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@@saygoodbyetoprivacy if people him keep promoting it, there will be always some 12 y/o shopping bundles in the store with their mothers credit card. this is what keeps Capital Games alive. if only 1 of 1000 12 y/o goes shopping fancy its already stonks for CG.
This is why stuff like this is just growing in popularity every year. For every person who claims to boycott stuff like this and complain about microtransactions there's a guy willing to drop 400$ for a single character. This is the path most games are going to take and I'm honestly surprised at how slow the big companies have been about pushing it.
R4M1N0 R. Maybe they should give some major bonus to players that get to lvl 85 without spending money. I'm at 2.2mil and I've only spent $10 in 2 years!
This is crazy. It took me nearly a year of grinding to get him and an extra week of getting him to G12 before G13 hit and if a new player has $400, they could have in minutes what took me months. I mostly agree with Ahnald here, f2p may not be dead, but it sure is a foot into the grave.
Yeah but think of all the much better and cooler stuff you could buy in real life with $400 vs. spending it on pixels that will eventually die out and not have any value.
Honest, ive been a day one player, and a 100% f2p player. At this point, just enjoy the game, gather character you want/like and F the rest!! Dont spend ANY dime on this game, that, tbh... is on its downfall
Don’t be discouraged, there will always be someone higher or stronger than you. Play within your limits to what you enjoy, that’s what matters! If you’re not number one in the shard it don’t matter, just grind and enjoy!
I started this game not long after it game out on my Android phone. When Qui Gon was basically the meta. Life gets in the way. Take a couple of years off and start a new account on my now appple account. Now someone can start and do this. I don’t have the luxury of the $100 bundle, I’m disabled. I watch your videos for entertainment but this is depressing. Anyway you can throw one of those bundles over here? Lol
Ahnald is such a nice guy he knows he can be number one so easily but doesn’t want to ruin other people’s gaming experience. This is why he is me favourite youtuber.
AhnaldT101 you should just park Gary Unleashed in 3rd or 4th or 5th so you’re at least getting the Crystals, which SHOULD matter in early game. Leave 1st for the shard and own a spot further down the list.
I know right! Don't really find out anything new since we have an amazing alliance with active discord and i'm high enough to face AHNALD in GA one day . but watch just for the ... idk what :D
taliesin halliday but it’s not the wrong word, he meant to say whale. it’s a term for people who spend a lot of money on video games, and can also be used as a verb for the same purpose
Alan Smith-Emerson neither of those are right fyi. the term comes from the people being like whales in the eyes of the developers, aka the Big Fish that they’re trying to hook in
Liam Rodriguez I mean we don’t really have to watch the raid ad. That’s in the video so he gets paid either way. That being said, I don’t see why people diss on youtubers who get sponsored. Raid is giving out money like it’s nothing, I’d do the exact same thing >_
That’s ridiculous. I don’t think the developers would care. The company is made to make money. These video do two things. Scare new would be free to play players away or convince others to just buy the pack. Either way I still love this series. It’s really informative.
I’m in your shard (Bearjew). I saw you got JKR while scrolling through the arena ranks and my heart sank. First thought was how the heck you did that so soon. Then I came here and saw this. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Also very glad you’re not going to just sit at the top and dominate us all!
I didn't hyper bundle, but those players pay to have guaranteed top 10 arena slot. Only way is mixing them with totally free accounts. It also annoys old shard cuz now I am down for 240 ranks playing in too 500 only.
I was f2p, my account was about a year. And even with a year old account......the hyperdrive bundle looked so much attractive. So I spent my first money on this game, and it is still so far the only money I spent. The hyperdrive bundle was still a massive boost to my year old account.....so just imagine a day 1 account.....it is more than helping, it's game changing.
Hey Ahnald, I'm with you 100% on this. I started a new account also right after I saw your 1st ftp vid. I'm in the same shard, btw. Lol. I was floored when I logged in to run some squad arena to see you holding top spot with revan the same day!! I've only bought the dark side starter pack for $5, which unlocked Dooku for me. I've skyrocketed in Squad Arena to the 1000-500 spot very easily with that one simple pack.
I think you have a valid perspective on the game as someone whose doing a second account and comparing yourself to others in the shard, but new players actually need to progress to learn the content in manageable bites, and they don't care that they're falling behind pay to win people. You accept it, and do the best you can with what you have. Maybe you never catch up, but everything you got, you earned.
I would also like to see levels come in faster than they do, but not instantly. It took me about four months to get to level 85, and the only money I put in was for the 3 year anniversary crystals discount, one time.
spadam0 I definitely think there should be double xp. There’s no point in locking all of the content behind levels when later on xp doesn’t really matter at all
This was a great video with a great point to be made. It's pretty sad that no one really knows how much of an advantage you will have buying the hyperdrive bundle. Until you see the difference with the two accounts.
Everyone time of my friends has seen me playing swgoh, they always want to know about it. My first answer is, don't even ask. I'm too deep, you'd never catch up and you need to spend too much money at this point. This new situation with the HD bundle only emphasizes what I have been saying
I completely agree. This game has always been questionable in terms of game design (skinner boxes), but this pay-to-win has cemented my feeling that I will never, ever recommend this game to anyone. But I won't stop playing either.
That reminds of when I was a kid... All my family were smokers so I asked them if it was a nice habit. They ALL said "don't start! It's too expensive, it's not a healthy thing to do and it's bad for you" (while continuing to puff away at their cigarettes...) Now I feel exactly like that with SWGOH 😱 (I never touched a cigarette btw)
Gosh mate, I've been following you form the very beginning and also I'm almost completely f2p (2 packs purchased around holiday seasons). This game has never been so f2p unfriendly. We were discussing in the guild that if we had to start after the introduction of the Hyperdrive bundle we'll not be playing the game at all most probably. Thanks for raising the issue, because the community should be concerned with this step of CG!
Recently celebrated the 1st anniversary of my FTP account, I log in every single day and spend 10-30 minutes on daily activities, raids etc. My team consists of Palpatine, Tarkin, Thrawn, Dooku and Vader all gear 12 with three zetas overall, I have 600,000 Galactic power, less than Gary unleashed over here got in a couple hours
I definitely feel the frustration, I've spent about 20 bucks on the game and I'm having fun but it feels like even if I play consistently without missing days, it'll take years to achieve anything.
As F2P player since the hyperdrive bundle I’ve noticed a lot more Jedi knight Revan teams and it really changes squad arena and makes it more difficult
So I finally decided to spend money on the hyperdrive after watching this video. Created a new account and everything to unlock JKR fast and be top 5 in arena easily like Ahnald mentions in this video. I must be unlucky or something because I had to spend $400 just to get the requirements and I cant even get JKR because 1) they dont have good enough mods, 2) I ran out of ability mats and they are sitting at level 5/6 special abilities (7 for bastila and jolee), and 3) I dont have the gear requirements to gear them higher than gear 7 (except bastila which i leveled to gear 11). Also, my top 50 in arena has like 25 JKRs or full geo squad. This is the first and the last time I spend money on a game. I love your videos Ahnald but you cost me $400 and nothing to show for it.
@@donjohnlucero8379 no, not really, but he has no leadership. Hera is supposed to be the leader of the phoenix squad. 😀😀 You play hera as leader and then chopper, kanan, zeb, and ezra or sabine
the scary thing.. on place 2.300 are already ppl who spend 110 dollars.. the heck? and then they are to stupid to set up a team.. but lvl 80 against lvl 37.. u know who'll win
I appreciate your views on this. I had an old account that I just started up playing again. I was stuck in arena as I was severely underpowered. Felt I had to start a new account to be on equal footing. But once I was grinding with Jedi Counselor & some Ewok, I just didn’t want to go thru the grind again. So I bought the pack. So now, where I wanted to be on equal footing, I bought myself a huge advantage over f2p. I thought the pack was expensive but had great value for someone who wanted to keep playing.
Its discouraging as a content creator and ftp player. Only 2 months in and at level 47 but then watched ypur hyperdrive bundle video. I was like so depressed (still...) and considering trying another game but I love Star Wars. Thank you for at least exposing it so hopefully it gets the right attention and cause a change (positive) for current and upcoming new players. Thanks man.
I’m level 85 and I’m stuck with my paplaptine team, I’m leveling up clones but I think I’m screwed in the long run. Its prolly what I get for taking a long break of this game lol
why can't they just make it so there are F2P Servers and then when you spend you get put into a paid server or a more mature one? That way makes it more balanced.
I think you're absolutely right to be concerned about something that should take a year or more to grind out. There's no achievement in this, just buy and destroy. Thanks for all your videos (and quirks)! Subscribed today :D
Thanks mate, threw in a little over 300 and got him. Unfortunately I lack the mats to up him, since I didn’t knew this feature at the start(I’m a beginner) and did a more broad build of more characters ie. Phoenix / Jedi etc.
Me: *returns to the game after quiting due to the horrid grind and stress* Game (first thing tht happens when the game opens) : here let us show you the hyperdrive bundle Me: *see the bundle and the perks* Also me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (goes super saiyan) This is UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
I have never got Revan Jedi Knight and I am playing this game (all free) since 2 years. It took me roughly 6 months (also using the gems I gained progressively) to unlock the characters needed for Darth Revan. It is unacceptable that someone who spends just 400$ with the hyperdrive bundle arrives at my level within one day. Most of us dedicated every single day to arrive at the level we are after years without spending any money, cause I think, unless you are a UA-camr like in fact Ahnald who gains money from being one of the best in the game, there would be actually no point and just a waste of money
The hyperdrive bundle isn't for "new players" ( I'm sure CG would love if the did buy it). It's for veteran players starting a new account wanting to get a leg up on arena. They put the facade up that it is for new players as to not seem as greedy.
I 100 percent agree with this video.Ive been playing this game for a little bit over 3 years now and am free to play.I have played on and grinded 2 accounts in this whole time and still have not been capable of getting legendary characters and genuinely enjoying the game due to how long it takes to get to 85.For a long time I had thought I couldn’t get certain characters until I’m 85 where it truly starts to matter but on top of that how long it takes to get your characters to higher stars in addition to the gearing which takes the most time by far.I hope this game can be enjoyable for ftp players in the future but for how long I’ve been playing I don’t see them making any big changes.
Crazy to think about! As a F2P person if I just started out I would not consider even playing but financially for CG I cant necessarily blame them. Rewards the people early who choose to spend
I got him about a year after he came out. I wasn't target-farming him immediately when he came out, I was still trying to finish off CLS and Jedi-Rey. But once you start targeting him, it still takes months and puts you further and further behind on the newest thing that just arrived.
Only takes one year to get him f2p try and if you get atleast 1 shard of each character everyday by the end of the year your guaranteed to unlock him I dont have jedi revan yet because I farmed last yr for darth revan got him around christmas
I bought the hyperdrive bundle the first week it was out. I'd been playing on and off for a year and was level 70 with a crap character lineup. There was no journey guide, there was only the picking and choosing of the characters I liked. The only legendary character I had was a 4* Thrawn. So, I guess you could say I was disallusioned with the game. Then I got the hyperdrive bundle and the game opened up for me. I still think it's ridiculous to spend $100 on a mobile game, but I really enjoyed Star Wars and this, in theory, was really cool. Now Ahnold comes out with all these newbie videos and I'm learning stuff that the game should've taught me at level 1. I have to agree with Ahnold, I'm concerned that the devs have completely neglected the f2p people and if that trend continues it will only kill the game. Thanks for these newbie videos Ahnold, every time I learn something new from these vids I catch myself doing the Homer Simpson "DOH!" forehead slap.
That's crazy. I skipped the Jedi Knight Revan event TWICE due to lack of Gear on my characters. Never spent a single dollar for this game. Since the Journey Guide came, it kinda eases the tension knowing you can do the event on your own time and not wait for 6-8 months. But seeing that differences with the Hyperdrive....it's unreal. I would've gotten it within a heartbeat.
Yeah, no, I like earning my opportunities, I feel that I would just be instantly turned off from the game if I was instantly at lvl 85 and didn't have to do any of the missions, which Is what the majority of the game is from f2p players like myself. Making everyone have access to all the battles for siming day one ruins the journey; others, if they wish, may pay their way into getting their favorite characters and bypassing the journey, but I sure as hell won't.
Revan was the main reason I even started playing this game. People kept talking about how Revan was canon after SW:TRS I mainly wanted to play as Revan without playing KOTOR (I have it on mobile but the controls, ugh). As much as I enjoy Revan, there’s no way I would spend money like this.
Completely agree, needs to be more forgiving for new players and players who can’t afford to throw 30 euros out the window for a pack let alone hundreds for a mobile phone game. The best way to get new players in to the game is to let them choose their favourite character from a list of beginning characters to get them invested in the game. Imagine Startup the game and you’re asked who do you want to lead your dark side team with Dooku, Boba, Vader etc and depending in the “avatar” you choose, you get a nice newbie friendly quest chain which when completed keeps the shards rolling in for their team mates helping you get a group together more quickly. Boba for example gets you quests which when done throw some BH team staple shards at you like Bossk and at the end of the quest chain some crystals and a free BH pack with a guaranteed unlock of a non duplicate character. Obviously the same thing for the light side too, to help new players get the ball rolling.
I’m 1 mill gp and have been pushing for revan since around 500k and I’m still like 50 jolee shards away and he can play for a couple hours and get revan. Shit system
I started a new account last month since my google play account had infinite load screens and cg couldnt help me sort it out. Im level 44 and im enjoying the game so much, taking it in my own stride. Ive spent exactly £28 on the game getting my most favourite star wars character darth vader and few other beginner stuff that helps alot. My advice to the new players would be to just enjoy yourself and play for your most favourite star wars characters no matter how good they are.
A main issue, aside from the drums to level to unlock battles, is the random mishmash of toons that don’t synergize at all that everyone starts with. They should do an overhaul that makes it so the first characters that players can get early game are from the same faction and form their own squad. In an ideal world, I’d say make it Phoenix for Light and either Seppies or Troopers for Dark. Some may need to be changed to unlock at 2 stars. But these squads not only introduce new players to teams that have synergy and make the grind for battles, but as ahnald has pointed out, investing in them goes a long way to unlock legendaries Or maybe not those ones specifically but i think letting new players start off with a faction squad early will be better than Consular, Geo Soldier, Clone Trooper, etc
I agree. I have one account that has been entirely free to play for going on 2 years and is only 3mil. I have a lot of extra time on my hands because of my job so I made a second free to play account on my tablet, and that account has been going for 3 months and is only 200k level 75. There are full G13R7 DR and JKR in my arena. I have been very focused in my character farming and no where near that. I don’t even have a 7* team yet since I chose to go for Seps. The gap between that account and anyone who spent money is ridiculous
I love this video how it’s actually possible to get a character that takes years to get in a day but there is no way I could ever get that money to spend on a game. RIP F2P Account 2019 - 2020.
I agree with you Grand Admiral, we should be worried! I have been f2p since 2016 and it would be crazy if your hyberdrive bundle can make you get Darth Revan before me...
I decided to use the code for the PC Raid: Shadow Legends, just kinda on a whim. The code worked. Got all the bonus stuff plus some I think! it's a pretty game, with familiar controls. it was easy to pick up and start using. Though, I think swgoh still edges it out on ease of use. With the little intro story it gives you a reason to care about the main character you choose. All in all, it's not a bad little game.
i think giving everybody lvl 85 or unlocking evry battle takes away a lot of fun at the begining but there needs to be something to speed everything up, maybe give non hyperdrive bundle players double drops until they are lvl 80, more missions and rewards or somethimg like this.
The hyper bundle is the way to go if you have the funds it makes the experience way better. It’s like buying a limited edition PC/console game. This bundle will give you all you need from the jump and get you things you normally wouldn’t get early in the game. Either or the game is still fun I played about 4 months before I got the bundle and it wasn’t bad just have to be committed everyday and focused. I focused on the Phoenix team and was able to get Thrawn, Palp and Yoda without the bundle.
I don't play anymore haven't for like 6 months. But I do still watch your streams Ahnald. Tbh I feel sorry for the F2P players. I never spent any money on this game thank god
This is a difficult problem. I think more frequent double drops may encourage new players to spend a little money on crystals/ energy and doubling the XP gained on everything may be a decent start
Tbh being f2p like me gives you more satisfaction when i finally unlocked palpatine and thrawn i was so happy cuz i had been farming phoenix shards for along time. I mean if ur p2w u just give the money u collected from christmas and boom jedi revan on day one rn im dreaming of unlock jedi revan cuz im only lvl 60
I’m a level 67 I’ve worked hard to get where I’ve gotten since the day of release I’ve took breaks from it but I agree with you they need to help new people out
So for quick math. It takes 111 days to break even on crystals earnings if you spend $300 to get JKR day one and hold #1 the entire time. If you can hold #1 for 4 months, you've "saved" yourself money by hyperspace bundle+JKR unlock spending. Or rather you'll have earned the equivalent of 3 Vaults of crystals. (assuming people who don't buy the hyperdrive bundle can't break top 100)
Starting out at the very beginning level of F2P needs to be bumped up for sure as it takes a while to just get things unlocked and to really be able to enjoy the game. With this said, it is a good incentive and gives the experience of a personal gaming achievement to be able to unlock say "ships" or certain events. The hyper drive bundle alleviates these "road block issues" but at a cost. I think starting everyone at level 50 with a choice of 10 characters (including prior marquee but not event characters like revan, malak, etc.) unlocked at 4 stars for free to play. I addition you get 300 sim tickets, 500 crystals, 50 mk3 ability materials, 20 omegas and 1 zeta. This will make the beginning of the game a lot more fun to play, will keep people playing and add diversity to the beginning of the SWGOH experience. The Hyperdrive bundle would not be so bad then but getting revan before 6-12 months should be hindered in some way.
This experiment is amazing. Thank you Ahnald. I’m a f2P player and I barely play anymore because it’s SO money hungry. You actually CANNOT effectively play the game without paying a lot of money at this point.
I definitely like this game. Been playing for a couple years now. The amount of money they want you to spend is astronomical. I still don’t have any of the top end best characters but I’m not spending hundreds of dollars on a game that I play for maybe an hour a day. I could see throwing 20 bucks here or there but that will not get you anything. Still a fun game though. I’m not saying it’s not, but I know I’m not the only one who doesn’t want to throw a butt ton of money into a mobile game.
Well, this is very premature thought but it just came to mind. Maybe the average level of a squad should be considered when the arena unlocked? obviously the unlocking of arena with the hyper drive bundle will net the hyper-drive purchasers together and the free to play will be the level that the arena unlocks at so that might help. then the other arenas can be pooled by length of time played and GP? my reasoning with ships is they will be like 600k at 85 with 1 day played so the hyper-bundle folks get looped together.
I’m a F2P player currently at lvl76 and I think the simple fix for all this would have been to separate Bundlers into separate Arena and Fleet shards. If they did that I wouldn’t have any issues with them spending. I was lvl 59 when the Bundle came out and went from top 50-100 in my arena shard to lucky to break the top 500 at payout. Also I held off a few days to try and not get put into the same fleet shard but can barely crack the top 200 there because of them...
Yo ahnald im actually in your shard with a hyperdrive and I seen your revan and thought we were screwed. Respect for taking it out the entire shard thanks you 😂
Haha I would never do that to you guys because I’m experimenting 😂 I’ll probably use it on offense but I’ll switch out my defense to something else so others can climb
I had a mate who started a new account as this came out while ive been playing off and on for the past 4 years. Hes about to pass me in GP (2.5mil), has JTR and Darth Revan G13 and fully zeta'd, and because he was able to get to 1st in Squad arena with no effort, hes been gearing toons like a madman.
Lol that segue. I came in here ready to call bull on you, but I didnt know about those packs. I've been farming for JKR for awhile now and that is a long farm. Definitely going to save my daily crystals for those packs. And while I agree a new player is screwed as far as staying competitive in the arena, I feel that's about it. For me tho, arena is no big deal. If there wasn't a daily quest for it I wouldn't even bother.
I quit like 3+ years ago probably, started as F2P and made a droid team way back and managed to stay top 1-5 even against whales which i was proud of, but eventually they pulled too far ahead and i lost motivation. However seeing this pack, must be soul crushing for new players.
as someone whos played this game for over 2 years and only paid 80 for stuff in this game, i often think about just quitting the game because of how frustrating it is to farm all the good characters
aAs a player that restarted playing a few months ago, i did not consider that early phase of grinding to be too much of an issue because of how you feel after you can finally adquire that character that you've been aiming, for like JKR in my case, which wouldn't exist if it was too easy to get those certain characters. But now, knowing how easily JKR can be adquired if you just whale a bit of money, while the F2P community has to whale time and effort is quite heartbreaking.
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You know what is funny, in my country, the Hyperdrive bundle only estimates to about 134 $
No Galactic Empire in Raid? It's treason then...
Dont wear glasses in your videos. It is canon that there are no glasses in star wars. (at least in the old canon)
Nice one, thanks - giving it a try out :)
I agree with everything you said
The fact that $200 is considered a good deal really says something about the state of the game
you can buy a refurbished PS4 for @200
NeonPhyzics yeah I bought my refurbished Xbox one for $100 lol
I still can't believe people spend money on phone trash games.
@@saygoodbyetoprivacy if people him keep promoting it, there will be always some 12 y/o shopping bundles in the store with their mothers credit card. this is what keeps Capital Games alive. if only 1 of 1000 12 y/o goes shopping fancy its already stonks for CG.
This is why stuff like this is just growing in popularity every year. For every person who claims to boycott stuff like this and complain about microtransactions there's a guy willing to drop 400$ for a single character. This is the path most games are going to take and I'm honestly surprised at how slow the big companies have been about pushing it.
That laugh after the Rey'd Shadow Legends joke is legendary.
R4M1N0 R. Maybe they should give some major bonus to players that get to lvl 85 without spending money. I'm at 2.2mil and I've only spent $10 in 2 years!
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@@dersumc4343 Der Kellerbaron ist überall
Yeah.. It was pretty epic!! This guy CRACKS ME UP!
Oof 😅
This is crazy. It took me nearly a year of grinding to get him and an extra week of getting him to G12 before G13 hit and if a new player has $400, they could have in minutes what took me months. I mostly agree with Ahnald here, f2p may not be dead, but it sure is a foot into the grave.
Jacen T. Took me the same amount of time, even if I had the money I wouldn’t spend it. More sense of achievement in grinding than spending
O hi
@@FTF96 I still don't have him.
Still dont even have malak, but a pretty solid relic jkr squad
Yeah but think of all the much better and cooler stuff you could buy in real life with $400 vs. spending it on pixels that will eventually die out and not have any value.
As a new f2p player, this is REALLY discouraging :(
Just remember that you have $200 dollars more than others :D
Honest, ive been a day one player, and a 100% f2p player. At this point, just enjoy the game, gather character you want/like and F the rest!! Dont spend ANY dime on this game, that, tbh... is on its downfall
Don’t be discouraged, there will always be someone higher or stronger than you. Play within your limits to what you enjoy, that’s what matters! If you’re not number one in the shard it don’t matter, just grind and enjoy!
I started this game not long after it game out on my Android phone. When Qui Gon was basically the meta. Life gets in the way. Take a couple of years off and start a new account on my now appple account. Now someone can start and do this. I don’t have the luxury of the $100 bundle, I’m disabled. I watch your videos for entertainment but this is depressing. Anyway you can throw one of those bundles over here? Lol
I just play like...
Pheonix squad(Thrawn/Palp)
Empire (R2)
New hope(Com Luke)
Jedi(Gm yoda)
Then just branch into whatever
F2P: Let's get this party st...
CG: This F2P party is over
F2P: This is where the fun stops
Alabastar Agave Awesome third line should’ve been said by “Whale”
Ahnald is such a nice guy he knows he can be number one so easily but doesn’t want to ruin other people’s gaming experience. This is why he is me favourite youtuber.
Haha it just feels wrong to do that! Really honored being one of your favorite people on youtube! Means a lot :)
He would only ruin the whale's experience. The guys who already ruining everyone else's.
Unless you share his payout 🤦♂️
ph33rmyl33tskillz nah... just people who bought hyperdrive. Those aren’t whales.
AhnaldT101 you should just park Gary Unleashed in 3rd or 4th or 5th so you’re at least getting the Crystals, which SHOULD matter in early game. Leave 1st for the shard and own a spot further down the list.
I’ve been playing for 4 years and ONLY AHNALD can have me watching and keep me interested in....beginner videos!
Ahnald is the game for me, love him
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I know right! Don't really find out anything new since we have an amazing alliance with active discord and i'm high enough to face AHNALD in GA one day . but watch just for the ... idk what :D
You’re definitely not overreacting. Thank you for shedding light on this. The disparity between FTP and P2P is getting out of hand.......
How to get Jedi Knight Revan on Day 1?!? Whale to get the Hyperdrive bundle and THEN Whale Harder on bundles. Ahnald has cracked the code! : D
@@taliesinhalliday "Whale", as in "rich enough to hunt whales" or "rich enough to eat enough to be mistaken for a whale".
@@taliesinhalliday dont get mad at him cause you're stupid LOL
taliesin halliday but it’s not the wrong word, he meant to say whale. it’s a term for people who spend a lot of money on video games, and can also be used as a verb for the same purpose
Alan Smith-Emerson neither of those are right fyi. the term comes from the people being like whales in the eyes of the developers, aka the Big Fish that they’re trying to hook in
Mr Spaghetti 🤔 🐳 is not a fish
I actually didn’t skip the Rey’d Shadow legends sponsor part cuz I laughed lol ggs boys
Nothing wrong with that part, he has to get paid for his time somehow. I watch all the adds as a little of my time helps him to make content I enjoy.
@@jamesmott5181 Same. He spends a lot of time and money on these videos, if we can spend 30 seconds to a minute watching an ad, we should.
@@LiamRodriguez1967 agreed, we all gotta do our part to help the channel
Liam Rodriguez I mean we don’t really have to watch the raid ad. That’s in the video so he gets paid either way. That being said, I don’t see why people diss on youtubers who get sponsored. Raid is giving out money like it’s nothing, I’d do the exact same thing >_
That’s ridiculous. I don’t think the developers would care. The company is made to make money. These video do two things. Scare new would be free to play players away or convince others to just buy the pack.
Either way I still love this series. It’s really informative.
Rip FTP, but I like a challenge, so I’m going keep on pushing
Keep at it. Make sure you're using discord!
@@Phyrre56 you can compete at top arena, but it will take like 2 years to catch up haha
As long as the game is somewhat enjoyable the free to play people will sill play
Sarmatius and by then there will be 5 more legendary events that make all current meta and initiatives pointless.
I'm proud of my 3.1 million F2P galactic power. It has taken a year but I just unlocked Jedi knight Revan.
casually throwing 600$ on an experiment, CG seniors appreciate your decision :D
Lmao yeah I'm sure they like me doing all this for them xD
This comment didnt age well
Ive had the game for going on 4 years now and i still dont have Jedi Revan lol rip jeeeez
Rev how lol
Lol how? I restarted last year and Im nearly ready for malak
ZockEnderLP right? I started in March and I have malak lol
@@darthchoco4022 well never chasing these characters xd
@@darthchoco4022 tjeez u rich or nonliving
EA:s goal is to kill their game i bet but my goal is to get pinned
Dexxert next time!... gotta have Raid pinned today lol
@@AhnaldT101 you can't pin two posts? He definitely deserves a pin for that.
Graham Floyd you can only pin one comment per video.
They’re trying to murder it
I’m in your shard (Bearjew). I saw you got JKR while scrolling through the arena ranks and my heart sank. First thought was how the heck you did that so soon. Then I came here and saw this. Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Also very glad you’re not going to just sit at the top and dominate us all!
*Sees Video Title* “I have a bad feeling about this...”
I’m so early the younglings are still alive.
Revan in one day? Wow, just wow. That's like getting ultron in msf on day one.
I was wondering what that equivilant would be. Thats nuts
Great comment, even greater name
Lol at that point of game you can have all the chars in one day. All about money:)
If CG was to try and fix this, they could put all players who bought the Hyperdrive bundle into their own arena shard.
That’s equivalent to moving all P2P to their own shard and F2P to their own shard. Makes no sense
I didn't hyper bundle, but those players pay to have guaranteed top 10 arena slot. Only way is mixing them with totally free accounts. It also annoys old shard cuz now I am down for 240 ranks playing in too 500 only.
I was f2p, my account was about a year. And even with a year old account......the hyperdrive bundle looked so much attractive.
So I spent my first money on this game, and it is still so far the only money I spent. The hyperdrive bundle was still a massive boost to my year old account.....so just imagine a day 1 account.....it is more than helping, it's game changing.
Hey Ahnald,
I'm with you 100% on this. I started a new account also right after I saw your 1st ftp vid. I'm in the same shard, btw. Lol. I was floored when I logged in to run some squad arena to see you holding top spot with revan the same day!!
I've only bought the dark side starter pack for $5, which unlocked Dooku for me. I've skyrocketed in Squad Arena to the 1000-500 spot very easily with that one simple pack.
I think you have a valid perspective on the game as someone whose doing a second account and comparing yourself to others in the shard, but new players actually need to progress to learn the content in manageable bites, and they don't care that they're falling behind pay to win people. You accept it, and do the best you can with what you have. Maybe you never catch up, but everything you got, you earned.
Sure but how long do new players need to learn for? A year seems like a long time.
I would also like to see levels come in faster than they do, but not instantly. It took me about four months to get to level 85, and the only money I put in was for the 3 year anniversary crystals discount, one time.
spadam0 I definitely think there should be double xp. There’s no point in locking all of the content behind levels when later on xp doesn’t really matter at all
This was a great video with a great point to be made. It's pretty sad that no one really knows how much of an advantage you will have buying the hyperdrive bundle. Until you see the difference with the two accounts.
Everyone time of my friends has seen me playing swgoh, they always want to know about it. My first answer is, don't even ask. I'm too deep, you'd never catch up and you need to spend too much money at this point. This new situation with the HD bundle only emphasizes what I have been saying
I completely agree. This game has always been questionable in terms of game design (skinner boxes), but this pay-to-win has cemented my feeling that I will never, ever recommend this game to anyone. But I won't stop playing either.
That reminds of when I was a kid... All my family were smokers so I asked them if it was a nice habit. They ALL said "don't start! It's too expensive, it's not a healthy thing to do and it's bad for you" (while continuing to puff away at their cigarettes...)
Now I feel exactly like that with SWGOH 😱
(I never touched a cigarette btw)
Gosh mate, I've been following you form the very beginning and also I'm almost completely f2p (2 packs purchased around holiday seasons). This game has never been so f2p unfriendly. We were discussing in the guild that if we had to start after the introduction of the Hyperdrive bundle we'll not be playing the game at all most probably. Thanks for raising the issue, because the community should be concerned with this step of CG!
If there’s a whale, there’s a way
4 years later there is a ls bundle with all these toons AND Revan, all relic 3, for $10 😂
Lmao!
Nothing is safe from the grind now.
Recently celebrated the 1st anniversary of my FTP account, I log in every single day and spend 10-30 minutes on daily activities, raids etc. My team consists of Palpatine, Tarkin, Thrawn, Dooku and Vader all gear 12 with three zetas overall, I have 600,000 Galactic power, less than Gary unleashed over here got in a couple hours
That’s less power than just the hyperdrive bundle. I guess when he said “this is a year’s worth of progress” he meant it ._.
A guy in my Guild bought the bindle then asked me how to Set mods 😂😂😂
I definitely feel the frustration, I've spent about 20 bucks on the game and I'm having fun but it feels like even if I play consistently without missing days, it'll take years to achieve anything.
Sometimes I feel nervous about spending 100$ on something, then I remember there are some people who have dropped 400$ to destroy their shards
As F2P player since the hyperdrive bundle I’ve noticed a lot more Jedi knight Revan teams and it really changes squad arena and makes it more difficult
So I finally decided to spend money on the hyperdrive after watching this video. Created a new account and everything to unlock JKR fast and be top 5 in arena easily like Ahnald mentions in this video. I must be unlucky or something because I had to spend $400 just to get the requirements and I cant even get JKR because 1) they dont have good enough mods, 2) I ran out of ability mats and they are sitting at level 5/6 special abilities (7 for bastila and jolee), and 3) I dont have the gear requirements to gear them higher than gear 7 (except bastila which i leveled to gear 11). Also, my top 50 in arena has like 25 JKRs or full geo squad. This is the first and the last time I spend money on a game. I love your videos Ahnald but you cost me $400 and nothing to show for it.
Laughing out loud boyy
Do you have him now?
@@Fly_Silver yeah.
You should buy the hypderdrive bundle on your main account to show people what it looks like if you buy it at endgame
Min 12:50
The guy put ezra in the lead😂😂
Sorry im a noob, ezra sucks as character???
@@donjohnlucero8379 no, not really, but he has no leadership. Hera is supposed to be the leader of the phoenix squad. 😀😀
You play hera as leader and then chopper, kanan, zeb, and ezra or sabine
HAHAHAHA!
the scary thing.. on place 2.300 are already ppl who spend 110 dollars.. the heck?
and then they are to stupid to set up a team.. but lvl 80 against lvl 37.. u know who'll win
I appreciate your views on this. I had an old account that I just started up playing again. I was stuck in arena as I was severely underpowered. Felt I had to start a new account to be on equal footing. But once I was grinding with Jedi Counselor & some Ewok, I just didn’t want to go thru the grind again. So I bought the pack. So now, where I wanted to be on equal footing, I bought myself a huge advantage over f2p. I thought the pack was expensive but had great value for someone who wanted to keep playing.
You make some excellent points. I totally agree with you. They really need to help the f2p players.
Its discouraging as a content creator and ftp player. Only 2 months in and at level 47 but then watched ypur hyperdrive bundle video. I was like so depressed (still...) and considering trying another game but I love Star Wars. Thank you for at least exposing it so hopefully it gets the right attention and cause a change (positive) for current and upcoming new players. Thanks man.
I’m level 85 and I’m stuck with my paplaptine team, I’m leveling up clones but I think I’m screwed in the long run. Its prolly what I get for taking a long break of this game lol
wow, this is wild. Can't say I'm too surprised considering the more recent moves from CG, but it's still a big slap in the face.
why can't they just make it so there are F2P Servers and then when you spend you get put into a paid server or a more mature one? That way makes it more balanced.
If they do that who will the whalers lord their accounts over?
And you wouldn’t have incentive of putting f2p players over and over against whalers and slowly convincing them that they just need to spend a bit.
Whales spend money to be this best if they spend 1000 and loose they would never do it again
I think you're absolutely right to be concerned about something that should take a year or more to grind out. There's no achievement in this, just buy and destroy. Thanks for all your videos (and quirks)! Subscribed today :D
Am i the only one who would love to see Starkiller (from Force Unleashed 1 and/or 2) in SWGoH?
I want them to add meetra surik after her connection to the force is regained
Disney doesn’t consider star killer cannon i don’t think so... sorry, bud :/
@@Zlittlepenguin riiiip. Man c'mon. Who needs disney lmao! Anyway, thanks bud! Have a good day/night
Scorpio yeah I know it sucks. Disney really ruined a lot of things lol
A year as a F2P player made me one of my guild's strongest members. The grind really does work, but whaling works so much faster
That was the best Ad intro I've ever seen for it.
Thanks mate, threw in a little over 300 and got him. Unfortunately I lack the mats to up him, since I didn’t knew this feature at the start(I’m a beginner) and did a more broad build of more characters ie. Phoenix / Jedi etc.
That's why I quit SWGOH last year. Every now and then I bought something's but this is taking the P2W aspect to the extreme!
Wish I had found your vids when I first started man. Loving the info for lower league players. Thanks champ
Me: *returns to the game after quiting due to the horrid grind and stress*
Game (first thing tht happens when the game opens) : here let us show you the hyperdrive bundle
Me: *see the bundle and the perks*
Also me: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (goes super saiyan) This is UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
I have never got Revan Jedi Knight and I am playing this game (all free) since 2 years. It took me roughly 6 months (also using the gems I gained progressively) to unlock the characters needed for Darth Revan. It is unacceptable that someone who spends just 400$ with the hyperdrive bundle arrives at my level within one day. Most of us dedicated every single day to arrive at the level we are after years without spending any money, cause I think, unless you are a UA-camr like in fact Ahnald who gains money from being one of the best in the game, there would be actually no point and just a waste of money
The hyperdrive bundle isn't for "new players" ( I'm sure CG would love if the did buy it). It's for veteran players starting a new account wanting to get a leg up on arena. They put the facade up that it is for new players as to not seem as greedy.
I was about to write the same comment but decided to stay out of negativity. Still very well said. Praise the jawas meta back in 2015
I 100 percent agree with this video.Ive been playing this game for a little bit over 3 years now and am free to play.I have played on and grinded 2 accounts in this whole time and still have not been capable of getting legendary characters and genuinely enjoying the game due to how long it takes to get to 85.For a long time I had thought I couldn’t get certain characters until I’m 85 where it truly starts to matter but on top of that how long it takes to get your characters to higher stars in addition to the gearing which takes the most time by far.I hope this game can be enjoyable for ftp players in the future but for how long I’ve been playing I don’t see them making any big changes.
1:46 funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time
Crazy to think about! As a F2P person if I just started out I would not consider even playing but financially for CG I cant necessarily blame them. Rewards the people early who choose to spend
Probably the only UA-cam whose adds i dont skipp
Took me like 6 months to get JKR as f2p and im almost 4M GP lol
These packs are for F2P too. This has helped me, a three month player, majorly. I have bastila Shan at 6* and all the other old republic at 4*
I've been playing for 2+ years and still don't have JKR... What is this...
Youre not dropping $500
I got him about a year after he came out. I wasn't target-farming him immediately when he came out, I was still trying to finish off CLS and Jedi-Rey. But once you start targeting him, it still takes months and puts you further and further behind on the newest thing that just arrived.
I.ve been plaing for almost 2 years and I still don.t have jtr and she.s older than revan in the game :)))
Only takes one year to get him f2p try and if you get atleast 1 shard of each character everyday by the end of the year your guaranteed to unlock him I dont have jedi revan yet because I farmed last yr for darth revan got him around christmas
I started playing this game a few weeks ago and was hesitant on the hyper drive bundle but it was absolutely worth it!!
Well Herm Edwards said “You pay to win the game”
I bought the hyperdrive bundle the first week it was out. I'd been playing on and off for a year and was level 70 with a crap character lineup. There was no journey guide, there was only the picking and choosing of the characters I liked. The only legendary character I had was a 4* Thrawn. So, I guess you could say I was disallusioned with the game. Then I got the hyperdrive bundle and the game opened up for me. I still think it's ridiculous to spend $100 on a mobile game, but I really enjoyed Star Wars and this, in theory, was really cool.
Now Ahnold comes out with all these newbie videos and I'm learning stuff that the game should've taught me at level 1.
I have to agree with Ahnold, I'm concerned that the devs have completely neglected the f2p people and if that trend continues it will only kill the game.
Thanks for these newbie videos Ahnold, every time I learn something new from these vids I catch myself doing the Homer Simpson "DOH!" forehead slap.
I’ve been playing for years and I’m no where near getting Jedi knight revan
That's crazy. I skipped the Jedi Knight Revan event TWICE due to lack of Gear on my characters. Never spent a single dollar for this game. Since the Journey Guide came, it kinda eases the tension knowing you can do the event on your own time and not wait for 6-8 months. But seeing that differences with the Hyperdrive....it's unreal. I would've gotten it within a heartbeat.
Yeah, no, I like earning my opportunities, I feel that I would just be instantly turned off from the game if I was instantly at lvl 85 and didn't have to do any of the missions, which Is what the majority of the game is from f2p players like myself. Making everyone have access to all the battles for siming day one ruins the journey; others, if they wish, may pay their way into getting their favorite characters and bypassing the journey, but I sure as hell won't.
Revan was the main reason I even started playing this game. People kept talking about how Revan was canon after SW:TRS I mainly wanted to play as Revan without playing KOTOR (I have it on mobile but the controls, ugh). As much as I enjoy Revan, there’s no way I would spend money like this.
This makes my 2 years of playing this look like a joke...
Completely agree, needs to be more forgiving for new players and players who can’t afford to throw 30 euros out the window for a pack let alone hundreds for a mobile phone game. The best way to get new players in to the game is to let them choose their favourite character from a list of beginning characters to get them invested in the game. Imagine Startup the game and you’re asked who do you want to lead your dark side team with Dooku, Boba, Vader etc and depending in the “avatar” you choose, you get a nice newbie friendly quest chain which when completed keeps the shards rolling in for their team mates helping you get a group together more quickly. Boba for example gets you quests which when done throw some BH team staple shards at you like Bossk and at the end of the quest chain some crystals and a free BH pack with a guaranteed unlock of a non duplicate character. Obviously the same thing for the light side too, to help new players get the ball rolling.
I’m 1 mill gp and have been pushing for revan since around 500k and I’m still like 50 jolee shards away and he can play for a couple hours and get revan. Shit system
I started a new account last month since my google play account had infinite load screens and cg couldnt help me sort it out.
Im level 44 and im enjoying the game so much, taking it in my own stride. Ive spent exactly £28 on the game getting my most favourite star wars character darth vader and few other beginner stuff that helps alot. My advice to the new players would be to just enjoy yourself and play for your most favourite star wars characters no matter how good they are.
Much Respect for not throwing your JNR in the arena a lot of guys wouldn't do that Gary unleashed is a nice Bad Ass
A main issue, aside from the drums to level to unlock battles, is the random mishmash of toons that don’t synergize at all that everyone starts with.
They should do an overhaul that makes it so the first characters that players can get early game are from the same faction and form their own squad.
In an ideal world, I’d say make it Phoenix for Light and either Seppies or Troopers for Dark. Some may need to be changed to unlock at 2 stars. But these squads not only introduce new players to teams that have synergy and make the grind for battles, but as ahnald has pointed out, investing in them goes a long way to unlock legendaries
Or maybe not those ones specifically but i think letting new players start off with a faction squad early will be better than Consular, Geo Soldier, Clone Trooper, etc
I agree. I have one account that has been entirely free to play for going on 2 years and is only 3mil. I have a lot of extra time on my hands because of my job so I made a second free to play account on my tablet, and that account has been going for 3 months and is only 200k level 75. There are full G13R7 DR and JKR in my arena. I have been very focused in my character farming and no where near that. I don’t even have a 7* team yet since I chose to go for Seps. The gap between that account and anyone who spent money is ridiculous
I love this video how it’s actually possible to get a character that takes years to get in a day but there is no way I could ever get that money to spend on a game. RIP F2P Account 2019 - 2020.
I agree with you Grand Admiral, we should be worried! I have been f2p since 2016 and it would be crazy if your hyberdrive bundle can make you get Darth Revan before me...
I decided to use the code for the PC Raid: Shadow Legends, just kinda on a whim. The code worked. Got all the bonus stuff plus some I think! it's a pretty game, with familiar controls. it was easy to pick up and start using. Though, I think swgoh still edges it out on ease of use. With the little intro story it gives you a reason to care about the main character you choose. All in all, it's not a bad little game.
i think giving everybody lvl 85 or unlocking evry battle takes away a lot of fun at the begining but there needs to be something to speed everything up, maybe give non hyperdrive bundle players double drops until they are lvl 80, more missions and rewards or somethimg like this.
The hyper bundle is the way to go if you have the funds it makes the experience way better. It’s like buying a limited edition PC/console game. This bundle will give you all you need from the jump and get you things you normally wouldn’t get early in the game. Either or the game is still fun I played about 4 months before I got the bundle and it wasn’t bad just have to be committed everyday and focused. I focused on the Phoenix team and was able to get Thrawn, Palp and Yoda without the bundle.
Honestly, given that (as you've shown in later videos) Imperial Troopers can wreck some of these teams... it's not so bad for the f2p. :)
I don't play anymore haven't for like 6 months. But I do still watch your streams Ahnald. Tbh I feel sorry for the F2P players. I never spent any money on this game thank god
This is a difficult problem. I think more frequent double drops may encourage new players to spend a little money on crystals/ energy and doubling the XP gained on everything may be a decent start
Tbh being f2p like me gives you more satisfaction when i finally unlocked palpatine and thrawn i was so happy cuz i had been farming phoenix shards for along time. I mean if ur p2w u just give the money u collected from christmas and boom jedi revan on day one rn im dreaming of unlock jedi revan cuz im only lvl 60
I’m a level 67 I’ve worked hard to get where I’ve gotten since the day of release I’ve took breaks from it but I agree with you they need to help new people out
I've been playing for about a year, and just unlocked Jedi Knight Revan, seems fair lol. And they probably will have a better geared Revan than me...
So for quick math. It takes 111 days to break even on crystals earnings if you spend $300 to get JKR day one and hold #1 the entire time. If you can hold #1 for 4 months, you've "saved" yourself money by hyperspace bundle+JKR unlock spending. Or rather you'll have earned the equivalent of 3 Vaults of crystals. (assuming people who don't buy the hyperdrive bundle can't break top 100)
Starting out at the very beginning level of F2P needs to be bumped up for sure as it takes a while to just get things unlocked and to really be able to enjoy the game. With this said, it is a good incentive and gives the experience of a personal gaming achievement to be able to unlock say "ships" or certain events. The hyper drive bundle alleviates these "road block issues" but at a cost. I think starting everyone at level 50 with a choice of 10 characters (including prior marquee but not event characters like revan, malak, etc.) unlocked at 4 stars for free to play. I addition you get 300 sim tickets, 500 crystals, 50 mk3 ability materials, 20 omegas and 1 zeta. This will make the beginning of the game a lot more fun to play, will keep people playing and add diversity to the beginning of the SWGOH experience. The Hyperdrive bundle would not be so bad then but getting revan before 6-12 months should be hindered in some way.
This is huge man! Holy crapola
This experiment is amazing. Thank you Ahnald. I’m a f2P player and I barely play anymore because it’s SO money hungry. You actually CANNOT effectively play the game without paying a lot of money at this point.
I definitely like this game. Been playing for a couple years now. The amount of money they want you to spend is astronomical. I still don’t have any of the top end best characters but I’m not spending hundreds of dollars on a game that I play for maybe an hour a day. I could see throwing 20 bucks here or there but that will not get you anything. Still a fun game though. I’m not saying it’s not, but I know I’m not the only one who doesn’t want to throw a butt ton of money into a mobile game.
Impressive 631 Juhani shards. Holy ... ;-) Keep up your great work, I am enjoying every single video.
Well, this is very premature thought but it just came to mind. Maybe the average level of a squad should be considered when the arena unlocked? obviously the unlocking of arena with the hyper drive bundle will net the hyper-drive purchasers together and the free to play will be the level that the arena unlocks at so that might help. then the other arenas can be pooled by length of time played and GP? my reasoning with ships is they will be like 600k at 85 with 1 day played so the hyper-bundle folks get looped together.
Anyone here in 2024 where light speed bundles are a thing?
I’m a F2P player currently at lvl76 and I think the simple fix for all this would have been to separate Bundlers into separate Arena and Fleet shards. If they did that I wouldn’t have any issues with them spending. I was lvl 59 when the Bundle came out and went from top 50-100 in my arena shard to lucky to break the top 500 at payout. Also I held off a few days to try and not get put into the same fleet shard but can barely crack the top 200 there because of them...
You got me with the Rey(d) shadow legends meme 😂 I’ve seen it before but honestly wasn’t expecting it.
Yo ahnald im actually in your shard with a hyperdrive and I seen your revan and thought we were screwed. Respect for taking it out the entire shard thanks you 😂
Haha I would never do that to you guys because I’m experimenting 😂 I’ll probably use it on offense but I’ll switch out my defense to something else so others can climb
We appreciate it :)
I had a mate who started a new account as this came out while ive been playing off and on for the past 4 years. Hes about to pass me in GP (2.5mil), has JTR and Darth Revan G13 and fully zeta'd, and because he was able to get to 1st in Squad arena with no effort, hes been gearing toons like a madman.
Had hahahaha
@@incognitospider330 I work with him and call him a whale everyday ;)
Lol that segue.
I came in here ready to call bull on you, but I didnt know about those packs. I've been farming for JKR for awhile now and that is a long farm. Definitely going to save my daily crystals for those packs. And while I agree a new player is screwed as far as staying competitive in the arena, I feel that's about it. For me tho, arena is no big deal. If there wasn't a daily quest for it I wouldn't even bother.
I quit like 3+ years ago probably, started as F2P and made a droid team way back and managed to stay top 1-5 even against whales which i was proud of, but eventually they pulled too far ahead and i lost motivation. However seeing this pack, must be soul crushing for new players.
as someone whos played this game for over 2 years and only paid 80 for stuff in this game, i often think about just quitting the game because of how frustrating it is to farm all the good characters
aAs a player that restarted playing a few months ago, i did not consider that early phase of grinding to be too much of an issue because of how you feel after you can finally adquire that character that you've been aiming, for like JKR in my case, which wouldn't exist if it was too easy to get those certain characters. But now, knowing how easily JKR can be adquired if you just whale a bit of money, while the F2P community has to whale time and effort is quite heartbreaking.