Let me first state that this game is the best that I have played to date, BUT! Be careful, if you are prepared to not take the game to seriously, which I doubt after a certain level, because I know that to play this game in the first place you will have some level of competiveness within you, then do your daily chores then you will slowly, (and I mean it gets slower,)you will hench up.Please do not think that you can beat this game without spending a huge amount of money, even if you did you will not get there, so like I said, be careful, if you cannot understand what you have found, and you have gone too far for simply taking it for granted, this may cause a feedback of negative thought, that as it increases, decreases your acceptance of existence.Only kidding, good game really, just don’t gamble, it never pays in the end.Edited title for all caps~Rtas

"LordGrahck;c-1800886" wrote:I disagree with the OP. All paying does is speed things up. That's it. FTP accounts still gets access to the same things as paid accounts. It simply takes more patience and careful planning. This.To the OP, there is no "beating the game" the game is a never ending marathon. You keep chugging along at whatever pace you want or with whatever goals you have. Some will get there faster ($$), but you will get there with patience and focus. Yes the game is a slow pace and nothing helps that in the long term. You can sprint ahead at times but in the end you can just keep a steady pace and be perfectly fine.Also, you dont compete with current players, so no need to feel the " I must catch up". You only play with people starting around the same time as you, unless you join a higher end guild and compete in guild events, but that is a choice.

I was told when I started playing in July of '18 not to bother, I'm too far behind. Behind what though? The players with accts that are years old and/or have pumped hundreds/thousands $$? Duh! Who cares...Enjoy the gameplay for what is. My main acct is 1.4million gp in 8mths. I have another acct at a million. Not a dime spent. It's a tedious grind, but works well with my ocd hahaEdit, link to my profile if you ftp players are interested on where you can be in 8mths if you participate 100% and collect all of your refresheshttps://swgoh.gg/p/671987929/

"RufusDogbreath;c-1800742" wrote:The thread is F2P BEGINNERS. And the OP is right. You F2P players that have been playing for 3 years and have 3m+ GP, that’s awesome, but starting at zero today freaking blows. I recently started an alt to see, and it’s a BEATINGBeginners build up their roster much faster than veteran players did back when the began playing. Many new quests, events and game modes have been added since then. Yes, new players will still have to have patience. It's still a grind. New players can't farm Traya from day one. But still: They can build their roster much faster than we could 2-3 years ago.

I also disagree. I'm FTP 3.2M been playing for 3 years. I'm only missing Traya and Jawa Engineer from my collection. (I dont care about fleet so I'm missing HanM .F and the 2 chase ships)The trade off for FTP is we have to invest time while PTP invests money. I could jump to a big guild to farm HSTR but I survive without G12+ and Traya. I haven't left top 200 and Im fine with that, I can push to 100 if I try hard.

I also disagree but this time with the above comments.Anyone starting out now will always be behind as a ftp player. I am a ftp from the begining currently 3..9m GP. I am in this position because every single day I have completed all the quests apart from 1 day in nearly 2 and a half years of playing the game. You cannot substitute this time without paying and that is a decision the individuals will have to make for themselves.However all new players will be in that position so will always have similar opponents to battle and that is part of the beauty of this game. As the OP said it is a good game and that's proven by the length of time people have been playing it for. As a side note no one has paid for traya the only way to get her is via heroic sith raid and there is no short cut to grinding the raid.All new players enjoy, it can be addictive and will bring out your competitiveness.

Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes, F2P Beginners beware!

NyKynoe
6 years ago
"LordGrahck;c-1800886" wrote:
I disagree with the OP. All paying does is speed things up. That's it. FTP accounts still gets access to the same things as paid accounts. It simply takes more patience and careful planning.

This.

To the OP, there is no "beating the game" the game is a never ending marathon. You keep chugging along at whatever pace you want or with whatever goals you have. Some will get there faster ($$), but you will get there with patience and focus.

Yes the game is a slow pace and nothing helps that in the long term. You can sprint ahead at times but in the end you can just keep a steady pace and be perfectly fine.

Also, you dont compete with current players, so no need to feel the " I must catch up". You only play with people starting around the same time as you, unless you join a higher end guild and compete in guild events, but that is a choice.
gjdq3w1restp
6 years ago
I was told when I started playing in July of '18 not to bother, I'm too far behind. Behind what though? The players with accts that are years old and/or have pumped hundreds/thousands $$? Duh! Who cares...

Enjoy the gameplay for what is. My main acct is 1.4million gp in 8mths. I have another acct at a million. Not a dime spent. It's a tedious grind, but works well with my ocd haha

Edit, link to my profile if you ftp players are interested on where you can be in 8mths if you participate 100% and collect all of your refreshes
https://swgoh.gg/p/671987929/
Waquira
6 years ago
"RufusDogbreath;c-1800742" wrote:
The thread is F2P BEGINNERS. And the OP is right. You F2P players that have been playing for 3 years and have 3m+ GP, that’s awesome, but starting at zero today freaking blows. I recently started an alt to see, and it’s a BEATING

Beginners build up their roster much faster than veteran players did back when the began playing. Many new quests, events and game modes have been added since then. Yes, new players will still have to have patience. It's still a grind. New players can't farm Traya from day one. But still: They can build their roster much faster than we could 2-3 years ago.
Wrathrider43
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
I also disagree. I'm FTP 3.2M been playing for 3 years. I'm only missing Traya and Jawa Engineer from my collection. (I dont care about fleet so I'm missing HanM .F and the 2 chase ships)
The trade off for FTP is we have to invest time while PTP invests money. I could jump to a big guild to farm HSTR but I survive without G12+ and Traya. I haven't left top 200 and Im fine with that, I can push to 100 if I try hard.
Caretaker73
6 years ago
I also disagree but this time with the above comments.
Anyone starting out now will always be behind as a ftp player. I am a ftp from the begining currently 3..9m GP. I am in this position because every single day I have completed all the quests apart from 1 day in nearly 2 and a half years of playing the game. You cannot substitute this time without paying and that is a decision the individuals will have to make for themselves.
However all new players will be in that position so will always have similar opponents to battle and that is part of the beauty of this game. As the OP said it is a good game and that's proven by the length of time people have been playing it for.
As a side note no one has paid for traya the only way to get her is via heroic sith raid and there is no short cut to grinding the raid.
All new players enjoy, it can be addictive and will bring out your competitiveness.
RufusDogbreath
6 years ago
The thread is F2P BEGINNERS. And the OP is right. You F2P players that have been playing for 3 years and have 3m+ GP, that’s awesome, but starting at zero today freaking blows. I recently started an alt to see, and it’s a BEATING
alepalermo79
6 years ago
At the current state of this game, and particularly at its crazy speed of progression (we had Revan and soon Darth Revan in less than 6 months!!!????), I would never start to play it.
Wrathrider43
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
"RufusDogbreath;c-1800742" wrote:
The thread is F2P BEGINNERS. And the OP is right. You F2P players that have been playing for 3 years and have 3m+ GP, that’s awesome, but starting at zero today freaking blows. I recently started an alt to see, and it’s a BEATING

I also started an alt a few months back. It's tough not having sim tickets. It is demoralizing but I remember back when I started I had no tickets either. The only advantage now is phoenix squad is quite accessible to help get through GW and arena to help move into better teams. Back when I started my arena team was a mismash of random dark side toons. There is farming guides, quests and starter guilds to help put you on a good path.
1andonlysmooth
6 years ago
You can compete it’s just more time consuming and u have to be good.

U have to be way better than other players as they will make easy teams u press auto with.

That being said like 2 eps in revan arena that can reach top in my shard. In ships less than 4 players.

Whales will push to make it difficult ur job as F2P is to show them it doesn’t have to be easy.
Ryanwhales
6 years ago
"ClubberLangIII;c-1799127" wrote:
I'm going to come right out and disagree with you. I'm a F2P player. 3,000,000 GP. I can complete nearly all events and my guild wins the vast majority of our TW.

It doesn't matter at all if I don't have Revan or Traya. Honestly, I couldn't care less about not having them.

Finishing in the top 100 for arenas is perfectly fine for me and 95% of other players in the game. SWGOH is seriously about as fair a game as there is between paying and non-paying players.

I don't contribute at all to the cost of running the game. The people with Revan and Traya pay the costs so that my guild can compete in TW and raids.

Does it really matter for F2P players that they aren't in the top 100 on arena rankings?

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Guild plugging? Lol.
Im f2p too.