Need Advice on My Lvl 60 Phoenix Squad and Space/General Progression
So I started playing this game about 5 weeks ago and am currently focusing on Phoenix as recommended by the people here. I had another thread up but people stopped responding to that one and this is more specific to Phoenix so I made this new thread. The old thread is here: https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/discussion/154006/new-player-have-some-questions-about-best-f2p-characters-and-need-allies/p1?new=1
My collection is here: https://swgoh.gg/u/letareus/collection/
Basically I was just told to "focus Phoenix" and I've been doing just that. It's been working really well for Galactic War and decently in the arena until recently. Now I'm having serious issues with arena and dark side battles, but most importantly with space battles. Let me talk about that first.
I just hit level 60 and unlocked ship battles. This is hurting my ability to finish daily activities (a significant source of CRYSTALS that I need for ENERGY REFRESHES that I need to FOCUS PHOENIX) since I only have the free ships and they're all at level 1. I refuse to level up any of my ships until I know what I'm doing. I learned my lesson from the wasted effort I put into my non-Phoenix characters. So all but one of my ships (I leveled up 1 ship the bare minimum amount to finish the daily activity) are stuck at level 1 until I get some recommendations here. So, what ships can I / should I level up and by how much? You can see what I have in my collection link above (basically the free ships). I have 1.9 millon ship building materials available atm.
Next, I've been having serious problems with arena. I can't seem to break into the top 200. I can hold in the 200-500 bracket OK, but I get annihilated everytime I try to get below 200. I have problems with other Phoenix squads, Nightsister squads, and Boba Fett/Lando squads, which seem to be all I find at that level. With Phoenix/Nightsister squads, I usually run out of time as the battles seem to go on forever - I can probably beat many of them if I had more time (yes, I play at 4x speed). Then there are the squads with Boba Fett and/or Lando which often annihilate me before I can do much damage to them. Boba Fett squads used to be pretty easy for me, but the ones at around rank 200 seem to be very well built and usually annihilate me. What can I do to improve my arena performance or I have pretty much maxed out the potential of my Phoenix team at my current level?
Since I have no real dark side squad, I've been using my borrowed characters to carry me through dark side battles. This means I can't sim many of the battles, which can hamper my Phoenix progression, though at the moment, all my equipment upgrades seem to be light side. I suspect that will change sooner or later though. How should I deal with this? Since I will need a dark side squad eventually, what should my eventual dark side squad look like so I can maybe level up one character that might be able to survive alongisde my borrowed ally so I can 3 star the battle. Don't worry, I'll make sure this doesn't detract too much from my focus on Phoenix.
I unlocked Sabine a while back but since she'll be so far behind everyone else, I didn't bother to use her or level her up. Should I use her and level her up? Seems like by the time I get her up to the point that I can use her, I might be moving on from Phoenix anyway.
I unlocked Mod battles a while back. Should I be spending my Cantina energy on mod battles (I only finished the first two sets) or stars first? I've mostly been focusing on stars. Also, what mods should I be giving my Phoenix characters? I just gave them the stuff I got from the first two sets of battles because that was what I had.
Finally, because Phoenix seems weak in arena, and from what I've read in other threads, people transition out of Phoenix eventually, exactly how far should I take my Phoenix squad? Should I go all the way, with 7 stars and level 85 and full gold gear and everything? Or should I transition to something else before that point?
Thanks all for the advice.
My collection is here: https://swgoh.gg/u/letareus/collection/
Basically I was just told to "focus Phoenix" and I've been doing just that. It's been working really well for Galactic War and decently in the arena until recently. Now I'm having serious issues with arena and dark side battles, but most importantly with space battles. Let me talk about that first.
I just hit level 60 and unlocked ship battles. This is hurting my ability to finish daily activities (a significant source of CRYSTALS that I need for ENERGY REFRESHES that I need to FOCUS PHOENIX) since I only have the free ships and they're all at level 1. I refuse to level up any of my ships until I know what I'm doing. I learned my lesson from the wasted effort I put into my non-Phoenix characters. So all but one of my ships (I leveled up 1 ship the bare minimum amount to finish the daily activity) are stuck at level 1 until I get some recommendations here. So, what ships can I / should I level up and by how much? You can see what I have in my collection link above (basically the free ships). I have 1.9 millon ship building materials available atm.
Next, I've been having serious problems with arena. I can't seem to break into the top 200. I can hold in the 200-500 bracket OK, but I get annihilated everytime I try to get below 200. I have problems with other Phoenix squads, Nightsister squads, and Boba Fett/Lando squads, which seem to be all I find at that level. With Phoenix/Nightsister squads, I usually run out of time as the battles seem to go on forever - I can probably beat many of them if I had more time (yes, I play at 4x speed). Then there are the squads with Boba Fett and/or Lando which often annihilate me before I can do much damage to them. Boba Fett squads used to be pretty easy for me, but the ones at around rank 200 seem to be very well built and usually annihilate me. What can I do to improve my arena performance or I have pretty much maxed out the potential of my Phoenix team at my current level?
Since I have no real dark side squad, I've been using my borrowed characters to carry me through dark side battles. This means I can't sim many of the battles, which can hamper my Phoenix progression, though at the moment, all my equipment upgrades seem to be light side. I suspect that will change sooner or later though. How should I deal with this? Since I will need a dark side squad eventually, what should my eventual dark side squad look like so I can maybe level up one character that might be able to survive alongisde my borrowed ally so I can 3 star the battle. Don't worry, I'll make sure this doesn't detract too much from my focus on Phoenix.
I unlocked Sabine a while back but since she'll be so far behind everyone else, I didn't bother to use her or level her up. Should I use her and level her up? Seems like by the time I get her up to the point that I can use her, I might be moving on from Phoenix anyway.
I unlocked Mod battles a while back. Should I be spending my Cantina energy on mod battles (I only finished the first two sets) or stars first? I've mostly been focusing on stars. Also, what mods should I be giving my Phoenix characters? I just gave them the stuff I got from the first two sets of battles because that was what I had.
Finally, because Phoenix seems weak in arena, and from what I've read in other threads, people transition out of Phoenix eventually, exactly how far should I take my Phoenix squad? Should I go all the way, with 7 stars and level 85 and full gold gear and everything? Or should I transition to something else before that point?
Thanks all for the advice.
