8 years ago

Please rethink the credit needs of the game for Credit HEIST

Thanks for not even enough to level 2 toons from 75 to 85... this event is pure aggravation given the actual needs a lot of us have. I'm sure the gate is gonna flow strong after I post this but the fact is EA knows exactly what it is doing with this event. Giving the bare minimum so they don't lose a ton of free players, which would then cause paying players to leave, because the credit needs have grown exponentially. Given the credit needs in these days of mods (5* of course, 600k each x 5 per team x minimum of 3 teams, preferable to have 5 or 6 teams. That's 9 to 18 million just for mods, and doesn't take into account credits wasting upgrading mods to 12 just to see stats are garbage) Then there's leveling those teams of 5, not sure is current number but about 12 million per toon, plus cost to equip gear or move mods around. Let's call it 12.5 per toon x 5 is another 62.5 per team. Then the cost of getting each toon to 7*, 1.9 million or so per toon? That's 9.5 per team. Minimum 3 teams these days. There's 28.5 million.

Let's say my numbers are high, prob are, so I simplified and rounded down.

Cost of modding 3 teams w 5* mods roughly;
8.5 million credits.
Cost of leveling 3 teams to 85, again roughly;
180 million credits.
Cost of getting all 3 teams to 7*, roughly;
28.5 million credits.

Roughly 217 million credits needed just for 3 teams. And there are numerous other little functions like gearing characters that also cost credits.

Between this and the gear wall it's overwhelming a lot of players. I'm just asking for someone to take a look at the credits needs of today vs last year and rethink this event. I've stopped trying to even get new toons simply because there's no point when I can't level gear or mod them. That's money lost as I'm sure it's not only me. Also the cost in crystals to buy credits is laughable. Basically 600 crystals to max level 1 5* mod. Someone needs to take a look at this issue as the game and it's needs have changed a lot in the last 8 months.

noobiestrikesba
8 years ago
I just don't see the big deal. I have 70 mil credits on standby doing nothing, win everything in the game, and have levelled everyone that could have any possible use for me. And I've bought a fair few mods and about half the guys I've levelled I never even use

If you want more usable characters, gear is always your wall stopping you using more guys.

Unless you are p2p in which case you need to buy both
ZCavaricci
8 years ago
The credits are sufficient. I just wish they'd make it a static day every week. Should be every 7 days.
boulywif
8 years ago
The need of credits is constantly increasing. Mods are expensive to level up, toon level costs a lot ... In a normal use, we can have around 1m a day, which is not enough. Credit heist should really appears once a week on the weekend for example. I do not want to buy credit to level up my toons.
emvedebe
8 years ago
"Cardiff0;824455" wrote:
I just don't see the big deal. I have 70 mil credits on standby doing nothing, win everything in the game, and have levelled everyone that could have any possible use for me. And I've bought a fair few mods

If you want more usable characters, gear is always your wall stopping you using more guys.

Unless you are p2p in which case you need to buy both

this ^
credit problems are caused by poor resource management. Having 70 mil is also caused by poor resource management imo , but that's a whole different issue ;)
olddumper
8 years ago
In kinda in the clear on credits but I wouldn't mind them rebalancing the heist. I mean when it came out I could barely beat the third tier and now my Lando can solo the whole thing if I put the right mods on him. I wouldn't mind another tier with a few more credits and oh I don't know maybe STUN CUFFS.
escorpion8888
8 years ago
I would like to reevaluate it every week myself. However I think we get a decent amount to do what we need without being too much. Yes I run low on credits but I manage to get done what I need to. I think it's in a fairly decent place right now. And there is always credits from arena tokens if you need them that bad
emvedebe
8 years ago
"evanbio;824532" wrote:
I just hate the large overlap between the different tiers. It seems like a loss whenever I complete the highest tier, and could have received double that on a lower level tier. I don't mind a range, and even some overlap, but that seems pretty aggressive to me.

As far as enough credits or poor resource management, well that is part of the game. Remember life BEFORE credit heist? Yeah.... And they give a LOT of notice before raising the level cap, so there's plenty of time to save your credits then as well.

Yes, mods are expensive. Yes, levelling a toon from 1 to 85 is expensive. But it's not like that level 1 toon you turn to 85 is going to suddenly be useful when he has no gear.

the overlap isn't bothering me that much. While it is possible to get more credits from 2x tier 3 than 2x tier 4, on average you'll get way more credits from tier 4. I'm cool with tier 3 players getting lucky once in a while and get more credits than me.
Palanthrax
8 years ago
I'm sorry but all this thread does is tell CG that their strategy is working.
dookiedog68
8 years ago
Credits would be sufficient if it wasn't for leveling a bunch of useless mods. The search for secondary speed mods to stay competitive in the game drains all credits
emvedebe
8 years ago
"Dookiedog68;824542" wrote:
Credits would be sufficient if it wasn't for leveling a bunch of useless mods. The search for secondary speed mods to stay competitive in the game drains all credits

simply don't level grey mods, problem solved. I don't see nearly enough speed secondaries to drain my credit savings.