So a question for some advise from veteran players. This is not a rant or angry, it is written totally asking advise.If you had to start from scratch what would your focus be. Players who started 6 months or less ago what should we focus on? Placing a Zeta on a character is a lot of Omegas to hand to hold in reserve while not developing any character for advancement. Same goes for Starships. How do we get over the 30 Mk 3 holo pads required by 30 characters to get to GS 9, magma Trooper alone needs 3, Vader needs 2 etc. how do we compete in Arena. What team to develop to earn rewards since we can’t compete against ZCLS / Z2 teams. Even in new shards people are fielding Zeta teams in top 50. Best teams for GW and Cantina. Pretty amazed in Cantina 7 / teams have to face 81 Zeta elites when most of us are struggling to get 85 and can’t have Zeta teams yet. Really hard to deepen a roster to unlock the full potential when we get low payouts and top players are getting better rewards and free shards. The game is fun. It is strategy. I get it. I just can’t compete because I don’t have a roster near as deep as someone who has played the last 2 years and unlocked it all. My counters to tough teams don’t exist or are stuck at 50 because I ran out of credits or training droids. I appreciate any constructive advice to keep the game competitive and fun. Thank you.

Phoenix would be my first focus

Long-time mostly p2p player here. These days, if you want to compete and see bigger success, it's often helpful to think in terms of squads rather than individual characters. Somebody mentioned the Phoenix squad, and they're right, that's a great team to have. IMO, it's better to have a full Phoenix squad at G7 than a single toon at G11/12. The trick, of course, is knowing which squads to go after. But with Episode 8 coming, you know there's going to be an explosion of Resistance and First Order content coming out. So it's not a bad idea to farm there. zFinn is especially powerful these days. The FO is pretty powerful and some of those characters are reasonably quick to farm. (I use my maxed-out, multi-zeta FO squad in Arena and they do great. I'm top 50 on an old established shard). But yeah, I suggest choosing a specific team and try raising them methodically together as best you can. Get them all to gear 6. Then get them all to gear 7. Try to star them at the same rate if you can. Good luck.

If you are starting from scratch you probably won't see CLS for a looong time because it requires 5 particular toons at 7*. Zetas? If you are Lucky to be pooled in a fairly new fleet arena shard you will receive plenty of tokens from day one to build up your fleet. However, you won't be able purchase zetas for a long time.The key word here is patience. Patience, young padawan. Pretend, that all 2 year old shards and experienced players don't exist. Just compete with peoplw on your own shard. And plan your farms right. And remember to have fun along the way.

Aside from squads which are very important I always suggest looking at toons who have multiple uses.Ezra and Kanan are part of Phoenix, rebel and Jedi which gets you 2/5 of the way to Yoda.St Han is rebel, CLS required and scoundrel which gets you training droids but more importantly - credit heist. Old Ben - Like Han he's Rebel and CLS required plus the jedi tag.From those four toons alone you get...4/5 rebels needed for Palpatine3/5 jedi needed for Yoda2/5 needed for CLS2/5 needed for Phoenix and Thrawn1/5 needed for scoundrelBy extension assuming you work on Phoenix as your first "squad" you're getting Palpatine and Thrawn who both get you closer to R2 who adds that 3rd piece to CLS.I'm not saying you should go for those four first alongside the other Phoenix, my main point is that if you can knock off two viable slots with one toon the distance to the next goal/milestone feels a little shorter and there are a lot of double tag toons outside of those I mentioned.

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scuba75
Legend
8 years ago
Phoenix would be my first focus
serger322
8 years ago
Long-time mostly p2p player here. These days, if you want to compete and see bigger success, it's often helpful to think in terms of squads rather than individual characters. Somebody mentioned the Phoenix squad, and they're right, that's a great team to have. IMO, it's better to have a full Phoenix squad at G7 than a single toon at G11/12.

The trick, of course, is knowing which squads to go after. But with Episode 8 coming, you know there's going to be an explosion of Resistance and First Order content coming out. So it's not a bad idea to farm there. zFinn is especially powerful these days. The FO is pretty powerful and some of those characters are reasonably quick to farm. (I use my maxed-out, multi-zeta FO squad in Arena and they do great. I'm top 50 on an old established shard).

But yeah, I suggest choosing a specific team and try raising them methodically together as best you can. Get them all to gear 6. Then get them all to gear 7. Try to star them at the same rate if you can.

Good luck.
Waquira
8 years ago
If you are starting from scratch you probably won't see CLS for a looong time because it requires 5 particular toons at 7*. Zetas? If you are Lucky to be pooled in a fairly new fleet arena shard you will receive plenty of tokens from day one to build up your fleet. However, you won't be able purchase zetas for a long time.

The key word here is patience. Patience, young padawan. Pretend, that all 2 year old shards and experienced players don't exist. Just compete with peoplw on your own shard. And plan your farms right. And remember to have fun along the way.
JaggedJ99
8 years ago
Aside from squads which are very important I always suggest looking at toons who have multiple uses.

Ezra and Kanan are part of Phoenix, rebel and Jedi which gets you 2/5 of the way to Yoda.

St Han is rebel, CLS required and scoundrel which gets you training droids but more importantly - credit heist.

Old Ben - Like Han he's Rebel and CLS required plus the jedi tag.

From those four toons alone you get...

4/5 rebels needed for Palpatine
3/5 jedi needed for Yoda
2/5 needed for CLS
2/5 needed for Phoenix and Thrawn
1/5 needed for scoundrel

By extension assuming you work on Phoenix as your first "squad" you're getting Palpatine and Thrawn who both get you closer to R2 who adds that 3rd piece to CLS.

I'm not saying you should go for those four first alongside the other Phoenix, my main point is that if you can knock off two viable slots with one toon the distance to the next goal/milestone feels a little shorter and there are a lot of double tag toons outside of those I mentioned.
NyKynoe
8 years ago
moved to strategy section
ChickenFett129
8 years ago
So I have Phoenix at GS 8 some at 9 all Omegas filled and at 83-85. I still get creamed in PvP. I go from 500 back to 1500 between 1am pst when I stop playing and when I get up at 8 am pst. It’s really annoying because Phoenix should not fail that horribly. And the teams I see in my place are level 76 crud Empire teams in Gear 7. Same with fleets. I am in high 42s and then wake yo find my fleet was creamed back to 70s-80s and I spend the day gaining my rank back instead of getting into the 30s.

I wish I could link my account so you all could see the roster and give meaningful advice. I would really appreciate it.

Now the thread is in a sub forum so no idea if anyone will even look.
Gawejn1000
8 years ago
"ChickenFett139;c-1324167" wrote:
So I have Phoenix at GS 8 some at 9 all Omegas filled and at 83-85. I still get creamed in PvP. I go from 500 back to 1500 between 1am pst when I stop playing and when I get up at 8 am pst. It’s really annoying because Phoenix should not fail that horribly. And the teams I see in my place are level 76 crud Empire teams in Gear 7. Same with fleets. I am in high 42s and then wake yo find my fleet was creamed back to 70s-80s and I spend the day gaining my rank back instead of getting into the 30s.

I wish I could link my account so you all could see the roster and give meaningful advice. I would really appreciate it.

Now the thread is in a sub forum so no idea if anyone will even look.

Pheonix are easy to beat. They need more than g9 and they have to be super fast. Maybe will hold the rank.
NyKynoe
8 years ago
"ChickenFett139;c-1324167" wrote:
So I have Phoenix at GS 8 some at 9 all Omegas filled and at 83-85. I still get creamed in PvP. I go from 500 back to 1500 between 1am pst when I stop playing and when I get up at 8 am pst. It’s really annoying because Phoenix should not fail that horribly. And the teams I see in my place are level 76 crud Empire teams in Gear 7. Same with fleets. I am in high 42s and then wake yo find my fleet was creamed back to 70s-80s and I spend the day gaining my rank back instead of getting into the 30s.

I wish I could link my account so you all could see the roster and give meaningful advice. I would really appreciate it.

Now the thread is in a sub forum so no idea if anyone will even look.

There are threads in this sub older than you, in SWGOH time :wink:

you should try and set up an swgoh.gg account to link your toons here.
bbrasseaux76
8 years ago
My advice...
Have fun with it. It's a game.
However...
With the recent trends, it has become painfully obvious that, like pokemon, you've got to catch them all. That being said, focus on those characters that will fit into multiple rolls. You will need a rebel team, but remember that certain rebels will double as scoundrels for the credit heist. R2 can be used anywhere. Some of the Phoenix squad are Jedi, and all of them are rebels. Choosing your first toons correctly will reduce the time and effort that it takes to unlock and complete many challenges in the game. After that, pokemon.
stevesaint74
8 years ago
A lot of good advice already but the best suggestions I have are

1) avoid factions if you can when your roster isn’t develope. Faction characters often want exactly the same gear as each other and will make you stall.. I know I’ve done FO, resistance and Phoenix factions as units.

2) don’t chase whatever the current meta is, you can’t unless you spend big. Instead farm groups of toons you enjoy and may one day become
Meta. You need luck but you need to catch the meta after next to cash in. That’s why most vet players farmed FO and resistance reading for new ep 8 characters.