I get destroyed in GA. I know why and think I have a way to help myself, but don’t want to waste currency and it not help. You guys will know if it’s a good idea Edit: As this thread recommended. It became a SLkR grind.

GAC matchups are based on the power of your top toons; the exact number varies by division. So the best way to balance your roster is to make sure your top characters are good ones. Sometimes you can have a character like Piett or Wat who can function well at low stars and that is worth resource investment before you have max shards.You also want to make sure the mods on your characters are good ones. If you have good enough mods, lower gear characters can beat higher gear ones-- it's also worth knowing which team synergies work well as counters to squads at higher gear.

You seem to be gearing up for Kylo; You will have a difficult time in GA until you unlock him, because you're gearing characters in the process that are not great characters, while your opponents may have geared great characters. Once you'll get Kylo, you may put it on D and hope for the best, but it's not ideal neither. You'll round up your roster later on, but that's a problem for futur you ;)You can mitigate this by NOT relicing needed characters until you have the gear to relic them all at once. You can gear them up to G13, for instance. The GP difference between a G13 and a Relic'd is huge.

"Crayons;c-2228793" wrote:"Konju;c-2228786" wrote:Are you div 5 or div 4?Div 4. 2.5m to 3m GPAny change you make now will not change your division for the duration of this current season (4 weeks of GAC). I don’t think removing these mods would benefit you much right now. I would take the time and learn more about mods (the playbook suggestion is a great place to start). Grasping mods is the biggest key to success I have found for myself. The sooner you jump on overcoming this mod “weakness” the sooner it becomes your strength. Before next week’s join period, if you remove some mods from your top 60 GP characters that have little use you will give yourself some slightly easier matchups, but in all likelihood you will be behind for a bit yet. I would consider making no upgrades (no leveling, gearing, relics etc) until after the next season starts (over 3 weeks away). Then you can drop just enough mods off characters to put you back in div 5 before the lock in. I’m in div 5 with my alt account and your roster is a bit more competitive there. Once you’ve locked in for the 1st week you will be div 5 for the entire season.

I would relic your Vader super fast. That's an easy solo against Geos or other decent teams. Other than that, I would keep pushing towards SLKR. You'll have a tough time until you get him, but imo it'll be worth it.

You have characters like Traya, CLS, Han solo, Thrawn and JTR at low gear level and with no zetas. They are all quite good on offense in GAC if you gear them up and put some zetas on them.If GAC is your main focus don't gear up any characters beyond the point where they do their job. F.ex. most of your Reliced FO characters would do the job just fine at g13. You don't gain much by building their relic but it adds to you matchmaking GP giving you stronger opponents.As already mentioned mods are essential now. You may see an instant improvement simply by moving the mods you already have around.

SLKR Grind Feb 19 - Unlocked July 15

gerryhendo
4 years ago
"crzydroid;c-2228790" wrote:
GAC matchups are based on the power of your top toons; the exact number varies by division. So the best way to balance your roster is to make sure your top characters are good ones. Sometimes you can have a character like Piett or Wat who can function well at low stars and that is worth resource investment before you have max shards.

You also want to make sure the mods on your characters are good ones. If you have good enough mods, lower gear characters can beat higher gear ones-- it's also worth knowing which team synergies work well as counters to squads at higher gear.

What’s the best way to even understand mods? When I came back they were there, and I had a ton of currency and just bought stuff. But as sad as it is, I currently just automod them as I don’t know much better.
gerryhendo
4 years ago
If I could get rid of 100k GP I’d drop a division.

But with 76 characters fully modded, and me needing to keep 20, I’m not sure how much power is in 56 characters worth of green and blue mods. I know it costs a bit to remove but I’d take the hit if I could shave the GP off and drop to div 5. I ain’t good with mods.
Waquira
4 years ago
"Konju;c-2228804" wrote:
"Crayons;c-2228793" wrote:
"Konju;c-2228786" wrote:
Are you div 5 or div 4?

Div 4. 2.5m to 3m GP

Then you can drop just enough mods off characters to put you back in div 5 before the lock in. I’m in div 5 with my alt account and your roster is a bit more competitive there. Once you’ve locked in for the 1st week you will be div 5 for the entire season.

You can't drop divisions. Once in Div. 4 there's no way back to div. 5. Your division is based on your all-time highest GP. You can decrease your matchmaking GP slightly by dropping mods, though. However, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.
gerryhendo
4 years ago
I was looking to get SLKR, but that kinda stopped once I realised I can’t actually get the ship you need for it. I haven’t spent time in ships and now I really have to.
gerryhendo
4 years ago
I switched tactics to get more Republic characters, and then hopefully unlock padme and maybe go for GAS too.
Waquira
4 years ago
"UdalCuain;c-2228892" wrote:
"Waqui;c-2228876" wrote:
"Konju;c-2228804" wrote:
"Crayons;c-2228793" wrote:
"Konju;c-2228786" wrote:
Are you div 5 or div 4?

Div 4. 2.5m to 3m GP

Then you can drop just enough mods off characters to put you back in div 5 before the lock in. I’m in div 5 with my alt account and your roster is a bit more competitive there. Once you’ve locked in for the 1st week you will be div 5 for the entire season.

You can't drop divisions. Once in Div. 4 there's no way back to div. 5. Your division is based on your all-time highest GP. You can decrease your matchmaking GP slightly by dropping mods, though. However, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.

It's not based on your highest ever GP. It's based on current GP at the time a GAC launches, and divisions are set the first time a player logs in after that launch.

For example, if your GP puts you in division four, you can lower your GP (by removing mods etc) to below the division five threshold and fight in that division instead, providing you do it before the GAC begins (not to be confused with "before you hit join").

Really? Do you know when it was changed?
ChristophIV
Hero+
4 years ago
"Waqui;c-2228896" wrote:
"UdalCuain;c-2228892" wrote:
"Waqui;c-2228876" wrote:
"Konju;c-2228804" wrote:
"Crayons;c-2228793" wrote:
"Konju;c-2228786" wrote:
Are you div 5 or div 4?

Div 4. 2.5m to 3m GP

Then you can drop just enough mods off characters to put you back in div 5 before the lock in. I’m in div 5 with my alt account and your roster is a bit more competitive there. Once you’ve locked in for the 1st week you will be div 5 for the entire season.

You can't drop divisions. Once in Div. 4 there's no way back to div. 5. Your division is based on your all-time highest GP. You can decrease your matchmaking GP slightly by dropping mods, though. However, I'm not sure it's worth the trouble.

It's not based on your highest ever GP. It's based on current GP at the time a GAC launches, and divisions are set the first time a player logs in after that launch.

For example, if your GP puts you in division four, you can lower your GP (by removing mods etc) to below the division five threshold and fight in that division instead, providing you do it before the GAC begins (not to be confused with "before you hit join").

Really? Do you know when it was changed?

It's been that way since at least August 2019.
gerryhendo
4 years ago
Great advice. Really appreciate the help
gerryhendo
4 years ago
Guys I’m glad you convinced me to go back to my SLKR farm. I can feel it getting closer and I’m kinda into the focus on one thing. I almost gave it up. Here’s how far along I am.
gerryhendo
4 years ago
Since the end of Feb I’ve went from previous post, to this. Not bad actually. Ships will slow me down. I reckon that’s another 3 months away before I can even do finaliser last tier, then gonna need 65 shards to get to 5 stars and I get 30 a month, with the event showing up twice a month. So another month or so to get finaliser ready. So all in all I have around 5 months to go, and most of that will be waiting on ships.