Tournament Defensive squad useless
Actually for what we need Def. squads? It makes nothing for us: no points for success defence or toons in def squad didn't block for use then in attacking squads. And I told you more - top players did...
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While it's true that the top players can beat each other's def teams and the vast majority of the player base can't... it is also true that players are generally grouped on a tourney shard based on $$s spent. So if you are a long time f2p player then you should be groups with other long time f2p players. If you are new you could be placed anywhere since you will not be competitive in any shard.
So why the def squad, it is not about stopping any one team but about lessening the impact of the player pools deck. You see the same 7 to 8 toons (not counting droids) in the def squads. The squads made up of those toons are the only ones that can beat the other meta squads that contain them. If you have a full deck then you can field 1 current meta squad, a droid squad, and a gimped half meta squad and gain points. Someone that has the 3 squads can achieve more points with less cost than those that only have the one meta squad or a droid squad. If they pulled the meta squad from def then that would open more toons from the deck to create successful squads and thus lessening the value of their ally points.
While it is nice to occasionally find someone that has a less than meta squad allowing you to essentially get some free points by not having to use your metas to attack with, it is rare and I would not hold my breath on people doing this.
All that being said, I have long been an advocate that your def squad toons should not be available to use for offence.
So why the def squad, it is not about stopping any one team but about lessening the impact of the player pools deck. You see the same 7 to 8 toons (not counting droids) in the def squads. The squads made up of those toons are the only ones that can beat the other meta squads that contain them. If you have a full deck then you can field 1 current meta squad, a droid squad, and a gimped half meta squad and gain points. Someone that has the 3 squads can achieve more points with less cost than those that only have the one meta squad or a droid squad. If they pulled the meta squad from def then that would open more toons from the deck to create successful squads and thus lessening the value of their ally points.
While it is nice to occasionally find someone that has a less than meta squad allowing you to essentially get some free points by not having to use your metas to attack with, it is rare and I would not hold my breath on people doing this.
All that being said, I have long been an advocate that your def squad toons should not be available to use for offence.
