Fleet Arena is impossible

"Obo_Nâm;785924" wrote:
Yeah, I had Windu, Ashoka, Jedi Consolor 7*, gear 9 or 10, level 81 when ships opened... I was fully active from day one... even spent a bit to get ahead... other crew were further behind but reasonable.... but I got destroyed!!

Okay, that's two good ships, but what about the other five? Windu being geared isn't quite as important--it's not like he needs HP, protection, tenacity, or defense, so the only stats on a flagship that matter are speed, offense, and potency.

Consular at 7 is really good for his assist, but look at his stats and you'll see that he does almost no physical damage, and his basic only uses physical. So you have a really good ship for every 1 in 4 turns, and a fairly substandard ship for the remaining 3. Ahsoka is a glass cannon, so a couple rounds of concentrated fire and she's down--do you have someone to protect her with a taunt? Biggs is a fantastic tank in fleet, and if you're using Mace you can use his taunt to distract from Ahsoka.

You can't get by with two good characters. You need all of them to be 7 stars and minimum gear 7 if you want to compete. You also need to pay attention to your squad composition--synergy is useful, but a big freaking gun is more important. Imperial and First Order TIE Fighters hit like trucks even if you don't have Tarkin as your admiral.

Pilots matter more than the ships themselves, make sure that you're maxing your pilots which includes maxed mods and giving them omega abilities

Yeah that's weird, on the last time I was 56 on arena squad and 321 on ship arena. I got really reflexive, cos' I was investing on ships.

Gear your pilots better it's what matters most

It's all about the pilots. My arena rank and my fleet rank are almost identical. Somewhere between 50-20 every day. But I have a very deep roster with multiple pilots (including Plo Koon!) maxed out. Wasn't really planning for ships but for once, some of my bench fodder gets some use (Plo Koon, FOTP, Jedi Consular, etc)

"ScotBott;786385" wrote:
Gear your pilots better it's what matters most

Yeah I've purposely focused my fleet on all my highest geared pilots.

So I have Wedge, Biggs, Geo Soldier, Fives, Ahsoka and Jedi Consular as my main ships. All of them are 7 stars and at least gear 9.

I use Tie-Fighter pilot as my last reserve and he's 6 star and gear level 9.

My capital ship is Akbar's Home One. Akbar is 7 star and gear level 11.

I have been able to stay in the Top 10 ever since Ships started. Now, my shard isn't super competitive (my arena power is only about 110k), but bottom line is I focused my farming ships with my strongest toons.

Although now I am farming some Dark Side ships so I am gearing up First Order TP, Geo Spy and Sun Fac.

I struggle to get under 600 arena with a 27k squad, but I consistently stay between 65-80 in fleet. My fleet arena power is only 71k...

Its all about your shard. None of my pilots are even 7*

Sorry for your luck...

Fleet squad is AA L, JC, 5s, Biggs, GS, Poe

"tRRRey;786236" wrote:
Pilots matter more than the ships themselves, make sure that you're maxing your pilots which includes maxed mods and giving them omega abilities

Abilities like omegas on characters effect ships? I had no clue

I'm around 500 always, when I fight it's an uphill war, seeing as almost all my target locks are resisted while theirs rain like candy.

Thanks for all the reply guys.... I'll keep trying... but it does look like I've pulled a bit of a short straw with my shard.... :(