F2P player returning after long hiatus and looking for guidance

Great info, that was really helpful! I did find I was spending energy, credits and shop currencies chasing various items and upgrading random characters. I like his approach of stockpiling and building out one relic character at a time. It gave me some clear guidance on how to spend my currencies. I was definitely about to burn through guild event tokens haha. Nice to get this info right before my first few raids back. Now I see I can purchase the item I need to take Vader to G13 from the championship shop.