5*Hound, 4* Xanadu and Silencer, So good my 410k vs 361k loses every time

This is almost like complaining that Han and CLS can't beat Nest under Q'ira because...

What comp are you trying to use? There are plenty of ways to beat HT with XB at that star level. It will get tougher as XB and IG-2000 level up from the Falcon event (which I'd be willing to bet has some pretty significant HT counters in its kit). But for now, it's pretty beatable (Hint, Biggs really likes it when HT dispels his TL and he's got Vader as a wing man).

Mace led HT Xanadu Fives and Gauntlet seem to be in the new ships meta. 5 of 10 of my server's top ten have this starting line up. 3 year old server....

This fixation with fleet gp is weird. Never see the same complaint about t'other arena.

"Tie_Wan_Jyn;d-192334" wrote:
Literally the dumbest s**t I have ever seen. Without perfect RNG letting me take out Xanadu before anyone breaches me AND 2-3 Dodges from Tie Pilot I can not win this match. But sure, this games all kind of balanced, and I cant wait to hear from you misguided believers on how "You need better Fleet units", "you dont have the right strategy", or "SWGOH is perfect, EA doesnt make mistake you just need to get gud"
So please post either your RAGE or PRAISE here and lets get to the bottom of this communities opinion on whats happening to this game of tactics and strategy

You do need a better fleet and you don't have the right strategy.

I run Executrix with HT, TFP, and Silencer and I take 1st every day. My Cad Bane is G6 so I can't even use his ship, but I do just fine without it. You just have to use the big attacks and Tarkin's buffs wisely and the enemy's HT will go down pretty fast.

"CHFC22;c-1746080" wrote:
This fixation with fleet gp is weird. Never see the same complaint about t'other arena.

Really?

Maybe not lately but I remember seeing it a lot before.

"Roopehunter;c-1745007" wrote:
... everyone wins on offense.
This also means that nothing holds on defense...

This has been true in arena since forever.

And TFP dodge is easy to work around - don't AoE, use guaranteed hits (Vader, HT, Bistan). Or AoE when his cap ship is about to go anyways. Then the dodge doesn't matter.

"TVF;c-1747675" wrote:

"CHFC22;c-1746080" wrote:
This fixation with fleet gp is weird. Never see the same complaint about t'other arena.

Really?

Maybe not lately but I remember seeing it a lot before.

You're referring to when Bastilla came in at 3* I'm guessing? I'll grant you that, but that was the exception rather than the rule. It's a regular thing with ships - people seem to think having a load of GP sat on your bench doing nothing means something.

"CHFC22;c-1747697" wrote:

"TVF;c-1747675" wrote:

"CHFC22;c-1746080" wrote:
This fixation with fleet gp is weird. Never see the same complaint about t'other arena.

Really?

Maybe not lately but I remember seeing it a lot before.

You're referring to when Bastilla came in at 3* I'm guessing? I'll grant you that, but that was the exception rather than the rule. It's a regular thing with ships - people seem to think having a load of GP sat on your bench doing nothing means something.

I'm referring to lots of different times. It's been a common complaint as long as I can remember.

I agree it's worse with ships, both because of the bench and because of the way 2 and 3 pilot ships inflate it.

Ok so the OP comes on and claims his fleet should win because it has more gp. Without knowing what ships he uses that cannot be determined. If I randomly used all my highest gp ships it would make my fleet worse. I level ships to have at least two teams for tw/tb/ga since often thet ate restricted. But I use the ships with the best synergy in fleet arena and that isn't based solely on gp.

Another point is that bh ships aren't ptp anymore. I have a 7 star ht ftp. I use it in fleet arena. So can everyone else. So nothing is stopping the op from farming ht to 7 stars. I also have cad's ship at 5 stars. I don't use it yet but I have known it was good for awile so I farmed it so I can switch if needed. It has been out long enough that 6 stars or possibly 7 star is possible ftp with focus and allocation of crystals. It's also needed for ot falcoln which will likely be good so there are plenty of reasons to farm bh ships.

But if you choose not to update your ship roster, you'll lose in fleet arena. Just like you can't take first in regular arena with a maxed gk barris team.

There are counters but they will always be more difficult to win than by using the meta and likely hold less on defense. But we don't even know if the op is running a team that can counter bh ships.

Now, I'm not making any decesions about my fleet until the kit for ot falcoln is released. Since bh may be on the way out and a 5 star falcoln may be better in my fleet than a 5 star xb. We'll have to see but i need to star them anyway and they are all good so I will gear them for tb/tw/ga where you need multiple fleets because there will be a place for them.

So the choice is adapt your roster to stay on top or lose. I choose the first rather than to whine about the second.