So, I'm at the point where many of my characters can't do much of anything. They get crushed in Arena and Galactic War along with the normal battles. So obviously I need to gear them up more.The problem is most of the gear can only be found from doing high tiers of raids such as the Sith Academy and said raids are far too strong for my characters ((they can't even break through shields before the shields come back)). So I can't get the gear because I need to raid and I can't raid because my gear isn't good enough.What should I do? Is there anything that can make them stronger or am I doomed?

If the raids aren't being completed, you need to find a new guild.

Your guild is only 33 members. So that is almost always going to be a raid problem, and on top of that you will not be raiding as often as you could due to low ticket counts.You should work on that as your first real problem. If you fix your guild situation, I feel like your gear problem will solve itself.

"JurassicKing;d-192837" wrote:So, I'm at the point where many of my characters can't do much of anything. They get crushed in Arena and Galactic War along with the normal battles. So obviously I need to gear them up more.I just reread your original post. After seeing your roster it also seems like you need to find out WHICH characters to gear up. Don't waste gear on characters, you won't be using much any way.Furthermore, you are level 85 but only very few of your characters are higher than level 80. If you wish to climb in arenas, develop a team with good synergy, level them all to 85 and gear them up. Don't spread your gear and credits all over the place. Work on a few select characters at a time - with only a few 'side projects', which you may focus on later/next. Edit: "You will need credits to level up your characters. Make sure, that you can beat the highest tier of credit heist. You need those credits. A steady income of resources is key to success in this game."

"JurassicKing;c-1752586" wrote:I apologize if I seem like I'm being a pain. I'm not trying to; I'm just confused by all of this.no worries. we are here to help.as we have said, you need to find a better guild. that is the starting point to getting on a better track. Like i said earlier, new guild with a full complement with a minimum goal of 600 for all every day. that will get you going. https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/categories/player-guildsplenty of guilds would love to have an interested player, take a look.

Hey! I sent you a message about joining a guild to help the with gear crunch, wouldn't be a problem bring some friends over! I can also help answer some questions

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crzydroid
Retired Hero
6 years ago
If the raids aren't being completed, you need to find a new guild.
NyKynoe
6 years ago
Your guild is only 33 members. So that is almost always going to be a raid problem, and on top of that you will not be raiding as often as you could due to low ticket counts.

You should work on that as your first real problem. If you fix your guild situation, I feel like your gear problem will solve itself.
Waquira
6 years ago
"JurassicKing;d-192837" wrote:
So, I'm at the point where many of my characters can't do much of anything. They get crushed in Arena and Galactic War along with the normal battles. So obviously I need to gear them up more.

I just reread your original post. After seeing your roster it also seems like you need to find out WHICH characters to gear up. Don't waste gear on characters, you won't be using much any way.

Furthermore, you are level 85 but only very few of your characters are higher than level 80. If you wish to climb in arenas, develop a team with good synergy, level them all to 85 and gear them up. Don't spread your gear and credits all over the place. Work on a few select characters at a time - with only a few 'side projects', which you may focus on later/next. Edit: "You will need credits to level up your characters. Make sure, that you can beat the highest tier of credit heist. You need those credits. A steady income of resources is key to success in this game."
NyKynoe
6 years ago
"JurassicKing;c-1752586" wrote:
I apologize if I seem like I'm being a pain. I'm not trying to; I'm just confused by all of this.

no worries. we are here to help.

as we have said, you need to find a better guild. that is the starting point to getting on a better track.

Like i said earlier, new guild with a full complement with a minimum goal of 600 for all every day. that will get you going.

https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.starwars.ea.com/categories/player-guilds

plenty of guilds would love to have an interested player, take a look.
Wrathrider43
Seasoned Newcomer
6 years ago
Hey! I sent you a message about joining a guild to help the with gear crunch, wouldn't be a problem bring some friends over! I can also help answer some questions
NyKynoe
6 years ago
"JurassicKing;c-1752931" wrote:
"Kyno;c-1752895" wrote:
"JurassicKing;c-1752893" wrote:
"Waqui;c-1752795" wrote:
"JurassicKing;c-1752584" wrote:
"Kyno;c-1752577" wrote:
"JurassicKing;c-1752574" wrote:
"Waqui;c-1752464" wrote:
"JurassicKing;c-1751421" wrote:
"Waqui;c-1751409" wrote:
"JurassicKing;c-1751388" wrote:
"Kyno;c-1750838" wrote:
Something is not lining up, all of us have been at the point where we needed to do the raid and had not recieved any if the rewards from the raid.

Please sign up for and post your swgoh.gg, it is likely you are spreading out the gear you are getting from the other raids too much and so it feels like you are not getting anywhere.

You could also focus on mods, good mods can really help in many situations where gear is lacking, at least to some extent

https://swgoh.gg/p/546399927/characters/

I'm not getting this high level raid gear I need because the raids aren't being completed. When I gear characters I tend to focus on a few at a time and then the character needs this really high level gear I can't get, so I move on to another character and it goes on and on.

Raids not completed? Like heroic tier, which are not completed within the two day time limit? Or non-heroics thst take days with refreshes? Or....what tier raids, is your guild doing? (Rancor, tank and sith).

Sometimes they're time limited but i think this one resets every day. But it's still far too strong for me to do anything. I can't even break through Nihilus' shield before he wipes me out.

So, Tank raids and Rancor raids are time-limited (heroic tier) while the sith raid is non-heroic? Is this, what you mean? If it is, then that's good for a start. Non-heroic sith may take several days. That's not unusual. And your problem with Nihilus' shield is a quite common problem until you learn the strategy and build suitable teams to perform well in that phase.

How often does your guild raid? If it only has 33 members, and if not all of them are active every day, you may not raid very often. I would still advice to join a guild that raids heroic Rancor at least twice a week and at least 3 heroic tank raids every two weeks.

none of them are timed. but the Sith raid is still really strong. I've helped before; they must have done a higher level this time. I've been able to help defeat all 3 bosses but not this time.

We almost always have a raid up. This one has been a loooong time though

you are not doing the heroic tier on any of the raids. you should work on fixing this for the other 2 raids before you worry about a higher tier of the sith raid.

I don't know what *I* could do nor how these other raids will help. I've tried some of the timed raids and get butchered even faster.

But still:

Are the raids completed eventually?
How often does your guild raid each raid? And at which tier?
Do you still participate with whatever little damage, you can do, or do you completely skip the raids, and miss out on rewards?

I do what I can but it often ends with me having dealt zero damage with our current Sith raid and the heroic raids.

Likely you are doing the wrong tier raid or using the wrong strategy/team.

You have to walk before you ~~run~~ can kill a rancor with your bare hands. (That's how that saying goes right?)

How do i check the tiers? I can tell you what tier Sith we're doing.
JurassicKing87
6 years ago
I've been focusing on legendary toons lately. One at a time, I'm currently building my Old Republic team to unlock Revan. Working on getting their stars first then use leftover energy to gear hunt.
floppytechie01
6 years ago
Listen man, you've dragged on this thread without actually following any of the solid advice these people have given you. Ill summarise them in the hopes that you find all the information in one place and actually follow them.

1)Leave your current guild and get a guild that has Heroic rancor and Heroic aat raid on farm. If you want, my guild has a few spots open and we have both of those raids on farm, plus once the revan event comes back, we will start farming heroic sith raid(we do tier 6 of that raid now).Message me with your swgoh.gg link if you are interested.

2)Get all the legendary heroes. Most important for raids are Jedi rey, CLS, Revan and C3PO. Thrawn is also a must have.

3) Work on a good squad team and some raid teams. First order is a good start, plus once you have CLS and raid han you can solo the rancor yourself. Revan will let you solo the Haat and participate in HSTR.

4)Once you are in a good guild, spend 600 energy (cantina + normal) every day to produce raid tickets. You will naturally gain about 300 of that energy naturally, you'll have to spend your free crystals to buy the rest.

5) Post atleast 0 damage in all raids. Dont worry about actually dealing damage until you have atleast CLS. This will give you the gear you need to compete.

Hope this helps. I dont think there is anything more you can do apart from these steps until you have progressed more in the game
Waquira
6 years ago
"JurassicKing;c-1752580" wrote:
"Waqui;c-1752492" wrote:
"JurassicKing;d-192837" wrote:
So, I'm at the point where many of my characters can't do much of anything. They get crushed in Arena and Galactic War along with the normal battles. So obviously I need to gear them up more.

I just reread your original post. After seeing your roster it also seems like you need to find out WHICH characters to gear up. Don't waste gear on characters, you won't be using much any way.

Furthermore, you are level 85 but only very few of your characters are higher than level 80. If you wish to climb in arenas, develop a team with good synergy, level them all to 85 and gear them up. Don't spread your gear and credits all over the place. Work on a few select characters at a time - with only a few 'side projects', which you may focus on later/next. Edit: "You will need credits to level up your characters. Make sure, that you can beat the highest tier of credit heist. You need those credits. A steady income of resources is key to success in this game."

I've been doing that. As I said: i focus on a team ((like Sith)) and then I hit this gear roadblock. i am unable to do anything else so I move on to another group lest my energy points sit there, forever unused. Then THAT team hits the gear block and I move on to the next.

I know this is way back on page 1 of this discussion, but anyway:

As already pointed out a few times by several posters, to build a strong team, you need to focus on that team, before moving on to the next team. Don't spread your resources too thin. Furhtermore, as I stated previuosly, you also need to know which characters to focus on - not only which faction. Take your sith, which you have worked on, as an example:

https://swgoh.gg/p/546399927/characters/?f=Sith

You took your Dooku to gear level 10 - but left his rank at rank 3 (3 stars). He's still not very strong. If you want a strong Dooku, work on both gear level and rank. Some characters are strong/viable already at 3*, but Dooku is not really one of them. Palpatine is great as a leader, but somewhat squishy at only rank 5 (5 stars), gear level 10 and with no zeta on his unique. Nihilus and Sion are also great sith. Although they are among the characters, that begin being viable at rank 3 or rank 4, it would be a great idea to farm them all the way up to rank 7 (7 stars). Nihilus is viable at low rank, since his main ability is his Annihilate. He just needs to be strong enough to survive until that ability is off cooldown. Sion is a tank, and often tanks are viable at low rank already, as long as they have high gear level. Bastilla (fallen) is one of the characters that are viable at low rank as well - if geared up, that is. Her abilities include some protection regeneration, defense bonus, tenacity bonus and foresight. It all helps her survivability. A good team (for now) could be EP lead, Vader, Bastilla, Sion and Nihilus. Alternatively, under EP lead, you could also mix in some empire characters. Thrawn is one of the strongest in the game. I'd suggest, that you take Thrawn from level 69 to level 85 before you take your rank 2 Gar Saxon from level 82 to 85 (No, Saxon is not very strong. Don't waste any more resources on him. Save your credits, gear etc. for your strong characters - characters, you will actually be using).

This was just an example, since you mentioned your sith team yourself. As I previously suggested, you should have a look at one of the beginners' guides found on theses forums to get an idea of which characters are strong, and suggestions for the order in which you build your teams.

Good luck.

(Over and out)
GladOS-013
Hero+
6 years ago
It depends a lot on your roster. Since you haven't shared your swgoh.gg profile, we can't see even what level you're at, so my advice will be generic:

1. Join a guild. You want a guild with 50 active players, who engage in territory battles, territory wars, and get tickets on a daily basis to kill raids.
2. Hit every raid you can. If #1 was successful, your guild can be doing a rancor raid every other day. If the guild is strong enough, you will hopefully at least be doing heroic Rancor & Tank raids, and then a lower level sith raid. Even if you can't damage Nihilus' protection, the guild can kill teh raid and you'll get some rewards.
3. While some gear is exclusive to raids, you can get gear from the shard shop and guild cantina store.
4. Arena depends on squad, gear, and mods. Keep working on all 3.