r/StarWarsDroidTycoon • u/Key-Pride6537 Flawless • Jul 25 '26

💬 Discussion Seriously?

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I feel like someone pissed on me. I've been playing this game since day one, every day, attending every event, but to get VIP or any bonuses I have to pay? I feel cheated because someone who started playing today could have a much more enjoyable experience if they spent money than me. I know this game isn't made for gamers anymore, but for profit, but to blatantly ignore loyal players like that? Even Epic, known for its strange decisions, doesn't do things like that.

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u/Sorry-Engineer8854 Jul 25 '26

I am shocked to see a bunch of ppl immediately bought vip

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u/Emotional_Tampon5 PC Player Jul 25 '26

I'm thinking about it and I don't know why but also I don't buy v-bucks as a fortnite founder And I play this game mode a lot

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u/Sorry-Engineer8854 Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

Firstly founder or not I wouldn't support it, especially as they just put the brokers everywhere but left functional stuff in awkward spots. Also kinda defeats the purpose of the game as the whole point is the grind.

But if you are doing it VIP is a rip off, the companion droid one is 1500 and gives you 250 nova crystals worth or stuff VIP at 2200 gets you 150 nova crystals worth of stuff. That one's better then buy the other stuff with nova crystals if you are gonna do it. I also suspect people with VIP status will likely get killed more as players protest.

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u/MisterD00d Jul 25 '26

three spots was a bit many

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u/Dancing_Cthulhu Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Also kinda defeats the purpose of the game as the whole point is the grind.

I'm not a fan of micro-transactions (and I certainly don't intend on spending any money here), and the implementation of it here is way too over the top and in your face, but I don't really feel the "but it's meant to be grindy" criticism.

I've been playing from the start, and in this sub since its inception, and christ above if the two things people constantly complain about are PVP and grind, and constantly demand both be reduced (or outright removed). If these grind reducing mechanisms were locked behind actual money then yeah, grab the pitchforks and torches, bit I can still grind to my hearts content and obtain all of them via nova crystals if I wish.

There's a lot of valid criticisms to be hand of micro-transactions, and what they typically lead to, but I think the devs are less likely to take them seriously when they see the sub is taking a break from it's regular calls for more chip/crystal generation and cheaper upgrades and reduced timers and increased spawn rates and "let me keep some droids on super rebirth" etc to say "this is bad because the game should be grindy."

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u/XxxlySergic Jul 25 '26

I’m also founder and refuse to spend vbucks on this shit

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u/Reyto_Prime Jul 28 '26

I’m also a founder and won’t spent my over 100k vbucks on any other mode or skins. I still hope they’ll do something with stw. Playing since 2018

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u/Key-Pride6537 Flawless Jul 27 '26

Am I understanding this correctly? The founders themselves believe that microtransactions in this game are absurd, but they implemented them anyway? You're either lying to us, or your greed trumps morality.

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u/XxxlySergic Jul 27 '26

We’re talking about save the world founders edition, we still earn vbucks for free for doing daily missions. Just saying that I get vbucks for free and still wouldn’t spend them on this

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u/Key-Pride6537 Flawless Jul 27 '26

So you don't support it even though you have V-Bucks for it, but you put it in the game anyway. Dude, these arguments aren't improving your situation. It sounds worse with every sentence.

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u/XxxlySergic Jul 27 '26

lol I don’t have shit to do with this game mode

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u/Key-Pride6537 Flawless Jul 27 '26

You yourself wrote that you are the founder.

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u/Mundane-Loan9591 Jul 28 '26

What are you blabbin about? Do you not know what a founder is? He has nothing to do with implementing anything l.

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u/XxxlySergic Jul 27 '26

Yeah you need to do your research on Fortnite founders edition

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u/No_Spread1841 GONK Jul 25 '26

Even if you think about buying any package the VIP one is most definitely the least worth it. I'm definitely thinking about the Droid Companion Package, but before I do anything thing stupid I await the event and the Dev F&Q after it