Thank the gods I've been farming Empire since 2 months ago. My Sith is pretty established awhile back with EP 7* at G10 and Vader 7* G9 so I can conveniently use them for Empire as well. Didn't have enough to unlock R2 previously 'cause of the other 3 toons. Fast forward to now, I'm 8 shards short of RG to make him 7*. Went for the easy acquired Empire toons like Tarkin and Magmatrooper. So currently the squad's:EP (L) G10Vader G9 (No zeta atm)RG G8Tarkin G8Magmatrooper G8Question is whether this squad is able to unlock R2 at 7* or is there some entry level gear requirements like in the EP event?

From watching videos on YouTube about it I think you'll be fine. I have a similar team with ITF instead of magmatrooper. Toss the arena team mods on for a few minutes and I think they'll be good.

Yes, you should be fine. From what I recall Emperor Palpatine lead is what most people used. I only had him at 6* last time but still had a full 7* Empire team and couldn't do it. I believe with decent mods you should be fine.

i used EPG9(L) VaderG9, StormG8, RGG8, DeathG8 and beat it easily first time. abilities all omega'd, no Zetas.Star Performer was Deathrooper with that double tap stun

I'm in a similar boat - the event caught me off guard - but I have (at 7*)EP g10 (L, right, he's the lead?)Vader g9TFP g9Tarkin g8Magma g8 (I'd love to replace Magma with RG or SnowTrooper, but they're not 7*)omegas for all (except Magma) - no zetas for any of themI figure, at worst, I should be able to snag a 6* R2 (this is just a guess though :) )

The only thing that might hold you back is Magmatrooper as at the highest level of this event all enemies are immune to turn meter reduction. Kind of affects Tarkin as well, but he's useful outside of his turn meter reduction. I'm hoping to 7 Star it this time around as I wasn't able to with gear 9 Vader and gear 8 Palp, Snowtrooper, RG and Tarkin (pre-rework). I got close a few times, so I'm confident that I'll be able to get it done with the same team, but with Vader and Palp at gear 10 and RG and Tarkin at gear 9.

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Icerunner45
8 years ago
From watching videos on YouTube about it I think you'll be fine. I have a similar team with ITF instead of magmatrooper. Toss the arena team mods on for a few minutes and I think they'll be good.
ruivussan
8 years ago
Yes, you should be fine. From what I recall Emperor Palpatine lead is what most people used. I only had him at 6* last time but still had a full 7* Empire team and couldn't do it. I believe with decent mods you should be fine.
Davivius
8 years ago
i used EPG9(L) VaderG9, StormG8, RGG8, DeathG8 and beat it easily first time. abilities all omega'd, no Zetas.
Star Performer was Deathrooper with that double tap stun
fffssdfqrw
8 years ago
I'm in a similar boat - the event caught me off guard - but I have (at 7*)
EP g10 (L, right, he's the lead?)
Vader g9
TFP g9
Tarkin g8
Magma g8 (I'd love to replace Magma with RG or SnowTrooper, but they're not 7*)

omegas for all (except Magma) - no zetas for any of them

I figure, at worst, I should be able to snag a 6* R2 (this is just a guess though :) )
Gringo173
8 years ago
The only thing that might hold you back is Magmatrooper as at the highest level of this event all enemies are immune to turn meter reduction.

Kind of affects Tarkin as well, but he's useful outside of his turn meter reduction.

I'm hoping to 7 Star it this time around as I wasn't able to with gear 9 Vader and gear 8 Palp, Snowtrooper, RG and Tarkin (pre-rework). I got close a few times, so I'm confident that I'll be able to get it done with the same team, but with Vader and Palp at gear 10 and RG and Tarkin at gear 9.
cw888
8 years ago
I'm using Palps in arena and have decent mods on him. Currently at +70 speed clocking in at 191 speed. Vader has semi-decent mods. The rest have sorta bad mods. I can fill them all with 5 star mods but not neccessary with speed on them.

I found TFP incredibly hard to farm thanks to the droprate. And went for RG instead which also has a bad droprate but at least has 2 hardnodes more than TFP. Tarkin and Magma are easy since they're all currency toons.
nite0wl29
8 years ago
I used Zader lead (g11), TIE Pilot (g11), RG (g10), Palpatine (g11), and Tarkin (g7). I wanted an empire team for a long time so that's why must toons are maxed. You should definitely be fine though! Focus on killing R2 first and the rest is easy peasy.
KwonFC3S
8 years ago
I used Vader (g10), TFP (g11), RG (g7), Palp, (g10) and Tarkin (g7) to 7* R2. The last tier was pretty hard and it took a number of tries to beat it. There's some RNG definitely involved in the encounter.
LegendSpade
8 years ago
I managed it (after many, many, many tries) with Palp, Vader, RG, Snowtrooper and TFP all at g8, so you should be ready to rock
HSKULL2
8 years ago
I remeber it being a pain, it's all about RNG (I used low gear toons :tongue: )... Did it with:
EP(L) gear 10
Vader gear 10
RG gear 8
Magmatrooper gear 7
Stormtrooper gear 8