Weekly Topic: [Resource] Characters to Develop first

I recommend starting with farming a scoundrel team. Credit heists are one of the most important events of the game and will guarantee that you always have the credits to level up and promote characters. Characters like Stormtrooper Han and Lando are good toons to start with because they are easily farmable and are both rebels and scoundrels (you'll need rebels to unlock Palpatine).

Also, only level/gear up characters you intend on using. I was held back a while because i would invest in every single character i unlocked instead of focusing on particular squads.

"DatBoi;c-1026347" wrote:
I recommend starting with farming a scoundrel team. Credit heists are one of the most important events of the game and will guarantee that you always have the credits to level up and promote characters. Characters like Stormtrooper Han and Lando are good toons to start with because they are easily farmable and are both rebels and scoundrels (you'll need rebels to unlock Palpatine).

Also, only level/gear up characters you intend on using. I was held back a while because i would invest in every single character i unlocked instead of focusing on particular squads.

I would not say Scoundrel especially but I would definitely recommend to farm Boba and Stormtrooper Han.
Boba is great chars in almost every part of the game, he can put Damages Over Time (DoT), Ability block with an AoE (on all players) and he can hit very hard as long as enemies have buffs or debuffs. In addition, his one of those chars who can auto-resurrect which is a great asset when you begin.

STH (Stormtrooper Han) is a Tank, able to take damage with a Taunt and provide Turn Meter to allies (TM) when he's hit.

Both of them are very useful for Credit Heist, an event occurring each 6-12 days and providing playing a lot of credit. Credit are useful for gearing toons, but also to make them progress in levels (you need both credit and training droids that you drop with missions).

There's thing that you don't need to do at the beginning : DO NOT gear up, shard up or anything on Chewbacca and Luke. They're useless so do no waste any resources on them. You might want to focus on JC (Jedi Consular) because he's a healer that can be helpful in the beginning and also because at level 60 you'll unlock ships battle and his ship is particularly useful.

Do not spare into many chars, start with few of them. You should get a balanced squad so try to have different roles : Attacker, Tank, Support.

For FTP I recommend focusing on your Arena team early. It will be the main source of crystals. You will not be able to finish GW but you will because this game is a grind to get frustrated that you can't finish we have all been there and got over the hump. Once you have a solid arena team, work on your raid team to get your raid gear. Then scoundrels for the credit heist.

Plan things out- use your phone and or a piece of paper. Who are you farming and who you will farm after-
GW- Biggs, Lumi
Arena- Ig- 88, st han
Cantina battle - lando, dooku
Cantina shipments- boba , qgj
Guild- Jyn, JE
Ships- Ships
Lists vary but you get a general idea.
Knowledge and experience from players who started helps a lot too. Also having a clear focus on who to farm and gear and etc.

Love The Who to farm first direction, especially for new players as they have a lot of starter options now.

Also, who is available early on considering the story nodes (lightside/darkside) are a factor that higher level players are not locked behind.

I just started anew, but I've been playing since launch. I'm level 45 right now.

The best advice I can give is to not be spread too thin.

The best starting team is, imo:

Lando from Cantina battles
STHan from Arena Store
Biggs from Galactic War Store
Boba from Cantina Store
Once you reach level 60, farm Wedge in the Fleet Store, and once you're level 69, farm him in Cantina Battles (after you've 7* Lando)

Jedi Consular and Chewbacca are good starting characters, so level and gear them up until you no longer need them. But don't farm their shards.
Talia is also very useful as a second healer in Arena and GW.

For Arena, run Lando, STHan, Boba, Biggs, JC until you get Wedge. Then, replace JC with Wedge.

In GW, try to save your abilities until the harder Nodes near the end.
I run Lando, Chewbacca, Boba, Talia and JC for maximum sustain.
Once you get Wedge, use him as a leader, since he grants you a lot of sustain.

With this farm route, you'll get 3 good scoundrels (Boba, Lando, STHan) to help you during the Credit Heist.
You also get a very good rebel team, that can be used to get Palpatine.

If any new player has questions, feel free to PM me, I'll gladly answer.

With these characters, I reached the top 50 in Arena, and can finish GW every day.

General advice for the game:

- Don't try to farm, level and gear everyone. Focus on 1 team and maybe a few other characters.

- Use your crystals to refresh energy (normal or cantina). This will grant you more exp and resources.

- Do NOT buy Chromiums unless you're planning to spend thousands. They are a beginner trap.

- The most important activities are Arena (Crystal payout), Galactic War (Credits, crystals and shards), Raids (Gear, Credits are specific shards), Credit Heist (A lot of credits) and Challenges (Gear).

- Try to find powerful allies to help you in your Dark and Light Side battles. You can use the forums or the Swgoh Reddit to find ally codes.

- Try to join a guild that does Heroic Raids as soon as you have a 7* character. Even if you do 0 damage, the rewards are really useful. Head to the guild section to find one.

1) Jedi Counselor
When first starting out on your journey, you'll be given a number of light and dark side characters for free simply by progressing through the game. One of these characters will be the Jedi Counselor. He's your first light side healer and he will remain a valuable asset to your team well into the later parts of the game. After you hit level 60 he will also serve a second purpose as the crew member of one of your first ships. If you have invested your time into gearing and leveling him up, he will provide you a significant advantage over those who have not as you work towards building up your fleet. Shards for Jedi Counselor can also be found in many places throughout the game making it a simple task to increase his star count. He is also one of the easiest characters to gear up and consequently one of the first characters that can acquire gear levels VII and up due to the low level requirements of the gear that he uses. There are arguments that could be made for many of the different characters that you will come across, but the Jedi Counselor is a solid investment and not one that you'll likely regret.

2) Your mystery character
Because EA is generous and they love their players, they've fixed the first Chromium pack that you buy so that it will always provide you a 3 or 4 star character. They also provide you enough crystals that you can usually acquire it around the time that you hit level 8 and gain access to the arena. This will likely be the first unique character that you acquire. In many cases (depending on what character you get) an investment in this character can give you an early lead in your arena bracket, which if maintained, could result in an increased daily income of crystals, and who doesn't like that.

F2P should get fives first. Fives is the SWGOH MVP in my opinion and will help new players the most, early on.

"danrussoa;c-1026625" wrote:
F2P should get fives first. Fives is the SWGOH MVP in my opinion and will help new players the most, early on.

Based on Arena or General advancement (story nodes / Gw) ?

I would add something to what I said previously :

I do not recommend new player to go with Jedi. The main issue with this faction is that they are rapidly underpowered compared to other factions. They become great at end game so you should farm them as a minor thing after you got your first goals.

At the moment, Rebels are great for many things (Raids, Galactic War, Arena and story mode). So I would recommend to go with them.

Also, it's not about character directly but this is related : save you crystals for energy refresh (both Cantina and Story mode). Cantina is your top priority, you want to get gears as fast as you can to develop your chars. Do not spend more that 100 crystals on refresh, you can wait for the day after.

And finally, there's an important thing to know : 3 times a day, there's a free energy gift -> At 12.00 PM, you get 45 energy for both Cantina and Story mode, then 18.00PM and 21.00PM there's another one 45 energy refresh for Story mode. This is a thing to know because if you don't pick them within 2 hours, they vanish.
I personally use them every time for Hardnode giving shards in Story mode or when you need to farm purple gear.