@Kithryn I understand this game revolves around collection characters BUT it doesn't say you need every character to be able to defeat the GW. Heck, I don't even have every character. Lol. But you can't gear up every toon or the first toon you tap on or the easiest character you have to gear, to gear lvl 7-8 and expect to be able to defeat the ENTIRE GW. In the past I've been a victim of that so trust me, I know. You have to strategically gear characters and work on synergy... something I just recently in the past few months have been doing. Before i had a "first come, first serve" gearing mentality. But @Zephyrus is right. When you do that you waste so much resources (gear, credits, crystals, and not to mention TIME...) that you actually end up LOSING ground and still can't take a whack at the GW. One tip I thought of is if you focus on the squads you need for the character events (rebels/palp, Jedi/Yoda, empire/r2, Phoenix/Thrawn, scoundrels/credit heist) then you'll certainly be able to defeat the entire GW. I didn't pay attention to the Phoenix characters when they first came out but now I realize my mistake because they're actually in fact really good characters. Also, if they lowered the difficulty of the GW compared to the toons you have/have left then it wouldn't be a true GW. It would be a modified GW geared to accommodate your best available. One of my fellow level 85 guild mates (I'm level 85 and I've been playing since the Nov 2016 shard and he's been playing since the Nov 2015 shard when the game first came out) told me a really wise truth... Stars don't do too much to affect the character. At most it gives the toon a bit more health. Gear gives the character multiple extra stats which are necessary and not to mention protection. Gear is what you need to be able to move up as a player especially in the arena. Basically, it doesn't matter if you have every toon or if every toon you have is a gear level 7-8 or if every toon you have is a 7* character. Gear is what makes the character great (along with mods of course) so you need to focus on getting particular characters geared up and leaving others on the bench until they either (A) get a new faction pass/rework or (B) you have so much resources that your resources are by far and I mean FAR more than the characters you have. Saving gear for certain characters is a must. You can't just dish out gear randomly and cross your fingers that you did the right thing. That won't work. So @Zephyrus 's "Two character" blueprint is definitely a good one to follow. That's all I'm saying. I hope you do better in GW. Good luck! ;)
