Are you farming pheonix or seperatists

As a brand new player you should be doing Phoenix.

Easier to get farmed, easier to clear GWar.

Easier to get multiple legendary characters.

I'm not at all saying NOT to farm Seps.

Frankly it shouldn't even be an Either/Or.

Your first LS team should be Phoenix.

Your first DS team should be Bounty Hunters, not seps.

Its all about what is available to you at the level you are at.

At Level 30 you get Credit Heists. Need Bounty Hunters (Scoundrels)

At Level 60 you get Palpatine & Yoda. Need Phoenix (Jedi)

At level 60 you also get Fleet. Need Kylo-U.

At Level 85 you get Padme. Need Seps.


See the pattern? Don't farm for something that you can't even do yet.

Get the stuff you can & it makes your travels to L85 SO much easier.


First 2-3 Chars in each Area should be....

Cantina Battles Red Energy: Ezra, Hera, KyloU+Silencer
Cantina Store: Boba Fett, Chopper, Ahsoka
Squad Store: Kanan, IG-88, Tarkin
GWar Store: Cad Bane, Zebb, DS Ships
Gold Energy: Sabine, Bastila, Jolee, Zaalbar.
Fleet Store: Sun Fac, DS Ships, Phoenix Ships



PS. You spelled Phoenix wrong.

Now this is something I wrote in May about Phoenix route replying to another thread, hope it might help, though you really shouldn't limit your own options to those two teams:
In one of my accounts I started off exactly the same as you did. Here is what I recommend:
The main problem with the last few suggestions is that it leaves you all over the place. If you farm Bastila, Ezra, Kanan, Ahsoka and Anakin, the only legendary you can get is Yoda. For Thrawn and Palpatine, you only have two of the required characters; and for Revan, you only have one. I'm not saying that Yoda isn't good. He's amazing. But you'll soon be outmatched in mid game (lv.70+) using only Bastila lead Jedi.
Hence your priority should be to get all four of them (Revan, Palp, Thrawn, and Yoda) as soon as possible.
Let me list out the requirements:
Revan: Bastila, Jolee, T3-M4, Mission Vao, Zaalbar
Thrawn: Hera, Ezra, Kanan, Zeb, Chopper
Palpatine: Any five Rebels (note that all Phoenix are rebels)
Yoda: Any five Jedi (note that Revan, Bastila, Jolee, Ezra, and Kanan are all Jedi)
So by just farming for the first two, you'll already be able to get Yoda and Palpatine.
All you need are 10 toons for 4 legendaries.
Early game: Concentrate on Phoenix because this gets you Thrawn and Palp. You'll need both.
Cantina: Ezra and Hera.
Cantina Store: Chopper.
Galactic War store: Zeb.
Squad Arena store: Kanan.
Hard node farm: Sabine unlocked for her ship (I see you have already done that, great job), and Bastila
You should be able to get Thrawn and Palpatine to seven stars by level 80. Here is the link for a guide Dretzle wrote for the Thrawn event (look at the comments as well, I added some important tips): https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/116512/phoenix-strategy-your-ticket-to-thrawn-part-1-survive
Mid game (lv.70+):
For mods, remember to look at the online guides. It's easily the most important.
For ships, aim for the following: Ackbar lead; Ghost, Vader, Biggs starting; Phantom, Ahsoka and Ebon Hawk reinforce. When you get Chimera; replace Ackbar with it; when you get Hound's Tooth, put him on starting and let Biggs reinforce.
After you finish the early game farms (7 star), go for these:
Cantina: Mission, T3-M4. Carth when you finish them.
Cantina Store: Ahsoka
Galactic War store: Biggs and his ship
Squad Arena Store: Ackbar
Hard Node farm (including ship battles): Jolee, Zaalbar. Ebon Hawk when you finish them.
When you get to level 85, the Revan and Chimera events should be open. Now you can finally get Revan, Yoda, and the Chimera all at once! 4 legendaries, plus the Chimera, all in no more than 4 months.

If I had the time to start another account and the patience to go F2P, I would try the Separatist route this time. That is, Geos under Nute lead until you can unlock Brood Alpha's node. Not only with an eye on Padme but also and especially to secure a crystal and zeta income from fleet.

The Geo ships can be farmed from the Galactic War store before you even unlock fleet arena, which gives you a nice headstart. Executrix, Geos, and droid or imperial ships can last you over until you unlock Malevolence down the line. Once the new TIE bomber becomes farmable, Executrix should be a capable counter to the old rebel meta, who will be your main competitors in the top arena ranks.

A full Geo team with a relic GBA should do reasonably well in squad arena while you slowly build up your Padme team. You can still farm Phoenix, OR, Empire etc. and collect all the legendaries at a later point. The most important thing is to get a leg up in both arenas and make your roster attractive to guilds by building TB-relevant Sep and GW teams.

BOTH.

What's this "or" nonsense?

Okay guys I want to talk about a common misconception about the Separatists and fleet arena.
SEPARATISTS PROVIDE THE BEST EARLY GAME FLEET AND A EXCELLENT HEAD START
First let me share the data of my two F2P March accounts, a bit more than 1 month into fleet arena:
Separatist account: Mace, Ahsoka, Geo Soldier, Geo spy starting; Sun Fac and Plo reinforce. Avg power 22000, avg rank 30-60. Around 60-80 hyperdrives in this shard. Squad Arena best rank achieved 186.
FO/ Resistance account: Ackbar, Vader, Biggs, TIE Silencer starting; ITB, Resistance X-Wing, Rey's Falcon reinforce. Avg power 22000, avg rank 15-30. Around 30-45 hyperdrives in this shard.
Also, both these ranks are achieved in the first two weeks, and I managed to hold them both. The numbers tell the story. You'll be hard pressed to find another f2p player with a March 2020 account with results even close.

@BB6 Im in the same boat. Started about two months ago with no strategy. Kinda just went with the flow. Farmed Vader naturally and went after Plasma and Boba. Now I’m at level 64 with a so-so neutral team, crappy fleet / ranks, messed up mods, and low resources.

After some research, I also started farming Phoenix. I’ve been continually farming their shards and I’m going to get them to four or five stars before I start gearing / adding abilities.

Only plus side, like you, is I have a decent start on a good Empire / DS team. DV, GMT, Plasma, and ITF are all moving along nicely. BF and IG-86 also have a good start.

LS isn’t going as well. Mace and JC are my two most powerful toons, but it drops after that.

Anyway, this game is definitely addicting but can be damn frustrating with the constant resource crunch and slow pace / grind.

Good luck!

I am doing phoenix but I think the separatists are a better squad. I will probably farm them too at some point for padme.

Neither

I'm not a new player, but if I started a new acct today, I think I'd go seps, just for fun.

Not saying by any means the best choice, and I would also be really torn over not getting Thrawn early, but I think it would be an interesting journey.

Don't forget BH, Batila Jedi, 501st clones, and FO! :wink: