Wish I knew about this game a long time ago but it is what it is. So far i fill thisbgane is very fair in getting energy, credits, and leveling up. I'm sure it will drop off quickly though. But my one and only complaint as a F2P person is the shards from missions being random. It sucks when your trying to get a character but you only get 1 shard or no shards before you do the max amount of missions. The game already slow you down with the energy consumption so why make them random or a pretty low chance? It's really the only thing kind of putting me off of the game. Besides that, the deals and what you buy are pretty fair as well, expensive but you do get a lot of stuff. I guess my next question is how should I be leveling? Should I put time into my starting characters or save my credits and training droids for later? What can I do to make the grind a little more tolerable?

Turn around, run away, delete the game and honestly don’t turn into one of us...Actually, one of us, one of us..

Early on it's a sprint to reach level 85 faster than your opponents in arenas. Doing all daily challenges gives you extra bonus experience points to level up faster.Buying energy refreshes to burn more energy and level up faster.In general until you're sure to have a large surplus of credits, only level up characters, that you're sure you will use/need in the near future. Always keep your arena team on max. level.Phoenix are still often the first team to focus on. It benefits from also being rebels (they unlock EP as well as Thrawn) and two of them are jedi as well (used to unlock Grand Master Yoda).The drop rate for character shards is 33%. There's nothing you can do to change that. If you want to farm them faster, buy more energy refreshes.

Make use of the journey guide in game. It informs you of all the characters you will need to get to unlock some of the powerful characters in game. If you are truly going to be FTP it will be challenging at times so my advice is unlock the characters you love the most and just have fun.

"Damodamo;c-2045883" wrote:Turn around, run away, delete the game and honestly don’t turn into one of us...THIS. So this.Don't get started, its a trap, all a very bad trap.

Getting 1 character to 7* and joining a guild that’s doing both Heroic Rancor and Heroic Tank Raids = one of the best early moves. You need to post a score, even 1 point of damage! But then can slowly unlock Raid Han and General Kenobi both of who are really useful!The best F2P “early” squad = Phoenix. This is because they can unlock EP, Thrawn and have 2 Jedi to help unlock GMYoda. Additionally they are mostly in non-competing farm areas/stores. Once they are good enough to unlock 7* Thrawn they become much less useful and really only have a place for their ships and Ezra in a Jedi lineup.You also need to think about building a Darkside team —> Empire makes the most sense, as it unlocks R2D2 (needed for Commander Luke), plus Phoenix should get you 2 Empire (Palpatine and Thrawn)The third “team“ to build = scoundrels for the credit and training heists —> i would suggest Bounty Hunters e.g. Boba Fett, Cad Bane and IG88 (all are pilots....) and Dengar once you start getting Guild Currency from a guild running raids. If you start Dengar early you will be in a great position to unlock Legendary Chewie later on.

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maximumbanana18
New Spectator
5 years ago
Turn around, run away, delete the game and honestly don’t turn into one of us...

Actually, one of us, one of us..
Waquira
5 years ago
Early on it's a sprint to reach level 85 faster than your opponents in arenas. Doing all daily challenges gives you extra bonus experience points to level up faster.
Buying energy refreshes to burn more energy and level up faster.

In general until you're sure to have a large surplus of credits, only level up characters, that you're sure you will use/need in the near future. Always keep your arena team on max. level.

Phoenix are still often the first team to focus on. It benefits from also being rebels (they unlock EP as well as Thrawn) and two of them are jedi as well (used to unlock Grand Master Yoda).

The drop rate for character shards is 33%. There's nothing you can do to change that. If you want to farm them faster, buy more energy refreshes.
tward930
New Spectator
5 years ago
Make use of the journey guide in game. It informs you of all the characters you will need to get to unlock some of the powerful characters in game. If you are truly going to be FTP it will be challenging at times so my advice is unlock the characters you love the most and just have fun.
Schwartzring
5 years ago
"Damodamo;c-2045883" wrote:
Turn around, run away, delete the game and honestly don’t turn into one of us...

THIS.

So this.

Don't get started, its a trap, all a very bad trap.
Shadowscream77
New Spectator
5 years ago
Getting 1 character to 7* and joining a guild that’s doing both Heroic Rancor and Heroic Tank Raids = one of the best early moves. You need to post a score, even 1 point of damage! But then can slowly unlock Raid Han and General Kenobi both of who are really useful!

The best F2P “early” squad = Phoenix. This is because they can unlock EP, Thrawn and have 2 Jedi to help unlock GMYoda. Additionally they are mostly in non-competing farm areas/stores.
Once they are good enough to unlock 7* Thrawn they become much less useful and really only have a place for their ships and Ezra in a Jedi lineup.

You also need to think about building a Darkside team —> Empire makes the most sense, as it unlocks R2D2 (needed for Commander Luke), plus Phoenix should get you 2 Empire (Palpatine and Thrawn)

The third “team“ to build = scoundrels for the credit and training heists —> i would suggest Bounty Hunters e.g. Boba Fett, Cad Bane and IG88 (all are pilots....) and Dengar once you start getting Guild Currency from a guild running raids. If you start Dengar early you will be in a great position to unlock Legendary Chewie later on.
Shadowscream77
New Spectator
5 years ago
TL:DR

Get a 7* character and join a guild doing Heroic Tank and Rancor
Phoenix until about Gear 8
Empire - Tarkin, TFP, Vader (and Range Trooper) = good early choices
Bounty Hunter - Boba, IG88, Cad Bane (Pilots) + Dengar AND then Bossk once you reach that node.
AntiFunn
5 years ago
"Yutterh;c-2048100" wrote:
Kind of just got upset. So I was in one of the beginner guilds, we were doing a raid and I was number one. When I completed some random quest and got promoted to the next guild. So now I won't get any of the rewards. Which sucks because I highly doubt I will be in the top 3 again. *sighs* oh well but kind of annoying.

I personally think searching for a guild by posting all your necessary information at the Forums is a super idea. As players have suggested, after you have gotten 1 7* character, I am pretty sure a good guild will find you super fast.
UnbelieverInME2
5 years ago
A good place to start is by getting and maxing out Phoenix Squad. Unless you're buying the Hyperdrive bundle and then I'm unsure since it unlocks so much.
yutterh
5 years ago
My gosh the drop rate is 33%? Jeez I must have some bad luck lmao

Yeah seems I just need to be patient and work on Daily's. Thanks for the tips guys.
CCyrilS
5 years ago
"Schwartzring;c-2046043" wrote:
"Damodamo;c-2045883" wrote:
Turn around, run away, delete the game and honestly don’t turn into one of us...

THIS.

So this.

Don't get started, its a trap, all a very bad trap.

Nah. Just refuse to open your wallet, and quit when it stops being fun.