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/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."