Returning after break

ur going to b so far behind in arena there's no point other than to start over...since u've been gone, they have really sped up the progression so not as daunting as it seems...look up warrior on utube, his scissorman alt he started first of this year highlighting his pillar system will do wonders for u and ur friend

"Qwik;c-1955026" wrote:
I'm failing to see how having no heroes would put me in a better position. What is it that makes you say that? If progression isn't as daunting as it seems, why toss out all the heroes I have? Couldn't I 'start from the beginning' and pretend that I have all these bonus heroes because EA likes me and gifted them to me?

You are placed in an arena shard shortly after starting the game. If you pick that account back up you will in the same shard you were in back then, with people that have been playing for 3 years and have maxed out teams, against which you will not be able to compete for a long time. Your crystal income will be better starting over, and you will very quickly make up for what you lose in characters, especially since you don't appear to have anybody higher than 5* or g6.

"Qwik;c-1956038" wrote:
Ok, My friend and I both started fresh. Thanks for the advice.

One more question....

How do I know what star count a newly activated hero is going to come out as?

Look at the number of shards you need to activate the character.

X/10 = 1* unlock
X/25 = 2*
X/50 = 3*
X/80 = 4*
X/145 = 5* (these characters are generally obtained from legendary/epic events and raids)
X/330 = 7* (this only applies to heroes journey/ancient journey characters)

Yep, just start over. If you had a decent number of guys at gear 9/10 or so it might be worth sticking it out, but you'll end up getting back to your current level of progression in no time, without the colossal disadvantage in arena.

The generally accepted best progression path is to farm Phoenix Squad first, then go for Emperor Palpatine and Grand Admiral Thrawn for an Empire team, followed by R2D2 and Commander Luke.

After that you've got a lot of options these days, though personally Jedi Knight Revan is probably the next team I'd work on after that. He isn't the king of arena anymore, but his team can squash just about anything other than an equally-geared Darth Revan/Malak team, and does well in raids to boot. Also, if you go this route you'll end up getting four decent-to-excellent Jedi (Ezra, Kanan, Bastila, & Jolee), so toss in one more and you can also get Grandmaster Yoda easily.

Don't neglect ships on your new account. Fleet arena is an easier source of crystals than squad.

And mods are the key to everything. Once you unlock challenges, just keep simming mods and level up the ones that show speed.

"Qwik;c-1958565" wrote:
Say I wanted to select a hero with a dispell ability. Is there a way to quickly sort and find all heroes who can dispell positive buffs on enemies?

Dont think you can do it in game but you can use filters on the charactor section of swgoh.gg
eg
https://swgoh.gg/characters/f/dispel/

I'm failing to see how having no heroes would put me in a better position. What is it that makes you say that? If progression isn't as daunting as it seems, why toss out all the heroes I have? Couldn't I 'start from the beginning' and pretend that I have all these bonus heroes because EA likes me and gifted them to me?

Because your competition in arena will be so far ahead of you, and that's a huge income source

Hey, I want to thank you for the response, I do appreciate it. I apologize if I'm asking stupid questions....

What's a good rank a person can expect to maintain? Cause I'm looking at the rewards for the squad arena and unless you can stay in the top 100, you earn very few crystals.