"frstwrldprblm42;c-1035191" wrote:
To beginners, I would highly recommend investing in an empire team. The imperial guard is mistaken to be a trashy character, but he is quite the opposite, he is actually a fantastic tanky taunter. TIE Fighter Pilot is also a huge one that is a misjudged character... TIE Fighter Pilot currently has one of the chars with the highest speed, and is currently the highest in armor penetration (super important factor later in the game, but admittedly not so earlier in the game); in addition the TFP is also going to be needed for ship battles and has a fantastic chance at applying target lock.
While I agree that empire team is a must, I don't agree it should be your first team. For empire team to be truly effective, you need emperor Palpatine and you can only get him with rebels. I'm not a big fan of rebels in this game, but they were first full synergy squad for me so I can get emperor. Tie fighter pilot and royal guard however are worth farming as soon as you can.
Jedis can be a bit underwhelming, but they are good in gw. With zetas introduced, they are sometimes arena viable also. However they are usually rather quickly farmed and geared so you'll have another synergy team rather fast. And who wouldn't want Yoda?
Scoundrels, as said earlier many times, are imperative. My recommendations are Lando from Cantina, st Han from arena and Boba from cantina store. If I'd start alt now, these three would be my first farms to go all the way to the end. You get Chewie in the beginning, you might want to farm him to 5* so he can participate in critical chance mod challenge and highest tier of heists. Def not the best scoundrel, but you have him from day one.
Now I would go in this order (wasn't available when I started). JC and rg from hard nodes. Lando from cantina and Boba from cantina shop (I farmed Qui-Gon Jinn first, but it was before Boba rework.), Luminara from gw. St Han from arena shop. These I would star up all the way to 7*, other characters you get in the beginning, gear them to about g7-8, but no necessarily need to 7 star them. When you have these, do full rebel squad, even if you're not fan of them. You'll need them anyway.
