Will i ever be able to catch up to my arena shard?i made a lot of breaks so my shard is full with DR+Malak GAS and GL...i run padme and even she is 6*...so will i ever be able to catch up?or should i just hoard everything for the next meta and stay with padme in arena?...or give up on arena and just focus on squads that are fun/good in TB or TW...https://swgoh.gg/p/777675752/ I know this is a game so fun is the only priority but i still want to be good

If you keep taking breaks then no you will never catch up.

Mhm so the only way to get top again is to get the next meta...i think i can get top 150 or something with a maxed padme...so i think i will go for 3po and after that start hoarding even though i am f2p

if you think you are $3000 behind you'd never catch up anyway

It is possible to get to the top after take a break. I know because I've done it recently. There are counters to the current top teams that hold reasonably well in arena. (I drop into the 40s or 50s most days but can usually climb with only spending 50 crystals on refreshes. Though some days I spend 150 due to bad rng). But I can usually get 1st or at least top 5.I took an 8 mo break starting in October when the Malak fisico happened. At the time I had a Darth revan team with a six star malak and regularly got 1st. After only a month of being back, I can beat Rey teams (even the ones with jedi luke) and there are enough of those to climb. Though I also have to beat gas if I fall too far.The team I use for Rey is Vader, Darth revan, badstila, thrawn, and a 4 star 10th wat. It works and it doesn't really require to many characters that you couldn't have by now. Though it depends on how long your break is for.Wat is pretty much required but doesn't need to be high gear as if modes right you'll get use of him before the other team really takes any turns. Darth revan is helpful because he fears everyone but Rey and jedi Luke if they have him. Vader stacks the debuffs, badstilla adds even more and you saber throw rey to death and clean up.To get through gas teams, I use Dr, badstilla, hk, malak, and raid han. It's pretty consistent for me but not as much as my vader vs Rey. So some rng required. There are other gas counters too but this one doesn't require me to move mods.So yes it is possible, you just have to work at it.

Money really doesn't buy you top arena spots. The main thing that gets you there is having good mods and knowing how to use them. Yes, you need whatever the New Hotness is currently, but if they aren't modded well you're still gonna have a bad time.

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yado101
5 years ago
I’m in the same boat, I’ve taken breaks and am miles behind my shard. The only way to catch up is to hoard for the next meta, which is incredibly boring. You could also get lucky and predict the next meta, but that would be extremely hard.
Mephisto_style
5 years ago
People keep stating if you are behind because of breaks that "you can hoard for the next meta." Do any of you have evidence that such a technique is possible for a F2Per? I really don't think it is. If your behind then you're likely just top 100-200 if you are good. So you get marginally worth-mentioning crystal income. Save for 6 months. Then you got generously at 200 crystals a day that's 36000 crystals over 6 months to start buying packs. Can 36000 Crystal's worth of packs get you anything other than repeated kick in the ballz depression? If I hoarded Crystal's for 6 months to open the abysmal packs and got garbage I would turn into this guy
https://youtu.be/BvdXh5BQaIs

I think the hoarding concept is 1 that is theoretically possible but not realistic.

Your real options are:
- quit
- stop taking time off
- pay $
- suck it up
- combinations thereof
Gouj44
5 years ago
I’d like if they shuffled the shards a little although I know it’ll never happen. I’m at 1.2m gp and the top of my shard is 7.5m, the rest of the top 50 all have GL’s or GAS. Don’t really have a chance of catching up. Luckily my fleet shard is to my level so I can finish top 10 there. I’d have next to no source of crystals otherwise
Lysandrax58
5 years ago
Being f2p isn't that hard. It really needs to stop being used as a) a badge of honour. b) the reason why you aren't at the top of your arena.

If you are carefully planning how you use what then you can v easily take top spots in many aspects of the game, except the ones CAW patrol occupies because there are constant posts here reminding me that they are the coolest.

If you're consistently taking time off from the game?
You're not realistically going to take top spots in arena. That's just how the game works and money spent by others isn't even close to being a primary factor.

I'd suggest working on aspects you enjoy about the game, GAC might be good because taking time away has less of an impact here.
If you really want to become competitive then take a deep breath and work on a GL, it'll take you a year but a 500+ speed toon that can't be stunned and stat builds throughout a battle is not leaving the meta any time soon.
GifafiTho
5 years ago
I was always way behind in my shard bc I didn't even find the forums or vids or anything until over a year after I started, and I didn't git gud until I got jkr and modded jolee correctly so I got to #1, so there is hope imo, altho it seems like it may be harder these days with relic'd metas, but idk.

#1 thing is focus. you need padme at 7* and your jka is 5*. You won't get anywhere without focus, and multiple breaks will make it that much harder
Mephisto_style
5 years ago
"Gouj4;c-2149389" wrote:
I’d like if they shuffled the shards a little although I know it’ll never happen. I’m at 1.2m gp and the top of my shard is 7.5m, the rest of the top 50 all have GL’s or GAS. Don’t really have a chance of catching up. Luckily my fleet shard is to my level so I can finish top 10 there. I’d have next to no source of crystals otherwise

If you came to my shard it would cost you $3000 to catch up
tvsfrink
5 years ago
"Mephisto_style;c-2149393" wrote:
"Gouj4;c-2149389" wrote:
I’d like if they shuffled the shards a little although I know it’ll never happen. I’m at 1.2m gp and the top of my shard is 7.5m, the rest of the top 50 all have GL’s or GAS. Don’t really have a chance of catching up. Luckily my fleet shard is to my level so I can finish top 10 there. I’d have next to no source of crystals otherwise

If you came to my shard it would cost you $3000 to catch up

Your shard? OK.
Waquira
5 years ago
"Darth_Tomsteros2707;d-233770" wrote:

I know this is a game so fun is the only priority but i still want to be good

Would you have fun trying to catch up? If you would, then go ahead and see how far you come. I have an alt which I picked up after leaving it untouched for 14 months. I had fun building that roster and seeing how the climb would turn out. Now I can take top ranks in fleet arena but in squad arena it has only been inside top-20 a few times.
Gouj44
5 years ago
"Mephisto_style;c-2149393" wrote:
"Gouj4;c-2149389" wrote:
I’d like if they shuffled the shards a little although I know it’ll never happen. I’m at 1.2m gp and the top of my shard is 7.5m, the rest of the top 50 all have GL’s or GAS. Don’t really have a chance of catching up. Luckily my fleet shard is to my level so I can finish top 10 there. I’d have next to no source of crystals otherwise

If you came to my shard it would cost you $3000 to catch up

Would probably cost me the same if not more to catch up on my own shard
Gouj44
5 years ago
"Gifafi;c-2149405" wrote:
if you think you are $3000 behind you'd never catch up anyway

I’m aware haha