Explain ships to a new player

"BobcatSkywalker;c-1871270" wrote:
Mods are to characters what pilot gp is to ships

Exactly, other than the fact that they're not.

"TVF;c-1871274" wrote:

"BobcatSkywalker;c-1871270" wrote:
Mods are to characters what pilot gp is to ships

Exactly, other than the fact that they're not.

Pilot gp increases ship power that in turn increases ship stats, unless you c a n explain otherwise that's how it works according to the devs

"BobcatSkywalker;c-1871278" wrote:

"TVF;c-1871274" wrote:

"BobcatSkywalker;c-1871270" wrote:
Mods are to characters what pilot gp is to ships

Exactly, other than the fact that they're not.

Pilot gp increases ship power that in turn increases ship stats, unless you c a n explain otherwise that's how it works according to the devs

Mods are way different though. There are zero variables with pilots affecting ship stats. You put a piece a gear on a pilot and I put a piece of gear on a pilot, our ships are affected exactly the same. You put a mod on a toon and I put a mod on a toon and there will almost certainly be vastly different results.

Basically, get Houndstooth or don't bother with Fleet. That's my experience. Fleet is very much a dead game mode for me personally. I struggle to juggle the farming requirements of characters and never find time for fleet. Houndstooth is on a great node with Jango Fett, my problem is I already have 5 maxed Bounty Hunters so never needed to farm Jango so doesn't fit with my plans, the more Revans, Padmes etc come the game the further and further away fleet slips.

I chased a fleet meta once (Bugs) and by the time I got there the meta was over and Houndstooth came in and ruined it for me, given this chase had also set me back in my character farms for pretty much no return I gave up on fleet entirely. If you can't get top 50 it's pointless and I can no longer get into the top 50 because it's all Houndstooth.

That's ships. A bitter view maybe but hey, we all have our wounds with this game.

To give a slightly more “positive” viewpoint
It’s far easier to gear up a couple of decent fleets than it is to stay current in Arena!
—> To the negative comment above, the Geos are an awesome 2nd Fleet, PLUS remember that for LSTB and DSTB you need at least 1 Lightside and Darkside Fleet. Also for TWar and GA you are killing yourself if you don’t have 1 for defence and 1 for attack.


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• G2000, HTooth, Xanadu Blood — will also net you Droideka, Poggle and Jango as bonuses!
  
• Geos = an easy 2nd Fleet. Plus SunFac and Spy are useful for unlocking Padme at 7 stars (at G12)
  
• Rogue 1 = R1 Pilots May be a pain but Cassians UWing can eliminate an enemy MFalc. Plus R1 is needed in LSTB.
  

"Shadowscream;c-1872427" wrote:
To give a slightly more “positive” viewpoint
It’s far easier to gear up a couple of decent fleets than it is to stay current in Arena!

Apologies for the negativity, the game community has enough of that already, just find fleet had no place in my SWGoH life after the mad Geo rush. I've never chased the Meta and the one time I did, I kinda got burned. That said though, you make a VERY valid point actually. Never looked at it like that! Staying relevant in Arena is tons of work. Not that I am relevant there either, I avg. 350.

Also, not saying my Geos don't have a use, of course they do just not in arena so don't net me much in terms of Crystal goodness.

Hound's Tooth and Han's Millennium Falcon are your long-term goals in fleet. Early on, the single best ship you can get is KRU's (Kylo Ren Unmasked) TIE Silencer. Other pilots worth investing in are Biggs, Imp TIE Pilot, Vader, and of course the Phoenix squad. Also Tarkin and Ackbar for their capital ships.

Most players focus on a dark side fleet under Tarkin's Executrix until they can beat tier 3 of the ship ability mat challenge, which awards zeta mats. From that point on, it makes sense to slowly build up Ackbar's Home One and prepare to switch to a rebel fleet once you've unlocked Han's Falcon.

"DarthJelly;c-1871594" wrote:


I chased a fleet meta once (Bugs) and by the time I got there the meta was over and Houndstooth came in and ruined it for me, given this chase had also set me back in my character farms for pretty much no return I gave up on fleet entirely. If you can't get top 50 it's pointless and I can no longer get into the top 50 because it's all Houndstooth.

That's ships. A bitter view maybe but hey, we all have our wounds with this game.

You've had months and months and months to farm Hound's Tooth. If you still don't have it, that's on you at this point.

If your opponent has Hounds Tooth or Han's Falcon, and you don't, then you're dead. Don't bother.


Oh, and it's really dull.

"CoastalJames;c-1873248" wrote:
If your opponent has Hounds Tooth or Han's Falcon, and you don't, then you're dead. Don't bother.

This is wrong and there's lots of posts on the forums explaining why.