Requirements to unlock the Chimera

I got Chim at 5* and I'm very happy with it. It probably is so much better than my Ackbar ship because I stopped caring about him ages ago so he's only gear 10, whereas my GAT is gear 11 and I use him in arena.

The crystals from being top 20 have even made up for dropping out of the top 20 in arena because I missed out on CLS. I'm really glad I farmed bistan's ship enough before the event to take part.

"Vahldin;c-1312572" wrote:
I feel sorry for everybody except the whales. They haven't done a thing for ships in forever. Now they come out with this Capital ship that is probably going to dominate arena for the whales and only the whales. Nobody in their right mind would have sunk resources into Phoenix squad ships because they aren't that good. There is virtually no diversity in the make up of the top 50 fleet arena squads. The last time I checked, Akbar was lead in 4 teams on my shard in the top 50, so it's pretty obvious he's broke. Mostly Tarken leads with Windu coming is a distant second. The front five of nearly every team consists of Biggs, Fives, Vader, TFP, and usually FOTP, Fett, or GS. The bench is very similar too. Ships are a disaster. And to pour salt in the wound they had the battles for additional capital ship shards and I competed in everyone of them and still only got 45 shards for my Akbar lead. Now they are gone and I noticed they aren't available in the store (not that I'd buy them there anyway because it's a horrible shard to dollar ratio) so I have to ask...what was the point!?!? If you are not going to give us the opportunity to earn the upgrade through battle why have the event at all? Are you gonna bring it back soon? If not why did you even bother? Honestly ships are so messed up its not even funny.

Where's the idea that they're garbage come from? OH RIGHT, the massive, raging, throbbing, pulsating, veiny hate-ons this forum has for Phoenix Squad. Their ships are good, especially with Home One. Free target lock to trigger Biggs' taunt and protection recovery, give target stealth and have it assist along with another stealthed ally, all of which means buffs everywhere which gives Home One's AoE plenty of assists, and all of which give your characters protection up for days. They've got an AoE attack and an AoE buff along with ship-to-ship synergy.

Ghost and Phantom are really good ships. But to make them good you have to invest in Phoenix Squad and that's anathema to all the loudmouth meta-bois on this board.

I swear, it's like you guys made a deal with the devil where you get to finish #1 every day, but the moment you say "Phoenix isn't that bad" you'll explode in a cloud of sulfur or something... Get over yourselves.

"NicWester;c-1312620" wrote:


Where's the idea that they're garbage come from? OH RIGHT, the massive, raging, throbbing, pulsating, veiny hate-ons this forum has for Phoenix Squad. Their ships are good, especially with Home One. Free target lock to trigger Biggs' taunt and protection recovery, give target stealth and have it assist along with another stealthed ally, all of which means buffs everywhere which gives Home One's AoE plenty of assists, and all of which give your characters protection up for days. They've got an AoE attack and an AoE buff along with ship-to-ship synergy.

Ghost and Phantom are really good ships. But to make them good you have to invest in Phoenix Squad and that's anathema to all the loudmouth meta-bois on this board.

I swear, it's like you guys made a deal with the devil where you get to finish #1 every day, but the moment you say "Phoenix isn't that bad" you'll explode in a cloud of sulfur or something... Get over yourselves.

Good lord dude, I said that Phoenix wasn't that great, Im fairly certain that doesn't qualify as a massive, raging, throbbing, pulsating, veiny hate-on. LOL Not much of a drama queen are we?

That being said I stand by everything I said and I don't feel I need to explain it. If the Pheonix ships were viable people would be using them and they are not.

"Vahldin;c-1312572" wrote:
And to pour salt in the wound they had the battles for additional capital ship shards and I competed in everyone of them and still only got 45 shards for my Akbar lead. Now they are gone and I noticed they aren't available in the store (not that I'd buy them there anyway because it's a horrible shard to dollar ratio) so I have to ask...what was the point!?!? If you are not going to give us the opportunity to earn the upgrade through battle why have the event at all? Are you gonna bring it back soon? If not why did you even bother? Honestly ships are so messed up its not even funny.

If you had bought all the refreshes on the event, you would have 90 blueprints. The packs had a chance that's weighted to give you the lowest possible amount, which was 10. So it required one upgrade pack for each capital ship that you wanted to upgrade, if you did the math on the most economical way to get 7* in the first month. The point was to get you to spend several thousand crystals, or buy some if you didn't have any.

Otherwise, the events are supposed to return once per month, with a possibility of getting 30 blueprints for each ship (if you buy the refresh) each month. That's for the original capital ship. The Thrawn capital ship (Chimaera) event will come back when they feel like bringing it back -- could be several months till then.

"CG_CapGaSP;c-1298534" wrote:
Requires Home One Capital Ship, Ghost, Phantom 2, and any 3 other Rebel ships. Just as with all other Legendary events, each tier requires increasing star-rarity units. Chimaera can be unlocked after Tier 5 (5-Star units), and yes, tier 7 does require all 7-Star units including Home One.

We have our answer. Lets keep it on topic.

moved to correct sub forum.

"Vahldin;c-1313008" wrote:

"NicWester;c-1312620" wrote:


Where's the idea that they're garbage come from? OH RIGHT, the massive, raging, throbbing, pulsating, veiny hate-ons this forum has for Phoenix Squad. Their ships are good, especially with Home One. Free target lock to trigger Biggs' taunt and protection recovery, give target stealth and have it assist along with another stealthed ally, all of which means buffs everywhere which gives Home One's AoE plenty of assists, and all of which give your characters protection up for days. They've got an AoE attack and an AoE buff along with ship-to-ship synergy.

Ghost and Phantom are really good ships. But to make them good you have to invest in Phoenix Squad and that's anathema to all the loudmouth meta-bois on this board.

I swear, it's like you guys made a deal with the devil where you get to finish #1 every day, but the moment you say "Phoenix isn't that bad" you'll explode in a cloud of sulfur or something... Get over yourselves.

Good lord dude, I said that Phoenix wasn't that great, Im fairly certain that doesn't qualify as a massive, raging, throbbing, pulsating, veiny hate-on. LOL Not much of a drama queen are we?

That being said I stand by everything I said and I don't feel I need to explain it. If the Pheonix ships were viable people would be using them and they are not.

@Vahldin
I would disagree. They are great at 7* even with moderate gear of pilots. I use them in main fleet arena squad and I can take#1daily if I havr time. Their damage output is huge. The reason ppl don't use them is pilots. Gearing them is a huge pain. And their utility is not high enough to justify that massive amount of carbanties and stun guns/cuffs you need to drop for g10-11.
P. S. I am in a fairly young arenas (started September 2016) but still I guess it doesn't mean they aren't great