Hello guys,I've just started a new account and i'm currently lvl 47 (https://swgoh.gg/p/524618818/).I'm following the Phoenix path without wasting energy on other toons and i'm getting good feedbacks in GW (completed 9/9) and arena (placing in top 1000 for the rewards). I'm at the moment where I have to choose between focusing on the development of my Phoenix squad (above gear 6-7) OR farming another team (maybe separatists).There's another thing that I can't properly figure out: as far as I understand, I need at least 1 lightside team and 1 darkside team to 3-star the nodes for farming all the required chars. This means that I still need to level up, rank up and gear up toons from both sides for those two teams?I don't want to waste energy on hard battles (e.g. to farm Sabine), if not needed, so I'd like to pick a route as soon as possible since I have to farm at least 5 hard battles per day for the daily reward.I would also like to reach the fleet arena (lvl 60) with a team of good pilots ready to fight in their ships and the choice is between Phoenix Ships + Biggs + ??? or Geo's ships + ???.Any suggestion on which path to take?PS: please don't suggest taking the route you enjoy the most, i'm looking for the most efficient one, in the long run, to get the best toons for the arena.Thanks!

The separatists => Padmé + GR route is a good alternative to the oldschool Phoenix => Thrawn + EP => R2D2 => CLS route. Your Padmé team will probably remain viable in squad arena for a long time. Nute is great in Padmé's event.You will collect some good pilots along the way either way. You could try going all-in on farming pilots to try to hit high ranks in fleet arena for those extra crystals. Also you should plan for beating the zeta material challenge. (As far as I remember it requires 5 DS ships at 4* or better and 8 ships total at 5* or better - not 100% sure, though).Regarding hard node battles:The best investment of your crystals would be to buy the 3x 50 crystals normal energy refreshes to farm more hard nodes. At your stage you still need to farm a lot of characters. It's not at all wasted. Also, if you get som powerful allies (f.ex. the strongest players in your guild, or advertise for some on these forums) it will help your greatly to progress in LS/DS battles.

"Mephisto_style;c-2081392" wrote:"Penguin_Tzar;c-2080851" wrote:Go for CLS, Palp, and Thrawn. You need to keep gearing up your Phoenix.I hate to say it but this probably will remain the wisest path. GL Luke is coming. It will pull from this path heavilyAt level 47 it's a bit early to plan for galactic legends, don't you think? The separatist => Padmé route is a great alternative.

"Mephisto_style;c-2081392" wrote:"Penguin_Tzar;c-2080851" wrote:Go for CLS, Palp, and Thrawn. You need to keep gearing up your Phoenix.I hate to say it but this probably will remain the wisest path. I THINK GL Luke is coming. I THINK It will pull from this path heavilyFTFY

"Jarvind;c-2081607" wrote:I still think Phoenix --> EP/Thrawn --> CLS is the best starting path, as much as I hate Phoenix. And CLS remains relevant forever.Ship-wise, Rebels and Separatists are both great, but for the Separatists to really shine you'll need Malevolence. Unless you find a VERY generous guild that's willing to let you just hang out and soak up Geo TB rewards, you won't have that for quite a while.Ship-wise, Rebels are costly with all their multi-crew ships and lacklustre until/unless you also power up Bounty Hunters to acquire the one true Falcon.Bugs work just fine under Executrix or Home One and you can drop in Vulture and Hyena as reinforcements when you unlock them.3 pilots for 5 ships vs minimum 9 pilots for 5 ships (and that's without the one ship that makes them good)

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Waquira
5 years ago
The separatists => Padmé + GR route is a good alternative to the oldschool Phoenix => Thrawn + EP => R2D2 => CLS route. Your Padmé team will probably remain viable in squad arena for a long time. Nute is great in Padmé's event.

You will collect some good pilots along the way either way. You could try going all-in on farming pilots to try to hit high ranks in fleet arena for those extra crystals. Also you should plan for beating the zeta material challenge. (As far as I remember it requires 5 DS ships at 4* or better and 8 ships total at 5* or better - not 100% sure, though).

Regarding hard node battles:
The best investment of your crystals would be to buy the 3x 50 crystals normal energy refreshes to farm more hard nodes. At your stage you still need to farm a lot of characters. It's not at all wasted. Also, if you get som powerful allies (f.ex. the strongest players in your guild, or advertise for some on these forums) it will help your greatly to progress in LS/DS battles.
Waquira
5 years ago
"Mephisto_style;c-2081392" wrote:
"Penguin_Tzar;c-2080851" wrote:
Go for CLS, Palp, and Thrawn. You need to keep gearing up your Phoenix.

I hate to say it but this probably will remain the wisest path. GL Luke is coming. It will pull from this path heavily

At level 47 it's a bit early to plan for galactic legends, don't you think? The separatist => Padmé route is a great alternative.
GifafiTho
5 years ago
"Mephisto_style;c-2081392" wrote:
"Penguin_Tzar;c-2080851" wrote:
Go for CLS, Palp, and Thrawn. You need to keep gearing up your Phoenix.

I hate to say it but this probably will remain the wisest path. I THINK GL Luke is coming. I THINK It will pull from this path heavily

FTFY
Rath_Tarr0
5 years ago
"Jarvind;c-2081607" wrote:
I still think Phoenix --> EP/Thrawn --> CLS is the best starting path, as much as I hate Phoenix. And CLS remains relevant forever.

Ship-wise, Rebels and Separatists are both great, but for the Separatists to really shine you'll need Malevolence. Unless you find a VERY generous guild that's willing to let you just hang out and soak up Geo TB rewards, you won't have that for quite a while.

Ship-wise, Rebels are costly with all their multi-crew ships and lacklustre until/unless you also power up Bounty Hunters to acquire the one true Falcon.

Bugs work just fine under Executrix or Home One and you can drop in Vulture and Hyena as reinforcements when you unlock them.

3 pilots for 5 ships vs minimum 9 pilots for 5 ships (and that's without the one ship that makes them good)
exiledstick
5 years ago
I agree with the above.
renorulez
5 years ago
"Waqui;c-2080779" wrote:
The separatists => Padmé + GR route is a good alternative to the oldschool Phoenix => Thrawn + EP => R2D2 => CLS route. Your Padmé team will probably remain viable in squad arena for a long time. Nute is great in Padmé's event.

You will collect some good pilots along the way either way. You could try going all-in on farming pilots to try to hit high ranks in fleet arena for those extra crystals. Also you should plan for beating the zeta material challenge. (As far as I remember it requires 5 DS ships at 4* or better and 8 ships total at 5* or better - not 100% sure, though).

Regarding hard node battles:
The best investment of your crystals would be to buy the 3x 50 crystals normal energy refreshes to farm more hard nodes. At your stage you still need to farm a lot of characters. It's not at all wasted. Also, if you get som powerful allies (f.ex. the strongest players in your guild, or advertise for some on these forums) it will help your greatly to progress in LS/DS battles.

Thanks for the infos.
So you suggest to focus immediately on farming the Separatist team while using the PS for the GW daily farming?
Given the above, which separatists should i farm?
Penguin_Tzar
5 years ago
Go for CLS, Palp, and Thrawn. You need to keep gearing up your Phoenix.
Mephisto_style
5 years ago
"Penguin_Tzar;c-2080851" wrote:
Go for CLS, Palp, and Thrawn. You need to keep gearing up your Phoenix.

I hate to say it but this probably will remain the wisest path. GL Luke is coming. It will pull from this path heavily
Sanderzas
5 years ago
I would continue to gear up phoenix until you unlock 7* thrawn, and farm the shards for the seperatists in the meantime
Akennox
5 years ago
Check out AhnaldT101. He did a great video for beginners.