"TVF;c-1876851" wrote:
I agree with that post except for the part needing a year to farm GG. I had three weeks where he showed up once. Then he showed up like 8 times in one week. It took me far less than a year. Maybe a few months.
A year was a rough estimate based on my experience so far. He showed up once since I first started this thread (5/23 so about 2 weeks) and I check every refresh. So it's pure RNG. So it might take me 3 months or it could take 6 or it could take 12. Still, there's probably less than 2 months left before Padme returns so it's unlikely to happen.
I have been and am going to get him every time he shows up in the shop - it's not exactly costing me much. But it's irrelevant for Padme cuz I'm not going to get him in time, and probably not even for the next time. Maybe the time after that but that's way too far out.
"Woodroward;c-1876891" wrote:
Funny. I wasn't responding to you at all in the post you quoted...I ignored no point. I corrected your point that he's unobtainable without spending shard shop currency.
I replied making my point in a post prior to the one you replied to. You didn't address it, so you ignored it or didn't notice it. So I pointed it out to you a second time so you would maybe finally respond to it. And again you missed the point so I'll make it again:
I never said that Grievous is unobtainable without spending shard shop currency. I said he's unobtainable in the 2 months or so I have left until Padme returns without spending shard shop currency. This thread is not about building a team that can unlock 7 star Padme EVENTUALLY. It's about unlocking 7 star Padme the VERY NEXT TIME SHE RETURNS. I made that point multiple times.
"Woodroward;c-1876891" wrote:
But I had no intention of getting into a number 1 contest.
Again maybe here's a values disconnect. Getting #1 in arena is not about getting into a contest. To me (and many others I know) it's solely about crystal income. There is nothing in the game I care about or value more than crystal income. I may not be for you, but it's basically the main purpose of the game to me.
"Woodroward;c-1876891" wrote:
Don't want to bother if it means I'm running the same thing as everyone else....You never know who or what will become meta next. Not having the right ships or toons could leave you sol when the shift happens. To this end, not farming all the stagnant shops to completion is foolhardy.
So, you advocate farming every character in the game in order to be prepared for the next meta and yet you don't want to participate in the meta which defeats the point. BTW, running the same thing as everyone else is something that doesn't bother me in the least, another values disconnect.
"Woodroward;c-1876891" wrote:
My arena records are no sign of anything...Don't like Revan or want to play him.
They're a sign that you don't care about maximizing crystal income above all other considerations and therefore you and I are not after the same things. You and I don't play this game with the same mindset, nor for the same reasons, and therefore you should not be giving me advice.
"Woodroward;c-1876891" wrote:
Keeping your gp low for grand arena means not leveling or gearing, not not farming.
"Woodroward;c-1876691" wrote:
Nah, it just puts you farther behind in gp and platoon progression to do it that way.
Keeping GP low is clearly not what you had in mind. You were talking about GP progression like having more GP is a good thing (it's good for helping your guild in TB) instead of the detriment that it is in GA. And you were talking about "platoon progression" like it's something people should care about. You can't platoon characters you haven't activated. It's more likely that what you're advocating is to get all ships/characters to help out your guild which is noble but it's not a goal I share. Then it seems that you tried to retcon it to fit my goals after I told you what they were.
So basically you're advocating forgoing zetas (delaying critical zetas for weeks) in order to farm a bunch of useless ships/characters on speculation (that you yourself may not even use if they are actually needed). I'd estimate that ~70% of zeta income is from fleet arena if you get first every day (and there's no reason why you shouldn't). Delaying zetas means possibly being unable to achieve first in an arena for weeks or months because they are often critical to making meta characters work. Weeks or months of massive lost crystal income for really far fetched speculation? When crystal income is the most important thing in the game (to me)?
I do a little speculation, but only very limited, targeted speculation on likely characters, not this idiotic blanket speculation which honestly makes a lot more sense if you're actually activating the characters to try to max gp and fill platoons to help your guild in TB (which I suspect is one reason you do it).
"Woodroward;c-1876891" wrote:
The fact that people have managed without gg doesn't mean he isn't really necessary. People got Chewie without Dengar too but it means another layer of rng that is very hard to surmount. Most people don't play until they get the perfect rng simply because they don't have the time.
So, to reiterate, if GG is out of the question for you, it's likely so is Padme..
Dengar is not necessary for Chewie. And so here's yet another values disconnect. It seems that you have limited playtime or at least treat playtime like it's something valuable and limited. Guess what, I have no job and no school. I have effectively unlimited playtime - limited only by my hours awake and charge on my devices.
So no, lack of playtime could not be less of a consideration for me. But I also have no real money income which is one reason why I value crystal income more than anything else, because crystals = money.
