JKA immediate refunds

"RandomSithLord;c-1850730" wrote:
"So, while we are not planning on making any immediate changes due to the interaction with Darth Revan and Darth Malak, we are continuing to consider some changes to ensure his performance under Padme meets our desired performance targets. Some of the changes we are considering would make him synergize more specifically inside a Galactic Republic squad (as many players have suggested). Either way, we’ll continue to monitor these battles and reveal any changes prior to making them."

Have you read this sequence by any chance? Or you saw only what you wanted to see and ignored the rest?

I expected Anakin to get additional / better synergy with the GR faction when I read this announcement. And since it was clear that he would be getting a zeta, it wasn't unreasonable to assume that his zeta ability would add this synergy without altering his performance under JKR (which, after all, was completely in line with etc. pp. according to the earlier paragraph).

I see now after the fact that it can be read differently, but I don't think (m)any players read the announcement that way. We were too relieved about the paragraph that Ninjah quoted to read the above part as anything other than "we'll strengthen his synergy with Padme in addition to his current kit".

I even understand why CG thought the bonus damage of his unique needed to be restricted to the GR faction after someone had the unironically brilliant idea to pair JKA with NS Zombie. But the way they're going about this change is terrible. Instead of changing the bonus damage part to "If the ally in question was Galactic Republic", they made it impossible to plug a toon like Thrawn or Nest into a GR squad without crippling Anakin.

I find it really difficult to work up any excitement about Padme and the entire GR faction in the light of this unnecessary restrictiveness. All things considered, both JKA's and Ahsoka's final version will be less useful and versatile than before unless we (a) use them together on a GR squad, (b) cripple our JKR team in GA and TW by removing GK so he can boost Ahsoka's damage, (c) invest heavily in GG + droids and undertake the arduous task of unlocking Padme, (d) go through the equally arduous process of gearing her, and (e) accept the fact that we can never use a plug'n'play toon with this faction. I think I'd rather not bother with Padme, leave my GK with JKR, and write off Anakin and Ahsoka as "rather useless outside of fleet" (even more so than before).