Saber Forum

Hey all . . . if you play GoH, here's the place to share Ally Codes and chat Strategy!

Here's mine to start:

Ally Code: 948-546-182

324-472-266 is my code

my code is 918-474-729

Mine is 849-477-558

Ally requests sent.

The brand new Tank Raid is HARD.

We did Normal difficulty and many of us have maxed out our tries for yesterday & today (so 10 teams total each) and we are only about halfway through Phase 1.   :o

Thanks for accepting my request, LC.

ok, 2 out of 3 added...waiting on Krayt's response in requests.

Woot woot!

You're going to add some serious strength to your teams, Bear.

We probably should have mentioned Player Names as well.

I sort of assumed everyone may have used Forum Names, so I initially almost rejected bigBear's cuz I was saving spots for you guys.

Mine is . . . Lorde Canterbury . . . with an e because apparently in this day & age "lord" is "potentially offensive" to people.



PS - I'll type up some lessons learned for you guys that haven't been playing as long as me (started December 2015) so you don't make some of the mistakes I did on characters.   :-\

Definitely wasted some time & resources I really wish I had back.   ::)

it's not my fault nobody speaks Cherokee  ;D

I'm Omegus on GoH.

651-686-592

And, in a spark of originality, I used the name Vivectius....

Just got my Anakin up to Gear 10.

Beast Mode "On".

Power = 8282.


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I was going to use Omegus here on the forum. I thought it be a good twist on Omega ("the end"), but in my research I came across somebody who does cosplay and owns a saber who goes by the name of Darth Omegus, and not knowing of he is/was/ever will be here, I wanted to avoid confusion on the forum.

Im working on clearing out some people on my allies list now and then will add you all when Im able.  Obviously my name is Krayt in GoH.

Can some of you give some details about GoH ??

Supported OS ?
Time per day for playing ?
Type of game ?
... ?

Thanks ;)

Hey Seblaise - you can learn all about the game here:


http://starwars.ea.com/starwars/galaxy-of-heroes


And here:


https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com


Time is totally what you want.  If you just want to play as a past time for a few minutes a day, you can do that.  I just wouldn't join a Guild if you reach that Level if you aren't going to play very much.


Hope that helps!

Thanks ;)

I just signed up last night. 

Evidently it takes awhile to build a decent squad...

lvl 14 though...

that it does, need to work my dark side up a bit.

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Added bigBear - I think. :P

Accepted LR.

I wish I would've had this many good players when I got started.

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Thanks Landen. :)

I know eh?  I was using Lord C's Anakin...he could have done it alone. O_o

Yeah. I've gotten to use him once. Powerful Jedi is he. Mmm...powerful Jedi.

yep, I did send a request LR

MM stayed over last night, so I didn't touch any tech.

A while ago, I got her a tablet.  She never used it though, so I asked her for it, and was going to use it for GoH.

She wiped it, and brought it over.  

"Device not supported".

No wonder she never used it - I got her a POS tablet. O_o

"Ace Falcone" is an ally. :)

Edit: I haven't sent a request to KDP, since he seemingly has list issues.  KDP, you can add me at your leisure, if you'd like. :)

yes, Ace is a OLD character name of mine...back from the D6 star wars RPG

Alright, I'm getting a bit ticked off by this tablet business...

Does anyone else use one?  If so, what kind?

...or do you all just use your phones?

Hi Lord Rapine,

 I don't play GoH but what tablet and Operating system are you using? (Android or Windows?)

I use my phone.

It's an Android tablet running 4.4.2 (KitKat).  It's not much more than an actual POS in fact.

MM's lending me her iPad... :P

Hi Lord Rapine,

Sorry my reply is late I had to sleep! I checked the min requirements to run GoH and it said KitKat  (4.1) so you are probably on the edge of compatibility. You would be better off borrowing MM device.
My tablet has KitKat and I have similar problems with other apps, even browsing here sometimes (as stated).
There were some mentions of glitches and Error messages in the FAQ of the GoH webpage by people with more powereful devices.

Accepted Rapine's request a day or two ago I think.

I use my iPad most of the time for everything, including this forum.  I use my phone when I'm at work though.

I used someone's Anakin a few days ago with my Ahsoka, and she's violent when they're together.

Just unlocked Luminaria (I know, I'm so far behind).  Opinion on who's better, her or Bariss?

I like Luminary better all around. She has an ability down push that's pretty powerful. She has stronger basic strikes, and she has a strong heal with effects over multiple turns. She also has evasion and healing (I think) bonuses when she's a leader.

Bariss' strength is when she's a leader in a team of Jedi. Her heal ignores health immunity and is really strong, as is her team heal leader bonus.

I usually pair them together with Bariss as the leader. But I also haven't unlocked a lot of really powerful characters just yet.

My ally code is 973-786-651.  Name should the same as here.  I have a 7 star luminara that I always use as well as a 5 star boba fett (my faves).   A good pairing I found has been captain phasma as leader and first order storm trooper.
Phasma can grant garunteed crit hits to the team as well as speed down to the enemy.  As a leader, she can get random allies to assist each other.  The first order stormtrooper can grant defense up to his team and speed down to whoever he attacks.

So, evidently switching between Android and iOS is not possible.

MM lent me her iPad to try.  GoH loaded onto it wonderfully.  It would not let me log in using my Google Play account - clearly, but no FB logon either.

Start over?  No.

I dug out an old cell phone, and have it on there in order to save the battery on my real one.

I just wanted a slightly larger screen. SHEESH!

Damn, that's unfortunate LR,

I was going to suggest logging into the game on your POS tablet then use MM's tablet and log in on that at the same time and save your progress onto the Ipad. I sometimes log into a forum on my laptop but then need something from my tablet so I log in on both. I thought maybe you could have done similar with the game but saved it to the IPad. Oh well, let me know how you get on. Technology, great huh?

Just pulled Ahsoka from a free bonzium data card.

Ahh bonus kewlkev360!

I'd really like her actually.

Another cool one would be Phasma.

+1

I have a phasma

Phasma is easy to get and upgrade once you unlock Galactic Wars. Don't waste anything on her until then.

Update:

https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/74049/game-update-10-27-2016#latest

I didn't really care for or participate in the last squad tournament? Did anyone?

I did.  Didn't like the fact you needed to burn so many Crystals to get anywhere.  They changed that though.

That was part of it. I'm F2P, so crystals are a valuable and rare commodity, especially if you're farming up characters in the shipment section. I think they also did it during the week. They do realize most of us work during the week, right?

I'll give this one a shot and see how it goes, because it seems like they've responded to feedback pretty well.

just unlocked Lando. nice 4 star to the collection.

So they gave us like 5000 of the bronzium credit things, and I'm using them up, pulling a shard here and there.  Then I get a IG 100 Magna Guard (not a shard, the whole character). Ok, I'll take that.  Two pulls later, I get a 4 star Mace Windu.  I'm going to stop now, thanks....

Yes sir! :)  Thanks for the help.

WHOA!!

I'll need to check that out...

Wow!

I got 3 shards and a bunch of low level gear.  :(

But I also promoted Admiral Ackbar to 7*.  :)

Just saw this. My ally code is 998-657-852. Player name is Kyp Durron lvl 79(haven't been active for a while) Just a question is Ima-Gun-Di worth farming? I got him in a chromium a couple weeks ago so wondering if I should farm him.

And here https://swgoh.gg/ too. That website is mainly for checking top arena teams and strategizing and seeing what characters do what And time wise when you start you're probably gonna want to have two hours. It really helps the leveling process.

Barriss is a far superior healer to lumi. Just put some critical damage mods on her and she's pretty good. I have her in my arena squad. She helped me secure rank one for a couple weeks(I got LOT's of goodies when I first started). Some characters to farm qould be Qui-gon, Rey, Leia, and mabye Mace Windu.

Absolutely.  He's one of the best droid poppers in the game.  His basic attack @ lvl 8 does 100% more damage against Droids and automatically inflicts Defense Down on them for 2 Turns.  (50% chance against non-droid characters).

I agree. I almost have him at 7*. Level 6 stats, gear tier VII, one slot away from VIII. Him and Eeth Koth can do some damage against droids.

And - info on upcoming Ships Battles!


https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/74238/ships-preview-post#latest

So, HK-47 is pretty awesome.  O_o

Also, how do multi sim battles work?  I try it and never get to fight.  :-\

Invite sent Grewowl.

Sims are for quickly getting the battle rewards. Ally request accepted.

that was quick...just sent it lol

So I've been playing for about an hour and I'm already stuck. :(

What ya stuck on if you don't mind me asking?

Still finding my way around the menu. I believe it's Light Side battle 2-I. It's on Tatooine with a boss in the Finial Encounter stage.

It happens. You just need to upgrade your team a little bit. Spend some time just playing around on the main screen figuring out what areas do what. Come back here if you have any specific questions.

I actually beat it right after my last post. Now I'm working through that section on hard to get shards.

So my LS characters are Clone Wars Chewbacca, Ewok Scout, Jedi Consular, Jawa, and Clone Sergeant - Phase I. DS are Talia, Royal Guard, and I just unlocked a Snowtrooper, which unlocked DS battles.

Good!

Seems like pretty standard squads to start with.

yes, keep you team balanced best you can....I'm on the 5th level of both light and dark...after a while you'll be able to open more and more characters. got 2 more light last night and getting 1 dark later tonight....just keep working those shards and goals.

Thanks. I should have time to play a bit more tonight.


Nice! So you're saying I should upgrade characters evenly? Instead of maxing out favourites?

I've subscribed to that philosophy, but I've done my even leveling within certain groups.

For example, I started off wanting to get a 7* Yoda, so I need a team of 5 7* Jedi to do it. To get them, I needed to have a decent neutral squad and light side squad, because that's where the shards were. So I powered up a bunch of Jedi, a few extra LS characters, and a few DS characters to round out my teams.

I've admittedly neglected my DS team to accomplish this goal, but they are next on my list, along with a team of rebels to unlock the Emperor when his challenge rolls around again.

So, I've set a plan, and I've calculated who I might want and/or need for that plan, and I upgraded those characters evenly. My clone sargeant is still 2*, level 40, and gear tier V, because once I hit that level, I had acquired enough characters that were stronger and more beneficial to my current plan, and I didn't need him anymore. If I encounter something that requires a team of clones, I'll upgrade him, but I'm just not there yet.

exactly, your planned team. don't need every single character to the same level...just ones you plan on having. light/ dark as you work up.

So with 7*, is that like 7 stars when you open "characters"?


Well, right now I have no choice of which characters I use, 'cause I don't even have a full team yet.

I don't know if this unlocks at a certain level because it's been a while, but . . . there are 2 weekly Events for Credits and Training Droids that are open only to a full Team of Scoundrels.

I can't stress this enough: I know it takes time so be patient but get yourself a full Scoundrel squad ASAP.

Mine is finally good enough to beat the highest tier of the Credit Heist which pays between 1.5M & 10M per win.

You are allowed to TRY unlimited times but can only WIN twice.

I generally end up with ~ 5M Credits a week for about 5 minutes of gameplay.

This is crazy important since it gets REALLY expensive to level up when you reach the max levels.  It's going to cost about 300,000 credits just to go from level 81 to 82 per character!


Here's the squad I had at the point where I was good enough to FINALLY beat the highest Tier:

- Cad Bane, 7* (Leader):  Hits really hard, has a Stun and his Leadership ups Evasion & Critical Damage. Available from Galactic War Shipments so easy to farm.

- Boba Fett, 7*:  Just OK but easy enough to farm from Cantina Shipments.

- Lando Calrissian, 6*:  Both a Rebel and a Scoundrel which is nice.  And his multi-attack - The Mustache Massacre - is awesome.  (It's not called that for real - that's just what we refer to it as.). Only farmable through Cantina Battles so he takes time.  I just finally got to 7*.

- IG-88, 6*:  Droids are AWESOME.  They have killer synergy with HK as a Leader.  In this case, 88 counts as both a Droid and a Scoundrel.  Always go for characters that can "wear multiple hats".  He's also easily farmable from Arena Shipments.

- Greedo, 5*:  Pretty good Attacker.  Low Health though.  Really only got him to complete the team because he was easy to farm from Arena.

Right. The stars that are lit when you see them. Obviously, the more stars they have, the more powerful they become.

But when you do have a full team, it's solid advice. You don't want to have a team with a member at level 70, 2 at level 60, and 2 at level 45.

LC, I haven't noticed the heists drop that frequently, but I'll pay closer attention to see if I'm at that level.

Thanks for that advice.

yes, Lando is nice to have starting as a 4 star, cantina fights aren't too hard to get since you can run as long as you have energy. Fett I'm pretty close on, got greedo started, Vader getting close, some healthy characters there...Ventress, Count Dokuu and Savage Opress are nice hitters as well from my use of them.

Is cad bane worth farming I have him nut Haven't farmed him yet. Focusing an rey, Barriss, Mace, Ahsoka, and Fives right now. I'll get Darth Sidious to 7* in a little bit. I'm also farming for magmatrooper right now. These are my characters. Any suggestions? https://swgoh.gg/u/greyowl/collection/

Yes. I have Cad Bane at 7*. I'm trying to get his attack and gear levels up. He can really do some damage against Jedi.


I also have Sidious at 7*. I liked him in the beginning but not as much now. He's still good against a team of healers. Him, Anakin, and Kylo Ren (I don't have him or Anakin, yet) seem like they'd be good for their health immunity hits, too, but they just being more to the table.

I like Cad Bane a lot.  He's very strong Offensively and he's murder on Jedi's.

Downside is he has low Health so he's not the most durable.


This is my current Arena / Main Team:

- Anakin Skywalker:  He's a beast now that they revamped him and made his character worthy of The Chosen One.  My favorite Leader Ability too.  Jedi & Clones get +30% Offense & +20% Critical Damage.  All other teammates get half that.  Which as hard as Rey hits, getting +15 Offense & +10 Crit Dam is still really good.  Leads me to . . .

- Rey:  Obviously . . . she's "Damage Incorporated".

- Luminara Unduli:  Great Heal, Ability Block and hits like a ton of bricks; underrated offensive weapon.  She might be lithe and mild mannered - but she leaves a mark!

- Qui Gon Jinn:  My most indispensable toon.  He's a swiss army knife when all his abilities are maxed out.  Turn meter control? Check.  Special attack with an Ally? Check.  Another Special attack that deals high damage, busts taunts AND gives your whole team Offense Up for 3 Turns.  Check!  All great stuff here with literally no downside.


And . . . the last spot rotates depending on what the Opponent has.

If they have Droids . . . it's Ima Gunn Di for his anti-droid properties.

If they have Royal Guard . . . it's Mace Windu for a second Taunt Buster.

Neither of those . . . Savage Oppress for his Offense, Durability and to hopefully apply Offense Down.


PS - for those in Raid Guilds, this new Tank Raid STINKS!

Holy cow.  We are on Day 8 and still haven't finished phase 2 (of 4) and the guys in Team Skunk are saying Phase 3 is the hardest. 

EA really needs to fix this.  2+ weeks to do just 1 Raid is stupid. And that's the Normal difficulty - not Heroic.

Duh, this *< is a star. :-[

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Quick question: what does Wookie Rage (Taunt) do?

So, I'm doing the F2P thing.  Crystals are obviously the limiting factor.

I have to save them up for days.  I'm torn what to do with them now though, since I don't get many...

Chromium Data Card?  Gear pack?  Training droids?

Advice?

I agree on the new raid. We're on the lower difficulty one, too, and we're a mixed guild as far as strength of members, but we've only tackled a few percentage points on phase 1, and it's been several days. Ugh!!

How many of your guild have the tear V mods in all their characters, like recommended by the info screen? I know the mods haven't been too popular, so I wonder if it's EA's way of making us get them.


All taunts mean the other team can only attack that character that taunts. You'll see a green box above the character with a silhouette and arrows pointing to the silhouette. It's a great tool if you have a character low on health, and that taunting character has a lot of health. It takes the aim away from the low character to give them a chance to be healed, if you have a healer. The other team can still attack the entire team, though, if they have that kind of special attack. You also risk losing your taunting character, because the other team gangs up on them. That's why they need to have a lot of health.


I initially would save up for the 8 chromium pack with guaranteed character. I did that quite a few times. Once I got several characters, I started noticing the rotation in the shipments store, and I'm now using my crystals to buy shards for specific characters I'm farming.

Good plan...

Thanks for the info! That's really good to know. It's the only attack/ability I've come across that doesn't explain what it does.

The 2,520 crystal one?

You're welcome.

Yes, that one. It takes forever, but I always got a lot of shards and a character or two per pack.

How am I supposed to get 2000 more crystals when I'm steadily using them? I'm currently using them to buy shards from "shipments". I'm guessing you would recommend to stop doing that?

I don't.  I save them.  From "shipments" I get the "credits" things.

I've started using my things to "find" various gear and shards for different characters, instead of just randomly using them up.

This game is addictive. O_o  FFS...lol

What LR said. Save them up.

As you progress and unlock different things, it becomes easier to get them.

Okay, thank for the tips. I also just unlocked Allies. What good does it do me to have them? Obviously they're good, but why? And is playing in the Squad Arena against other people? Also, on my "Characters" icon, there's a red +3. Does this mean I have three more available characters?

Sorry for all the silly questions, if you'd rather have me google them, just say it.

the +3 on your characters means there's equipment you can put on 3 characters....always bump equipment up when you can....it helps.

Well - here's an alternate for building your army of characters in terms of your Crystal usage.  I personally skip the chromium packs.

I'll use Luke Skywalker as an example since LR has him and has likely cleared Cantina battle 1-B.

I'd use the Crystals to buy Cantina Energy.

Then do multi-sims to farm his shards - look at all the loot you get that way, and it only gets better the higher the Cantina level.

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Experience points (helps you level up faster), Credits, Training Droids, Shards and . . . Cantina Rewards.

LR - see that 169 in Orange?

Every time you save up 400 of that - you can go to the Cantina Store and redeem that for 5 Shards of a character of your choice and there are a lot of good ones in there.

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I suggest farming QGJ first, then Fives (he's an awesome "Tank") and then get Boba Fett as a part of your Scoundrel team for the Credit Heist Event.

Who just unlocked Han Solo 5* from the Rancor Raid?

This guy.  :)

You're allies will fill a 6th slot on your team. The more allies you have, the more characters available to you for filling out your team.


I'm using this approach for Barris. I'm hitting her Cantina Battles hard, so I get shards for her, and I also get credits to spend on QGJ. The chromium packs are what I used in the beginning to build up my character roster so I could have a few teams for Galactic War and guild raids. Now that I have that, I'm using them elsewhere.

The shipment store right now is what I'm using for Kit Fisto.

Again, where I'm at right now is that team of Jedi. It's the plan I put in motion when I started the game, and I'm going to see it through even if it kills me. I dont know which ones I'll need for my final battle against 7* Yoda, so I'm kind of casting a wide net. After that, I've got a few possible things I might do, but I'm not there l, yet.

My approach was just a little different, I guess. I wanted to get as many characters as possible, see which ones worked best for my needs, and then focus on building those. Combined with a focus on making sure I got lots of Jedi.


Way to go!

Well I have a +6 damage that can be equipped on 6 of my characters. Still haven't decided who to give it too.


So I have no allies, and yet I still have a ton of characters to choose from? 'Cause I do have about 15 to choose from before every LS battle.

@LC, thanks for another option. :)

Look at you go...lol

I'll certainly look at that.  Thanks for the tip. :)

unlocked tie fighter pilot and nightsister acolyte. real close to vader (4 shards)

Level 78. 5 shards away from 7* Ima Gun Di.

1. I hit level 80.
2. I got rey to five star and gear level 8.
3. I WANT HAN SOLO! :'(
4. Lord C, I'm gonna send you an ally request later.
5. 50 shards from ahsoka at 7*!

Send me an ally request. I'll put Qui-gon as my leader for ya. What map are you on on lightside?

Sent. I also noticed you have a really good Ahsoka. I loved having her the one time I did. :)  As for LS map, I'm on #3, if that's what you mean.

Thanks I've been slowly farming her. Yes I meant that. I'll accept your request in a couple hours. Busy right now.

Whoops clicked reject instead of accept... :-[ Send it again. What's your player name?

All good. Player name is The Doctor.

Ally code: 535-562-825

Ace Falcone sent a request as well.    ;D

Request sent DC.

I was wondering who that was, but whoever it was had a decent looking team, so I accepted. :D  Reading through the thread again I noticed it was you. Even better. :)


I had absolutely no idea who "Lorde Rapine" was. ;)   Also accepted, of course.

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I just went through and sent invites to almost every code in this thread, so if you hear from TheDoctor, I'd appreciate if you accept.

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-Latest update- I'm now level 22 and have unlocked Events and Guilds.

So I discovered earlier today that I have no Rebels for the event.  I'm not sure how I did this....

I might have thought Chewie was, but I realize he's Clone Wars version.  So, working on Lando now.

I have achieved level 51, so my current goal is getting everyone up to level 50, with 4+ stars, and tier 6 gear.  I'll work on specific characters after that.

Thanks to the Samsung Galaxy pack, I got a free IG-88. I wasn't planning to get him until after Stormtrooper Han and Rey. Time to start farming him. It? Whatever. I can now do the introductory scoundrel challenges. Oh yeah!

Samsung Galaxy pack?

Get Princess Leia.  I love her multi- attacks

I have a Samsung Galaxy phone.


Yeah, it can do some damage quickly.

There.  Those 2 sentences look right together.

It's a new Area Attack - throw a Samsung at your opponent and the Li-Ion detonates and scores a Critical Hit on all Opponents.

Ha ha!

We could call it Samsung DetoNote.

Precursor to the thermal detonator

So you get bonuses for that?


Hehe. I'm guessing you're not for Samsung? Or just joking about it whatever the case?

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Thanks to all who accepted my ally requests. Those characters have been an invaluable help today. Which leads to a different question.

I've noticed that after I borrow a character, I can't use him/her again soon. Is there some sort of "cool down" for using them?

dang it! 1 shard from Vader!

@ DC:  Google "Samsung + explosion"!

And yes - I think there is some sort of Cooldown but I don't know the Mechanics.

BigBear - you'll dig Vader when you get him!

I know. I've heard about it before.

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Back on topic, should I be joining a guild?

Yeah. I'll send you an invite to mine in a little while. The cooldown is about four hours. But you can use that person's caracter in lightside and then in dark side without the cool down applying. After you do this the cool down will apply for both modes. Oh and Lord C, your ima-gundi and anakin, how did you get god characters! I solo'd my lightside(hard) battles with your anakin and my squishy resistance trooper(who died in the first round). And your hk-47 got me through my stage 7 hard battle BY HIMSELF! Everybody else died! I now use your guys for allies as much as possible.

Patience and perseverance!

If you're Free To Play - you just need to be patient and keep at it!

And make sure you are making the most of everything available to you . . . do all your Arena Battles, get as far in Galactic War as you can every day, do all. Your Challenges - especially the Ability Mats ones to max out your Attacks & Abilities to make them more potent.

I've been playing (almost) daily for close to a year.

It feels like you're ALWAYS building - it never stops - but I'm addicted.  ;)

Okay.

And yeah, LC's HK-47 is amazing! And your (?) Darth Sidious.

What level is it? Click on my name in your allies and click on mine in my arena team.

63. And he belongs to Kyp Durron, so it's yours. He's been an invaluable help. :)

managed Vader and already in my top 10!

Make sure you read the Mechanics of how his Culling Blade works. It's DEVASTATING when used properly!

Need to use his Force Choke first!

The animation on all that is great too.

He is one of the more powerful characters. And i'll be leveling up my darth sidious soon darth calon. Have you used my Barriss Offee yet?

He doesn't need levelling up for me, his special attack normally wipes out the whole screen. ::)   And yes, I have used your Barriss, also really good.

And for your guild, I think I have to be level 75 to join. I'm currently 29. :Dm

I can invite you which overides that setting. I forgot to send it sorry :-\. My darth sidious doesn't even come close to killing anyone on my battles with his special attack. My cpu's i fight have like 10k health. Still no match for Rey and Ahsoka;D. My barriss will be 6* in a couple days just need that 500k credits. And then I need the B2, Anakin, got to get Lando to 7*, need Aayla, Rex, Echo, have to max out Cody, get Vader to 6*, get Ackbar, 7* ackbar, max him out, and I need to then max out the abilities on all those characters... Man do I have my work cut out for me.

I don't know what Guilds do, but do you really want a level 30 player? Not saying I don't want to join, just wondering.

Those are way better than mine. I finally got one character to 1000 power. (CW Chewie)  I don't think my second highest (Talia) has even hit 900 yet.

I checked out you characters. Do you have squad cantina open? If so, some characters that I cannot stress how much I recommend them are fives and gui-gon. And in lightside hard battles 2-A get rey. She will help you immensley. Another good one is ahsoka, you can get her in squad cantina shipments like qui-gon and fives, and bronzium cards. If you get the jedi with a double bladed yellow lightsaber ignore her. She is one of the worst characters in the game unless you don't have anybody else. In squad arena get Sidious and Ventress. They are both good early game characters. Nobody is gonna care if a level 30 player is in the guild. When I formed the guild, most of us were around level 50. We got our butts kicked in a tier 1 raid. Now with the exception of a few members) any one of us could solo a tier 1 raid and complete it in 2 days. I remember the days of CW chewie. Just farm some of the ones I mentioned and you will never lose. Especially Rey, qui-gon, and fives.

https://swgoh.gg/u/vonschwarz/collection/
Check this^^guy's characters out

I keep saying I am going to focus on completely maximizing my Droids . . . then I don't do it . . . then I face some Droid team in Arena again with like 8,000 combined less Power Rating then my Team . . . and get spanked so hard and so fast I actually say "thank you" after.  (Err. That sounded really weird/wrong in hindsight. Strike that.)

Anyway - point is - work on your Droids!

With HK as Leader, the 2 IG's are deadly.

Basically, their Critical Hit % gets jacked and every time you score a Critical Hit, that Droid gains 50% Turn Meter.

So you have high damage characters taking turns left & right.

Downside is low health - definitely need a Healer.

Conference schedule:

Banquet Wednesday night followed by a ridiculous amount of technology issues that kept me up until 2 a.m.

Up at 6 to do two presentations on Thursday.

Four presentations on Friday. All back to back with a 40 minute lunch between presentations 3 and 4.

Then back home a few hours later.

Needless to say, GoH got no attention the last 72 hours. Back at it tomorrow hopefully.

"Hind"sight....  ::)

Best advice I can give right now is not to do the Rebel event with only a level 13 Biggs.  He lasted longer in the trench run....

Also, if anyone has an open spot in a guild, please shoot me an invite.  The one I'm in now has about one active member, counting me.  Thanks.

Not sure what you mean by "squad cantina"? I have squad arena and cantina battles. I've played through everything in cantina battles that I can in my current player level. For squad arena, I choose my opponents wisely, and I haven't lost yet. 8)

Thanks for the tips. And what do you mean by get Sidious and Ventress in squad arena? I wasn't aware that I can get characters there.

Wow! Whoever that is has been playing a long  time. Or he spent a lot of money.

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Just want to clear this up. When you guys talk about farming characters, that means to play the level with that characters shards over and over and over again?

1. in the bottom right on the squad e=arena screen click on that button.
2. On the hard battles you will see the button that says battle and next to it one that says SIM. It simulates battles and you get rewards with out having to do fight the battle.

3.In cantina map 1, find the one that rewards lando shards and sim that one to death. Lando is awesome for all levels. I've got to start farming mine again.

4. And that guy is one of the people who have spent $15,000 on this game. No joke. I was one of the first 10 people to download the game(Hey it was star wars I preordered) and I am still not that awesome.

Send me an ally request my code is 998-657-852. I'll accept and then send you a guild invite.

Sent.  Name is the same as it is on here.  Thanks.

No problem. We are pretty active all together. We usually finish tier 5 raids in about 2 days.

I never found that in squad arena! Thanks! And why Ventress? There's Savage Opress and HK-47.

Before I can sim the one with Lando I need to get three stars first! I'll wait for LC's Anakin, he's the most powerful character I've seen!

That's way to much money to spend on a game. :(

I'm getting so close to upgrading my snowtrooper. 

Two shards!

got Fett and IG88 on my list now

They need a multi bronzium card to select multiple cards with one turn like they did with the sim cards.

Why are you upgrading him? I haven't found him very useful. I checked out your characters, both of your ewoks are one gear piece away from an upgrade. Are your working on them?

I haven't got any new characters yet, but all the ones I have are at their current max level, and I have a couple hundred training droids ready for when they're upgradable. Half are at gear level 4.

Rapine, I encourage you to unlock Chewie's Defiant Roar. It's really helpful, especially after he taunts.

I keep getting shards for him, and I'm two away from upgrading to two stars.

Not the gear.  Those I try to "find" whenever I can for any character.  I upgrade abilities whenever I can too - including keeping Chewie, Luke, and my Jedi Consular maxed out.

I'm working towards getting "Fives" actually.

Cool.

I use also frequently use "find". I think Chewie's Defiant Roar unlocks at gear level IV(4). That's what I'm recommending. :)

I should have Ahsoka in the next week. And if all goes according to plan, Darth Sidious in 12 days. After that it'll be Fives and Qui-Gon, Ventress and HK-47.

nice, working on Phasma and Sidious myself. Already have Ahsoka, Ventress and fives

So I was just going through the boring daily Bronzium cards and I unlock a 2-star IG-100 MagnaGuard! Lucky me. I was in dire need of another DS character and I'm glad I don't have to wait until Sidious for that. I easily had enough training droids to bring him from level 1 to 39! Also got him to gear level 3, and then halfway to 4.

He should be a good replacement for my 1 star Royal Guard in Squad Arena. Am I the only one who has a really hard time finding beatable opponents in there?

It's tough eh?

I try to choose enemies that have a weaker squad there.

I pulled a two star Biggs Darklighter from a Bronzium card tonight. ;D

I keep my squad arena ranking as bad as possible.  The higher your arena ranking, the more difficult opponents you face in the galactic march.

And I greatly prefer the Royal Guard over the MagnaGuard.

It really is.

Really?! I probably used him a few minutes after you got him then! :P


So you put your worst characters in your squad? Do you max out your daily battles?

I found that out quickly. That MagnaGuard is next to useless! After I spent all of that on it too! >:(

Just a bitof advice. Never ever replace the royal guard. He is one of the most used characters in the game. He is also extremely powerful. Just promote him to 2* and he'll be far more useful. Another good idea would be leveling up his basic. At max level it has an 85% stun chance. Very good. And his tuant is really cool.

Biggs is good with other rebels. But when he's with wedge... wow the guy get's overpowered.

Speaking of bronzium cards I hat 20k ally points and spent them all on bronzium cards and I got General Veers at 3* not that i'll ever use him but still
a new character.

Good to know. I'm always debating whether to bring him or Ewok Scout into Squad Arena.

Just got Barriss up to 7*.

That makes my 7* Jedi team Barriss, Lumi, JC, Eeth Koth, and Ima-gun Di. Qui-Gon is 7 shards away from 7*. I think Yoda is all mine in a few hours.

Then it's on to rebels, scoundrels, and droids, but not necessarily in that order.

Nice! I really wish I was up there. How long have you been playing?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but Yoda unlocks at 7*, right? Along with Han, Palpatine, and General Kenobi?

EDIT: just unlocked Galactic War.

Sorry for the double post, but which character should I be trying to get first out of Galactic War? I assume either Luminara or Cad Bane. There's also Phasma.

phasma is pretty tough. be a good character to build up.

Since July.

Yoda unlocks at 5*. You get everything you need as far as shards, credits, etc. to get him once you beat him at that many levels. You then play level 6 and get 6* Yoda. Repeat for 7.


My Luminaria, Cad Bane, and Pharmaceutical are all at similar levels, and Luminaria is way more useful to me. But I'd definitely get all 3.

I've been playing since December 2015 - so, a while now!

I would do Luminara for Offense & Healing and then IG-86 next.

Meanwhile, use your Arena tokens to start building HK-47 as the Droid team leader.

I'm working on this as potentially my main team:

- HK-47 (Leader)

- IG-86

- IG-88

- Luminara for Healing, Offense & Ability Block

- Old Daka for Healing, Resurrection & Stun

The Droids hit like bricks and get a lot of Turns with HK as Leader and then I'd have the other two to Heal & Resurrect to keep the party going.

that is a heck of a team.

So a few mixed opinions. My current long range plan is as follows:

Galactic War: First Lumi, then Cad Bane, then Phasma. But I'm 5 shards away from IG-86, so I could get him first.

Squad Arena: Sidious, HK-47, IG-88, Ventress

Cantina: I'm 7 shards away from Ahsoka, then Fives next, and then I'm not sure. There's Boba, Qui-Gon, and Old Daka in there.

Guild store: Rey, Luke.

Thought? Changes?

I messed up by not getting Rey sooner. She is my current #1 new character to get. Get her ASAP. If you get HK, then get a bunch of droids to go with him to maximize his effectiveness and theirs.

Edit:

7* Yoda on the first try. Pitched a shutout!

I saw that last night. Start off yuor campaign with weaker squads. I've been playing since November 2015. Which means that I should be more powerful but I got bored with the game for a little while so things happened.

She's not exactly the easiest character to get, but I'll try. I've seen how effective she is playing against her.

Nice!


Obvious tip that I didn't think of. ::)   Thanks.

No, but she's worth it. When her multi hits hit you, you're gone.

I just unlocked Geonosian Soldier.

A surprisingly strong and versatile character. When he gets teamed up with other multi attack characters, Phasma as the lead giving the whole squad multi attack, and a strong tank/healer, he can do some damage.

Well done!

Right on. :)

For now though, he's a much needed other DS character...lol

I haven't gotten GS yet - but he hits HARD.  Nice one!

If I personally had to pick one player as the OVERALL MVP - it would be Qui Gon Jinn.

I'll be back later with why.  Dishes are calling.   ::)

I know the feeling. I have him, but I haven't touched him since I got him. My plans have taken me in other directions.

WHAT??!!

LEAVE US HANGING MUCH?

Dishes - schmishes.  That's what house elves are for.

:P

I just know that whenever I face those bastards, they do hit hard. 

Looking forward to trying him...going to level him up a little first though, so he's not just blaster fodder.

The answer to your dish problems ^^

Paper Plates and Ping Cuisine!

My opinion on why he's so valuable:

He hits hard, and he can debuff an opposing character. When he does, he also boosts up your entire team's offense. He also has a multi attack special that is multiplied if the other attacker is a Jedi. That multi attack can be used every other turn, so he can rack up a lot of hits in a short period of time. He also recharges his hit meter quickly. As a leader, he can give serious boosts to Jedi speed, so you can easily outpace the other team if you're going with all Jedi.

I love to use his debuff against tanks when they've taunted or when someone has a health buff. "Awww...I'm sorry. We're you planning on using that? Oh, look. Now my whole squad can hit so much harder for multiple turns. Goodbye." 😈

ROTF!!!

I see.



Bwahahahaha!

Tuesday unlocked both Qui-Gon and Ventriss.  Today unlocked Dooku.  All are now level 50, tier 6 going on 7 gear, and I have 0 credits....

Need to farm some Jedi to unlock Yoda.  Unlock projects are currently Anakin and Rey.

Very cool Vivectius. :)

Good to see you.  Where have ya been?

I'm like lvl 40 now, and am nowhere near having enough shards for those characters yet.  I'm maybe not doing something properly - oh well for now I guess - it's fun. :)

"Whenever you chase two rabbits, you will always lose one."

You may just be chasing a different rabbit than Viv.

I'm supposed to be chasing a rabbit now?

:P

A wise adage.  I've never heard that one. :) 

+1 Sir Landen of Manticore. :P

Sorry . . . I just watched the Video . . . added sabers to Cart . . . Fulcrum . . . Lost Grey . . . I can't afford to buy them right now though . . . aarrgghh!

I'm too dizzy to type much.  Those new sabers are AMAZING.

But here are screen caps of QGJ's 3 Attacks when completely maxed out . . . you need only read to understand his Value.  :)


(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag93/Lord_Canterbury/IMG_4218_zpszbpisuzm.jpg)


(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag93/Lord_Canterbury/IMG_4219_zpsq4wgujaz.jpg)


(http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag93/Lord_Canterbury/IMG_4220_zpsb6kijhoi.jpg)

I've borrowed a couple Qui-Gon's. Meh. Everyone else in my squad was more useful than him.


Way to go Viv!

Yes please.

yoda event, just nailed 50 shards today alone. hopefully 50 more tomorrow.

Wait until you get him up near those level.

LC,

I am at level 79, I have 12 characters at 7*, all are between level 70-73 and most are at gear level 8, a couple are at 7. I'm looking to max them out while I collect new characters.

I'm ready for a new guild. Mine is a great one for newer players, but now we are just moving way too slowly for the upper players to advance. I know I'm right in the cusp of who you're looking for in your guild, so if you don't think I'm ready, I understand, and I'll come back later with this request.

Would you care to shoot me a guild invite?

Thats great bB! I hope you get him.


With a good healer.

if the event lasts 3 days...I got him. 1/2 way to phasma and papaltine

Nice. Are you getting to Sidious or Palpatine?

1/2 way to Sidious, get 5 more shards from arena tonight.

Same thing I'm doing. FYI if you don't know already, Sidious and Palpatine are different characters.

Yep, her limit on damage is 38k with all critical hits on fury of blows. The only character who comes close to this is biggs darklighter. Paired with wedge in a wiggs team his basic attack does 20k. I got yoda to 6* finally:) He didn't get much more powerful :(. Now i need four more 7* jedi.

Hey!

I just checked and the Guild is 50/50 right now - full.

But while the core has stayed the same, we do get individuals coming & going.

Next time I spot an opening I'll try to get you in before it gets filled!

Sounds good. Thanks.

Ahsoka unlock!!!!!

Fitting as UltraSabers just "unlocked Ahsoka" as well.  ;)

EDIT:  Holy crap!  I just unlocked Plo Koon with a Broznium Card!  Sweet!  Hands down my best Broznium Card EVER!!!!

Indeed! Mine doesn't cost anything though. ;)

Also just unlocked IG-86. Not very useful at 1*.

Halfway to Vader and Lando too.

3/5 way to Phasma.

You know what's sad?

I think Jawa is my heaviest hitter.

And Lando is now mine.  3 shards away from Vader.

Progress is being made.

Nice! You should have Vader tomorrow. I'm 30 shards from Lando and halfway to Vader.

Stupid server maintenance.

Yeah, now I have to wait to get mor e GS shards. I tried sending you a guild invite but the button isn't there. Are you leader of you current guild?

No, definitely not the leader or even an officer.  I can leave my guild to see if that makes a difference.

And I'm now the proud owner of courscant underworld police!!! Why? Because it gave me the 14 light side characters achievement.  Which gave me Vader shards.  Which gave me Vader  :D ;D

And I've determined having Phasmatastic with Dooku and Qui-Gon is evil.  I did Qui's double attack,  which called Dooku to attack, and Luminara to attack because of Phasamatic's leadership ability, and then Dooku did his bonus attack....

Well that was a welcome surprise. I have level 42 characters, and I just beat a squad of level 47's in squad arena. I only lost one character and there was still over two minutes remaining.

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(Congrats Viv!)

Yep that's a deadly team. Use to run a similar team myself.

This game has been treating me well today. I just won my first Galactic War, losing only one character! They killed my Consular, and almost took out Talia, and then. . . it was over. I expected it to be way longer than it was.

The final chest also gave me the last few crystals I needed for the Chromium Mega Pack, and I got shards for Mob Enforcer, Dengar, Old Ben, Kylo Ren, First Order Officer, and Tusken Raider. It also gave me a 2* Resistance Trooper and a 4* Wedge Antilles.

So yeah, I'm happy right now. :D

Sweet!  Get Biggs if you haven't yet, he and Wedge together are pretty useful.

Easier said than done. Unless I make him a priority in Galactic War shipments. Opinions on whether I should get him before Cad Bane and/or Phasma?

I managed Nute Gunray from a pack tonight. closer to Phasma and Sideous.

Just promoted Talia to 4 stars, and my Jedi Consular is only 3 shards away from 3 stars.

My Consular is 1 shard away from 3*, and Royal Guard is 2 shards away from 2*. Argh. Maybe tomorrow.

This game takes patience!

Also - it loves to F with you.

It never fails when I am working to unlock an 80 shard character only available in Cantina battle drops, the last 2 shards end up taking like 4 days to mine when you would normally get 2-4 a day.

Unlocking Anakin almost drove me INSANE.   :P

Totally feel your pain. Patience will pay off though. I have three battles where I can get shards for my Consular. If I need three more shards, and I have nine attempts to get them, will I? Nope.

Just unlocked "Fives". :)

Nice! You're staying one step ahead of me. :(                     :P

Well not really.

You already have Ahsoka.  I want Ahsoka...lol

So we're getting characters in a different order. I'm currently working towards Fives. He takes more shards than Ahsoka, so I think you have a few days on me. Oh, and Ahsoka's not all that useful at 2*.

How are you doing in Galactic War?

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EDIT: I unlocked the third level in cantina battles and the first one had possible Jedi Consular shards. So I three starred it, and after a frustrating number of sim tickets, I got the final shard to promote him to 3*. Woohoo! ;D

Absolutely. A wiggs(wedge and biggs) team is the most powerful team combo in existence currently gor for it. Any ways you need to get rebels for lots of things

Or trying to get kylo ren and you have 79/80 shrds and it takes a week to get the last one? I know the pain VERY well.

I just started GW...haven't lost yet...

I haven't started collecting Ahsoka shards yet...I'll see what's there.

Way to go with the Consular. :)

Okay. I'll get him after Luminara.


Nice!

Not that many options for Ahsoka. Main one is using cantina credits.

And Cad Bane is now mine.  I've almost got too many characters....

Must be a nice feeling. :-\   They should help for Galactic War, but I assume you're already beating that easily.

65/80 Sidious 35/50 Phasma. getting there!

just got Biggs from a bronziom pack!

Cool! Those have been really paying out lately!

Luminara is mine! The story of the last two shards is painful. I was beating Galactic War again(a really good way to get characters), and I needed two more shards. So I'm thinking, "okay", I'll just get five more when I have 400 War tokens. What am I greeted with? Reset in 5 hours. Argh. So I go to characters and open "find" for Lumi shards. Perfect, two battles are ready! Do I get two shards for six attempts? Of course not, this is GoH I'm talking about! :D

Anyways, I bought 5 shards again and got her to level 40 and gear level 4. Happy me. I've yet to use her and figure out who's getting kicked out of my squads.

Two shards away from upgrading my Consular.  UGH!

I just pulled 7 Royal Guard shards from a Bronzium card! Finally at 2*.

You're definitely ahead of me then. :)

I also want Luminara. :P

We both have 14 characters. Yours combine for 30*, mine combine for 35*. So I suppose I'm a little ahead of you. You have one player level on me. :)

I think we'd be pretty evenly matched if we met in a battle with all of our characters divided into squads. Thinking about it, that could be a fun feature. PvP with your whole roster.

Mine combine to 229. I've also been playing since 5 minutes after it was released. I pulled a Zam Wessel out of a chromium on monday. The with the free 500 crystals I got I did another one and got 10 shards for Zam Wessel. Is she character of the month? I thought baze malbus was.

10 shards away from my 2 goal characters...almost enough shards to promote Biggs already too.

I upgraded my Royal Guard to gear level V(5), and that did way more good for him than the promotion to 2*. He jumped from around 7th up to 3rd best character. Power wise at least.

Dengar: 20/25

Lando: 63/80

Sidious: 60/80

Fives: 25/50

Vader: 48/80

Biggs: 7/25 (10 more tomorrow)


@Grewowl, did you change your username?

5 away from Qui Gon for my collection.

What the heck happened with Galactic War today? Final battle they had Ventress, Chewie, Sidious, Barriss, and Maul. I threw all my characters at them and they barely suffered a scratch! >:(

I need to wait a bit now.  Only a few shards away from going up a lot, but I've also run into a credit shortage, so most likely won't be able to afford to promote anyone anyway. 

C'mon reset on Bounty Hunter Challenge!

I don't get how people go short on credits. I currently have 2.5M and it's steadily rising. My current problem is training droids.

See, I've got piles of those.

Trade ya. :P

Yes please!!!!!!!

If only. . .

I used to have hundreds of training droids, but then I got 3 or 4 characters in a week. Plus 2 or 3 the week before.

unlocked Sideious today...working on Phasma now.

I'm the proud owner of a 2* Biggs, gear level 3. That completes "Wiggs". I think il work him up to 3*, not much use at 2.

Luke, my Jedi Consular, and Talia are all at 4* now.  Luke and the Consular are fully trained.

Lord Canterbury's Anakin is a freakin' god.

Nice! Sure I'm ahead of you?

He's the most powerful character I've used so far.

I know right?

Every time I get to choose him, I'm like: "Well, I'm winning this one.  No questions asked"...lol

Since my Chewy was already 4*, Luke, Consular, and Talia make a quite formidable quadruplet. Add "Fives", and the Clone Trooper and it's a pretty decent squad. :)

Yup. Except a borrowed Barriss is what gets me three stars on a battle.

Woah! I don't want to go against that! No thank you.

just got my Phasma...need to figure my next.

Phasma becomes a beast

nailed Qui Gon as well.

Wow man!

You're hitting them outta the park lately eh? :)

yes, hk47 is one of my next goals...have to start looking after that. into the L50 mods now.

Oh, I want HK47 badly.

I want Anakin too though. 

Light years to go...

Is this your first post here? I didn't know you were playing.

Feeling slightly less oblivious ATM... ::)

close to promoting Biggs and Lumi now..less than 5 for each.

Yep. It's now L0rd Exia.

I play.  Just have to get my iPad sent in for repairs before I can get back on. 

Huh?


What happened to it?


Thought so. Thanks.

iPad got stuck after the last update.  Its like the update won't take and it keeps going through a startup screen then goes black.

iOS 10?

Just got Lando. Whew! That took a long time to farm with only one battle to get shards from.

iOS 10.1.1

just promoted Biggs....Lumi 1 shard off.

Got Rey. Gear Level 7. Lots of health mods.

I never got iOS 10 on my iPad. Don't really like it.


You just got her and she's already gear level 7? (impressive)   Or you jest upgraded her to gear level 7? (Cool)


As if this wasn't good enough for now, I also just acquired Sidious. >:D   Two more 4* characters? Awesome. Sure, all you seasoned players can roll your eyes, but it's great for me.

Gear level 7. She's still 4*. Even at this level she still hits lick a ton of bricks.

Good job racking up those characters. It will pay off in the Galactic War section. You'll eventually need about 5-6 solid teams to finish the table.

Okay. . . ?  Have you had her for a while or did you just get her?

GW does pay off. I'm thinking of getting Biggs to 4* and IG-86 to 2* before moving on to Phasma and Cad Bane.

Just got her today.

Then getting her to gear level 7 already is impressive. Or it that normal for you?

It's pretty normal. If you play the game daily and do the daily challenges, you stockpile lower level gear that you won't need right away. When you get a new character, you can quickly gear them up, because of your stockpile.

Yeah. I normally get to around gear lvl 3 right away on new characters. I just got Dengar, but I'm completely out of training droids! That's the downside of getting new characters this quickly.

Just unlocked Ahsoka.

Lumi promoted to 4*

All wings report in!


Ships have been released!

Oh my sweet mother of holy biscuits and hose clamps!!!!

Where do I find these?

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So I've been spending War tokens solely on Biggs for a weekish, and now he's 4*. Combined with my 4* Wedge, they are deadly together. Biggs' special attack with Wedge present is particularly devastating. If I could use it every turn. . .  :o

Opinions on who I should spend Arena tokens on now that I have Sidious? I'm thinking HK or IG-88, but there's also Stormtrooper Han, Ventress, Savage, or maybe even Eeth Koth. A few others too, but those are lower priority.

@Rapine, I saw you joined the same guild. Welcome! :)

Yes sir.  That's grey owl's (grewowl) one too, is it not?

I think he's our guild leader.

I thought so, but didn't look.  I was sneaking on last night, while my GF was making dinner...lol

"I wasn't touching it."  ::)

You should get a tutorial pop up after you download the update.  The ship table is in the back of the main cantina screen on the right side.  (You may need to scroll right).  Near where the hutt hangs out.

A player level of 60 is required to unlock it though...

Ahhh, I haven't been notified of an update, and I think I'm player level 48. Darn.

unlocked resistance x-wing and jedi starfighter...need ackibar cause I got home one blueprints sitting.

Go for stromtrooper han. You need as many 5* rebels as possible. Told ya they work awesome together ;)

grand moff tarkin, tie fighter, geonosian fighter and star destroyer

I was going for HK, but sure, plans have been changed. And what's so important about 5*?

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This ship thing is cool. I actually prefer the regular battles, but all the shards and characters I've gotten from Fleet Command training are awesome. Not to mention the ships!

Sorry for another double post.

Did anyone catch the Apple exclusive (>:D) data card? It contains a 2* Wedge Antilles X-Wing and a 4* Wedge. Since I already had him I got 32 shards instead.

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@Vivectius, did you change your player name?

Yes  ;D

No. ???

I got it too.

I really want the U-wing, falcon and Slave 1.

Which one? I'm asking cause I don't see a "Vicectius" in my allies.


Nice.  :)

Ok, so holy crap!

SHIPS!!!

Scored a 2* TIE fighter pilot, a 2* Resistance fighter - and an x-wing and TIE fighter.  A 4* Tarkin - and the Executor, and got like 1000 crystals, so bought a chromium card.  2* First Order Stormtrooper.

Holy crap!  O_o

Edit: Oh, and I got the Jedi Consular's ship, and promoted Biggs to 4*... Oh, and Biggs' x-wing too...

Well you do want palpatine the most OP character in the game right? You need five 5* rebels to get him.

I want Vader's Tie Advanced !!!!

And I think one of the updates wiped my friends list....  ??? :P :-[

Ships is cool, but it makes me feel like I'm chasing two rabbits now. One is going to get away.   :(

Well crap...no Viv. :(

With the number of shards you get right now, it's worth it.  I'm making out like a freakin' bandit here.  :o

I don't think this can last; the game would be over fast...lol

I agree. I got Tarkin, Mace, and a couple others, but I haven't tackled the other aspects of the game, and now I have this to figure out, too. If I had been playing longer, I'd be more excited and find it even more enjoyable.

I could make a list like that too. Fleet command is awesome, but since I'm 11 player levels short of using them. . .  whatever, I got amazing stuff from it. Jedi Consular to 4*, unlocked Tarkin at 4*, got Tarkins Star Destroyer, etc.

It's insane eh? :)

WOOHOO!

Ok, mass of ally requests sent.  I blame apple for all of this. But they got me Wedge, so I'll forgive them this time.

Today's accomplishment: Managing to get to and stay at Rank #5 in the Ships arena.  Not going to last probably, but I got a good amount of stuff for it today.  :D

Got Viv back. :)

Oh, yes! I'll take that any day!

I actually don't care for the space battles. I much prefer the regular ones.


I thought I remembered seeing you in my allies before. :-\   Whatever, you're there now.

Congrats on getting Wedge, he's extremely rare and very awesome. And you already have Biggs. Put them together, throw your Lando in too, and see what you think. Then complete the team with Sidious and a healer. That's what I did, you have quite a few more characters to chose from than I do.


Oops, just saw this now. It's the "Emperors Demise" event where you get him, right? And I need 5* Rebels for it? How many?

I actually prefer the ships to the other content.  The tiny ships remind me of micro machines.

got a wave of goodies myself. Tarkin, Ackibar, Windu and Bastion unlocked.
promoted Resistance pilot, Tie pilot, !st order pilot
3 capitol ships, resistace x-wing, Biggs' x-wing, tie fighter, geonosian fighter, arc 170 fighter
1/2 way to 1st order tie and Wedge's x-wing
Vader 6* equipped

WHOA. O_o

Nice.  I gotta get on there again today...

Chewaca 5*

Evidently, I have a number of hours to wait for various resets - guess I was on a bit late last night/this morning. :P

I managed to grab a few Luminara shards though.

just finished my daily tasks, managed to get some ships up to 2* already too

Where does one get enhancement droids for ships?  I see the shards thing, but no way to find droids.  :-\

got those from battles, I got more than I can afford to use atm.

Oh, ok.

Thanks. :)

1 shard from 1st order tie fighter. grrr

Yeah, I like how they give them in 4's but you need a multiple of five...

Got Ahsoka's fighter.  Now 10 shards away from 6* Mace.  Got more fighters than I can take into battle, even with reinforcements.

What's everyone's favorite capital ship?  I'm loving the Star Destroyer.  Can't wait for Vader's Tie Advanced.

Yeah, that SD is pretty wild, and Tarkin's no crappy character either.  I've only got the Executix for now.

Yes. TIE advanced please.

Wow, can't believe I never saw this thread.  Greetings all.

Excited about this new ships thing.  Was nice that I already had like 7 of the characters that have fighters already and some of them at 7* so I got to rock some faces out of the gate.  The extra shards from the ones I already had were a nice boost though.  Got enough to turn in that I almost have Grievous now.

If you have questions, feel free to ask me.  Been playing this game since launch and I have a great number of the characters.

My collection:
7*: QGJ, Lumi, JKA, Barriss, Yoda, Mace, Consular, IGD, EK, Ahsoka, HK-47, IG-88, IG-86, Ackbar, Luke, Leia, ST Han, Biggs, Wedge, Hoth Scout, Chewie, Dengar, Boba, Cad, Greedo, RG, Sidious, Dooku, Phasma, Daka, Asajj, Talia, and Dathcha

6*: Vader(3 to go for 7*), FO ST, Jawa Eng

I also have 6 more at 5* and another 20+ at 4* or lower.

The new update has made boba fett absolutely relentless.

*whistles in astonishment*   Ally code please?

Yeah same here. I almost need my brown pants to read that 7* list.  :P

Yeah really... :) :P

You're not doing that bad. But TBH, not that great compared to him. :)


We'd never lose.

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Lumi promoted to 4*. Great to have another 4* character, especially a healer. I also just hit player level 50 and unlocked mod battles. I'm heading over there right now to see what they're all about.

just unlocked 1st order tie fighter. Tarkin's ship now 2*

OMG YES!  He is soooo much better than he was.  Very nice to have in my Scoundrel squad now for credit and droid heists.





Haha, thank you all for the reactions.  It's a labor of love and hate.  This game has made me pitch my phone on more than one occasion.  Thankfully my phone is shatterproof and thus has withstood the abuse.

As for my Ally code, I could give it, but sadly I am full up right now and have been for a while.  I get 1-2 random requests every day in the game and I have to deny them because I am already up to the 50 limit.  Most of it is my guild mates, so probably won't be dumping them.  I actually only have about 10 or so people who I use their allies because their synergy works well with my 2 or 3 squads that I regularly use.  As I get closer to hitting 85 I'm going to start pruning my ally list here soon and trim out the people who aren't advancing in level because they probably aren't playing anymore.  It'll probably be a bunch of level 80 people that haven't advanced at all towards 85.  When I do clear out my list some I will post my Ally code.

unlocked Hoth Rebel Scout. managed quite a list the last few days

I'll look forward to it. I'm only lvl 50 right now, so I don't know if you want those of us who are that low down.

I dig the Ships update - but at the same time - feel stretched out a little too thin.

Doing some basic stuff with that but keeping my main focus on building an awesome Rebels team so I can unlock Emperor Palpatine whenthey do the Empire Assault event again.

Palp is a GAME CHANGER!

I basically avoid any team that has him in Arena.

That's where I'm at, and I'm also trying to unlock Lando, because I need one more scoundrel to unlock the next tier of the heists. I also think his all squad attack will be helpful against those guards.

What are the requirements for entering Palpatine's event? Or maybe I should be asking what I need to win him. :D


You don't have Lando yet?!? He's okay, but not my favourite. After the new update I want Boba Fett. It's a nightmare fighting him.

It's the same as the Yoda challenge, but you need a squad of rebels.

I'm also going to get Fett. I'll use the cantina credits I get from the Lando battles to get Fett. I'll likely unlock Fett first, but I'll keep working on Lando unless I get Palpatine with my current roster.

I don't know what the Yoda one is either. Whatever, I'll google it.

It takes a long time to get Lando, especially when one only has one battle with which to get 80 shards from, like I did.

lucky me, already have Lando and Fett, 1/2 way to HK-47

Basically the today challenge requires you to have a full Jedi team to battle yoda.  Yoda is the only opponent.  I believe there are seven separate challenges, each requiring more stars from your team (first level requires all characters to have one star each, second level two stars each, etc.).

So to get Yoda in one challenge you would need 5 7* Jedi? I really should just google it.

Yeah like Landen said you need a full Rebel squad.  But the Empire Assault Event is WICKED rare compared to the Yoda event.

Empire Assualt has only happened once and they said it will be extremely rare.

The key to Lando is to get him to 7*, at least Gear IX and max Level.  Also - use all Crit Chance mods on him to raise his possibility of scoring a Critical Hit.

If you use his Double Down area attack - if you score more than 1 critical hit, the cooldown on it resets and the next time you use it - you deal 100% more damage than the last time.

Imagine doing that 3 times in a row!  It snowballs!

We're talking massive damage.

The key to this game is carefully reading the details of each & every Ability of all the characters you own.

Understanding them completely allows you to use them to their fullest potential and makes a HUGE difference in your game.

It's a series of challenges, not one challenge. They are separate.  For instance, completing the three star challenge requires your team to have three stars each.  When completed, you are awarded yoda shards.  Each challenge can only be completed successfully one time and you need to complete multiple challenges to get yoda.  

Yoda challenge cliffs notes:

You need:
Level 1 - Team of 5 Jedi at minimum 1* each
Level 2 - Team of 5 Jedi at minimum 2* each
This repeats all the way to level 7.

With each level, Yoda gets harder, adds more special attacks, brings along other opponents, etc. Each level you beat, though, gives you Yoda shards. When you beat level 5, you will have enough shards to unlock him at 5*. At level 6, it gives you enough shards and credits to upgrade him to 6*. The same with level 7.

I've read a lot that Yoda is overrated, but I read all that after I was close to getting him. I've also read that if you take the time to max him out, he is worth it. I also feel that the way they reboot characters, a 7* Yoda has the chance to be an amazing character, if they do it right, so I figured it was worth getting him.

Well, I'm now he proud owner of a 6* Mace.

Also unlocked Bistan.  Working on the other guy to get his U wing.  Any thoughts on how useful Bistan is?  He gives me my 5th rebel, which is good, but I'm working on getting others (Luke, Leia, Han, etc.). Is he worth leveling for use in a squad or just keep him around for his ship?

Also, I know Grevious is a chore to get, but is he worth it?

I'm working towards Grievous. I currently have 30/80 shards to unlock him. From what I've been able to figure out, and I may be way off, but it seems like the DS of the game is all about brute strength. Having a squad full of really powerful hitters that can attack an email tire squad seems to be the best tactic.
They don't have a lot of tanks or healers, aside from Royal Guard or Daka, so you can't rely on them to bail you out.

I would put GG in that heavy hitter category. I'm thinking Phasma as a lead for her ally attack plus speed down, GG, Palpatine (not Sidious), Royal Guard, plus Vader or Daka would be a tough, tough DS squad.

Or you could put him with a team of droids with HK as the lead. Also tough.

Yes, Lando's special is really fun when used properly. Quick question, is a kill automatically a critical hit? 2 kills = automatic reset?

@ kewlkev and Landen, that's what I thought, thanks for confirming.

I checked out Grevious' attacks and abilities last week. He looks really awesome.

I just got to Player Level 84.

It cost me 342K Credits just to up Anakin from 83 to 84.

Yep - you read that right.  :(

It gets REAL expensive to level up characters when you get up there.  That's why I was encouraging everyone to get a Scoundrel team together so you can do the weekly Credit Heist Event.  It becomes critical!

Working on Greedo. :)

I currently have 7M credits, with nothing to use them on. Ah well, I'll be happy for them someday. I wish you could buy shards with them, maybe at 100K per shard could work.  :-\

I had a day like that about the same level you did. I now have about 50K. You will use them when you get players up to high levels, mods, stars, etc. Hold them.

As far as the events go:

For Yoda event you want 5 Jedi that are at least 5* and preferably 7* if you wanna finish him up.  He is definitely worth it.  His ability to gain foresight and then buff the whole team with it is HUGE.  Plus he can stun now as long as the enemy has even a sliver of health missing.  If you have him on a team with QGJ as lead he's so wicked fast.  He can often take 2 turns in a round if you use his basic first to gain a chunk of turn meter, then you can go again.

As for the Emperor event, getting a 5 man 5* Rebel team is key, but go for 7* and don't stop until you do.  This event is so rare you MUST be prepared if you want him.  Ackbar is important because he can clear debuffs from the Emperor and use them to heal the team.  Lando is also helpful for his wicked stacking AOE ability that he can use every round as long as you get the crits.  Also he's a Scoundrel so he works well in other circumstances.


No, a crit must be a crit.  You have to see the yellow numbers.  A crit can kill and then it counts, but the hits have to be crits, and it needs to be two.


Keep in mind that a strong character makes a strong ship, so you have to invest in both.  Having his ship won't do you a lot of good if the character isn't built up.  Not sure so far if he's that good to be worth investing in. Right now Ackbar, Biggs, Wedge, Lando, and Leia are some of the most wicked Rebel toons.

Grevious is a huge pain to get, but I believe when he unlocks, he unlocks at 5* or 6* so he's up there already.  He can hit like a freight train.  Put in a team with HK lead because HK is the best leader for a droid team, then Grievous as well as 86 and 88 and put in Jawa Engineer and you'll have a team that wrecks faces and is hard to keep dead.

Send me an ally request Krace!

I currently buy all the gear pieces from the regular shipments. Normally half I need now, and I hope I'll be happy to have the others someday.

@Krace, thanks for the critical (:D) info.


He said that he's full, but if he gets openings he'll come here.

promoted Ewok Scout, Jedi Councelor. 5 shards for Sun Fac

Hey all, here's some good informational stuff for you.


This guy makes pretty good informational/instructional videos, including a 5 part video series on the new ships expansion, and is sponsored by EA so he gets some inside scoops:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJpX9j3jZP5h6y-qMA_I5-Q (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJpX9j3jZP5h6y-qMA_I5-Q)


This site is a great SWGoH database and also doesn't flag as "video games" on most work internet filters if you happen to do your browsing there:
https://swgoh.gg/ (https://swgoh.gg/)

gotta work Mace & Ackbar up for ships myself. Biggs too.

Everybody should get boba fett.  He gets self-revives, double attacks, damage over time, can deny revives on the other team, ability block, can ignore taunts, and he's a pilot.

I borrow yours whenever I can, he is amazing.

I really want to be able to run a full mando team.

Is there that many mandos in the game?

nope, 5/8 to HK47 now. 1 shard for Jedi Guardian promotion. 5 to unlock Sun Fac..managed some Wedge shards so far

No, I am saying I want more added.  There are plenty to choose.

Canderous Ordo
Pre Visla
Jango Fett
Sabine Wren
Duchess Satine
Mandalorian Supercommando

And a man could dream but... Mirta Gev. ::sigh::

Oooh Jango and Visla would be cool.

I shard away from Fives, I'll have him tomorrow. Next is Boba.

I've been saying forever they should add Mandalorian as a character class.

Add Bo Katan to the list and I was thinking for the generic Mandalorian class fighters they could do:

- Mandalorian Field Medic (not enough Healers in the game)

- Mandalorian Scout (gives all Allies foresight for 2 Turns)

If I could have a full Mando team I would never use anyone else ever.

promoted Asoka. pretty close to unlocking a few more.

Got Fives. I'm getting too many characters to keep track of.

Develop characters that you use frequently for a variety of situations and focus on them. About 15-20 should be a good start. That will give you teams for Galactic War and other varied teams you'll encounter. Don't worry too much about the others right now. Develop them later.

That's what I'm doing. I'm currently working on Rebels and Scoundrels.

I don't worry about developing them right off. my teams are pretty solid, working characters up now for their ships...need to work my pilots up now.

I've already been doing that. I wish I could buy training droids with creds, that would help. I also keep thinking I should focus at least half on my pilots. Actually, screw them for now, I still have 9 player levels to go before I unlock ships.

I'm currently going for Boba, ST Han, Rey, Phasma, and Cad Bane. Maybe after that I'll focus on teams of specific characters. (Rebels, Scoundrels, etc.)

You'll get to a point where you NEVER run out of training droids ever again, both with characters and ships.  Been that way with character training droids for me for a long time, and I'm already reaching that point with ship training droids.  Credits will be what you are very short on.  Scoundrels are very important for building up credits and training droids, so you need a team of those quickly.

I have at least three scoundrels, and I'm working towards Fett and Cad Bane.

Working towards Boba, Greedo, and ST Han...any other suggestions?

Just pulled Ewok Elder from a Bronzium card. Also 15 more bonus shards for Biggs, that's the second bunch of shards I've got for him from one of those, the first giving 25.

Unfortunately Greedo is kinda week.  Cad is a little better, and even better against Jedi.  Chewie is a good Scoundrel.  He is a beast of a tank, can taunt more often, can heal himself, and his primary fire can shave off turn meter.  ST Han is kind of a good backup tank to Chewie, but he can go down fast so I only taunt in a pinch, or on the 3rd round of 3.  Both are slow, so they need speed mods, either a set of speed mods, or just health/armor/whatever with speed on them.  IG-88 is a freaking beast.  He's a bit fragile, but his main attack and his spray can be devastating.  Plus, the more debuffs on the field, the harder he hits.  Dengar is also a good one.  The debuffs he can lay also make IG-88 hit even harder.  My usual scoundrel team is Chewie lead, ST Han, Boba, Dengar, and IG-88.

Good to know Krace! I actually have Dengar, but only at 2*, so he's not very useful.

I finally saved up for the Chromium 8 pack, and I got a 4* Geonosian spy. Seriously? I have no desire for that character.

In other news, I am sitting rank 1 in the event for Vaders Tie Advanced! I doubt it'll last, but if I could at least unlock the ship, I would be happily amazed! I'm also 4 shards away from the pilot.

Cool.

Thanks Krace. :)  Already have my Chewy right up there. ;)

Great tip re: IG-88, and I wasn't aware of Dengar...

+1

So I just promoted Biggs. . . again. Now I have a 5* character.

Sun Fac unlocked, close to Cad, about to promote the Ewok (won shards) Chewie is 5*

 Do you ever sleep?

yes, after 3am after I'm off work, up at 11am. close to HK47 too  ;)

My current Scoundrel Team is . . .

- Cad Bane

- Boba Fett

- IG-88

- Lando Calrissian

- Han Solo


Works nicely because 88 is obviously also a Droid and both Han & Lando qualify as Rebels.


I try to stay away from a lot of "unitaskers".  Better to focus on the characters that qualify as multiple groups / synergies.  :)


LOVING Fett now that they spiffed up his attacks & abilities.

Solid amount of sleep. And yet you manage to play this a lot, and spend a bunch of time on this forum.

Don't poke a stick at the Bear.  ;)

Especially a big one. :D

5 shards from HK47, got the stormtrooper. thought it was let sleeping bears lie.

Just got Phasma, now she's lvl 45 and gear level 4.

5 more shards for Wedge, close to Lobot as well

Um, so I just had an amazing GoH morning.

Credit Heist is today.

Every time - on the highest tier - I get the same thing. 2.5M x 2 for 5M total.

Today - my first drop was 5M and the 2nd drop was the 10M maximum.

15M Credits!

 :o


Incredibly, they are all gone already.

Used 1M to promote Talia to 7*, about 9M to get my entire Rebel Team I'm building to level 84 and the rest on getting as many other characters up to 84 as I could.

So again, Scoundrel Team & Credit Heist are your best friends in this game!

Can't believe I spent it all in less than 10 minutes . . .

pretty impressive

Wow! :o   I made a whopping 750K.  :(

Lucky duck.  I also usually get 2.5 x2 from Tier 4, but today I only got 2.5 and 1.5 which sadly wasn't even enough to get my Jawa Engineer promoted all the way to 80.

So Landen also had a VERY good today as well . . . care to share, "Omegus"?  :)

Does unlocking Phasma make it a good day?

Absolutely!

But Landen made quite a unique score with something today - don't want to steal his thunder though.

I'd say I'm jealous but I had an embarrassment of riches myself . . .

Now I'm really curious. Landen?

What do you think I should do first, get Phasma to 4* or get Cad Bane? Bane would be my fourth scoundrel which would give my access to level 2 of the credit heist next time. . .

I'd get Bane. Then you can upgrade Phasma, which is pretty easy to do.

I've been saving my crystals since the last bundles they gave us when ships opened up. My original plan was to get the ships pack, but everyone kept saying they were getting shards and not full ships, so I decided to get the 8x chrome pack, which I haven't done since my early stages of the game (I just reached a point where I didn't need to constantly get more characters).

I ended up getting Rex and Echo from it!! What LC doesn't know is I also pulled in over 2 million credits alonget with a good amount of shards for a few more characters too.

What?!? How come I don't get any of the lucky draws? The 8 Chrome I just got a few days ago gave me a Geonosian spy.  :(

Okay, I'll be getting Bane then. Possibly promoting him too before Phasma.

just aquired hk47, 20 shards for wedge total. working on Bane.

I just got Sid to gear level 7, and I'm rewarded with a welcome surprise. Protection! So does the amount of protection increase with each gear level up?

good question. got a few close myself.

Oh, you don't have any there yet. It's really helpful, 3 bars of protection for level VII. :)

Credit/droid heists are essential, so Cad is a good choice.  However eventually Phasma will be the stronger character and you will use her more.  Cad you'll eventually want to replace with a better smuggler.


That is a nice find. Sadly Rex and Echo shards are ridiculously hard to come by.  Neither of them have spots where you can regularly farm shards.  You can only get them randomly with crystals from Shipments, randomly in the Shard Shop, or randomly in Ships shipments(which is a terrible idea).  Rex would be great especially with his ARC fighter, but I'm not sure if either will be worth what you'll have to spend.


It does go up a little bit as they level up and go up in gear levels, but to really get more you need to put good mods in.  Sidious is decent, but I probably wouldn't put him past gear VIII.  There are others that are more valuable to use the hard to get gear on.

I'm also 10 shards away from ST Han, but 3* characters aren't very useful to me anymore.

Thanks for the advice. Even though I have Biggs at 5*, my 4* Sidious is by far my best character.


2 shards away from Vader! He'll be mine today or tomorrow.

That's part of the reason I was excited. I never would have gone through the trouble to get him. I think the fact that he has a ship, we'll see his opportunities for shards to expand.

Oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness oh my goodness!!! *catches breath*

Just hit player level 54, and did the Windu fleet training I unlocked. It gave me Mace, Ackbar, both of their ships, and the final achievement I needed to unlock Vader. Training droids please?

Yes - Rex has been appearing in the Fleet Store pretty regularly; he is legitimately mineable now!


Ha ha - congrats!

Yeah, that would seem pretty unimpressive to someone who's been playing as long as you.

Yeah, this ships thing is nice for those that don't have all these characters already.  Lots of freebies.  As for Vader, well you enjoy that climb.   ;)   It took me months upon months to get him all the way to 7*.  It was probably the better part of a year  A fair number of shards from achievements, but the rest from the shard shop, 2 by 2 by 2 by 2, over and over.  It appears that his shards appear in the Ships shipments now, but I wouldn't spend those on him.  You need them for actual ship stuff more.

Sorry - I hope you didn't take that as I was laughing at you.

I was happy for you.  Was at work and typing a short message.  Wasn't thinking how it might come off!

Well, Ship battles unlock at player level 60, so I'm not there yet. Still not a high enough level to finish the fleet command training.

Don't the extra shards help no matter what your situation? If they're not 7* yet, and if they are can't you use them in Shard Shop?


Laughing? That thought never occurred to me. I know you wouldn't do that.  :)

You know, I wish I could use your Anakin for Dark Side battles. I really got stuck trying to finish stage 5 on hard. Use your HK? Sure, the rest of my squad gets wiped out before they get a turn. HK will make it to the final encounter, maybe even revive, but win? Nope.

same way here. Tarkin and his ship is next for you.
working on Stormtrooper Han now, over 1/2 to Cad too.

Yeah honestly, HK's primary use is to Lead the 2 IG's.

They score tons of Critical Hits and with HK leading them, they gain 50% Turn Meter every time they do.

In Galactic War, I start out with those 3 Droids backed by Luminara & Qui Gon.

Now - my Qui Gon has REALLY good Speed (meaning his Turn Meter replenishes fast) but when I group him with the Droids, it's like he just stands there and watches because they get so many Turns!


HK does get serious bonus points though for having the best Attack Name in the entire game:  "Meatbag Mayhem".

Awesome.

I already have Tarkin and his SD.
Same here, almost to both of those.


Well, he has 2000 power over any other DS character I can borrow. Although kewlkev's Boba is more fun to use.

It is a fun attack, but it was more fun when it wiped the screen.  :D

Yes, they do help.  You are correct you can turn them into the shard shop and 1 shard gets you 15 shard shop points.  I did get a great number of shards when this ship thing came out because I had most of the people already.  It was a nice boost to getting Grievous, but I'm still not there with him.  His grind is awful.  However someone in my guild who does have him says he starts at like 5 or 6 stars, so that's a plus.


Yeah, HK leading droids is brutal.  If you want an ideal droid group you need to pick up Jawa Engineer.  He rezzes and heals droids and gives them MORE speed.  It's madness.  The 5th slot in the party can be filled in with a few things.  B2 or Grievous are nice to have, but if you want someone easier to pick up or someone you might already have, use Royal Guard.  His taunts, health and armor buffs, plus his speed and stun debuffs make him pretty useful.

I'll have Cad tonight.. figure what next after him.

All I feel like I'm doing in Ships.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCe0ru6cluU

promoted Imperial Guard plus Ewok Elder (free shards)

Well I got wedge finally. I also promoted my rey to 6* and my biggs to 5*.  5 shards away from a 4* Zam Wessel, she only starts out at three star so she's pretty useless. I also go Leia to 6*, and let me say this, if you've ever wondered if she is useful, get her right now. In the rancor raid I did her basic attack and when she got the two bonus attacks she did 11,000 on the captain. Now she is at 6*, she did 15,000 on the captain.  So I'm quite pleased right now.

Cool. I really to do more work on my RG.  He's good now, but the people that have him seriously maxxed out - he is a Royal Pain in the *** to deal with - constant Taunt AND stunning all your guys.

He's somebody I'm working on right now, too. I seriously underestimated him the beginning, because I didn't understand the game as well.

It's why he makes a good tank to a droid squad. 

Well, I can try to remember everything I did today. I unlocked ST Han, Cad Bane, and promoted RG to 3*. That may be all.

I'm currently training Windu, but who next? Cad, Han, or Ackbar?

Cad Bane today as well. few more I'm working on.

Han works double duty as a Scoundrel and a Rebel, so that's a bonus.  Eventually you may very well replace him on both your Scoundrel team and your Rebel team, but in the meantime he's worth it.  Ackbar is probably a good one to work on after Han since he is a great leader on a Rebel team.  Cad sadly isn't really very strong, but it's good to have him if you still need Scoundrels to fill a team for the heists.

Okay, so I'll work on rebels next after Windu. If I get ST Han to 4*, then I'll have a good Rebel team. Ackbar as leader, and then Wedge, Biggs, Han, and Lando. All 4*, except Biggs, I already have him at 5*.

I'm glad to see Wedge showing up in the ships area. I'm working on him now, but he's not a high priority. I'm thinking he'd be great on my arena squad. I'm just picking up his shards whenever I see them.

Anakin leader for his offense up.
Biggs and Wedge for their ridiculous synergy.
Lumi for her heal.
Last spot, unknown. I'd probably rotate it depending on who I'm facing. Use that slot to counter the other team's abilities (debuff, speed down, etc.)

I guess I got lucky by pulling Wedge from a chromium card. Biggs' special is DEVASTATING with Wedge present.

I just finally read what QGJ's new Zeta-level Leadership entailed.

All Jedi Allies get . . .

+30 Speed
Additional Offense equal to 3x their Speed
Gain Foresight for 2 Turns at the start of a Battle & whenever any character is defeated.

Holy Cannoli.

All that Foresight will fend off a ton of Attacks.

In short - an advanced Jedi team would be REALLY hard to beat.

Now . . . should only take me about 45 days to collect all the Zeta material required for the upgrade.

No problem!   ::)

Is Zeta past Omega?

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Finally got RG to gear level VII. Now he has 7 bars of health and 4 of protection. Not to mention becoming my second most powerful character. . . at 3*. :o

Nice.

Yeah - Zeta is a brand new thing that debuted with Ships.

Only a handful of characters have the upgrade - but it's costly!

Think - 20 Zeta, 10 Omega , 20 Purple mk III's & 100k+ Credits.


But the easiest way to get Zeta is for 2000 Fleet Currency in Fleet Shipments - so that's gonna take a while!

The credit part sounds easy.  :D

I'm not sure how all of those work yet, my highest ranking ability is level 5.

Oh, I also have a ton of those purple ones.  :P   I'll trade you credits and purples for training droids.  ::)

How many stars would you like with your droids?

My current problem is that I'm trying to upgrade too many things at once....

Almost got Anakin and Boba.

Farming Lando to 5* in cantina, using cantina credits to get Qui-Gon to 5*, which I think I can do in time for the next Yoda event, which will get me Yoda.

Have all capital ships at 3*, working on fighters.

Need to get about 15 characters to level 65, because I've got a bunch of equipment I can't use till they get to a higher level.

Working on upping the stars, equipment, and levels of Tarkin, Leia, HK, Biggs, And Wedge.

Working on getting Slave I for when I have Boba.  Snagging Maul and Scimitar shards when I can, because that ship is evil.

Also working on Plo Koon's fighter.

I wish they would put ship shards in Bronzium packs...

Ships I'm looking forward to:  Tie Interceptor (be awesome if they did the royal guard model, with him as pilot), Y-Wing, Anakin's jedi fighter, A-Wing, Tie Bomber, Vulture Droids (both ship and character in one).

4* and above?

I totally feel that, I have 3 characters under level 10 that I want trained to their max level. Not to mention my main ones who have been neglected in favour of training said characters.

Once again, can I please be able to buy training droids with credits? I'd probably spend a good 2M if that was possible.

That's a pretty good Rebel team.


Just imagine if Leia is the one that chimes in with Biggs.  Then imagine if she gets a both bonus shots for a total of 3.  That's 5 shots for the price of 1, all with high crit.  I have seen toons fall from that.


There are several others with Zeta abilities, some better than others.  Yoda's is pretty crazy too lots of Foresight.  The requirements for a Zeta are outrageous though, at least with current farming ability.  I would not suggest spending your ship tokens on them.


Yeah, don't spread yourself out too much.  It's hard to pick characters, but some need more focus than others.  Jedi squad - needed for Yoda event, Scoundrel squad - needed for the 2 heists, Rebel squad - needed for Emperor event, Droid squad - insane speed and bonus turn meter with crazy levels of crit damage.

30 shards for ST Han, 20 for Wedge, Rey 41. got my work set for the week. close to Lobot too.

Imagine once they're all gear level VII + :o

One question, does Biggs' special count as an "attack", or is it only basic abilities that do? I'm wondering because Ackbar's leader ability says whenever an ally uses an ability that isn't an attack, they call a Rebel ally to assist. So I'm guessing if it doesn't count as an attack, it'll call yet another ally to assist.

It's an attack. The abilities that refers to would be heals, buffs, debuffs, taunts, etc.

Aw shucks.

Oh well, my current regular squad has Sidious with his crit chance up leader ability, and he, Wedge, and Biggs hit REALLY hard on critical hits.

What I'm wondering about, is why Vader's basic barely does any damage. Sure, Culling Blade is absolutely devastating when used properly, but you would think someone like Vader would have a powerful basic. His basic getting a critical hit doesn't even do as much as the previously mentioned characters basics when they don't get a critical.

But his basic attack has a special ability block. Use it for that. For example, if you've got an opponent low on health, and their healer is about to get a turn, have Vader hit the healer. It blocks their heal, which allows you to then finish off the other character.

Yeah, mine has a 55% chance.  :(

EDIT: it's actually 65%, but still not very reliable.

Vader needs to be powered up to actually hit pretty hard.  I've got him at at 80 and 7* and with Gear IX all his abilities powered up to Omega and he hurts a lot more.  His basic is up to 80% ability block at that level.  He's one of those characters that takes a while to shine.  His crush at max is brutal.  You get 3 DoTs and speed down for 2 rounds.

If you're ever curious about how a character turns out, just ask.

Nice! Should only take a few more months for me to get him there. . . at least.  ::)

Sure. Is CW Chewie worth it to keep upgrading? I'm thinking not.

I like Chewie for the Mod Challenges, which you may not have. Those are 5 round battles, and every now and then I need his taunt to allow my healers time to do their thing. It wasn't until I stopped making progress in those that I realized I need some tanks, so I got back to upgrading him. He is also good in GW on a second or third team without a lot of healers after my main team has been taken out.

I have him in my Scoundrel squad.  He's a better tank than Han for the two Heist events when you have multiple enemies going in pretty rapid succession.  His biggest drawback is he's pretty slow.  However his leader ability helps his team survive big time.  His taunt recharges faster than Han's and gives him a health boost.  He is also able to heal himself which makes him a viable tank for longer than Han can be.  His basic caps out at a 55% chance to remove 50% turn meter, which is nice.  I actually have both in my Scoundrel squad, but I utilize Chewie more.  When I get Lando I will probably remove Han and keep Chewie.  


Yeah, he's handy for the Scoundrel Mod challenge too, especially trying to get 3 stars on Tier III.  You gotta have somebody that can take a beating and regenerate.



Not saying Han is worthless though.  His ability to boost his turn meter when he shoots, and to boost others turn meter when he takes damage when he's taunting is pretty nice.  Plus his passive to reduce turn meter from enemies every time he goes and every time he gets damaged is pretty handy.  He's just not as beefy as Chewie who has the 3rd highest HP of all of my toons after Barriss and Anakin.  My Han doesn't even make the top 15 for HP.

Oh Mod Challenges.  I just started those - they're tough.  O_o

I can't get better than two stars on the first battle...

Give it time.

I have Mod Battles, but not Challenges yet. Thinking about it, it may be stood idea to get my hands on as many mods as possible. I'm currently using most of my cantina energy farming Geonosian soldier. I've been on the receiving end of a decent one of those, it's not a pleasant experience.

I think I'll get ST Han to 4* and then stop there. Focus on other characters.

magma trooper for more Vader shards today. 25 shards to ST Han. Snowtrooper 2 stars (free packs) decent day.

New damage record! I almost hit 35000 with Vader's Culling Blade.  :o

I just beat a REALLY hard one.  The Rebels one for Tenacity mods has the Emperor and THREE Royal Guards on the 5th stage.  I was trying to beat the Tier 3 mission and man was it hard, cuz you have no healers and your team is already beat up.  Took 4 tries today but I finally managed with Ackbar leading as well as Han, Leia, Biggs, and Wedge.


Very nice.  Just think, eventually you'll be able to hit 50k.  Usually the only time I get that much though is when I'm working on the Rancor or the Tank raid and I've got whole line of debuffs stacked up.

How often do you come across an enemy with enough health to withstand that?

There's an ally I have who's royal gaurd has 57,000+ protection. He has 45k health even. An ally I have on my alt account has a 7* Vader maxed in every way, critical chance mods that gives him plus 20% crit chance from each one and plus 10% crit damage from each one. His culling blade did over 75k :o That han solo totally survived ::) Sadly this ally removed me two days ago :'(

Wow! That is crazy. I'm consistently farming my Royal Guard, the jump to 3* and gear level VII really helped him.

Phasma promoted to 4*, now I'm working on getting Lumi to 5* and ST Han to 4*.  Training Ackbar and then Han next.

So I found a flaw in my Ackbar, Wiggs, Lando, and ST Han squad I'm working on getting. No healer. Is that a big problem? If so, who gets kicked off? I'm thinking Han.

Usually only a Raid boss or a super super geared up tank.


Yeah Royal Guard can be ridiculously hard to kill.  Vader can dish out some silly damage with the Culling Blade.  Rey is another with her 3 hit strike that can dish out damage that's just crazy.


Rebel teams are usually blitz teams.  Usually you see Rebel teams in PvP because it's a 1 shot run.  You pump out a ridiculous amount of damage and mow down opponents before they can do too much damage to your team.  You've got Wiggs doing 3 shots at least, more if Leia chimes in.  Also, since Lando can perpetually crit and use his special over and over and over, and each time he does it it does MORE damage than the last, you can do silly levels of damage.  Not to mention if you use Ackbar's special, Lando can use his special and as long as he gets the crits, he can use it all over again.  You sometimes can have 2-3 dead in like 2 rounds.

Rebel teams aren't really good for GW unless you add a healer.  Ackbar is kind of a healer because one of his abilities heals when he removes debuffs, but that's not a solid reliable heal.  Most people will add either Bariss, Lumi, or Daka.

Okay, thanks for the advice. So then my current plan is to use my previously mentioned Rebel team in the Arena, and replace ST Han with Leia if I ever get her. And could use them in GW with a healer, who would also replace Han. Good plan?

Actually in that instance you'd probably do something like go with Lando in the lead(he gives speed and crit) and then run Wiggs and keep ST Han for a tank and then have your healer.  I'd suggest Daka(her basic attack can stun and she has a chance at auto rez plus her heal will rez), possibly Ewok Elder(has a rez skill and his heal skill will clear status effects and sometimes rez), or Bariss(her basic strike can heal, her heal will heal through heal block, and every turn she clears status effects off the toon with the lowest health).

Which instance? GW or Arena?

GW.  There you have to think more about the long haul and making your team last as long as you can.  I have one that can usually make it all the way to 9 or 10 before I have to swap out.

In Arena you want to be the first to go and be the first to lay down that initial barrage of special attacks.  If you can take out one of their key squad members in the first go, you will almost certainly win.  Longevity really isn't an issue there in most cases.

I've beaten my last 5ish GW's with 7 characters.  ;D

Thanks for the advice.  :)

Yeah, my A team for GW is packed with healers and a couple multi hitters with Barriss as the lead, so everyone gets a small heal with each turn. I'll eventually work on a good arena team packed with power hitters, but I'm not there yet.

I unlocked Fett, which means I have a five member scoundrel team, and I promoted RG to 5*. I have 55 shards to go on Han and I'll have a Rebel squad for level 5 EP challenge when that comes around, and his shards are in the arena, so I'll get those quickly. I'll continue to build then as my priority right now.

So, uh, I just beat an entire GW with one squad and zero casualties. RG really is an unyielding defender!

Sidious as leader, also a really heavy hitter. Wiggs for the devastating attacks, Consular for the heal, and RG to take the beating. Really effective.

Cool - trying that. :)

I don't have Wedge yet though.  I'm guessing that's what you meant by "Wiggs".

My A Team for GW is Bariss leading, Lumi, Ahsoka, Consular, and Yoda.  It's REALLY hard to kill my group.  :D  I can usually do 1-9 or 10 before I have to start inputting other characters, using trash squads to burn up specials, or using a whole other squad to soften the team up first by killing a key member.



Heh, enjoy it while it lasts.  Once you cross the 80 threshold it's a whole new level of pain.  Sidious is no longer viable and consular won't be near enough for heals.  Wiggs is still usable in the right group type, but you'll have to make some changes to the rest.  My advice is try really Really REALLY hard to get the 150 GW win achievement before you get to 80.  You'll want those Vader shards and after you get above 80, you'll start seeing teams on GW 6, 9, 10, 11, and especially 12 that will make scream and curse.  I have thrown my phone many a time in anger at the ridiculousness of some of the teams.

1 shard away from Lumi.

One stinking shard!

BAH!!

Wiggs is the deadly combination of Wedge and Biggs. "W" from "Wedge", and the rest from "Biggs". I got lucky by pulling Wedge from a Chromium Card. Now I'm working to get both to gear level VII, as they are both a little fragile. Speaking of fragile, my Lando needs some serious work in that area too.

AFAIK, Biggs' special ability, which I assume you know what it is, is what makes them so effective together.

I don't think that squad will quite work for you. First, you don't have Wedge, second, my RG has 1300 power on yours, not to mention 4 mods. Mine has 8 health bars, and 4 protection. And since he taunts whenever one of my toons goes below 50% health, it's a little harder to kill my other characters.  :)   I anxiously await his promotion to 4*. Then he'll really be a force to be reckoned with. >:D                      ;D


That's obviously hard to kill, but what about your own offense? From what I've gathered, Barriss doesn't hit hard, Lumi and Consular are okay, Ahsoka's special is nice, and I don't know much of anything about Yoda.

I'm currently level 56 and I've beaten 17 GW's. 😬   Not sure if I'll make it.  :-\


I've been there, be patient. If it makes you feel any better, I'm working on getting her to 5*.  :P

Well, I didn't say today.

You've clearly dedicated a whole lot more time to this game than I have.

Oh, right.  ::)   You've probably checked,  but Wedge isn't easy to get. Cantina battle 6-F and data cards are the only way.

Yeah, I guess I have. What keeps me coming back is it's obviously fun, but there's always something new to work towards. Always something to improve. Star count, gear level, unlocking new character. It doesn't end. At least not where I am.

 Biggs and Douku close for promotion. 5* Wedge is ships area too.

Barriss, Lumi, Consular, QGJ, and Biggs. I can usually get to node 11 before I lose someone. Almost level 81, but I've kept many of my characters in the 70s, which then keeps the other teams in the high 70s low 80s. I will start to level then up once I get my rebels and scoundrels up to speed.

I'd love to add Yoda to the team, but he just isn't there yet. I need to unlock higher mods and get gear levels up on him. He dies a little too quickly.

Did you not have that until now?

Sorry for commenting on it this late, I didn't think of it until now.

Oh yes - for me too.

Yep, Wedge will be much later on...lol  You were fortunate to get him on a card.  :)

I'd spend a lot more time on the game, and on here too, but RL is begging for attention ATM. :P

It seems I'm at a lull in game at this point.  About to get a bunch of characters, or promote them (RG included :P).

just aquired Asoka's fighter. 5 shards for Wedge.

Nope. Just a 4 team. I've been able to do the lower tier heists, but now the uppers will be locked.

Yeah, Bariss' DPS sucks for sure.  However her ability to keep the team free of debuffs and heal through some awful stuff and give out bonus defense makes her valuable.  Not to mention the big health boost for everybody gives your team a lot more survivability once all your protection is gone.  Yoda is quite valuable.  Foresight practically all the time, he can steal the other team's buffs and give them to your whole team, plus Foresight and debuff immunity.  He also gets turn meter from his basic and his big attack will remove turn meter and it stuns.

The team DPS isn't the highest, but it's a team that can survive quite well.


The grind for Wedge sucks.  Even if you get him from a card, you still gotta spend a whole lot of time getting him more stars.

I'm dealing with that grind all over again for Lando.  His is a little better because there are two Cantina battles you can get shards from, and one of them costs less to run.  The downside of that though is that battle doesn't give you as much goodies, like ship credits, which are suuuuper needed.  So I opted to go with the battle that costs more energy to run but you get more rewards.

My scoundrel team got obliterated in tier 4 of the Droid smuggle. I need to get their gear, mods, and stars way up.

Indeed I was fortunate.

I've had lulls before, it's worth it when they're over.  :)


So I acquired 5 Scoundrels before you. Fancy that.  :-\


Yup, I really want Barriss.

Also yup. I unlocked Lando from one battle. Boy that took a while. Good thing Cantina Battles aren't limited to 3 attempts a day like other battles for shards.


I had a good day there. I unlocked the second tier (:D), but with both tries I pulled 24 4* droids and 40 5* droids.  8)   I got Ackbar from lvl 49 to 53, ST Han from 4 all the way to 53, and had enough left over to get Sid and RG from 53 to 56.

You acquired five scoundrels before me as well.  I'm still at 3.

Haha...   I just obliterated the Tier 4 droid challenge today.  I got two sets of really good parts from my guild's Tier 7 Heroic Rancor raid last night and I finished the last 2 pieces to get Boba Fett upgrade to Gear 9. He's really kicking them in the teeth now!

Sweet Sith, have you seen what Jyn can do....

It's a tournament, so I won't be seeing what she can do for a while. I'll hear about it, and I'm sure I'll be on the receiving end of it, but I won't be able to use Rey 2.0 for a while.

Who's Jyn? The girl from Rogue One?

EDIT: never mind, just saw the message.

Figures Jyn would be an effin tournament reward.  I was really hoping to get her if they added her.

Crap like this makes me want to join Death Watch and disintegrate people.

Yes.


Well, technically, yes.  But I read her ability descriptions in the announcement.... I'm sure they're what the abilities do when maxed, but still... Put her, the other two new guys from Rogue One, and Wedge and Biggs together....


And I wouldn't mind getting another Rey version, specially the one you face with the Lightsaber.

So I just pulled URoRRuR'R'R from a from a Bronzium card. Why?

There will be areas of the game where you need teams of specific types of characters. I'm not sure if Tusken Raiders are one of them or not, but I have learned that those types of teams usually have great synergy. I cower when I go up against teams of clones, Ewoks, Jawas, etc. He might be useful later on.

Also, how long did it take you to type that name without your autocorrect fixing it? Or did you copy and paste?

I guess. But there's only 3 Tuskens in the game.

I know what you mean. I was looking for a suitable opponent in the Arena just now, and found a team with less power than usual. But it's HK, both IG's, Jawa Engineer, and Poggle. All droid synergies. No thanks.

Surprisingly, autocorrect didn't have any conniptions.

There's only three playable Tuskins in game right now.  There are quite a few non-playable ones that you'll face.  Ewoks, droids, Rebels, Imperials, scoundrels, as well.  It's actually rather annoying, as some of them would be fun to use.  Like the Lightsaber versions of Luke and Rey.

K-250 free, promoted Biggs 5* Asoka's ship too.

Finally unlocked Lumi.  Close to Boba too.

K-2SO was a cool surprise.

Oh yeah. Like those annoying Battle Droids who can basically wipe out your team in one turn if there's enough of them all getting bonus attacks from each other.  >:(   And there's the dumb Commando Droid diplomats who activate Stealth when they're the only enemy left.  ::)


I saw that Rapine! I recommend getting her to 4*, she's honestly not that useful right now. At least she wasn't for me.

Where did you get K-2S0?

He was free once I opened the app - 'cause Rogue One.  Go to events...

This is about how I feel.  I can never score high enough in the tourneys.  I wasn't that gung ho about the shoretrooper or Chirrut, but I REALLY wanted Vader's TIE.  I'm not that gung ho about Jyn, but I will try for her.  I hate the constant addition of these new Meta characters that most won't get unless you're a pay to play person that has the ungodly teams to dominate these things.


Lumi is super useful, you just need to give her a little TLC with gear and ability upgrades.  Mine is almost to 9k power.

K-2SO was just in the data cards area when I logged in today.  There was one pack with him and some other goodies, plus there were 2 other freebie goodies packs for a total of 3.  From what my guild is saying, it's Android only.  The ones that use Apple say they didn't get anything, so if you're using iOS, you are SOL.

How long is it open? Oh and;

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https://youtu.be/mdLP96H8xWk
Anyone know how to make ^this^ work?

Not seeing it.


I'm working on promoting her to 5* in GW. Right now her problem is she can't take a hit. Mine dies so quickly. And even though her heal is 40% health, my consular has more max health and does a bigger heal right away. But he doesn't have heal over time like Lumi does.

Too bad for me. There was an Apple only card when ships came out that gave Wedge and his starfighter. I already had him, so it gave me 32 shards and, obviously, his ship.

I don't know how long the 3 freebie cards with K-2SO and other goodies are going to be available.  I would try and claim them today for sure.  As for the event where you can earn more K-2SO shards and credits, it started today and it runs for 10 days, so 9 more after today.


Get her to at least level 50 and gear 7 if you haven't and put a set of health mods on her and a set of armor mods.  Try and get ones with protection too.  She should live a lot longer.  Her ability block makes her pretty invaluable.

Pretty sure there was a similar card on Android too cuz I remember getting shards for Wedge.

I've come to the conclusion that this game just doesn't like me.

Why is that? Not giving you what you want again? Don't worry we all feel your pain. Or have felt anyways.

Yep - basically...

"Oh, you just don't like me.  I mean, why not?  I'm nice."

:P

I've just looked at other people's characters too...just wow.  I'm doing it wrong...lol

Mine's lvl 53, only Gear 4. She has one protection mod and one health, in total 4 health bars and 2 protection. Not strong enough for where I am right now.

So should I focus on her with gear, or keep going with Rebels?

Also, what next for Arena Tokens? I'm thinking get Leia, HK, IG-88, or promote Sidious.


Who's? If they've been playing a lot longer, than that would make sense.

Lol, yeah don't look at my character list and try and set goals.  I've been at this game since launch.


Yeah, you need to get her to Gear 7, she'll get a boost to protection when she gets to purple gear.  Also need to get her another health and armor mod so that she has sets.

It depends who you are trying harder for.  Are you trying harder to get a solid Rebel Squad, or a Jedi squad?  Not that you can't mix and match, but usually you have a group you are trying for.

Well, Leia is a solid one for a Rebel squad.  HK is a good droid squad leader, but that may be a bit down the road for you.  IG-88 is a must have IMO.  He will add some serious firepower to your Scoundrel squad.  As for Sidious, if you're close to promoting him to his next star, I guess you could finish.  After that though, I wouldn't work on him as much anymore.  He used to be pretty hot to have, but he's not all that great anymore.

Well I'm on vacation until saturday so... yeah. But hopefully I'll still be able to get him.

What, no phone and a WiFi hotspot at some cafe you can use?  ;)

FYI All...

Sorry for not bringing this up earlier, but with all this talk of farming character shards, it made me think I should mention this.  When you are farming for shards, whether it is on hard mode missions or on Cantina battles, I have a suggestion for you.  It's something that someone in my guild pointed out to me a little while back.  I Sim a lot of my battles cuz I've gotten lazy or don't wanna deal with the fights.  When you Sim a battle, do two at a time.  Obviously on hard mode battles you can only sim 2 and then only 1 is left, but on Cantina you can Sim 2 at a time as much as you have energy.  Using this tactic I have found a greater drop rate of character shards.  Sometimes you get 2, sometimes only 1.  However I seem to get more than doing the missions 1 by 1 or 3 at a time or however many you do for Cantina if you blow all your energy at once.  It's not flawless, but I definitely have noticed a pickup in my shard count drop rate.


Edit: This farming trick seems to work well for anything you're farming, which includes gear pieces.  Also something I've found is that if I go to the mission directly from the home screen, rather than going through the character and finding what shards or gear pieces, it seems to farm out better.  Sometimes it seems like the game KNOWS you're farming that stuff for that character and tries to cheat you more.  So if you find what you're looking for and what mission it's on, then go to the home screen and go directly to the mission, it seems to work better.


Also, I have made quite the fortunate discovery for K-2SO.  There are 6 Tier battles and 1 bonus battle.  If you do all 7 you get 29 shards, which sadly leaves you 1 short today of moving him from 3* to 4*.  However if you do the math, 29 shards x 10 days is 290 shards.  It takes 30 for 4*, 65 for 5*, 85 for 6* and 100 for 7*.  Well all that totals to 280 shards, which means if you are capable of doing all the missions every day, you'll have K-2SO to 7* by the end of the event and still have 10 shards left over for the shard shop.   :D

I know, Gear 7 is really nice. That's as far as I've gotten on anyone so far.

I want a solid Rebel squad in the near future, also not looking for a Jedi squad soon. But I would like a better healer than Consular. Since I'm already working on promoting her, I thought I might give her a big boost with much better Gear too.  :-\

88 would be my 6th Scoundrel, 7th soon 'cause I'm more then halfway to Boba. Sidious is still 0/65, so maybe not. I'm thinking Leia.

Also, thanks for the farming tip! I'll have to try it. Would it apply to Gear too?

Boba and 88 are both good Scoundrels.  I would replace one of your others like Cad and/or Greedo.  Probably best to stop on Sidious for now.  Plenty of other better characters to get.

Yes it seems to work pretty well for gear too.  I edited my other post, take note of the other bit I added.

My tablet's not with me at the moment. Only got my laptop. But hey it's just a game.

I'll probably replace Cad and either ST Han or Dengar.

Cool! Point for the info.  :)

https://swgoh.gg/u/l0rd%20exia/collection/dengar/
Actually debgar is quite good. check out ^mine^.

2* and Gear level 6 is good? Sure, some decent mods, but even I don't have much use for a 2* toon.

Well he does a decent amount of damage and has a moderate HP.  He's no Lord Canternury's anakin but he is pretty good. Keep in mind that star level doesn't matter. When I got qui-gon he was 2* and did more damage than a 6* darth sidious. Both were at level 68 gear 7 for qui-gon and gear 8 for darth sidious and no mods for either of them(didn't exist yet). They also both had all abilities at level 3.

Edit: Just realized I typed debgar... lol

My suggestion would be to replace Cad.  As Grewowl said, Dengar is quite good.  He's more versatile than some of the other smugglers and pretty beefy.  His synergy works well with IG-88 because Dengar can cause debuffs and 88 does more damage with more debuffs on the field.  Also when Dengar shoots somebody with a debuff, there's a chance somebody else will assist, and if they're a smuggler, they auto crit.


Found the answer to your question in my Gmail:

"Get a step ahead of the competition with exciting new content and events from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story™. Redeem the Rogue One Heroes Pack for free and enjoy exclusive limited access to the new Droid K-2SO along with other valuable content.

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Yeah once you lvel him up he is an awesome character.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure I believe you. Star count does matter, you get +30-40 strength, agility, and whatever the other one is when you increase star count.

I don't think there's many characters in the game who could best LC's Anakin.


I don't know if I'm even going to level up Cad.  :-\

Star count does matter, but it's also possible to have a 2* character be better than, say a 4* one.  I'd take a 2* Leia over quite a number of 4* characters, based purely on damage output.

Hit level 70, got 5* Lando, 4 shards from Boba, 10 shards from 5* Vader. Current "to gets" in progress: Anakin, Rey, Bariss, Maul, 5th star for Qui-Gon, Dengar (since I need a scoundrel and he's faster to get than IG-88).

Opinions of IG-100 in a Droid crew?  I pulled him from a Bronze pack.

I guess I'll get Leia then.

MagnaGuard? I only have him at 2*, but I dare you to find a more useless character. Not sure how he works with other droids though.

IG-100 is a piece of worthless useless junk. I've seen what a fully maxed droid team can do and he is terrible.

I need 15 more shards to promote Lumi, and I have 1200 GW tokens waiting for a few more refreshes. I should also get her to Gear 6 very soon, provided my guild is generous when I request the next gear piece on the list.  :P

Yeah, I got MagnaGuard to 5* and he's still terrible.  There are plenty of better options on a droid team.  You want HK leading, 86, 88, and then Jawa Eng.  The 5th slot is variable.  Some use B2, some use Grievous, some will put a tank in.

ST Han next day or two. Lobot 5 shards shy.

Made Cap Level 85 yesterday; woo hoo!

Now I just need a gigajillion credits to Level everyone up.

No joke - it's 355K Credits to take just 1 character from level 84 to 85.

I was wondering what the cap was.

How many do you want? I'd give you 3-4M for a ton of your training droids.  ::)

At some point you'll want to probably.  Eventually you may use him because you need a Scoundrel fill in.  This will probably be far off for you, but right now I'm working on whole squads for the Tier 7 Heroic Rancor raid.  Normally on the raids for the Rancor and the Tank you get 5 tries a day and your roster refreshes every day, so I put out my 5 best teams each day.  However on the Heroic levels you have unlimited tries, but no roster refresh and only 2 days to finish.  So for the Heroic Rancor I have 36 toons that are 7* so I have 7 full teams I can field.  Two Jedi teams, my droid team, my rebel team, my scoundrel team, plus some other miscellaneous teams.  Anyway, my point is I need Cad and Greedo to fill out my Scoundrel squad with Chewie, Dengar, and Boba because Han is helping lead another squad.  Also IG-88 is pulled over to my Droid squad.  So, while I don't use those two normally for the Credit or Droid challenge, I do need them for other things.  That may very well be a ways off for you, but at some point you'll probably come back to him.


Congrats!

I just made level 85 this morning myself.  I have like 10 toons that are 84, the rest of my 7* are various levels between 80-83.  So many credits needed.....



Also curious just how good your Anakin is compared to mine LC.   ;)


Didn't read the newsletter huh?   :P

I would make that trade in a heartbeat.  I've got over 200 each of 7*, 6*, and 5* droids, and also over 1000 each of the rest.  Sadly that 3-4M would just be a drop in the bucket of what I need to get some of my 7* toons to 85.