Sorry Phipps

Hey guys! I'm back in the forum, and I see you've been busy. Today I've been struggling with my "new" team composition. I thought that getting Yoda would help, but instead my team drops like a rock (today I had to recover from rank 58).
I am running: 6* QGJ (L, of course), 6* GS, 7* Sid, 7* lumi, 6* Yoda (not maxed on gear yet, 34/50 on the purple gear). I know, nothing original. It is good on offense but my rank drops prove it sucks on defense...
Any piece of advice for this poor F2P?
My other usable toons are: 7* Poggle, 7* Phasma, 7* JC, 7* Eeth Koth, 7* Barriss, 6* Daka, 5* Poe. I am currently working on 86 and 88, they may be useful in the new meta. I'd love to fight Calvo and his Grievous!

Well, I am back from the Caribbean. I dropped all the way to 59th! Yikes! I will spend the next few days trying to climb back. Any big changes in the game in the last week?

"Insufferable_camper;219646" wrote:
Well, I am back from the Caribbean. I dropped all the way to 59th! Yikes! I will spend the next few days trying to climb back. Any big changes in the game in the last week?

Big stuff coming in April. Nothing new since you stepped away. Although calvo started playing around with a grievous

59th is not that bad for being out a week. What have you been running on defense?

What I've noticed - quite anecdotal - is that if I take 2nd in the morning, I can stay at 2nd for a large part of the day without playing. If I take 1st, I end up out of the top 10 in a few hours.

@Insufferable_camper

I had been watching you, you didn't drop that far which is good news, seems top 5 has got more competitive lately at least in east USA time zone over last week. Be sure to check the updates Jesse posted over the past week that he gave us for the game. Great stuff is ahead.

Has anyone joined a guild yet? I haven't pulled the trigger since it's not in game yet but I'm starting to think about it.

@Predian
I know what you mean, I purposely try to move into spots that I think are attacked less. Fwiw, and this goes for anyone in the est USA pay out, if I'm in in 3rd or 2nd and you are in first I don't mind getting locked out so feel free to use me as your holder if you can, I've had a bad week in arena since arena is mostly luck with sniping and defense those places are just as good as 1 IMO....way better than the 10-6 payout

Btw, does my squad ever win on defense? I feel like they lose 100% of the time....I hate them since I've been playing the same team forever, can't wait for the changes

I think everyone loses close to 100% of the time on defense.

My broke squad use to win 90% plus of the time of offense. Now it's more of a flip of....whose GS goes first and who yoda turn meter reduces on my team.

I only lose on offense when something crazy happens or I'm indulging in my alt addiction.

My current lineup is an example of that (qgj, aayla, maul, Rey, Royal)

@HalB I don't really have a good defensive team, I just tried to put one out there with a bunch of stars and high power ranking so I would be targeted less.

@Phipps @Predian I too have noticed that when I take the number one spot, by the morning I have dropped at least 15 spots, if I am #2, 3, or 4 sometimes I can stay in the top ten overnight.

I am a bit worried about the changes coming. I have spent a lot of time gearing and starring characters for the current meta. I feel I'm not prepared for a seismic shift in gameplay.