So ... for the past week or so, I have been farming empires like crazy to get a chance to get 7* R2.I have read countless threads on which teams to use, minimum gear levels and so on.Today I finally got the last shards I needed to ugrade my RG to 7*.I geared up, switched mods around and so on.One thing I didn't factor into the equation was, that almost the entire team I would be fighting in the event, had just been reworked - Raid Han, Leia, Farmboy and Old Ben.Result: No 7* R2 for me! Not even close.First: The rebel scum managed to hit me around 10 attacks before any of my toons would move. They then proceeded to hit me 4-5 times between my first and second toon. And so on, and so on, until my entire team had been killed off.I tried a lot of mod-switching, and accumulated 45 tries before finally giving up. It's just not possible.So all my efforts were wasted ... yeah I know ... now I don't need to farm empire shards before my next try. Just gear. Apart from the fact that the empire toons I farmed, are not necessarily viable to do the event anymore, and therefore I may need to farm 1 or 2 new empire toons before next time.Hopefully I'll be able to farm enough Phoenix to get Thrawn before then.Team used: EP (L), G9Vader, G9TFP, G8Tarkin, G8RG, G8All had their skills maxed minus leader abilities and zetas. I know gear levels should be higher, but alot of players reported to have succeeded with a similar team.Disclaimer: The is by no means whine. Just sharing an experience. I don't mind having to wait another cycle, but I just wish I would have thought about the consequences of the rework affecting the event.

Try tarkin lead for the speed. Just a suggestion no idea if it will help

The devs already commented on this. The event units have all of their abilities at level 1. So the reworks have, at best, a minimal impact.

Palp TM bonus is what got it for me, but we had a guildmate complete it yesterday after patch, and it appeared it hadn't changed for him. I wish we could go back fight them for fun so we could make guides, see changes and whatnot.

Its been confirmed that the reworks will not affect the AI toons as much. Most reworks only apply to the toons used by players.See below.

Here's the comment: https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/comment/1211144/#Comment_1211144

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GatsbyW
8 years ago
I've done it two times now, on my main account in May and just now with my alt. Same team, similar gear levels. The reworks made very little difference, took me about 3 tries each time to do it.

I did not focus on R2 first, it didn't work for me either. Taking out either Han or Leia first worked the best.
crazyhynter
New Spectator
8 years ago
It's heavily RNG dependent. On my 60th or 70th tried I barely made it with Vader 1v1 Chewie. They did take like 10 turns before me too.

My team consisted of G10 Palps, G10 Vader, G9 TFP, G8 RG, G7 SnowT. I tried taking out R2 first but it was extremely pointless. He probably has the same amount of HP as the Rancor... Get rid of the hard hitters, Leia, Han and Luke. If you still have all of your 5 guys standing you might have a very low amount of chance to finish them off. If your Palps or Vader gets targeted by Han on his first turn, retreat. There is no point in fighting them at that point. If you can't stun more than 2 people with your first Palps Aoe - it's 99% certain that you will lose. Sometimes even if you stun them all(without R2 obviously), you could still lose. So it's really down to RNG.
StevenG22280
8 years ago
I feel your pain. I've tried it at least 20-30 times each day with no result. I've had it too where it's EP and Vader vs. R2 and Chewie and R2 goes bonkers. Takes out both players with full health before I can even move again. I don't know why but I can't seem to beat him. Sadly it'll keep me from CLS too.
Perdan001
8 years ago
Completed after rework
Vader + zeta lead. G10 85
Tark g10 82
Tfp g9 85
Snow trooper g7 77
RG g7 65

Never directly attacked R2. Did restarts until Vader could use crush on his first turn. Offense down on tark is essential and health up from RG.
Killed Han first then leia. R2 died to dots. Final two were chewie and Vader.
ExarTheKun
8 years ago
I think you need more speed. My EP was at 209 speed and Vader was at 200. Had the same squad with the same gear minus RG for Magmatrooper.
EventineElesedi
8 years ago
Sounds like you need some speed arrows, and Tarkin lead.
Player_3rdj90o9
8 years ago
R2 first definitely...take him down and the rest of the team crumbles.

Speed is important but the key is withstanding that first round of hits because rebel toons have full TM.
cubsfanati136
8 years ago
I feel your pain. I busted kitten and spent some money to get Stormtrooper. I've tried so much, best I've gotten is down to R2 and Chewie. Once my guild finishes this raid, gonna buff up my Tarkin. This is what I'm dealing with.

EP G9 lvl 80 (L)
Vader G10 lvl 85
RG G8 lvl 80
Tarkin G8 lvl 78
Stormtrooper G8 lvl 72
Player_3rdj90o9
8 years ago
"ponce104;c-1217153" wrote:
I feel your pain. I busted **** and spent some money to get Stormtrooper. I've tried so much, best I've gotten is down to R2 and Chewie. Once my guild finishes this raid, gonna buff up my Tarkin. This is what I'm dealing with.

EP G9 lvl 80 (L)
Vader G10 lvl 85
RG G8 lvl 80
Tarkin G8 lvl 78
Stormtrooper G8 lvl 72

You don't have enough offense on that team...Tarkin eventually and Vader with his culling blade but really need TFP or DT.

You need to speed up your non-tanks and hope that your tanks takes the hit long enough for you to take down r2. RG and Stormtrooper are slow and don't autotaunt in the beginning.
EventineElesedi
8 years ago
Snowtrooper