I actually think CG did a great job on this one (just my opinion).Pre-Houndstooth I felt ackbar genoshans were the best offensive fleet in the game, Post Houndstooth I had to stop using ackbar period. I was running into situations where all I could do was just keep attacking with Genos and building protection and if I brought in a reinforcement it was just not enough to keep up until thrawn whacked my own HT... At that point Ackbar was the worst commander.Making the falcon super amazing but ONLY under Ackbar was a great call. I can now beat hounds tooth teams with Ackbar... I'm not destroying them but I'm capable of winning now....To be honest I'll probably not even use the falcon or Ackbar and stick with thrawn. But if I wanted to use ackbar I couldI think the ship is pretty perfect...I think they nailed the ackbar synergy....The kit is OP but only under the current worst fleet commander... To me that was Genius.I don't praise much but when I think they did good I can say it.I think they did a great job...

Other opinion here.They did a terrible job with falcon. Way to many op effects. Together with hounds tooth and ackbar nearly unbeatable in fleet arena. Fleet arena is destroyed now.Grand Arena and Territory War are also useless. The one with more op toons will win. No need to play, instead you can give the pay outs immediatly. Worthless time killing.Some say the game has its best days behind. I think that can be true, unfortunately.

Thanks for the feedback. Its good to know that i am not the only one, who is making up his thoughts about the direction the game is developing. Same fleet arena experiences for me.I really liked the game, but this changes with nearly every “update“ now. I think the main point is that i dont like the idea that every new toon have to be way better than existing. There is no need for. Little better would be enough for players to want them.At the moment the imbalance is becoming bigger and bigger and this journey took up more and more speed and will not end well. Sorry for my bad english.

"Starkomat;c-1758673" wrote:Thanks for the feedback. Its good to know that i am not the only one, who is making up his thoughts about the direction the game is developing. Same fleet arena experiences for me.I really liked the game, but this changes with nearly every “update“ now. I think the main point is that i dont like the idea that every new toon have to be way better than existing. There is no need for. Little better would be enough for players to want them.At the moment the imbalance is becoming bigger and bigger and this journey took up more and more speed and will not end well. Sorry for my bad english.Good english. And good post actually

i expect a legendary ship to be good, maybe even a great addition to so-so allies....but the falcon is not that. it is amazingly powerful. not only can it not b targeted but it assists too...but wait theres more...it also cleanses allies and dispels the opponent on a basic....has a huge health and protection pool and is one of the fastest ships.i unlocked it at 5* , you would think i was happy, even ecstatic. not so. because this ship is so powerful i can no longer beat anyone in my shard consistently....all those assists...ya, coin flip 50/50 rng because there is no strategy needed just a few coin tosses going ur way...i did not get revan but ive hit that wall in my climb in arenai got hmf but only 5* and now getting knocked off the wall(was able to get 1st everyday but definitely not unbeatable, lots of variety in my midgame shard)Fleet was fun and challenging, now a grind and leaves me wondering if i'll 'get lucky'i was a guppy now i'll b only f2pi still love this game, but not sure how many more of these pay events will keep me in that sentiment.....rip fleet....i'll miss u!ps ino there are counters for hmf, however none that i have yet and none consistant that ive seen....not arguing that point....i'm along ways from any of it and by the time i do the next thing will render that moot too. not against change or new content but this kind of over powered change is NOT fun especially when it removes almost all the strategy in exchange for luck. my new 5* hmf isn't completely worthless, there is tw and ga and tb i suppose...of course, thats not everyday either

This Falcon meta is the worst we’ve had in a long time IMO, for a few reasons:1) It’s heavily RNG based. This is like going back to the Old Ben or Maul lead days. Some battles the AI just decides you will have no chance and there’s nothing you can do about it. 2) It’s ruined fleet diversity. The great thing about the HT meta was that there were a ton of options to run. He fits into any lineup. 3 of the 4 capital ships were good. Now 47 of my top 50 in arena run Ackbar rebels. I don’t think we’ve seen that in arena since Thrawn came out. 3) You don’t need to have good ships to take #1. Because the AI plays these fleets so horribly, you don’t need to have good rebel ships to win. Pray RNG doesn’t screw you and wipe you early, call Cassian as a 1st RI to wipe buffs, call your Falcon to assist Cassian and wipe out their Falcon, and cruise to victory. It’s much easier to beat superior teams in this meta that previous ones.

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cannonfodder_iv
New Spectator
6 years ago
"Trystan_Spyder;c-1759633" wrote:
"cannonfodder_iv;c-1759609" wrote:
Pre Ships 2.0 Bistan had some love as a reserve. I am saddened by the MIl-f's disruption. It's done for fleet exactly what 2.0 was supposed to avoid - it's made battles longer and made arena more homogeneous. It's increased RNG frustration due to the high variability in assists and its own dodge mechanic. It's easy enough to beat, it's just not really fun.

Longer? I found that once I ran HT/Ghost/HMF under Thrawn instead of HT/XB/Ghost, my battle times went from 3+ minutes and at least 1 thrawn ultimate to about 90 seconds and not even a second reinforcement.

Maybe in some kind of Ackbar mirror match, but even pre-HMF those fights were 3+ minutes.

Thrawn vs AA / Falcon / HT / Plus One?

Who do you reinforce with?
trystanspyder
6 years ago
Phantom, Biggs, Vader, Cassian.

There's only a handful of Falcons in my shard (5-6) including me, so most of my fights are still vs Thrawn/Tarkin with HT/XB/Silencer/Vader/etc.

I've tried to run Ackbar but maybe my Home One isn't developed enough. Thrawn's heal/buff plus insta-kill is just so handy. Falcon+Ghost both with Def Pen and Offense Up vs HT with Def Down. If needed bring in Cassian, wipe out Prot Up, and finish. I've been able to erase 7* HT in under a minute.
cannonfodder_iv
New Spectator
6 years ago
"Trystan_Spyder;c-1759654" wrote:
Phantom, Biggs, Vader, Cassian.

There's only a handful of Falcons in my shard (5-6) including me, so most of my fights are still vs Thrawn/Tarkin with HT/XB/Silencer/Vader/etc.

I've tried to run Ackbar but maybe my Home One isn't developed enough. Thrawn's heal/buff plus insta-kill is just so handy. Falcon+Ghost both with Def Pen and Offense Up vs HT with Def Down. If needed bring in Cassian, wipe out Prot Up, and finish. I've been able to erase 7* HT in under a minute.

Ah, makes sense. Yes, I was talking about AA mirrors, which is the only type of match we get in my shard. Sometimes Phantom is the third ship, sometimes it's Biggs, we even have a guy who likes Bistan. Thrawn is too slow and would get annihilated.
trystanspyder
6 years ago
I've fought the AA teams with Thrawn too - I find it easier to climb that way. I usually try to switch to Ackbar after climbing. It holds better, whether as a bluff of because it is actually harder to fight. But I still don't hold HMF responsible for the longer matches - people were complaining about the Mace Time Out fleets prior to HMF, so long battles are nothing new. Haven't been since HT became mainstream.
cannonfodder_iv
New Spectator
6 years ago
"Trystan_Spyder;c-1759690" wrote:
I've fought the AA teams with Thrawn too - I find it easier to climb that way. I usually try to switch to Ackbar after climbing. It holds better, whether as a bluff of because it is actually harder to fight. But I still don't hold HMF responsible for the longer matches - people were complaining about the Mace Time Out fleets prior to HMF, so long battles are nothing new. Haven't been since HT became mainstream.

That's interesting. Pre-HMF my average match time was well under two minutes generally running Thrawn / HT / ITF / Tie Adv and reinforcing with Maul (Tie Adv assist under stealth with offense up using Thrawn's basic usually one shot whatever was left of HT). Matches rarely got to Thrawn's ultimate unless someone reinforced first with Tie Adv. and stuck offense down. I find the AA mirrors much longer and am surprised you hold up on offense against the initial barrage, unless for some reason AA isn't opening up with his AoE or is targeting HT instead of Ghost, or your Ghost has G12 pilots.

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