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4 years ago

Help me focus - Geos? Empire? Jedis?

Help me decide which project to focus on first, as in right now.

I'm FTP at level 82 and getting ready to hit 85 to hopefully unlock some great teams. I have been trying to follow some of the most widely accepted advice: Focus on fleet as ftp and phoenix first. I get into top 20 in fleet using geos with executrix plus Ahsoka and JKA as assists. In arena, GW and pretty much everywhere else I'm using Bastila jedis. I'm always in top 500, but top 200 is pretty competitive with lots and lots of HDBs.

I also have a decent empire squad, 7* EP (L), GMT and Starck with 6* Vader and Thrawn. Of course I've also got a geos squad, all 7* – Nute (L) and 4 geos. I haven't invested too much in Poggle and Nute. I've been farming HT and when I hit 83, I'll be picking up Bossk and Brood Alpha.

At 85, I'll try to unlock Padmé. I don't think I'll have GK just yet when I unlock her, so I'm looking at Padmé, JKA, Ahsoka, GMY and probably R2 (some say 5s instead?). I'm also picking up JKR toons and ewoks for c3po on the side. My question is where to invest right now – gear, skill mats, levels, even perhaps a zeta.

– Geos. The three pilots are no-brainers. I'll be using them in fleet for the foreseeable future, and they'll help me get Padmé. But should I commit to the geo squad in arena too, and put serious mods on the pilots plus level and gear Poggle and eventually GBA (or even Nute for early switch in arena, the GBA farm is gonna take a while)? Or is it too much focus on characters that will never be as strong as my other options.

– empire. I have a pretty good squad there, but I haven't really been utilizing it fully. I'm right now only missing 21 shards on Vader, and if I pushed all my resources into phoenix now I think I could probably 7* Thrawn. But I'd need resources to gear and level the empire squad after that, and I'm wondering if I shouldn't save some of it for Padmés squad. I don't want to spread my resources too thin. On the other hand, isn't this squad pretty much as good as Padmé until GK (and c3po)? Maybe this should be my main focus really, now and for a long time. However, zero synergy with my current fleet plans.

– Jedis. These are my go to guys right now and I'll get immediate benefit from investing here. I've been pumping JKA and Ahsoka for fleet and also in preparation for Padmé, and I'll keep gearing them. But their omegas just don't make any sense yet. GMY will probably stay relevant for a while on my Padmé squad, and I've been thinking about putting a zeta on BM. Then there's Bastila, resources there won't be wasted on her either with JKR being my next GH after Padmé. Lastly Ezra who will be getting me Thrawn's last star with the phoenixes.
Help me with your clear hindsight, please! I know I'll use all the teams, but it's unclear to me how long geos or empire would last in arena, and how fast my Padmé squad will be ready to roll.

https://swgoh.gg/p/679213884/squads/
  • I feel tempted to switch the ewoks and down for hyena bomber and VD plus extra gear, but I'm still a little confused over whether to go Malevolence or Negotiator. I'm closer to unlocking GG than GK. On the other hand, I do want to develop the Padmé squad which you seem to think should push me towards Negotiator @Intimmydation
  • @Sasha lol sorry for the sex change. I thought it was a Serbian/Russian/Balkan? male name or something like that.

    For the game i will insist again that you are stretching too much and you gonna have a lot of toons without proper gear and a huge credit gap. Your no1 priority is fleet and not toons. Focusing on Tarkin, Geos, and only one team would be very ok. But choose one and not 3.
    It's impossible to have at the same time, (unless you put serious money) Geos geared up for the fleet, Padme and her squad geared up, Revan requirements geared up so you can acquire him and Revan him self and his team geared up. Only with money, and serious money. Let alone to gear up Ewoks. Choose only one team that you will be gearing up along with Geos.

    Geos comes first, or to put it better, fleet arena comes first, fleet is going to be your only serious source of crystals income for a long time. Im telling you this because i went the same path you are taking and the result was to start over the game. Same thing happened to @Intimmydation

    For the fleet path go to ships and check the abilities of Vulture, Hyena and then malevolence. You will see their synergy and you 'll understand why Geos and those two go together.
    And if you decide to farm those ships you 'll need to refresh otherwise it's gonna take a long time. And definitely continue on HT. The fifth can be Vaders ship but 5th reinforcement is rarely used since the battle most of the times is over by that time.
    I think its best before you make any decisions about future fleet after Geos is it to decide what team will be your main squad because if you gonna farm 3 teams at once in the end no matter what path you ll follow you 'll end up with low gear pilots

    @Intimmydation bro give your final recommendation about future fleet path because whatever she ll do now will affect the rest of her game



  • Thanks mate, np Sasja/Sasha is a nickname in Russian for Alexandra as well as Alexander, so I can’t hold it against you (I’m actually Danish though), I just gotta wave the flag y’know :smiley:

    And you’re right about spreading gear too thin. The toon collection speed is doubled which makes the gear bottle neck all the more restricting. I think probably Padme makes the most sense for me to aim for as main squad.

    I’m completely ready to put fleet first, but I still don’t feel 100% sure whether malevolence or negotiator is the best fit. Malevolence fits with geos, Negotiator with the Padme squad.

  • Nice to meet you @Sasja, I'm Greek and that's why i thought that the name looks familiar and it's from our neighbourhood.

    Regarding the fleet wait for @Intimmydation who's more experienced to give you the final path between Malevolence or Negotiator. It's a tough decision because both options have their pros and cons.
    Also you can make a little research yourself here, and also on discord there are channels only for fleet like this one I'm using.

    https://discord.gg/EDTaD2ZN

  • Thank you sooo much @Intimmydation, I had almost convinced myself to go with Neg, but I think you're absolutely right - as ftp I'm not gonna hold up in def anyway, so it's much more valuable to be able to climb. Trying to take down hdb Neg with a lower level Neg would be a pain. Even though Neg may be the more versatile option, I mostly need a good placement in fleet arena for the crystal income.

    So now I'm wondering whether to rethink investing heavily in the Padmé squad. Why did you say earlier that
    "Intimmydation;c-2276578" wrote:
    (...)4. Decide what you want your next big squad to be, which really there are two options. (1) Padme & GR or (2) DR and Malak.(...)


    What's the synergy between DR/Malak and Malevolence?

    I was thinking another option could be to not invest too deeply in Padme squad, but beeline to GAS - unlocking GAS uses many of the GG squad toons.

    Thanks for helping me understand this better!

    So funny you should be in a Danish guild, don't they speak Danish :smiley: But who doesn't love lego ;) Maybe that's why there seem to be quite a few Danish guilds considering the size of the country.

    Thank you @Terkac11 I've joined the discord channel B)