So let me get this straight.....(Peridea Patrol gripe)

Making Assault Battle events around specific marquee characters is simply a greedy, short-sighted move. 

Their plan was to keep introducing new marquee ABs to push f2p-friendly marquees out of rotation so that we would lose resources if we didn't chase the newest marquees. I don't know what they thought the long-term plan would be—keep replacing ABs forever with new ones, making investments in AB units temporary with uncertain ROI? That doesn't seem like great plan for anyone or much of an enticement for spenders. 

I could accept new ABs based on factions—say, Imperial Remnant. At least then, players have some choice about how they overcome the challenge. But requiring very specific marquees is garbage.  

I have the three toons at r7, but cannot succeed on tier 3 (7 star requirements). Struggled on the first two. Any tips would be appreciated, but considering my toons are r7 and the gate is simply 7 stars I really don't think I should need to be remodding, or even having to read the kits. Yes, I am doing the bare minimum and simply button smashing, but that should work at the levels required and what I have 

I spend lots of money on this game. This Peridea Patrol AB is an insult. Content should not leave players feeling dread and disgust. This is supposed to be a reward for character investment. It’s nothing but punishment.

if you're a mid-level player then this content isn't for you.

We all started somewhere and along the way weren't ready for certain content. Bottom line is you fail to realise this with your entitled rant.

On the plus side in maybe 2-3 years your account will reach the point where you are only focusing on new characters.

Just keep trying- I've got mine well modded across the board with all Zetas and simply stuck it on auto until the 3rd time I got the RNG to not have my characters die early. Same applies for the later tier.

Nonsense, the last tier took a couple of retries but with zetas and good mods its 3 stars on all but Tier 5 on auto, took me about 10 mins. 

When an event tier calls for 3 toons and the highest gear level at that point is G11, then the event tier should be tuned to that. It’s ridiculously overtuned for 3 g11 toons. They need to nerf the event difficulty by a lot.