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?

joeblowhaha
7 years ago
"JohnnySteelAlpha;c-1387320" wrote:
I don't get the make $ comment here - CLS, Raid Han, GK, Thrawn, and R2 are all free toons given out. Not one of them can even be purchased in packs. Many long-time F2P had CLS farmed day 1. GK / Han are raid farms. R2 and Thrawn events have been around multiple times now...it's so common because it is good and...it's super F2P friendly.

The voice of reason but the hey won't hear u. Say it again
joeblowhaha
7 years ago
"Enerdrizer;c-1381890" wrote:
"xGriiMErZ;c-1381874" wrote:
Because diversity does not make THEM money :)

https://i.imgur.com/r73VJe3.gif?noredirect

Why?
Zolaz2
7 years ago
"Goober1_;c-1388621" wrote:
Can't solely blame devs for arena being mostly one sqaud.
Fact is people see something work and everyone copies it.

Who deserves the blame? The people playing the game or the people designing the game?
Th3Ch4t1C
7 years ago
"DarkstarSunrise;c-1388749" wrote:
"Th3Ch40t1C;c-1388733" wrote:
I do not understand why people think that al teams are the same....

Because https://swgoh.gg/meta-report/100/

........... i hope u know that i didnt ask that seriously
Enerdrizer
7 years ago
"JohnnySteelAlpha;c-1387320" wrote:
I don't get the make $ comment here - CLS, Raid Han, GK, Thrawn, and R2 are all free toons given out. Not one of them can even be purchased in packs. Many long-time F2P had CLS farmed day 1. GK / Han are raid farms. R2 and Thrawn events have been around multiple times now...it's so common because it is good and...it's super F2P friendly.

it is not friendly for newer players
JohnnySteelAlph
7 years ago
"Enerdrizer;c-1389966" wrote:
"JohnnySteelAlpha;c-1387320" wrote:
I don't get the make $ comment here - CLS, Raid Han, GK, Thrawn, and R2 are all free toons given out. Not one of them can even be purchased in packs. Many long-time F2P had CLS farmed day 1. GK / Han are raid farms. R2 and Thrawn events have been around multiple times now...it's so common because it is good and...it's super F2P friendly.

it is not friendly for newer players

That's true for most things in this game.
Zolaz2
7 years ago
Everyone, based on EA's track record we can all feel safe that they wont engage in predatory business practices. I feel super safe, dont you?
LethalRed
7 years ago
How iconic the character is fits into their power as well. Imagine the disappointment if CLS was just as good as the Snowtrooper with nothing special separating them. It doesn't mean Snowtrooper is un-useful/ And yeah, arena is just one aspect of this game, albiet important.
mobewan0527
7 years ago
It means the developers made 5 characters that work extremely well together
Th3Ch4t1C
7 years ago
"Mans_Yolo;c-1390509" wrote:
How iconic the character is fits into their power as well. Imagine the disappointment if CLS was just as good as the Snowtrooper with nothing special separating them. It doesn't mean Snowtrooper is un-useful/ And yeah, arena is just one aspect of this game, albiet important.

Arena is important. It gives u 500 crystals / day on rank 1