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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 >_
The game is still fun F2P. You just have to accept a few truths. You'll never, ever compete at the top of Arenas. And your progress is going to be pretty slow. As long as you can live with those general truths...the game still functions just fine.
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.
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)
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
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.
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
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.
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
@@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
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.
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 $400 and nothing to show for it.
I’m level 85 and I’m stuck with my paplaptine team, I’m leveling up clones but I think I’m screwed in the long run. Its prolly what I get for taking a long break of this game lol
I have never got Revan Jedi Knight and I am playing this game (all free) since 2 years. It took me roughly 6 months (also using the gems I gained progressively) to unlock the characters needed for Darth Revan. It is unacceptable that someone who spends just 400$ 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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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
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
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
This is so annoying. I have played so long and these players come along with 100,000 power teams. Why does CG have to ruin F2P? Ahnald, your such a legend for pointing this stuff out.
On a fresh shard, getting to top of arena day 1, the amount of free crystals alone you'd get would be far more valuable than the $200 you'd spend on those packs. If you're willing to buy hyperdrive, you'll clearly be willing to buy crystals, and you'd get far more in value back. It's crazy.
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
Have to be totally honest, I have grinded this game for over 6 months without ever spending a dime and have a full 7 star team of G12 Jedi, on the path unlocking hermit yoda, Jedi Revan and Obi-Wan. And in my mind, the accomplishment it feels to finally get one of those top end characters (like Grandmaster Yoda) is incredible and helps to keep me interested in the game because the grind to become great is long but so worth it, and basically just jumping to the top of leaderboards or even competing at the top wouldn’t be fun in any way if there is no grind or feeling of accomplishment to actually get to the top other than just spending hundreds of dollars. Might be different from a lot of people, just my personal opinion of the game tho.
So I decided to follow your lead Grand Admiral and created a new account following the seperatists might. While playing arena I stumbled upon the greatest 1v1 in SWGOH history... Two g4 clone wars Chewbaccas slugging it out for 4 minutes
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.
I know this video was posted 5 months ago but for those that didn’t know there are hidden and secret packs like JKR for basically all legendary characters
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
Once you get out to the first team, the F2P experience becomes A LOT easier. I am mad that it took me 6 months to get him and people can pay money to get better versions of him
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.
I think they should add something at the $10 price point that just gets you level 85 and the sim unlocks. That would allow new players to be very nearly FTP, without being impossibly far behind people who purchased the hyperdrive bundle. It wouldn't really devalue the hyperdrive bundle for baby whales either, since it still includes so much more.
I just bought the new Call of Duty and paid $100 to complete the campaign, unlock all weapons, always have host privileges, and do 3x damage in multiplayer! Wow I'm such a good player!
I joined the game a little over 3 years ago, and have been 100% F2P that entire time. It's been a struggle, sure, and lord knows I'm way behind many other players. But I can't even imagine how much I'd be struggling if I joined this game today as F2P. It would just get overwhelming.
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...
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.
Yeah when have you ever seen a game that you start max level? That doesn’t make sense. If you just put journey guide people into a different arena shard it’s alright.
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...
Maybe they should give new players who don’t use the hyperdrive bundle a huge bonus once they achieve level 85? Like, when they get there, they can be awarded some zetas, gear, crystals, etc. That can make new players not feel too bad for not whaling out at the beginning.
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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
The Empire thanks you for your support!
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
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
You’re definitely not overreacting. Thank you for shedding light on this. The disparity between FTP and P2P is getting out of hand.......
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 >_
Rip FTP, but I like a challenge, so I’m going keep on pushing
Keep at it. Make sure you're using discord!
The game is still fun F2P. You just have to accept a few truths. You'll never, ever compete at the top of Arenas. And your progress is going to be pretty slow. As long as you can live with those general truths...the game still functions just fine.
@@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.
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
*Sees Video Title* “I have a bad feeling about this...”
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.
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 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:)
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!
If CG was to try and fix this, they could put all players who bought the Hyperdrive bundle into their own arena shard.
They will never, ever do this. Why would people want to pay if part if paying is that you get moved into a more difficult area?
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.
Sometimes I feel nervous about spending 100$ on something, then I remember there are some people who have dropped 400$ to destroy their shards
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.
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)
If there’s a whale, there’s a way
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
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.
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 😂😂😂
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
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
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
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
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.
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 $400 and nothing to show for it.
Laughing out loud boyy
Do you have him now?
@@Fly_Silver yeah.
You should buy the hypderdrive bundle on your main account to show people what it looks like if you buy it at endgame
I’m level 85 and I’m stuck with my paplaptine team, I’m leveling up clones but I think I’m screwed in the long run. Its prolly what I get for taking a long break of this game lol
I have never got Revan Jedi Knight and I am playing this game (all free) since 2 years. It took me roughly 6 months (also using the gems I gained progressively) to unlock the characters needed for Darth Revan. It is unacceptable that someone who spends just 400$ 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
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
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.
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!
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!
You make some excellent points. I totally agree with you. They really need to help the f2p players.
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.
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
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.
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!!!!!
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.
I’ve been playing for years and I’m no where near getting Jedi knight revan
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
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
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
Well Herm Edwards said “You pay to win the game”
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.
1:46 funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time
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.
That was the best Ad intro I've ever seen for it.
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)
Took me like 6 months to get JKR as f2p and im almost 4M GP lol
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.
This makes my 2 years of playing this look like a joke...
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
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.
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 playing this game a few weeks ago and was hesitant on the hyper drive bundle but it was absolutely worth it!!
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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*
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
This is so annoying. I have played so long and these players come along with 100,000 power teams. Why does CG have to ruin F2P?
Ahnald, your such a legend for pointing this stuff out.
On a fresh shard, getting to top of arena day 1, the amount of free crystals alone you'd get would be far more valuable than the $200 you'd spend on those packs. If you're willing to buy hyperdrive, you'll clearly be willing to buy crystals, and you'd get far more in value back. It's crazy.
Took me 2 years to get to level 65 on F2P, took a break, and now you can get to 85 instantly.
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
Nothing like having the live read commercial interrupted by a UA-cam commercial....
Wish I had found your vids when I first started man. Loving the info for lower league players. Thanks champ
Simple fix, purchase of hyper-drive bundle instantly moves you to a hyper drive shard.
Honestly EA should do a F2P starter package which lets you pick a team and gives that team aswell lots of credits and crystals
Have to be totally honest, I have grinded this game for over 6 months without ever spending a dime and have a full 7 star team of G12 Jedi, on the path unlocking hermit yoda, Jedi Revan and Obi-Wan. And in my mind, the accomplishment it feels to finally get one of those top end characters (like Grandmaster Yoda) is incredible and helps to keep me interested in the game because the grind to become great is long but so worth it, and basically just jumping to the top of leaderboards or even competing at the top wouldn’t be fun in any way if there is no grind or feeling of accomplishment to actually get to the top other than just spending hundreds of dollars. Might be different from a lot of people, just my personal opinion of the game tho.
So I decided to follow your lead Grand Admiral and created a new account following the seperatists might. While playing arena I stumbled upon the greatest 1v1 in SWGOH history... Two g4 clone wars Chewbaccas slugging it out for 4 minutes
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 ;)
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've played for a year and a half and barely got Revan after 12 months as a low-end dolphin. That's insane lol
Best FTP advice was from URZZZ: "Do what you like as free to play and enjoy the game itself. If you chase the top, you have to whale hard"
I know this video was posted 5 months ago but for those that didn’t know there are hidden and secret packs like JKR for basically all legendary characters
I remember waiting months to get Revan and being thrilled to finally unlock him.... now you can just get him in 2 hours lmao
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
Once you get out to the first team, the F2P experience becomes A LOT easier. I am mad that it took me 6 months to get him and people can pay money to get better versions of him
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.
I think they should add something at the $10 price point that just gets you level 85 and the sim unlocks. That would allow new players to be very nearly FTP, without being impossibly far behind people who purchased the hyperdrive bundle. It wouldn't really devalue the hyperdrive bundle for baby whales either, since it still includes so much more.
I just bought the new Call of Duty and paid $100 to complete the campaign, unlock all weapons, always have host privileges, and do 3x damage in multiplayer! Wow I'm such a good player!
I joined the game a little over 3 years ago, and have been 100% F2P that entire time. It's been a struggle, sure, and lord knows I'm way behind many other players. But I can't even imagine how much I'd be struggling if I joined this game today as F2P. It would just get overwhelming.
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...
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.
Yeah when have you ever seen a game that you start max level? That doesn’t make sense. If you just put journey guide people into a different arena shard it’s alright.
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...
Maybe they should give new players who don’t use the hyperdrive bundle a huge bonus once they achieve level 85? Like, when they get there, they can be awarded some zetas, gear, crystals, etc. That can make new players not feel too bad for not whaling out at the beginning.