes some of the recent changes can be seen as taking things away, but no means is this the norm, and many of those changed toons and teams are still valuable and useful.