I go and look at my shard and the teams all consist of CLS, Raid Han, Thrawn, R2 and GK. I go and look at the meta report and everyone is using those same toons. Looks like diversity is frowned upon in Arena and only overpowered Legendary and Raid characters are being used. Why is CG not focusing on diversity in their game and only making a few characters overpowered and more viable than the rest?

That means the game is designed to steer you and your money in a specific direction.

Effect of the power creep. OP toon creates meta, every subsequent toon is created to somehow counter meta.The problem is that when there's 120+ toons in the game a couple of creeps and metas result in 100+ of them getting left further behind each time.

Because diversity does not make THEM money :)

In order to get people to spend money to acquire new characters like CLS, Thrawn, R2, etc., they have to make those characters superior to the others. This leads to there only being one path to being in the top tier in the arena. It's by design.

"xGriiMErZ;c-1381874" wrote:Because diversity does not make THEM money :)https://i.imgur.com/r73VJe3.gif?noredirect

What does it mean when all the teams are the same in Arena?

herbvis
7 years ago
That means the game is designed to steer you and your money in a specific direction.
JaggedJ99
7 years ago
Effect of the power creep. OP toon creates meta, every subsequent toon is created to somehow counter meta.

The problem is that when there's 120+ toons in the game a couple of creeps and metas result in 100+ of them getting left further behind each time.
xGriiMErZz
Seasoned Novice
7 years ago
Because diversity does not make THEM money :)
colder17
7 years ago
In order to get people to spend money to acquire new characters like CLS, Thrawn, R2, etc., they have to make those characters superior to the others. This leads to there only being one path to being in the top tier in the arena. It's by design.
Enerdrizer
7 years ago
"xGriiMErZ;c-1381874" wrote:
Because diversity does not make THEM money :)

https://i.imgur.com/r73VJe3.gif?noredirect
herbvis
7 years ago
"zombiwan_kenobi;c-1381893" wrote:
Or...you just can be f2p and stop playing the day it all becomes out of control. At least you wouldn't have lost real money in the process. ;)

That day is coming soon me thinks
Zolaz2
7 years ago
You mean to tell me that EA is making overpowered toons so that people feel compelled to buy them? That sounds like someone is more interested in a cash grab than a good game. Certainly EA wouldnt be doing that?
Waquira
7 years ago
There are several other team combinations that could take first place, but fir some reason are simply not as popular or common. Nightsisters f.ex. Either a full NS team, 4 NS + EE or even just MT included in a CLS lead team. A toon can be really great, even if it's not widely used.
Waquira
7 years ago
"Zolaz;c-1381915" wrote:
You mean to tell me that EA is making overpowered toons so that people feel compelled to buy them? That sounds like someone is more interested in a cash grab than a good game. Certainly EA wouldnt be doing that?

It's called power creep and is a common strategy / bussiness model.
snowhut11
7 years ago
"Waqui;c-1381979" wrote:
"Zolaz;c-1381915" wrote:
You mean to tell me that EA is making overpowered toons so that people feel compelled to buy them? That sounds like someone is more interested in a cash grab than a good game. Certainly EA wouldnt be doing that?

It's called power creep and is a common strategy / bussiness model.

But they're known for putting players first, that's why it's ridiculous to suggest they would do anything counter to that.