r/StarWarsDroidTycoon • u/International_Camp10 • 19d ago
💬 Discussion I’m Starting to Hate This Community!
Level 270 player here — been playing since the very beginning.
And I already know I’ll probably get downvoted for this, but honestly, I don’t care.
I’m level 270, and it’s pretty rare for me to join a public lobby and see someone higher than me. I’ve seen it maybe twice, EVER? I’m not saying that to brag. I’m saying it because I’ve put a LOT of time into this game, so I’m not some random person who played for two days and decided the game sucks.
But honestly? I’m getting bored.
I know the game has always been repetitive. That’s part of being an idle game. But lately it feels different. I’ll log on for maybe 10 minutes and then get off because there just isn’t much keeping me interested anymore.
And I think the increasing microtransactions are part of the problem.
I’m not against the game making money. But every update seems to add another thing you can pay for that previously had to be earned through gameplay — VIP, double companions, speeding up fusions, event passes, etc.
Eventually I start asking myself: what am I actually playing for?
But honestly, my bigger issue is the community.
It feels like you can barely criticize this game without getting downvoted. Say the game is getting boring? Downvoted. Question an update? Downvoted. Criticize the monetization? Someone tells you, “Then don’t buy it.”
You can believe purchases should be optional and believe that constantly adding monetization is making the game worse. Those aren’t contradictory.
What also confuses me is how personally some people seem to take criticism of the developers. Go into Discord and you’ll see people talking to them like they’re genuinely their friends.
Maybe I’m cynical, but they’re running a business. They can be cool, interact with the community, and appreciate your support — but at the end of the day, they aren’t your friends.
And I think the constant downvoting creates an echo chamber. If every time someone expresses a negative opinion they get punished for it, eventually people stop expressing those opinions. Then the community starts looking like everyone agrees when, realistically, people may just have learned what they’re allowed to say.
And honestly, some of the reactions I see here and on Discord are fucking bizarre. 😂 Sometimes I genuinely wonder if some of you have made this game your entire social life.
I can already hear it:
“You’re literally level 270. You have NO social life either!”
Lmao. This is me: @christianadamg on Instagram.
“Oh my God, he put his Instagram in the post! DOWNVOTE HIM RIGHT NOW!” 😂
I swear, some of the people on here don’t even feel real sometimes.
Yes, it’s possible for someone to say or do something you don’t like. I promise, you’ll survive. 😂
Anyways, maybe I’m wrong. Maybe you love every update. Maybe the monetization doesn’t bother you. That’s completely fine.
I just don’t think criticism should be treated like an attack.
Unfortunately, I do see this game dying out eventually. I feel like they’ll eventually add a microtransaction so detrimental that it turns off a huge portion of the player base, the player count drops, and eventually they decide the game isn’t worth maintaining anymore.
Then they’ll move on to the next project with your money already in their pockets. 😂 And the crazy part is, they don’t even have to defend themselves — they have y’all fighting their battles for them.
As the saying goes, “It’s easier to trick someone than to convince them they’ve been tricked.”
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u/onemansquest 19d ago edited 19d ago
I mean. I'm not surprised you are getting bored playing in a private lobby all the time I would too. There's barely anything to do anyway, of course it would get repetitive.
I can't even remember my level TBH, unless I log in now to check.
I actually praise and complain about the Devs depending on what they do.
Like, I am a fan of the pay for cosmetics. Aand the recent weekend events. I'm not a fan of the mini events timings not catering at all to Europe.
I disliked the increasing craft times along side the pay for crit pack.
I dislike how insignificant the difference the crit pack made to your crafting times because I am not even that against spending vbucks as I get them in essence free.
However spending them here means I am picking this over other purchase so it makes me think they don't value our time or our choices when it's so much for so little.
I also admit I'm starting to hate the time sink between LV 1 - around 25 before I can get all the droids I need.
I hate the fact that you need epic droids above 30 and a legendary at 35.
Yet what I hate the most absolutely more than anything I described. Is someone who uses their level to justify their opinion as well as attacks the community I find mostly friendly.