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6 years ago

New Player Guide 2019 - aka why avoid Phoenix

Hi guys, the other day I posted my view on the Farming Guid mid 2019... I'm tired of new guys starting with Phoenix all the time... I post the link if anyone is interested in improving their Spanish but I'll explain here the whole deal so we can discuss the strategy…
Link: https://therpgsus.com/2019/06/06/guia-nuevos-jugadores-2019/

So, let's review the whole thing: My advice is to gor first for Galactic Republic Jedis and Nightsisters to ease the way towards Grand Master Yoda, Old Republic for Jedi Revan like Bastila and Jolee and aim for JKR as the goal for the level 85 or later…

We start our first nodes with Dooku and we keep going at him to kickstart our Separatists for Padme later in the game and synergize with our GR Jedis ;) ...So let's do nodes!

Light Side: 1-C: Dooku; 2-D,E,F: Mace Windu, Talia x2; 5-C,D: Anakin and Zaalbar. 8-B ( later in the game ) : Mother Talzin.
Dark Side: 1-C: Dooku; 4-B,C: Old Daka and Ahshoka Tano; 5-B,C,E: Bastila and Barris Offee; 6-D Jolee.
Cantina: 2-A Acolyte NS. Later Mission and T3M3 for Jedi Revan.

Stores:
- Cantina: Daka and Ashoka.
- Squad Arena: Mace Windu and Asajj Ventress.
- Galactic War: Nightsister Initiate.

What do we end up with???
5 Jedis: Anakin, Mace Windu, Ahsoka Tano, Bastila and Barris to unlock GM Yoda. Then we keep moving towards Jolee, Mission and T3M3 and unlock Jedi Revan. Once we finish with that we can come back to the Phoenix squad and unlock their ships, also Thrawn and Chimaera. The end-game idea is to have JKR finished around level 85 and be able to take top spots in arena, while climbing with Jedis or NS instead of Phoenix squad.
ATTENTION: Anakin, Ahsoka, Mace Windu are pilots, so good investment there too!
5 Nightsisters: Mother Talzin and Zombie Will arrive later, but Talia, Initiate and even Acolyte can have their uses in raid, arena etc... so great faction to invest in.

End game reasons: JKR squad and NS squad can guarantee a top10 position in Triunvirate raid, finish the LS and DS holotable easy and also Will jump you right ahead in the meta!

This has caused controversy in our spanish chats coz people still defend Phoenix squad but I don't feel they are that relevant at the moment, not even Thrawn. So rush JKR and NS is the advice I'm giving…
What do you guys thinks? Let me know please!!! I want more opinions and update this as better as posible, I really think people with JKR early can maximize arena and HSTR rewards to get ahead, and for GAC you are rushing Padme squad, Separatist squad, JKR, OR and NS... I don't feel like the need for Phoenix in there… you can still farm them and you should, specially Kanan/Ezra coz they are Jedis, but still… GR Jedis and NS feel the way to go for me now….
May the force be with you !
  • The truth is that the Phoenix are like team to raids weak, and to weaker arena still. But will it help you to go after the beginning nightsisters? Do not.

    The Nightsisters that make the team work in fact are only harvested at node 8. Spending energy on the acolyte in the canteen is a waste, just like any and every character that can be obtained from the guild's store.

    The only accessible options for players who are starting out are the bounty hunters or First Order. Hunters should be the second team to be focused on the credit event issue and the first order only bears the BB8. All other teams are locked in some way by the high level required to unlock the tables.

    Bring the Emperor and the GAT, and then you choose your way.
  • My main account, I aggressively went after FO to start. I didn't understand the game fully, and I just have a thing for FO so it seemed the right thing to do. I got BB8 early doors but found he's useless without JTR. So I was late to the Phoenix farm.
    From my personal experience, it was that farm that transformed my game, Phoenix, love them or hate them just open so many doors in the early game, if I was to start again, I would 100% farm Phoenix, then heavily focus on BH and CLS. I would then prioritise JKRevan over JTR, so as good as FO are as a TW/TB team they would take a back seat on my farming priorities.

    I think you have to be careful, to my mind there are times to be farming legendaries and you've to be careful not run before you can walk
    Palp, Thrawn, Yoda and R2 are early game, all of which either require Phoenix or Phoenix play a major part in creating the path of least resistance.
    CLS, JKR and JTR are Mid game. Threepio, Padme, Drevan and Malak are late game. Chewie sits somewhere in between.

    Of course the above is merely my interpretation and is only one mans opinion but, from nearly two years playing that's how I see it. So, sorry OP, whilst I appreciate your sentiment and annoyance at the amount of Phoenix teams early on, they are a necessary evil.
  • Little update about this: I made a new account, jump in the shard as soon as I could ( no energy hoard ) and got around #9000 so around the half. I unlocked asajj, daka, talia, initiate and acolyte and left them at that. I run. Asajj, Daka, Talia, Acolyte and KRU in arena and I’m at #667 level 46 NS g5.
    Number #3 in my shard runs JKR requirements, so I do think this is the way to go.
    For ships a mix of Separatists/BH should do the trick for zeta mats.
    I’m focusing on Boba in Cantina store, IG in arena store and Cad Bane in GW store.
    Farming KRU in 3-F Cantina until I can farm t3m3.
    2 levels away from Bastila farm. Sorry Phoenix, I won’t start farming you...
  • This is interesting but may change again.....
    If Geos get a rework then I’d say they become a much higher priority:
    From a fleet perspective:
    Geo trio and Executrix will be the core of top 10 early Fleet
    Throw in BH ships and it’s a strong core of Darkside ships.
    Lightside: GRepublic Ships + Endurance I guess?
    Elsewhere:
    Sun Fac and Spy are useful to get Padme which will synergise with your GR Jedi

    Might be fun and viable to swerve Phoenix and (heresy!) Revan.....
    Build GRepublic, Clone, BH and Separatist teams - which would give GG (or Brood Alpha or Nute?), Padme, Shaak ti*, Jango as your big 4. PLUS lots of ships.
    Then broaden to JTR and NSisters.

    *Once farmable.
  • I don’t really understand what to put up to 60 lv on the arena, while you get 3 Jedi from difficult battles and how to get them to 60 lv in general
  • Don’t think there are new players just old ones with multiple accounts in new arenas. They really don’t have a chance and any recommendations probably won’t hold true as a new meta will be released just as they finish old one that makes it useless lol.
  • For recruiting, I created a second account and went for Phoenix. It is soo easy, I can finish Gw so easily even they are gear lvl6.
    Ok, my plan to the account is different, but I realized what a pain I had with may main account.
    In my opinion, it might depend a bit from bronzium drops where to go next after phoenix at around lvl50-55, which ships you should use and which legendary to go first.