TB Platoons [MEGA]

Put my best in the Platoons... Frack. No explanation.

Guess I was groggy this morning but I saw no mention of platoons in the tutorial. Just deployed everyone and did a combat mission and now I'm locked out. I guess some of it is on me but the tutorial could be more clear IMHO.

"Olga;c-1247576" wrote:
Luckily I only deplyed 1 character in Platoon missions before doing my combat missions. It was one of my best characters though (zJyn), but I still made it through the combat missions without her. Actually, I used my really old rebel squad (AA) for the second mission and it was fine. Not sure if the other phases will be that easy though.

Save your weak characters for Platoon.

I deployed all and was able to do the missions as well as the platoons before servers went down. With that said, you should do the missions first before you assign units to platoons, otherwise if you do platoons first, you won't have access to those toons in missions.

"Ben_Sunwalker;c-1247687" wrote:

This is what I'm thinking. People are saying to go with: Combat > Platoon > deployment .
But I actually think the order should be: Platoon > Combat > Deployment
This way you can use the bonuses unlocked from Platoon on the combat missions, correct?
At least that's how I'm seeing it.
You fill Platoon first (with weak/required units), then you go into combat.
Could you care to help, @Pyrefly ?

The only platoon missions that affects the same territory they're in are the phase 6 platoon missions.
All other platoon missions affect future territories.

"Rcassino;c-1247810" wrote:
So you don't actually play the platoon battles? You just dump in low level toons to get points?

Correct.

You can only battle in the Combat/Special Missions, (preferably with your best). You then play LS Toon Bingo in the Platoon section with what's leftover after that.

"ObiShenobi;c-1247837" wrote:

"Ljaat;c-1247205" wrote:
you want to deploy LAST. Characters used in combat missions and platoons auto deploy. The deploy section (with the 3 down arrows) are just for all the left over characters that you can't use in combat/plt

problem is the tut takes you into deploy and has you select all. unless you clear all and click elsewhere you are screwed.

Deploying to the platoons and completing them gives your teams an edge in the combat missions... you want to do this first

No, I think the platoon bonuses apply to the NEXT phase (except in phase 6). So they don't help you immediately.

"Acrofales;c-1248296" wrote:

"Ben_Sunwalker;c-1248236" wrote:

"Acrofales;c-1248223" wrote:

"Pyrefly;c-1247716" wrote:

"Ben_Sunwalker;c-1247687" wrote:

This is what I'm thinking. People are saying to go with: Combat > Platoon > deployment .
But I actually think the order should be: Platoon > Combat > Deployment
This way you can use the bonuses unlocked from Platoon on the combat missions, correct?
At least that's how I'm seeing it.
You fill Platoon first (with weak/required units), then you go into combat.
Could you care to help, @Pyrefly ?

The only platoon missions that affects the same territory they're in are the phase 6 platoon missions.
All other platoon missions affect future territories.

No. There's one in phase 3 (bottom, the power generator thing) and one in phase 5 (snowfields) that also affect the territory itself. The power generator one also affects the territory next to it (rear trenches). It's going to be a pain in the backside to coordinate that.

Well, as a general rule of thumb for your guild, just instruct them to go Platoon > Combat > Deployment, that way your guild won't miss the bonuses.

But then someone will dump their combat squad into a platoon :persevere:

Well that's hardly the devs fault.
I understand the frustration and the fact that people will mess up the first time around - but that's also part of gaming: having fun and coming up with strategies to overcome obstacles/achieve more things ingame.
I dont like to be spoon fed everything.

Nah. I mean, I did 10 platoon slots of rare characters and then fought two battles. Now I'm watching our progress and planning what I'll do tomorrow. It's fun!

I'm glad this isn't a second Galactic War.

"Bakhtosh;c-1248703" wrote:
Can't read through the whole thread: If (after I'm done with my combat missions) I donate a 7* G11 toon to a Platoon, does the guild lose any deployment points? Would it be better to let someone donate a bare 4* unit instead?

I keep telling people you get the deployment value of the 7* toon when you donate it, but I keep getting argued with.

You are correct, the people arguing with you are wrong. (Unless of course when CG said toons used in missions and platoons are automatically also deployed and add their power to that area didn't actually mean that).

If you want to really test it, deploy all your toons. Check your personal contribution to total TP. Now take one of the empty platoon slots and put one of your toons in it. Check if your personal contribution goes down as a result.