Here is an example of an unnamed player who has long been able to sit among the top ranks of my Fleet Arena leaderboard while pouring his resources into completely different items for Squad Arena.
https://i.imgur.com/CO8dDai.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/JM4pc7m.jpgThe line about it being unlikely that a player can complete the event without a fleet of strong ships is a farce. G9 Ackbar. G11 Biggs. G8 Phoenix. The rest of his ship slots sat empty when he defeated the 6* tier.
It's all well and good that we have a promise the event will run correctly in subsequent repeats. But at one moment on the 2nd day of the current event, I counted 6 unearned Chimaeras in the top 50. That did not include others which may be unlocked in the remaining days, or others which might have been ranked outside of the top 50. More than 10% of the ranks that matter enough to be displayed like an honor roll. Maybe 10% qualifies as unlikely to some people, but it's not small enough for me to ignore it.
That's damage already done. Damage that needs undoing. An ongoing competition widely tainted with significant unearned advantages. Those are people whom I may be playing against for months to come, since the arena ladders are persistent.
To dismiss this as a matter of choice. Oh, they can choose to play the event without all of the recommended ships. Truly outrageous.
It's supposed to be a requirement. A gate that prevents people from playing if they don't qualify. Not just a helpful suggestion. Those of us who fulfilled the requirements labored for months under the belief that it was a requirement because the game and its developers told us all along that it was a requirement. If I am going to fulfill announced requirements in order to make progress, and my adversaries are going to be gifted the same long term progress by accident at the very same time without fulfilling the requirements, and they're allowed to retain that progress after the error is discovered... why am I even bothering to log in and patronize this game? That's pretty much the definition of a game which lacks the integrity to protect its own basic premise and lacks respect for the players who abide by the rules & pursue the goals within the prescribed boundaries.
I understand that CG_Kozispoon may only be relaying the reply to us that she has been instructed to give us. But it is a terribly conceived and deeply unsatisfying reply, no matter who conceived it.
