2nd Fleet for GAC

"Starslayer;c-2274840" wrote:

"WD_40;d-246775" wrote:

I’m a more Defensive player in GAC though, and I want to be able to confidently put my best fleet on defense while knowing I can still beat my opponents fleet.

You can't sink a battleship with a canoe.

You might if the canoe were packed with explosives. Just saying. :p

Your natural progression is to unlock Malevolence and run your Geos + Hyena and Vulture under that while powering up Empire ships to run under Executrix for a second fleet.

What is your timeline for Malevolence unlock? Are you in a guild doing DS Geo TB? If not, you should look at moving. Your Geos should be good enough to beat the Wat mission with decent modding. I first did it with 2 g12s and 3 g11s.

If Malevolence is too far off your next best option is probably Geos + droids under Executrix and Ani, Ahsoka, HT under Home One with Plo + whatever else you can throw gear at as RIs.

I just moved into this guild not long ago and we’re doing 17 stars on Dark side GeoTB and 5 stars on Light side GeoTB, I think I’ll probably unlock Malevolence in about 3 months-ish, not sure of an exact timeline

Edit: after some calculations, assuming no improvement or regression in the stars on the TBs, it’ll take me 4 months to unlock

Thrawn Empire and Tarkin Empire work pretty much with the same effectiveness. Newer players relic Thrawn and not Tarkin.

"WD_40;c-2274772" wrote:
I just moved into this guild not long ago and we’re doing 17 stars on Dark side GeoTB and 5 stars on Light side GeoTB, I think I’ll probably unlock Malevolence in about 3 months-ish, not sure of an exact timeline

Edit: after some calculations, assuming no improvement or regression in the stars on the TBs, it’ll take me 4 months to unlock

I would probably limp along with option 2, gearing Ani & Ahsoka as your Padme squad buildup dictates and Bossk as you are able. Leave the RIs at junk level, including Plo - just level up his ship for the RI ability which is his primary usefulness.

Focus on finishing your Vulture.and particularly Hyena farms by the time you unlock Mal. If you have to prioritize one, make it Hyena as that has to start and take hits.

Once you have Mal unlocked and powered up for arena then you can think about building up an Empire fleet to a serviceable level for GAC.

"Mephisto_style;c-2274784" wrote:
Thrawn Empire and Tarkin Empire work pretty much with the same effectiveness. Newer players relic Thrawn and not Tarkin.

Chimaera requires powering up Rebel fighters which is a costly an unnecessary detour for an early player. Executrix works just fine with Geos and is strong with an eventual Empire fleet. Chimaera is a jack of all trades, excelling at none.

"WD_40;d-246775" wrote:

I’m a more Defensive player in GAC though, and I want to be able to confidently put my best fleet on defense while knowing I can still beat my opponents fleet.

You can't sink a battleship with a canoe.

So, for the time being, id run JKA, HT and Ahsoka under Ackbar (you would run them under tarkin, once you get malevolence), and usually, thats what i would set on defense, JKA is a great banner stealer, and if you get your HT up to at least g12, it will require your opponent to bring a serious fleet

The rest rly depends where you want to go with the rest of your account, especially GL wise, if its SEE, going for a proper empire fleet (TIE x1, TIE, TIE Bomber, Shuttle, JKA) would make sense, if you want SLKR, you would build the finalizer fleet, if you do decide to go for GAS, you would have to build up a GR fleet.

"Rath_Tarr;c-2274819" wrote:

"Mephisto_style;c-2274784" wrote:
Thrawn Empire and Tarkin Empire work pretty much with the same effectiveness. Newer players relic Thrawn and not Tarkin.

Chimaera requires powering up Rebel fighters which is a costly an unnecessary detour for an early player. Executrix works just fine with Geos and is strong with an eventual Empire fleet. Chimaera is a jack of all trades, excelling at none.

It is also a Geo DSTB necessity. Tarkin isn't. You don't power up rebel fighters any more than you would to unlock Thrawn himself. Rebel fleets are likely getting Luke xwing anyway.

Thrawn is inevitable, Tarkin is not.

"Mephisto_style;c-2274907" wrote:

"Rath_Tarr;c-2274819" wrote:

"Mephisto_style;c-2274784" wrote:
Thrawn Empire and Tarkin Empire work pretty much with the same effectiveness. Newer players relic Thrawn and not Tarkin.

Chimaera requires powering up Rebel fighters which is a costly an unnecessary detour for an early player. Executrix works just fine with Geos and is strong with an eventual Empire fleet. Chimaera is a jack of all trades, excelling at none.

It is also a Geo DSTB necessity. Tarkin isn't. You don't power up rebel fighters any more than you would to unlock Thrawn himself. Rebel fleets are likely getting Luke xwing anyway.

Thrawn is inevitable, Tarkin is not.

No.

Executrix and Chimaera are both required for DS Geo TB. In the same phase no less. :D

You need more than Ghost and Phantom just to qualify to attempt Chimaera unlock.

Luke's X-Wing has been anticipated by players since I started over 3 years ago! :D

Executrix is inevitable, Chimaera is a luxury.