Serious, legit question here.The absolute key to this entire game is Speed Mods isn't it?I mean, to the point that it should be called SW: Galaxy of Speed Mods. Amirite?I've been playing since release practically, with an odd break here and there. And yet, even more so lately, I can't crack above 300 in Arena, and maybe 250 in Fleet Arena. No matter the team, the synergy, or the strategy I put in, it's always:Enter matchOther team gets 4-6 turns to my 1Lose 2-3 characters/shipsTake a turn, do some damageOther team finishes me off with 4-6 turnsIt really feels to me that there is no meta, no strat, no comp that will work. It's just throw 5 random hard hitters together, but as long as they're decked out in max speed, it will win, synergy be damned.Am I completely off base?

"Random9;c-1480055" wrote:Speed is important at the higher end, but characters are more so. You can't run CUP, ugnaught, mob enforcer, jedi knight guardian, and ewok scout with 300 speed apiece and expect to beat a CLS team with 100 speed apiece.Challenge accepted.

What's more annoying is the speed secondary drop rate. Let's say I do 3 mod refreshes a day which is roughly 25 tries. If I'm lucky I'll get 2-4 5 dot colored mods out of that and if I'm REALLY lucky I'll get 1 with speed secondary once a day, but it's usually every two days. Then to throw salt on the wound I swear to god maybe 1 out of 4 blue/purple mods will even hit speed ONCE, leaving me with a 500k cost 5 speed mod that I can resell for like 5k gold. Awesome.

"CleverWes;c-1480222" wrote:"Huatimus;c-1480210" wrote:"Sochie;d-161112" wrote:Serious, legit question here.I've been playing since release practically, with an odd break here and there. And yet, even more so lately, I can't crack above 300 in Arena, and maybe 250 in Fleet Arena. You can’t mod for Speed in Fleet Arena. At least not yet.And hopefully that day never comes. It’s bad enough to have to gamble for speed mods in 1 Arena. So you’re only half right...for now.What do you think hardware will be?Welcome to speed mods for fleet... and it'll still be just as buggy. ;)That’s why sometimes I’m glad that their definition of soon and my definition of soon differs.

Speed is pretty handy. It's the difference between my G8 Ewoks losing miserably during the Ewok Event (Wicket Shards) and beating the entire thing without taking a hit. Slap some arena mods on them, give insane speed, and they have no problem whereas with moderate to average mods they die by the second wave.Arena is no different. If you do not have meta characters and speed, you lose. If you have meta characters and no speed, you will beat the lower ranking players, but lose miserably to the higher end players. Meta Vs Non-Meta decides the low rank, then speed separates the Meta Teams.

Teams with fastest mods are at the top of arena, true. However, you still need meta characters. If you're running mob enforcer you're never going to crack top 1000 no matter how good your speed mods are.

Honest question - speed mods | EA Forums

tvsfrink
7 years ago
"Random9;c-1480055" wrote:
Speed is important at the higher end, but characters are more so. You can't run CUP, ugnaught, mob enforcer, jedi knight guardian, and ewok scout with 300 speed apiece and expect to beat a CLS team with 100 speed apiece.

Challenge accepted.
Hoffman72510
7 years ago
What's more annoying is the speed secondary drop rate. Let's say I do 3 mod refreshes a day which is roughly 25 tries. If I'm lucky I'll get 2-4 5 dot colored mods out of that and if I'm REALLY lucky I'll get 1 with speed secondary once a day, but it's usually every two days. Then to throw salt on the wound I swear to god maybe 1 out of 4 blue/purple mods will even hit speed ONCE, leaving me with a 500k cost 5 speed mod that I can resell for like 5k gold.

Awesome.
449710430e37db5
7 years ago
"CleverWes;c-1480222" wrote:
"Huatimus;c-1480210" wrote:
"Sochie;d-161112" wrote:
Serious, legit question here.

I've been playing since release practically, with an odd break here and there. And yet, even more so lately, I can't crack above 300 in Arena, and maybe 250 in Fleet Arena.

You can’t mod for Speed in Fleet Arena.
At least not yet.
And hopefully that day never comes. It’s bad enough to have to gamble for speed mods in 1 Arena.
So you’re only half right...for now.

What do you think hardware will be?

Welcome to speed mods for fleet... and it'll still be just as buggy. ;)

That’s why sometimes I’m glad that their definition of soon and my definition of soon differs.
ARougeRogue
7 years ago
Speed is pretty handy. It's the difference between my G8 Ewoks losing miserably during the Ewok Event (Wicket Shards) and beating the entire thing without taking a hit.

Slap some arena mods on them, give insane speed, and they have no problem whereas with moderate to average mods they die by the second wave.

Arena is no different. If you do not have meta characters and speed, you lose. If you have meta characters and no speed, you will beat the lower ranking players, but lose miserably to the higher end players. Meta Vs Non-Meta decides the low rank, then speed separates the Meta Teams.
Jim17490
7 years ago
Teams with fastest mods are at the top of arena, true. However, you still need meta characters. If you're running mob enforcer you're never going to crack top 1000 no matter how good your speed mods are.
CT-12-4080
7 years ago
speed needs to be nerfed. from my experience if you aint ptw you dont succeed god mods make bad teams good. and its not a good thing
449710430e37db5
7 years ago
"Sochie;d-161112" wrote:
Serious, legit question here.

I've been playing since release practically, with an odd break here and there. And yet, even more so lately, I can't crack above 300 in Arena, and maybe 250 in Fleet Arena.

You can’t mod for Speed in Fleet Arena.
At least not yet.
And hopefully that day never comes. It’s bad enough to have to gamble for speed mods in 1 Arena.
So you’re only half right...for now.
CleverWes
7 years ago
"Huatimus;c-1480210" wrote:
"Sochie;d-161112" wrote:
Serious, legit question here.

I've been playing since release practically, with an odd break here and there. And yet, even more so lately, I can't crack above 300 in Arena, and maybe 250 in Fleet Arena.

You can’t mod for Speed in Fleet Arena.
At least not yet.
And hopefully that day never comes. It’s bad enough to have to gamble for speed mods in 1 Arena.
So you’re only half right...for now.

What do you think hardware will be?

Welcome to speed mods for fleet... and it'll still be just as buggy. ;)
Stryker667sh
7 years ago
"Huatimus;c-1480226" wrote:
"CleverWes;c-1480222" wrote:
"Huatimus;c-1480210" wrote:
"Sochie;d-161112" wrote:
Serious, legit question here.

I've been playing since release practically, with an odd break here and there. And yet, even more so lately, I can't crack above 300 in Arena, and maybe 250 in Fleet Arena.

You can’t mod for Speed in Fleet Arena.
At least not yet.
And hopefully that day never comes. It’s bad enough to have to gamble for speed mods in 1 Arena.
So you’re only half right...for now.

What do you think hardware will be?

Welcome to speed mods for fleet... and it'll still be just as buggy. ;)

That’s why sometimes I’m glad that their definition of soon and my definition of soon differs.

It's true your can't mod for speed in ships but if you have faster pilots than your opponent then you essentially did mod for speed in fleet. I fought many of Ship battles where opponent was 1 to 2 star lower ships than mine but his pilots were geared and modded faster than mine and got several attacks on me before my turns.
449710430e37db5
7 years ago
"STRYKER667;c-1480235" wrote:
"Huatimus;c-1480226" wrote:
"CleverWes;c-1480222" wrote:
"Huatimus;c-1480210" wrote:
"Sochie;d-161112" wrote:
Serious, legit question here.

I've been playing since release practically, with an odd break here and there. And yet, even more so lately, I can't crack above 300 in Arena, and maybe 250 in Fleet Arena.

You can’t mod for Speed in Fleet Arena.
At least not yet.
And hopefully that day never comes. It’s bad enough to have to gamble for speed mods in 1 Arena.
So you’re only half right...for now.

What do you think hardware will be?

Welcome to speed mods for fleet... and it'll still be just as buggy. ;)

That’s why sometimes I’m glad that their definition of soon and my definition of soon differs.

It's true your can't mod for speed in ships but if you have faster pilots than your opponent then you essentially did mod for speed in fleet. I fought many of Ship battles where opponent was 1 to 2 star lower ships than mine but his pilots were geared and modded faster than mine and got several attacks on me before my turns.

Pilot speed does not affect his ship’s speed. Higher gear or higher leveled/tier mods can make the ships go faster.