Animal827 wrote:I am starting over from 10 years ago since EA cannot find my account from Facebook, Google, etc.
Maybe not a bad thing. A very old account would be like bringing out a 1930s Alfa Romeo F1 car and telling Max & Lando "Let's go!"
Animal827 wrote:What squads do I need? For example light, dark, fleet, Jedi etc.
Yeah.......it's not like that any more. Gone are the days of a CLS/R2/GK team vs a Palp/Tarkin/Vader darkside team. There are more factions and teams than peaches in a peach tree.
Animal827 wrote:What is the top (10?) for each of those squads? So I can start leveling up now as well as learning strategy
A lot factions don't have 10 viable choices now. More and more, we're giving a team with little room for being creative. Your best bet and best friend is swgoh.gg. It has 'counters' and the teams/factions that ....counter.
Animal827 wrote:What else do I need to know in leveling up?
Find something good and focus on it. The bigger you aim, the better it'll be....but the longer it'll take.
Animal827 wrote:Focus on level, gear, ability, etc. Which is a priority?
Levelling is free now, no more credits. Gear you can get around with, by adding LSTs if you want. Abilities, well they're dirt cheap until you get to zetas. Those old bottle necks that you encountered are now wide enough to get a Star Destroyer though. You max everything until you get to mid relics, then decide whether you need to go further. However, if you chose the team, you probably do want to go further. The priority.......what makes you a super-model to the airfix-models, is your modding. Take modding very, very seriously.
Animal827 wrote:I can probably Google or search the forums for all this separately (e.g., best Jedi squad)
Yeah, that's so Old Skool thinking. You have your JMK jedi squad. You have your JMMW jedi squad. You have your JML jedi squad. You have your Stella Shandy jedi squad. Queen Panamadarabarala has a jedi squad. Qui-gon/Annakin have a GAC jedi squad. "Let's go baby yoda" Beq has a TW jedi sqaud.....you go to toilet and out pops a jedi squad.....they're everywhere!
Animal827 wrote:If any additional information makes it easier for guidance
You know in the Big Bang theory when they added Lizard, Spock and whatnot to Paper, Scissors, Stone? You're coming back expecting that we're still playing Paper, Scissors, Stone. However, we're now playing Paper, Scissors, Rock, Spock, Datacrons, Mods, Relics, Omicrons, LSTs.
Welcome to the latter half of the 2020s my friend.