Daring droid R2D2 event without Palpatine

Impossible.

You need EP as lead along with Vader, Tarkin, TFP and RG - or ST.

You need to level them up to 80+ and omega as many abilites as you can (level 7 on the rest). Prioritize EP, Vader and TFP.

Gear could be okay ... but EP would benefit from going to G10, as he is a little squishy and you need him for damage and stuns.

But most importantly: You need way better mods. Abandon all non 4 og 5 dot mods. And get better speed secondaries. Preferably +10 or more. Your toons are WAY too slow to be able to win the top tier of the event.

And friendly word of advice: If you don't succeed the next time around, abandon everything and farm Phoenix to get Thrawn. He was instrumental to me when I finally beat the last tier.

Not impossible. Level your guys, put some good mods on them, and you should be okay. Tarkin and Vader will do your heavy lifting, TFP will enable that lifting, and RG and ST will soak up the damage.

Guys I did it! no omega on vader just leveled my rg and stormie to level 80
and modding was a mess but helped a lot
crit damage triangle on tfp and vader did huge job, all potency set on tarkin helped alot too
tfp critted for 30k doing a chunk of beating

focused down on R2, because I analyzed that most of their DPS comes from R2's burning.
others, leia, hansolo, fbl doesn't hit hard at all.

Thanks for sharing, I am building the exact same team as yours and I should have both RG and TFP to 7* before the end of the week. My Vader and Tarkin are already at a decent level and Stormtrooper is set as well. Good to know that this week of panic farming should pay off. Currently saving all gold, purple and omega gems to buff up my team, mostly TFP.

Completed Tier 7 last night with this gear:

Leader > Palpatine gX (maxed Omegas)
Vader gXI (maxed Omegas)
Tarking gIX
Royal Guard gIX
Snowtrooper gIX

Took about two hours to get it done. I'm not gonna lie, it was a pain, but I did it.

I hope other fellow gamers can do it too, it is such a joy get R2 to 7*. lol

any thoughts??

I’ve always heard Emp lead, Vader, RG, TFP, and the last usually as Thrawn or Tarkin

I haven’t beat it yet, that’s the lineup I’m going to use when it comes around again

If you level them all up to level 83, maybe with a bit of luck

No you need them leveled up and omegas

Agree with Jovana_Milo. It will be tough, but it's possible if you make those changes.