Which ships to farm?

Waste GW currency? I don't understand these words.

On a serious note: don't ever doubt to buy Slave 1, Scimitar or TIE Advanced blueprints, they're hard (read:slow) enough to farm to justify the Fleet Tokens.
Biggs' X-Wing is probably the most used ship overall so more than worth it.

The Dark Side ships don't have to be Empire. They can be any Dark Side ship. If you want to run Tarkin Lead (like myself #1 every day at payout), a solid team is Tarkin(L), Boba, TFP, FOTP, Vader, Biggs, Maul, and any other three. My team demolishes most from the starting 5. They hit hard and dodge a lot. Vader is there to TL everyone. Biggs tanks all the DPS. TFP, FOTP and Boba are strictly DPS. Once you TL all 5, Boba kills everything with his AOEs.

First failsafe is Maul. He will come in and retribution one of your DPS toons for an easy comeback. If that fails, Tarkin special should be up. It got fixed and one hit kills the whole enemy team pretty much. Hope that helps.

"Sticare_Courts_0073;c-1111344" wrote:
Waste GW currency? I don't understand these words.

Agreed. Spend GW coins if you have your arena toon from those shipments. Ships are a way better investment early on. You can farm GW toons all day once you have your first zeta.

"ExarTheKun;c-1111350" wrote:
The Dark Side ships don't have to be Empire. They can be any Dark Side ship. If you want to run Tarkin Lead (like myself #1 every day at payout), a solid team is Tarkin(L), Boba, TFP, FOTP, Vader, Biggs, Maul, and any other three. My team demolishes most from the starting

This is the exact team I run. 1-5 on payout. My reserves are Sun Fac, 5's and Maul.

Would those guys work with AA as well?

Ashoka has a great ship and I often find her in the GW Store

I've been running:

AA; Biggs, JC, Ahsoka, TF, FOTF, with Wedge and a trash backup. I just bought Slavs 1, so I put him as a starter and moved FOTF to the backup. Should I switch to Tarkin sooner rather than later? Almost everyone at the top of my shard is using AA, with a couple Maces and Tarkins.

FOTF >>>>> JC's ship

Pick a ship to build around and the rest will fall into place. For example if you build around Biggs, you are going to need target locks. That would be Vader's ship (I know others can target lock but vader is guranteed every turn and they dont wear off.) Biggs is going to perma taunt due to all the target locks so needs healing. That would be JC (two healing skills). How do you increase Biggs damage? He perma taunts so retribution is a huge boost for hm. So Maul is in. For the last slot we have several options. Ahsoka to dispell. Geo soldier to dmg and call assists. Wedge for damage, 5s for dmg due to his missile pod attack when vader TLs entire team. Or you could go for Boba. More TL, dmg output and two AoEs.

So this team would have biggs,vader,jc,maul and Boba. Which cap ship suits them best? Surprisingly Ackbar. He heals ships that attack out of turn and both this basic and AoE call assists. JC calls an assist and when biggs has retribution, he will gain tons of protection, probably more than the opposing team can strip away. His heal and cleanse skill can help any of your ships, but is best used to cleanse Biggs as needed. And finally, his ultimate allows double attacks. Two seismic charges in one turn...yes please.

Anyway, this is just one example. Pick one or two ships to build around and let the rest fall into place to support them. Synergy in fleet is a bit different to arena, as it is less faction dependant and more dependant on individual skills synergising across your fleet.