"Must Use" characters
When Thrawn was launched and the new Phoenix squadron was a must use, it was a really tough decision for many to drop everything we've been working on to dump everything into 6 toons we may not have a...
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It's not exactly new. All of the events are faction-locked. Yoda > Jedi, EP > Rebels, R2 > Empire; Assault battles all have faction and/or specific character locks, as do omega battles... Can't really call it a trend when it's just how the game operates.
