In some of the announcement material they did say they would offer some form of assistance.
It seems really strange to me that they have not done so, so far. If they don't follow through on that,
then that speaks poorly for their trustworthyness (bit of a PR blunder).
Before you object/disagree. Consider.
Buying shards with money is pretty much a given - they always offer that.
Is there any evidence that the "Journey Begins" packs are in fact assistance?
Specifically, like many, I just need Old Ben.
I can get Old Ben shards in the cantina for progressively higher prices.
At what cost stage for cantina refreshes does it start making sense to buy the pack, rather than buying cantina refreshes?
700 Crystals will buy first 5 refreshes (avg 22 shards).
then 400 crystals will buy another refresh (avg 4 shards).
What is the expected value of number of Old Ben shards from the 700 crystal pack?
(So far I haven't found any information on this, would be nice to know.)
If the value is significant compared to cantina refreshes, that would be nice to know (and it would mean that they have given some assistance, but they should make it clearer that that is the case). If the value relative to cantina refreshes is insignificant, then they have not in fact done what they said they would. (They are under no obligation to help, but saying they will and then not helping just isn't playing a straight bat.)
I hope they do double drops, but have no expectation one way or other on whether they will.
