The amount of Lightspeed bundle teams i've seen in squad arena is just sad. A lot of the times they're not even fully modded and omegad either, just bought, slapped in there and climbed them to like rank 500. Relic 3 Phoenix and a gear 10-12 Captain Rex is basically the average team in my shard.
All it will do is point out the free to play from the payers. You will still be able to see who the top players are with all the Zetas, Omnis and Relic 8-9s not to mention the best mod sets.
I feel like CG doesn't want noobs and mid-gamers to get frustrated and quit. They're trying to push relic characters as the norm of the game. Which means they're probably gonna introduce a new level or something new to farm and upgrade
As some who has been playing for a year now, the LSBs are away to get into all the game modes. I didn’t real feel like I was playing the entirety of the game pre relic squads. Ideally GAC is the top game mode and is more fun to play when you field 8 teams not 4. LSB help new players get into the game and older players can skip old teams to farm new teams.
Honestly I think it’s to try and help people catch up and push for all the new marquee units dropping every couple of weeks. If you’re a player who just started playing a year or so ago, it’s going to take you years to farm and gear all the core teams you’ll need before you can even think about the new shiny stuff in the game, thus making the episode pass and the new characters less interesting to you. But now you can just skip all the farming of the old stuff and jump right to the mid game and start thinking about getting these new teams and marquees up and running. That’s my 2 cents
It would be nice if CG could rotate the featured raids like assault battles. This will give guilds time to work on teams while also being able to get max loot for past farms completed. It will also help players who are trying to complete older achievements. Though that would kill some of the FOMO they use to sell packs.
yeah I don't see that happening. the raids are now set as end goals for farming - requiring specific, new characters to max out your production. (if you're in a guild that requires it)
It's likely so farming guides focus on brand new items. Nobody is going to work on teams like bad batch anymore in hopes that next year they can get a light speed bundle, so they're more likely to spend on characters like GL Ashoka and Baylan
I think it’s just a business move - if you like the game you can pay small amounts for LSB’s to get a viable PVP experience right away, and now you’re trained to pay for micro transactions in game. Then they rolled out the new episode tracker (more micro transactions) and there’s conquest (more micros) etc…and eventually you’ll pay enough over time to be at endgame and be used to paying for things so you’ll buy new characters, and that probably explains why they’re going to release characters at an accelerated rate next year, because more characters = more cash
I know this might be unpopular because it would probably mark an extreme upturn of resources required - but I want something like galactic myths, Grand Master Luke Skywalker (between episode VI and VII), and Darth Vader, The Fist of the Empire. Giving the two most important characters in the universe a power level befitting of them.
I think they were losing end game players at a rate higher than new players were getting to end game and a lot of new players were burning out on the low end grind before they could get to end game. This has happened with tons of long running games (look at most of the older MMOs that are still online for great examples). LSB's also feel good when you take the advice to jump into a guild doing DS Geonosis and ROTE. You get to contribute, even if it's just to help fill in platoons.
I believe lightspeed bundles are dropping simply because many are buying them and asking for them. So much for sale in swgoh is a horrible value that not many will pay for, lightspeed bundles actually feel like a reasonable deal.
I remember with Star Wars Commander when they were shutting down the game, they dropped the price (not real money) to all the upgrades in the game down to literally nothing. And everyone was able to get to end game in like 1 day. But swgoh is definitely not dying. Way too successful to be a “dying” game. Btw love your jacket 😉
it would be awesome If they dropped a land based vehicle mode. We have tank takedown and it's functional. Would be cool if they are trying to get us to get characters so we can focus on a new class of game mode
@@Reno420alex I’m totally fine with the game making money, just wish they gave all of us long time players something significant for timed played. They’ve done this before like once during an anniversary event nothing since. And when you do something like this and allowing people to literally buy any character to relic levels. You’re just shitting on the long time farmer…
@Ajaxdagrt im fine with them making money too but 40$ or 50$ for a LSB or any pack is outrageous greed. And yes I agree they've let all of us long time free to play players down hard
I think it's clear they want us to catch up to the new cadence of releases with the episode passes. If we're busy still working on our older farms then we're not doing the new stuff, which means we're not buying the new stuff. This is a win-win. They make tons of money on the lightspeed bundles and then we buy the new stuff.
In a game as old as this, there has to be some sort of accelerated 'catch up' mechanic. Compare this to World of Warcraft. Someone starting WoW today would not have to level through 20 years of content to reach "end game", and basically be to the point of playing the current content. They'd have to do some remedial work, but nothing on par with what 20 year old characters endured. LSB's are their natural answer to this, and quite frankly, it is a good system. I'm a year two player, and my account is over 8m GP, mainly because of LSB's. In the Chromium levels, I am still "outgunned" against veteran accounts, who invariably have better mods (and especially) more zetas than I can possibly have 19 months into game, but that is better than still being in bronzium, struggling for months on end to level up some teams. I *do* wish they'd spread these releases out in a more sensible fashion. I'm still finishing JML, will pivot immediately to Jabba, and now will be only Thrawn away from SEE, but at the same time I know the wise tactic in this game is to work on the new teams.
I remember finishing up WoW with Lich King and then hearing the next expansions having catch up mechanics. It’s worthwhile considering that you don’t want players to slog through so much and you want them to get into the fun stuff.
I’ve enjoyed the light speed bundles, they brought me back to the game and it’s been a lot of fun seeing what a high lvl account is like. However it’s made me feel like I skipped over the game so I’ve started a new account and now I’m having even more fun and now my plan is to have the new account be a light spender. I want to farm and unlock all the cool character but I don’t want to farm all the NPCs so the only light speed bundles I plan on getting now are the ones like geos or nightsisters or Ewok. The farms that aren’t fun or character I will never use Jawas or sand people
I wish there was a way to see what percentages of players purchase these bundles. People also forget that for a good chunk of these bundles, especially the ones which are meant to lead to a GL, you STILL have more farming to do after the purchase. My son bought the SLKR and Rey bundles and didn't finish their farms till a year later (super casual, but still). Plus with him being sub 4 million, he has not accessed proving grounds so he doesn't have the "optimal" versions of the team. To people who are watching content creators, these all seem like no brainer decision, but not everyone spends money on the game or wants to play it at a high level. I highly doubt this game is going anywhere for at least 2-3 years. It seems to be consistently making the company money and with their marketing campaign (you know you've seen some of the ridiculous ads) these lightspeed bundles should bring new people to the game.
@stdlyshire a random sampling of people requesting free reviews is north of 80% that have purchased at least one bundle. That's the only sampling i can do.
@@NOOCH2GUD Yeah I would love to see those numbers for CG because while they are inept at a great many things, the psychological aspect of spending in this game isn’t one of them. Lol Like I’ve mentioned before, I would think that those who are watching you as a creator are more dialed in than most and therefore realize the value. Also, since I refuse to watch Songeta after his LSB rant, is he drowning in his tears these days? Lol
1) relic 10-12 is coming 2) forces people to farm the new teams they have gathered the player base into a single file line so everyone will be buying the same stuff from here on. it's all for the pass
I think that LSBs do two things for CG 1. LSBs condition players who normally wouldn't whale to be okay with low-spending (encouraging dolphins as opposed to krakens). I was VERY RARELY a spender before LSBs, but now I'm always picking up at least 1-2 LSBs per drop since they're such incredible value. In a game as matured as SWGOH, it's hard to hunt for new whales - mobile gaming as a market is pretty saturated, most people have one big game they stick to, and newer whales will stick with newer games. 2. LSBs focus all players on pushing towards the newest content - every new player guide says Jabba should ne your first GL, to rush Executor for fleet, to ignore the new hotness and focus on Assault Battles and accessible GLs to start the snowball. But if you're a new player, that means you could be multiple years away from farming whatever CG is currently releasing, which means you aren't spending for shipments or using your crystals to refresh a non-accelerated node. You aren't panic farming for the next time that the Jar-Jar event rolls around or whaling on the newest units for GLAT, and that's where the real money is for CG.
All these plans reminds me of twd rts, they started with 3/4/5 stars then 6 stars , then there was S class era, and finally mythics, so woudnt be surprised if SWgoH goes beyond lvl 85 and relic 9
My wallet is feeling happy now knowing that I already got SEE and both Revans + Malak. I can save on a lot of bundles. Also skipping on CAT because I’m one month away from unlocking her, so I’d rather just save the 40 bucks and gear her up the normal way. The only ones I’ll buy is the Sith Triumvirate and Wat.
I feel like I make a similar comment on all of your videos about this topic, but the reason for lightspeed bundles, has been, and will continue to be, to control what people farm and focus their time into. It doesn't do CG any good to have their consumers focusing on old content when they're putting all their effort into these "eras" and new marquees. Now that we've reached the end of their plan, it'll remain to be seen whether this strategy can maintain an interesting and diverse game, or if all we'll have left is a bland and repetitive need to chase an ever more powerful meta.
Level 100. Lightspeed bundles are to ensure you get certain characters, and episode passes will roll out new toons. Level 100 will cost a fortune. You can purchase to get premier characters, but leveling to 100 will increase their power significantly.
When it comws to auper GLs, i had an idea for something like that, with 3 GLs that require GLs as reqs, valkorian for darkside, mortis anakin for neutral and jedi master rey for lightside. For example anakin would need need GL kenobi, palps, vader, luke, ahsoka and rey. And he'd have a starkiller style team, with one sith, one jedi, a non jedi republic character and an unaligned. Maybe you can even have a normal GL in the team.
@ Imagine boarding an AT-AT on the planet of Hoth fighting off rebel scum and those pesky air speeders or an AT-TE taking shells from an AAT the best part about this kind of gamemode you could incorporate some ground units into it for example Hoth rebel scout, Hoth rebel soldier, tie pilot, snow trooper, Wampa all for a Hoth Land battle simulation
You are spot on, the game isn't dying. They are trying to draw in new players and to speed up existing people to the newer content and make tons of money at the same time. They're pretty much telling you it is not about the character shards but the gear and mods they need. Getting a full roster of relic characters mean squat if they are just empty shells underneath. So you will still have to farm the gear parts etc.. It will make you feel like you are powerful and will be more willing to spend money on those said parts, CG is preying on basic human nature. It's all an illusion cause at the end of the day everyone, except those that don't buy them, will have the same roster of relic characters. Heck, i personally bought all the LSBs so far and i didn't buy much in the game in the past, so they hooked me. It is like a drug rush seeing those shiny blue and red encircled characters on your roster. Also, its why they will never leave them up permanently or have a set schedule for releasing them. They will always leave them in high demand, only to toss them out here and there for a week throughout the year. In the end, they will have bundles for all characters except for the journey Legends and GLs. New characters will still be farmed for those wanting to get the new content fast and be a step ahead of everyone else. Even though eventually those new characters will become LSBs in the future after a year or so.
I think the most likely explanation is that they want to give new game players a leg up so that they feel like they can compete. But they can't get close to end game. They'll still be miles behind on mods and lifter toons. It does give them the illusion of catching up tho, while giving endish game players the happy feeling of stomping those that just bought recent success.
I think they want everybody to buy the new characters as they come out ever so often so they’re giving everybody the old characters so they don’t have to worry about them.
still want bad batch bundle. and for the ahsoka catch up and the zombie brothers. you need 300 shards of the character before the 60 dollar pack shows up
I really, really want Vehicle Battles akin to ship battles. To me that feels like the last big game mode they could do for adding a massive amount of new content they couldn't add elsewhere.
I’ve always assumed its for the money. People who dont normally spend money end up buying these because of their incredible value and then the more bundle that come out the closer to the end game you become, kinda forcing people to chase newer characters. Im not going after older teams any more because of LSBs. I just got Bo and then when I finish the bundle work Im getting JKCK. Also I think once you start spending you are more likely to spend. I also wouldnt mind a relic 10 because I think that stopping at 9 is just weird
Only thing I have to say about the game is dying thing is the game is legit at the top of the charts for mobile games in money and everyone knows what cgs favorite food is
I truly think they're doing it to give everyone the chance to get caught up so they can now focus on the new marquees and episode passes, especially with potentially having 2 marquees a month.
Could a ROTE expansion or replacement be coming? Or at least trying to get more guilds to that place and away from the older TBs. Hoping for a reworked PVP
They made the begginer stages so fast I think they are trying to get people into the new content. Making new content and only a small percentage of players get to experience it makes it sort or pointless to put forth the effort. The more people you have in the mid to late game, the more people you have playing the new content and working on new toons. More money being spent to stay relevant instead of trying to catch up. Also, hard to complain about pvp imbalances when you're on the same level as your opponent. Dunno, just my thoughts.
CG have realised a fundamental truth: people will buy reasonable priced packs. If i was to predict, then the next round will be new raid related a la jedi allies and the padme/gas bundles
The latest LSBs provides almost all of the current characters with the new mercenary tag (old Bobba missing). Got to ask why they added that tag and where those assigned characters are going to be used. One possibility is a mercenary raid in about 3 month because the current raid is over 5 months old (7 to 9 month life) and we have the Peridea Assault Battle.
I think if they brought an online pvp mode where like each player had 3 teams where they battle each other live, like Pokemon. I think the would be really cool, They could add ranked to it too. I don’t know just an idea 🤷♂️
I think it's most likely 2 of your 5; relic x/lev 90 is inbound and BUSINESS AS USUAL baby. They are in the business of using IP to generate revenue, and the corporate suits want revenue growth every year. They have to get creative with ways to do that. In that regard the LSB's were a smash hit. Im sure they lost some older players but I'd bet that was more than offset with new ones that see LSB's as a way they can get in and compete with the monster rosters in key spots.
My opinion without watching all your video. I think they are bringing in people like me. Small spenders that will boost me way up to stay more relevant in my guild. It's so good. I hope they bring them back more permanent-ish
I think what they are doing is giving players the opportunity to catch up in terms of roster building. My theory is that they want newer players to be more evenly matched with late game accounts. These Lightspeed Bundles can help out with that but they don’t solve the problem completely. Zetas and mods will be lacking for LSB purchasers
With that comment of meathead about pvpve being his favorite game mode.. I'm suspecting a push to get players ready.. I think it's gonna be a race to the finish against another guild.. sorta like arathi basin in world of warcraft.
Simple answer: Because so many people are buying them. You want to boost Q4 results? Sell a bunch of packs. Executives gotta hit those quarterly metrics.
Well, I'll give you my example, I play since launch but I always think farming too boring and I left the game, came back and left for all of these years but in last week I downloaded it again to see how the game was and I see the hyperdrive bundle and see a opportunity and bought it and got excited and came back playing, without this pack I would probably have played for a few days and left again, if their goal was to return it worked for me and I'm already ready to buy the Lightspeed bundle Darth Revan and New Order and still playing
It could be their exit strategy to cash out but more likely it is their way to get F2P players to start spending and it worked big time. Once you start it gets easier and easier to justify spending more money. They want us to be farming the new characters and feel the pressure to spend money to get them.
It is Q4 got to inflate numbets before Q1. I dont think its going to be a "carpet pull". They just launched a pc version wouldnt make sense to shut down a game after that. I think a new mode is on the horizion and they wanted to catch up as mamy players as possible. Also quality over quanity at this point. I would be more alarmed if they launched a zeta lsb. You can have all the toys but if you dont got the zetas or mods it don't matter.
mods are less important. Barely anyone in the game has crazy good mods on all characters. If you put a zeta on a character with trash mods you can still get by in the game and win GAC battles. I’m the example.
They’re gunning for maybe the best portion of the next quarterly earnings conference call at EA. If Wat slips in too before new years then every holiday season will be LSB season until the end of time 😋
I mean the light-speed bundles are the only things worth in the game. It just takes forever to get Omicrons and zetas. You get so far behind in grinding relics. 🤷♂️
I don't really mind as much. They'll release them, I'll lose for one or two GACs and then I'll win all of them because all the guys who bought all the LSBs stopped playing cause they got trained on how to spend money but not on how to enjoy the game. CG gets money and I don't give it to them and can keep playing
I think CG's greedy current approach has nothing to do with SWOGH but it is a direct result of the LOTR heroes of middle heart fiasco. My 2 guesses: GC is going bankrupt or they are getting ready to sell the game. Option 1 ( most likely) they shutdown heroes of middle Earth after (pure numbers speculation here) investing millions in rights and development cost. They had to figure a way to bring in big $$$ really quickly to at least hoping to break even with it. Then someone in CG had the brilliant idea for LSBs . They did bring in a lot of $$$ but they didn't get their investment back so every cash milking strategy you see in the game (LSBs, energy ascension, episode pass...) is a desperate attempt to keep CG afloat. My second option is that following Heroes of middle Earth fiasco, CG is inflating their revenue to get ready to sell the game to another studio
Game is over, only option is, give me your account or delet the game ;) If you delet the game, maybe i win first time in arena with my bundles. PS: i have many bundle and my farm dont end. 😢 i play 2 years to get 60 Omikron 😢😢😢😢😢😢 And 0 Legends 😢😢😢😢 Give me your account! 😅
Loving lsb 🎉, thanks to those a few mods & zetas i have viable teams for offence & defence in gac . Aphra is fun you should bump her up , enjoying her in GC at R1 no zetas 😂
i think the answer is pretty obvious when you look at the big picture of the game and the players. TLDR they are releasing a new game. ok but why, i am in a end game guild, average gp over 11m, and these players have been together since the start of the game, and starting few months ago, we are getting at least 5 people retiring every month, there is nothing new, if you arnt spending hundreds of dollars every month you cant stay competitive in GAC, and overall the game is getting stale, every addition to the game is just another way to get more money out of you, that CG can only directly spit in your face so many times before you are done. thats part 1, part 2 is the game itself. this year especially there have been so many sweeping changes that its like we are in a early access game, nothing is getting tested and they are just dropping everything they can as quickly as they can to see what sticks. no new game modes is a big part though, thats the only thing they they havent dropped on us, why. now to tie it together with new game, the new game mode is whats going to be the main focal point to bring everyone to the new game, all the players that are tired of this game, all the new changes they keep dropping on us pretty much to beta test to clean everything up to make it as good as possible for the new game. they are raking in gobs of money with LSB's but there isnt anything that would take a lot of money being added in this game, i think because its all going to the new game. a new game, and most likely a pc only or mobile only game depending on the numbers between mobile and pc client, keeping them both up and working, having to pay for everything twice to release everything on two platforms, and server space is a lot of wasted money, one is for sure getting cut. a new game brings new players, if you arnt spending money, this game is anything but new player friendly. and it gives them a clean slate to work with with older players, at this point so many players are just bitter towards CG, no matter how good the change its always followed by, ok but this should have been here sooner, or, that doesnt make up for "x" thing they did in the past. putting a fresh coat of paint on the game will at the very least reset the reputation with some players. and to bring it back to money, the 12-13m gp accounts have nothing left to spend their money on, besides the very new character, CG isnt getting any more of their money, a new game, while burning a lot of players to the point where they wont play the new game, they will get some of the whales back on the new game, but bring in so many new whales. when you look at the big picture a new game easily makes the most sense.
Long gone are the days of unique rosters… we are now in the age of everyone having the same homogenous lightspeed blobs
Idk once you get to the end game everyone has everything so it's not like the unique roster thing is really a big knock.
The days of unique rosters have been gone looong before lsbs were even a thing tbh
The amount of Lightspeed bundle teams i've seen in squad arena is just sad. A lot of the times they're not even fully modded and omegad either, just bought, slapped in there and climbed them to like rank 500. Relic 3 Phoenix and a gear 10-12 Captain Rex is basically the average team in my shard.
Yes! I miss looking at guild mates rosters and seeing how vastly different our same GP rosters were
All it will do is point out the free to play from the payers. You will still be able to see who the top players are with all the Zetas, Omnis and Relic 8-9s not to mention the best mod sets.
I feel like CG doesn't want noobs and mid-gamers to get frustrated and quit. They're trying to push relic characters as the norm of the game. Which means they're probably gonna introduce a new level or something new to farm and upgrade
It is the fourth quarter, so they want to up profits to make them look good next quarter. A lot of companies do that
realest comment here...everything comes down to economics
They love our Wallets, of course.
As some who has been playing for a year now, the LSBs are away to get into all the game modes. I didn’t real feel like I was playing the entirety of the game pre relic squads. Ideally GAC is the top game mode and is more fun to play when you field 8 teams not 4. LSB help new players get into the game and older players can skip old teams to farm new teams.
No one mentioning, 'that jacket'?
It is a bitchin' jacket indeed. Touche Noochster.
If you don't move the jacket can't see you. It hunts by motion.
😂
Honestly I think it’s to try and help people catch up and push for all the new marquee units dropping every couple of weeks. If you’re a player who just started playing a year or so ago, it’s going to take you years to farm and gear all the core teams you’ll need before you can even think about the new shiny stuff in the game, thus making the episode pass and the new characters less interesting to you. But now you can just skip all the farming of the old stuff and jump right to the mid game and start thinking about getting these new teams and marquees up and running. That’s my 2 cents
It would be nice if CG could rotate the featured raids like assault battles. This will give guilds time to work on teams while also being able to get max loot for past farms completed. It will also help players who are trying to complete older achievements. Though that would kill some of the FOMO they use to sell packs.
yeah I don't see that happening. the raids are now set as end goals for farming - requiring specific, new characters to max out your production. (if you're in a guild that requires it)
It's likely so farming guides focus on brand new items. Nobody is going to work on teams like bad batch anymore in hopes that next year they can get a light speed bundle, so they're more likely to spend on characters like GL Ashoka and Baylan
Game is not dying . First thing first money matters for devs. If they are getting money game will not die soon.
I think it’s just a business move - if you like the game you can pay small amounts for LSB’s to get a viable PVP experience right away, and now you’re trained to pay for micro transactions in game. Then they rolled out the new episode tracker (more micro transactions) and there’s conquest (more micros) etc…and eventually you’ll pay enough over time to be at endgame and be used to paying for things so you’ll buy new characters, and that probably explains why they’re going to release characters at an accelerated rate next year, because more characters = more cash
I know this might be unpopular because it would probably mark an extreme upturn of resources required - but I want something like galactic myths, Grand Master Luke Skywalker (between episode VI and VII), and Darth Vader, The Fist of the Empire.
Giving the two most important characters in the universe a power level befitting of them.
I think they were losing end game players at a rate higher than new players were getting to end game and a lot of new players were burning out on the low end grind before they could get to end game. This has happened with tons of long running games (look at most of the older MMOs that are still online for great examples). LSB's also feel good when you take the advice to jump into a guild doing DS Geonosis and ROTE. You get to contribute, even if it's just to help fill in platoons.
Be kind with my free review Nooch lol these LSBs are killing the quality of my roster mods, zetas, omis.
I believe lightspeed bundles are dropping simply because many are buying them and asking for them. So much for sale in swgoh is a horrible value that not many will pay for, lightspeed bundles actually feel like a reasonable deal.
I remember with Star Wars Commander when they were shutting down the game, they dropped the price (not real money) to all the upgrades in the game down to literally nothing. And everyone was able to get to end game in like 1 day. But swgoh is definitely not dying. Way too successful to be a “dying” game. Btw love your jacket 😉
it would be awesome If they dropped a land based vehicle mode. We have tank takedown and it's functional. Would be cool if they are trying to get us to get characters so we can focus on a new class of game mode
Because they want someone playing less then a few years to have a complete roster like someone who’s played since launch
Exactly which allows more players to participate in end game content
I think that's the case too.
@mike.armstrong92 yeah and it makes CG a boat load of cash 🤣 aka (the main reason)
@@Reno420alex I’m totally fine with the game making money, just wish they gave all of us long time players something significant for timed played. They’ve done this before like once during an anniversary event nothing since. And when you do something like this and allowing people to literally buy any character to relic levels. You’re just shitting on the long time farmer…
@Ajaxdagrt im fine with them making money too but 40$ or 50$ for a LSB or any pack is outrageous greed. And yes I agree they've let all of us long time free to play players down hard
I think it's clear they want us to catch up to the new cadence of releases with the episode passes. If we're busy still working on our older farms then we're not doing the new stuff, which means we're not buying the new stuff. This is a win-win. They make tons of money on the lightspeed bundles and then we buy the new stuff.
I truly think CG is in much worse financial shape than they are letting on. 🤷♂
I think you underestimate just how much of a cash cow this game still is
In a game as old as this, there has to be some sort of accelerated 'catch up' mechanic. Compare this to World of Warcraft. Someone starting WoW today would not have to level through 20 years of content to reach "end game", and basically be to the point of playing the current content. They'd have to do some remedial work, but nothing on par with what 20 year old characters endured. LSB's are their natural answer to this, and quite frankly, it is a good system. I'm a year two player, and my account is over 8m GP, mainly because of LSB's. In the Chromium levels, I am still "outgunned" against veteran accounts, who invariably have better mods (and especially) more zetas than I can possibly have 19 months into game, but that is better than still being in bronzium, struggling for months on end to level up some teams. I *do* wish they'd spread these releases out in a more sensible fashion. I'm still finishing JML, will pivot immediately to Jabba, and now will be only Thrawn away from SEE, but at the same time I know the wise tactic in this game is to work on the new teams.
I remember finishing up WoW with Lich King and then hearing the next expansions having catch up mechanics. It’s worthwhile considering that you don’t want players to slog through so much and you want them to get into the fun stuff.
I think it's to maintain newer players who don't have a deep roster, although this just digs a deeper and deeper zeta hole to fill
I’ve enjoyed the light speed bundles, they brought me back to the game and it’s been a lot of fun seeing what a high lvl account is like.
However it’s made me feel like I skipped over the game so I’ve started a new account and now I’m having even more fun and now my plan is to have the new account be a light spender. I want to farm and unlock all the cool character but I don’t want to farm all the NPCs so the only light speed bundles I plan on getting now are the ones like geos or nightsisters or Ewok. The farms that aren’t fun or character I will never use Jawas or sand people
I'll be grabbing the Wat and SEE bundles, who knows I might even be able to make some serious progress for conquest feats with a much broader roster.
I wish there was a way to see what percentages of players purchase these bundles. People also forget that for a good chunk of these bundles, especially the ones which are meant to lead to a GL, you STILL have more farming to do after the purchase. My son bought the SLKR and Rey bundles and didn't finish their farms till a year later (super casual, but still). Plus with him being sub 4 million, he has not accessed proving grounds so he doesn't have the "optimal" versions of the team.
To people who are watching content creators, these all seem like no brainer decision, but not everyone spends money on the game or wants to play it at a high level. I highly doubt this game is going anywhere for at least 2-3 years. It seems to be consistently making the company money and with their marketing campaign (you know you've seen some of the ridiculous ads) these lightspeed bundles should bring new people to the game.
The % is way higher than anything else they have ever released.
@@NOOCH2GUD Ohhh 1000%, the value is too good. Do you have the numbers? Is like 50% of the players of the game have purchased a LSB? More?
@stdlyshire a random sampling of people requesting free reviews is north of 80% that have purchased at least one bundle.
That's the only sampling i can do.
@@NOOCH2GUD Yeah I would love to see those numbers for CG because while they are inept at a great many things, the psychological aspect of spending in this game isn’t one of them. Lol
Like I’ve mentioned before, I would think that those who are watching you as a creator are more dialed in than most and therefore realize the value. Also, since I refuse to watch Songeta after his LSB rant, is he drowning in his tears these days? Lol
1) relic 10-12 is coming
2) forces people to farm the new teams
they have gathered the player base into a single file line so everyone will be buying the same stuff from here on. it's all for the pass
Reason #1: 💰
I think that LSBs do two things for CG
1. LSBs condition players who normally wouldn't whale to be okay with low-spending (encouraging dolphins as opposed to krakens). I was VERY RARELY a spender before LSBs, but now I'm always picking up at least 1-2 LSBs per drop since they're such incredible value. In a game as matured as SWGOH, it's hard to hunt for new whales - mobile gaming as a market is pretty saturated, most people have one big game they stick to, and newer whales will stick with newer games.
2. LSBs focus all players on pushing towards the newest content - every new player guide says Jabba should ne your first GL, to rush Executor for fleet, to ignore the new hotness and focus on Assault Battles and accessible GLs to start the snowball. But if you're a new player, that means you could be multiple years away from farming whatever CG is currently releasing, which means you aren't spending for shipments or using your crystals to refresh a non-accelerated node. You aren't panic farming for the next time that the Jar-Jar event rolls around or whaling on the newest units for GLAT, and that's where the real money is for CG.
All these plans reminds me of twd rts, they started with 3/4/5 stars then 6 stars , then there was S class era, and finally mythics, so woudnt be surprised if SWgoH goes beyond lvl 85 and relic 9
My wallet is feeling happy now knowing that I already got SEE and both Revans + Malak.
I can save on a lot of bundles.
Also skipping on CAT because I’m one month away from unlocking her, so I’d rather just save the 40 bucks and gear her up the normal way.
The only ones I’ll buy is the Sith Triumvirate and Wat.
I feel like I make a similar comment on all of your videos about this topic, but the reason for lightspeed bundles, has been, and will continue to be, to control what people farm and focus their time into. It doesn't do CG any good to have their consumers focusing on old content when they're putting all their effort into these "eras" and new marquees. Now that we've reached the end of their plan, it'll remain to be seen whether this strategy can maintain an interesting and diverse game, or if all we'll have left is a bland and repetitive need to chase an ever more powerful meta.
Level 100. Lightspeed bundles are to ensure you get certain characters, and episode passes will roll out new toons. Level 100 will cost a fortune. You can purchase to get premier characters, but leveling to 100 will increase their power significantly.
ship arena target 1. then gac with ONLY the lightspeed bundle i need for my ROAD long farm direction. No need buy all packs every months
When it comws to auper GLs, i had an idea for something like that, with 3 GLs that require GLs as reqs, valkorian for darkside, mortis anakin for neutral and jedi master rey for lightside.
For example anakin would need need GL kenobi, palps, vader, luke, ahsoka and rey. And he'd have a starkiller style team, with one sith, one jedi, a non jedi republic character and an unaligned.
Maybe you can even have a normal GL in the team.
I’m still in the mindset it’s either a new gamemode/ new relic type system/ or a new playable vehicles and the STAP that started it all
I have seen this idea a couple times. What would be the difference between a vehicle mode and the current ship mode?
@ Imagine boarding an AT-AT on the planet of Hoth fighting off rebel scum and those pesky air speeders or an AT-TE taking shells from an AAT the best part about this kind of gamemode you could incorporate some ground units into it for example Hoth rebel scout, Hoth rebel soldier, tie pilot, snow trooper, Wampa all for a Hoth Land battle simulation
@@jayplayz7937 The IDEA of doing that is cool, but what is the actual game play loop and how is that different from ships?
@ I don’t know how it would be different I’m not making the game-mode, it’s a wait and see.
You are spot on, the game isn't dying. They are trying to draw in new players and to speed up existing people to the newer content and make tons of money at the same time. They're pretty much telling you it is not about the character shards but the gear and mods they need. Getting a full roster of relic characters mean squat if they are just empty shells underneath. So you will still have to farm the gear parts etc.. It will make you feel like you are powerful and will be more willing to spend money on those said parts, CG is preying on basic human nature. It's all an illusion cause at the end of the day everyone, except those that don't buy them, will have the same roster of relic characters. Heck, i personally bought all the LSBs so far and i didn't buy much in the game in the past, so they hooked me. It is like a drug rush seeing those shiny blue and red encircled characters on your roster.
Also, its why they will never leave them up permanently or have a set schedule for releasing them. They will always leave them in high demand, only to toss them out here and there for a week throughout the year. In the end, they will have bundles for all characters except for the journey Legends and GLs. New characters will still be farmed for those wanting to get the new content fast and be a step ahead of everyone else. Even though eventually those new characters will become LSBs in the future after a year or so.
It's crazy that yoda isn't a GL
Abeloth or Mortis maybe? Then again, I still say they should fully explore Legends content.
Before the new era content stuff I was worried about the life span of the game. But after that I don’t see them giving up any time soon.
I think the most likely explanation is that they want to give new game players a leg up so that they feel like they can compete.
But they can't get close to end game. They'll still be miles behind on mods and lifter toons.
It does give them the illusion of catching up tho, while giving endish game players the happy feeling of stomping those that just bought recent success.
I think they want everybody to buy the new characters as they come out ever so often so they’re giving everybody the old characters so they don’t have to worry about them.
still want bad batch bundle. and for the ahsoka catch up and the zombie brothers. you need 300 shards of the character before the 60 dollar pack shows up
Okay - I don't have opinion on the topic but that is one snazzy jacket.
I really, really want Vehicle Battles akin to ship battles. To me that feels like the last big game mode they could do for adding a massive amount of new content they couldn't add elsewhere.
I’ve always assumed its for the money. People who dont normally spend money end up buying these because of their incredible value and then the more bundle that come out the closer to the end game you become, kinda forcing people to chase newer characters. Im not going after older teams any more because of LSBs. I just got Bo and then when I finish the bundle work Im getting JKCK. Also I think once you start spending you are more likely to spend. I also wouldnt mind a relic 10 because I think that stopping at 9 is just weird
Only thing I have to say about the game is dying thing is the game is legit at the top of the charts for mobile games in money and everyone knows what cgs favorite food is
I truly think they're doing it to give everyone the chance to get caught up so they can now focus on the new marquees and episode passes, especially with potentially having 2 marquees a month.
Could a ROTE expansion or replacement be coming? Or at least trying to get more guilds to that place and away from the older TBs. Hoping for a reworked PVP
ROTE is built to expand. On purpose. Its not going away for a long long time
Reason number one is Money
Number 2 is More Money
Number 3 more players come back
and last but not least is More Money
They made the begginer stages so fast I think they are trying to get people into the new content. Making new content and only a small percentage of players get to experience it makes it sort or pointless to put forth the effort. The more people you have in the mid to late game, the more people you have playing the new content and working on new toons. More money being spent to stay relevant instead of trying to catch up. Also, hard to complain about pvp imbalances when you're on the same level as your opponent. Dunno, just my thoughts.
CG have realised a fundamental truth: people will buy reasonable priced packs.
If i was to predict, then the next round will be new raid related a la jedi allies and the padme/gas bundles
The latest LSBs provides almost all of the current characters with the new mercenary tag (old Bobba missing). Got to ask why they added that tag and where those assigned characters are going to be used. One possibility is a mercenary raid in about 3 month because the current raid is over 5 months old (7 to 9 month life) and we have the Peridea Assault Battle.
I miss heroes of middle earth 😢
I think if they brought an online pvp mode where like each player had 3 teams where they battle each other live, like Pokemon. I think the would be really cool, They could add ranked to it too. I don’t know just an idea 🤷♂️
I think it's most likely 2 of your 5; relic x/lev 90 is inbound and BUSINESS AS USUAL baby. They are in the business of using IP to generate revenue, and the corporate suits want revenue growth every year. They have to get creative with ways to do that. In that regard the LSB's were a smash hit. Im sure they lost some older players but I'd bet that was more than offset with new ones that see LSB's as a way they can get in and compete with the monster rosters in key spots.
They wouldn't have gone through the trouble of the new BP changes I'd the game was shutting down soon
I’m waiting for a bundle like the hyperspeed bundle where you can just buy for $100 to get everyone relic 5
My opinion without watching all your video. I think they are bringing in people like me. Small spenders that will boost me way up to stay more relevant in my guild.
It's so good. I hope they bring them back more permanent-ish
I think what they are doing is giving players the opportunity to catch up in terms of roster building. My theory is that they want newer players to be more evenly matched with late game accounts. These Lightspeed Bundles can help out with that but they don’t solve the problem completely. Zetas and mods will be lacking for LSB purchasers
CG wants Grandmas Christmas Card Money obviously 😂
With that comment of meathead about pvpve being his favorite game mode.. I'm suspecting a push to get players ready.. I think it's gonna be a race to the finish against another guild.. sorta like arathi basin in world of warcraft.
Love the jacket, Nooch.
The sith is calling …. They have found a relic 10!
Supposedly there is a new game mode thats rumored to come out that is a mix of pvp and pve.
I may have mentioned this in another vid but I think something big is coming (world between worlds anakin)
Game is not dying infact it’s actually grown over the summer it’s just they know everyone’s tired of the grind and of course they want more money
I think they should add a new game mode called siege where 2 guilds fight am offense battle. Could work like a mix of raid and TW
Simple answer: Because so many people are buying them. You want to boost Q4 results? Sell a bunch of packs. Executives gotta hit those quarterly metrics.
Well, I'll give you my example, I play since launch but I always think farming too boring and I left the game, came back and left for all of these years but in last week I downloaded it again to see how the game was and I see the hyperdrive bundle and see a opportunity and bought it and got excited and came back playing, without this pack I would probably have played for a few days and left again, if their goal was to return it worked for me and I'm already ready to buy the Lightspeed bundle Darth Revan and New Order and still playing
RX mentioned 🙏
RX?
@ relic 10?
@cameronshumway3226 ooooooooooh
They should add more legendary characters for new players
It could be their exit strategy to cash out but more likely it is their way to get F2P players to start spending and it worked big time. Once you start it gets easier and easier to justify spending more money. They want us to be farming the new characters and feel the pressure to spend money to get them.
It is Q4 got to inflate numbets before Q1. I dont think its going to be a "carpet pull". They just launched a pc version wouldnt make sense to shut down a game after that. I think a new mode is on the horizion and they wanted to catch up as mamy players as possible. Also quality over quanity at this point. I would be more alarmed if they launched a zeta lsb. You can have all the toys but if you dont got the zetas or mods it don't matter.
mods are less important. Barely anyone in the game has crazy good mods on all characters.
If you put a zeta on a character with trash mods you can still get by in the game and win GAC battles. I’m the example.
Do these bundles often come back? I missed a lot of good ones as I just reinstalled the game yesterday…
They will be back but the release schedule is random
They’re gunning for maybe the best portion of the next quarterly earnings conference call at EA.
If Wat slips in too before new years then every holiday season will be LSB season until the end of time 😋
I mean the light-speed bundles are the only things worth in the game. It just takes forever to get Omicrons and zetas. You get so far behind in grinding relics. 🤷♂️
Thanks, starwarsdad!
I hope I can win one of your LSB giveaways
Sign up in the january free roster review room. Everyone gets a review
Because on the discord server, someone is saying "lsb when" every 3 seconds lol
Game still made close to a 100mil last year (according to statista). Pretty sure it's not dead yet.
Yup. And that doesnt include their direct sales on the pc client or webstore
Nice jacket nooch
Kool jacket btw ❤.
Did someone say CosMc’s?
Lightspeed bundles are coming out like they are nothing
Money ? Or because of money? Could also be money?
When you look up Reddit how many people / fathers get their kids addicted to this game. That’s it
Make as much money as they can before they pull the plug ?
I don't really mind as much. They'll release them, I'll lose for one or two GACs and then I'll win all of them because all the guys who bought all the LSBs stopped playing cause they got trained on how to spend money but not on how to enjoy the game.
CG gets money and I don't give it to them and can keep playing
Cash grab… And it helps newer players catch up. I couldn’t imagine what it’d be like to start a new account in 2024. No way I’d stick around.
Any SOLID GL AKSOKA counters you want to share yet, and strategy and kill orders? TIA
Leia seems like a good counter
Leia and LV
I think CG's greedy current approach has nothing to do with SWOGH but it is a direct result of the LOTR heroes of middle heart fiasco. My 2 guesses: GC is going bankrupt or they are getting ready to sell the game. Option 1 ( most likely) they shutdown heroes of middle Earth after (pure numbers speculation here) investing millions in rights and development cost. They had to figure a way to bring in big $$$ really quickly to at least hoping to break even with it. Then someone in CG had the brilliant idea for LSBs . They did bring in a lot of $$$ but they didn't get their investment back so every cash milking strategy you see in the game (LSBs, energy ascension, episode pass...) is a desperate attempt to keep CG afloat. My second option is that following Heroes of middle Earth fiasco, CG is inflating their revenue to get ready to sell the game to another studio
BAU for CG 💰💰💰 Heres a question if the game ends what happens to the players £1000's spent on it?
Simple. Same as every other game. They spent 1000s of pounds or dollars and the game is gone.
Game is over, only option is, give me your account or delet the game ;)
If you delet the game, maybe i win first time in arena with my bundles.
PS: i have many bundle and my farm dont end. 😢
i play 2 years to get 60 Omikron 😢😢😢😢😢😢
And 0 Legends 😢😢😢😢
Give me your account! 😅
Heroyam slava!
Loving lsb 🎉, thanks to those a few mods & zetas i have viable teams for offence & defence in gac .
Aphra is fun you should bump her up , enjoying her in GC at R1 no zetas 😂
It there Christmas gifts for us that we are self need to buy
The answer is always Money. They don’t make this game out of love for the franchise. It’s all about money. Not sure why anyone would think otherwise
it ok nooch lol calm down lol
“I like money” -Mr. Krabs
To answer the video's title question, money grab!
One way to mess with every roster would be to change the GAC mode. If you use a pilot in ships that character cannot be used in a squad.
i think the answer is pretty obvious when you look at the big picture of the game and the players. TLDR they are releasing a new game. ok but why, i am in a end game guild, average gp over 11m, and these players have been together since the start of the game, and starting few months ago, we are getting at least 5 people retiring every month, there is nothing new, if you arnt spending hundreds of dollars every month you cant stay competitive in GAC, and overall the game is getting stale, every addition to the game is just another way to get more money out of you, that CG can only directly spit in your face so many times before you are done. thats part 1, part 2 is the game itself. this year especially there have been so many sweeping changes that its like we are in a early access game, nothing is getting tested and they are just dropping everything they can as quickly as they can to see what sticks. no new game modes is a big part though, thats the only thing they they havent dropped on us, why. now to tie it together with new game, the new game mode is whats going to be the main focal point to bring everyone to the new game, all the players that are tired of this game, all the new changes they keep dropping on us pretty much to beta test to clean everything up to make it as good as possible for the new game. they are raking in gobs of money with LSB's but there isnt anything that would take a lot of money being added in this game, i think because its all going to the new game. a new game, and most likely a pc only or mobile only game depending on the numbers between mobile and pc client, keeping them both up and working, having to pay for everything twice to release everything on two platforms, and server space is a lot of wasted money, one is for sure getting cut. a new game brings new players, if you arnt spending money, this game is anything but new player friendly. and it gives them a clean slate to work with with older players, at this point so many players are just bitter towards CG, no matter how good the change its always followed by, ok but this should have been here sooner, or, that doesnt make up for "x" thing they did in the past. putting a fresh coat of paint on the game will at the very least reset the reputation with some players. and to bring it back to money, the 12-13m gp accounts have nothing left to spend their money on, besides the very new character, CG isnt getting any more of their money, a new game, while burning a lot of players to the point where they wont play the new game, they will get some of the whales back on the new game, but bring in so many new whales. when you look at the big picture a new game easily makes the most sense.
Esses bundles são atrativos para o americano. O preço fica legal. Pro brasileiro, sai muito caro. Então não conseguimos comprar.
Top o' tha lore t'ya!