As we mentioned in this post it is our intention to provide a more deliberate experience in Platoon Missions inside of Territory Battles by both curating those Platoons and then providing the list of those curated Platoons in the forums. We will provide updates before we make changes to this list in the future, so you can plan your Platoons accordingly.Platoon requirements by Vertical Slice and Territory: updated: 11/22 TEXT TEXT TEXTFAQs

What is vertical slice? I don’t understand that term.

by vertical slice, i believe they mean each day of the TB. So on day 1, there is only 1 set of platoons that day. Day 2 there are 2 (north and south) day 3 there are 3 (Ships, Mid, and south). My guess that the requirements for day 1 will be either the left or right column. Day 2 they will be either one from each column, or random (possibly duplicates). Day 3 should be set squads in all 3 rows unless the DS TB has 2 lanes in day 1. it is confusing for sure as I don't recall the term "Vertical Slices" ever being used before.

Wonder why they put it in a graphic - makes it bit harder to digest/rearrange into more usable form.What would make a handier presentation?Seems like having count of duplicates (both within a platoon, and across platoons in a territory) would be helpful. (Tell number of each character needed.)Any other ideas how to boil this down to make accessible?

"CG_RyDiggs;c-1353448" wrote:"Darth_Ouchilus;c-1353177" wrote:Yes please stop with this vertical slices stuff. "Phase" is perfect.Heya @Darth_Ouchilus Unfortunately Phase is a temporal (time based) measurement. Usually 24 hours. While we're trying to describe map oriented objects and areas on the map. Hence, sometimes there being confusion.Consider, in Phase 1, a guild only finishes the top Territory. Then Phase 2, the guild would have a territory in column 1 and column 2 but still be in Phase 2. :frowning: We'll get it straitened out tho.Cheers!Then I suggest "sector" to refer to the "vertical slices," which is a bit cumbersome. So the TB is divided into 6 sectors, each sector contains 2-3 territories.

Can we get totals of every unit required (I.e. phase 3, 6 Darth Mauls) somewhere?

Territory Battles: Imperial Retaliation: Vertical Slices 1-3 Platoon Requirements

Pogo_Olorin
8 years ago
"Staubie12;c-1352586" wrote:
What is vertical slice? I don’t understand that term.

Apologies for the confusion. We have used 'vertical strip' in the past when describing a vertical unbroken line of Territories. Consider Vertical Strip and Vertical Slice the same: Original Reference

Cheers!
Artimus1000
Rising Rookie
8 years ago
Just curious, as I often am. That said, so here comes the monkey’s wrench, (that’s me and mine) are there going to be level, star upgrade, or gearing requirements on these or will it simply be having said characters and ships unlocked?

Edit:
I understand the implied “it’s all the same as LS:TB.” I ask because I recall at no point that is has been unequivocally stated to be so.
Jimbo3772
8 years ago
Platoons in the first 3 slices are always easy. It's P6 when we'll need twelve 7* Mob Enforcers where things will get dicey, lol.
ugonnalose
8 years ago
So vertical slice = phase?
Tommy7xyz
8 years ago
It seems so
tvsfrink
8 years ago
Did I miss it or are we not getting the same for the LS TB?
3muaddib3
8 years ago
"TVF;c-1352929" wrote:
Did I miss it or are we not getting the same for the LS TB?

Not announced yet. Likely we'll see it before the next one comes in December.
Faydark
8 years ago
The ingame messaging (and most discussion around TBs) uses the term "Phase" to describe what has recently been called "Vertical Slice"/"Vertical Strip". Could CG please stick to the ingame terms to avoid confusion? Thanks.
Pogo_Olorin
8 years ago
"Faydark;c-1352962" wrote:
The ingame messaging (and most discussion around TBs) uses the term "Phase" to describe what has recently been called "Vertical Slice"/"Vertical Strip". Could CG please stick to the ingame terms to avoid confusion? Thanks.

Absolutely noted. Good feedback.

RT
RookieGunner
8 years ago
RyDiggs, can you give us the excel spreadsheet you're obviously using, or at least put the data in html tables that we can copy/paste from?