Synergies over characters.

Finally, some noise! Yeah! How bout adding a system that gives a bonus based on squad types and an attribute that is associated with them? For example

Scoundrels = speed/crit
Empire= dmg/potency
Ewoks= speed/tm manipulation
Clones= tenacity/tm manipulation
Resistance/rebels= tenacity/potency?
Nightsister=hpsteal/dispel
Tusken=assists like phasma lead

Make these bonuses apply when idk 2 like types in a group and effects increase as more like types in group...for instance...

nightsisters...when 2 types in party they get 5% healthsteal 3types = 10% 4= 15% 5=20% healthsteal and 50% for basics to dispel positive effects.

Lastly may be interesting to get a party with 2 types and another 2 types...make a few standalones to bridge multiple groups.

"WhiskeyPug;41578" wrote:
These synergies are currently USELESS and outside of plasma, asajj, and Vader. NONE of the other characters you ever see in arena. They are broken and need work.

You have overlooked quite a few charachters:

RG is from the empire just like Vader and very common in arenas. He can be coupled with Vader (L) and stormtrooper (yes) and 2 attackers.

Old Daka is a nightsister and fairly common in arenas, though not for her nightsister synergy.

Kylo Ren (First Order) works well with a Phasma lead. FOTP, though not the beast he was, is still viable. Though not very common, FO based teams can work.

Rey is from the resistance and all over the place, though rarely for synergy reasons. Same thing goes for Poe, while RP is in a similar situation as FOTP.

Also, another reason, why you don't see synergy teams like these is the availability. Other viable toons are available early in the game, so people stick with those in order to not spread ressources too thin, instead of investing in niche teams like these. Small changes in balance can render such a team weak, while other toons can still be usefull in a whole variety of combinations/teams.

assume its not canon or whatever but resistance and rebels should share synergy imo. would help a lot as theres not many of them and its not great anyway. i wrongly thought they were the same.

The problem is not that the synergy is weak, it's that many of these toons are too hard to farm.

I'd like to see group synergies be more important. I doubt there will be a rework of synergies at this point. Reworking synergies would be to much of an overhaul and would effect current toons. Issues I see are "all type synergies" more viable than "group specific synergies" and there are standout characters.

"all type synergies" more viable than "group specific synergies"

Yes and that is the problem why wer see only the top standalone characters and more or less the same Teams.

You should simply profit more with a thematic Group of Toons. It is also easier to Balance ;)

"Waqui;429525" wrote:

"WhiskeyPug;41578" wrote:
These synergies are currently USELESS and outside of plasma, asajj, and Vader. NONE of the other characters you ever see in arena. They are broken and need work.

You have overlooked quite a few charachters:

RG is from the empire just like Vader and very common in arenas. He can be coupled with Vader (L) and stormtrooper (yes) and 2 attackers.

Old Daka is a nightsister and fairly common in arenas, though not for her nightsister synergy.

Kylo Ren (First Order) works well with a Phasma lead. FOTP, though not the beast he was, is still viable. Though not very common, FO based teams can work.

Rey is from the resistance and all over the place, though rarely for synergy reasons. Same thing goes for Poe, while RP is in a similar situation as FOTP.

Also, another reason, why you don't see synergy teams like these is the availability. Other viable toons are available early in the game, so people stick with those in order to not spread ressources too thin, instead of investing in niche teams like these. Small changes in balance can render such a team weak, while other toons can still be usefull in a whole variety of combinations/teams.

Ya I forgot a few but you forgot 20 or so, or maybe you didn't forget and just know they are useless

Lol synergy isn't rey and rg with a couple toons from the same group. There should be an advantage to running a fo team or a rebel team without sticking rey and rg in there. Right now the game seems broken. 95% of the teams are rey and rg with whoever else. Seems pointless to have all these synergies that can't compete with rey/rg teams. What is the reward for putting a complete team togather? I will tell you.the reward is an easily beatable team ranked in the 100-200 range

"godgiven45;431592" wrote:
Lol synergy isn't rey and rg with a couple toons from the same group. There should be an advantage to running a fo team or a rebel team without sticking rey and rg in there. Right now the game seems broken. 95% of the teams are rey and rg with whoever else. Seems pointless to have all these synergies that can't compete with rey/rg teams. What is the reward for putting a complete team togather? I will tell you.the reward is an easily beatable team ranked in the 100-200 range

This is exactly what I'm saying. The meta characters should still be in the top tier, because they are "best in slot" so to speak. But a team of all B characters should be upgraded to an A team if the synergy is there. Scoundrels for example is not much better than B- characters but a full scoundrel team should get bonus and become an A- or something right? This would create more diverse teams.

One recommendation a guy made above was to give bonuses which is interesting. Another easier way would buff leader abilities specific to synergies so instead of +25 speed to empire, make it +25 speed and 10% crit. Or something where the numbers add up to make it worth running an empire team regardless of the characters being subpar. Seems easier then buffing every character and would solve the problem

It must be easier for them to keep the game running when everyone is using the same characters.