I'm about ready to start farming a Padme unlock team from scratch. Besides Ventress, I basically have no separatists:https://swgoh.gg/p/342639299/characters/?f=SeparatistWhat team should I farm - a team that balances cost and ease of farming with eventual utility for other functions like raids, TB, TW, and GA? Candidates I've heard are Nute Gunray, Sun Fac, General Grievous, B2, Dooku, and Destroyer Droid. It's pretty vague and I would like a clearer answer. Regarding Grievous - I have 131 shards so far and am only willing to spend fleet arena currency on him, not shard store currency.

Dooku deals damage directly to HP with riposte and he can stun up to two enemies with force lighting.

"Letareus;c-1873499" wrote:So it appears that GG is out of the question for me since I'm not willing to spend shard store shards. Nobody had really answered that question btw (Rath Tar answered it before it was properly worded). It's apparent now that fleet store isn't realistic. As I said, I'm only interested in getting Padme the next time she shows up. So without GG, I'm unsure who will be lead. I know I'll have Ventress (that's Asajj) and B2. I'll probably get Sun Fac. I'm unsure about the last 2. Droideka and Nute maybe. I would say that if GG is out of the question for you, then it's likely so is 7*ing Padme. The 3 characters that are basically required to win are GG, Asaji, and B2. the other 2 can be whoever, but Dooku, B1. Droideka, Magna, Sun Fac, and GeoSol should all be avoided.Also, it is a bad idea to spend your fleet currency on anything but characters and ships before you have all the characters and ships (don't buy zetas if you don't have everything else in the store), so you really have no reason not to farm GG.

"Woodroward;c-1876691" wrote: Going for everyone in fleet doesn't mean going for them all at once, but useful ship farms should take precedence over zetas.Corrected for ya

"MightyWizard;c-1875712" wrote:As for the second piece of advice about the fleet store... No dude, that's just very wrong. Everyone should farm zeta mats from the get-go, and only focus on one or two characters or ships from the fleet store at a time, to ensure a steady supply of zetas. It's the difference between 1 and 3 zeta upgrades a month. It's a no-brainer.I agree, that was one of the most idiotic pieces of advice I've ever seen for this game. It throws in doubt everything that he says. If I hadn't been farming zetas with my fleet currency, I wouldn't have been placing first in squad and fleet arenas and gotten critical legendary/heroic characters at critical times. In fact, there were two characters in the fleet store that I did farm to 7* and I greatly regret ever wasting anything on them - Rex and Chirrut. To date, neither of those characters have done anything for me (partly because I haven't had the resources to spare to gear them up because I had other priorities) and they're inflating my gp count needlessly (I activated and promoted them before GA came out so I didn't know that would be a thing). But seeing his most recent post, I can sort of see why he said the things he did. There's a fundamental value/goal disconnect between him and I that I'll address below. "Woodroward;c-1876691" wrote:Nah, it just puts you farther behind in gp and platoon progression to do it that way. Then again I took first in fleet for well over a year from early on. I remember being in first for 3 days straight with my republic fleet at one point.Did used to spend currency on gear when it was available too. Missing pieces hurt more than others. Going for everyone in fleet doesn't mean going for them all at once, but ship farms should take precedence over zetas.So I'll begin by saying that you and I clearly don't see eye to eye on what we're trying to do in this game. Different values, different goals, different perspectives. And that's OK. But this is an advice thread for me, so I'm now going to unload on you from the standpoint of my values and goals. My goal is to prioritize becoming as successful personally as possible first in squad and fleet arenas, then in GA, then in raids, and finally in TB/TW, in that order. It is my belief that by making myself as strong as possible, I benefit my guild more than if I actually actively make guild considerations in my priorities. I'm pretty sure everyone in my guild would agree with me - I contribute to my guild a lot more proportionally than most people who have been playing for as relatively short a time as I have (since late January 2018). From this perspective, I'm a lot more successful than you and honestly, perhaps you shouldn't be giving me advice. Look at your record and look at mine. Your profile: https://swgoh.gg/p/135179288/ (rank 192-524 squad, 112-120 fleet) My Profile: https://swgoh.gg/p/342639299/ (rank 1 straight for both squad and fleet) Whose approach is more effective (for my goals/values)? So platoon progression is not something I care anything about (My guild does 43/46 in TB and getting close to the next pair of stars so we're fine). And GP progression is something I'm actively trying to avoid. With the introduction of GA, the goal is to keep your roster as slim as possible and GP as low as possible so you get matched against easier opponents. And it pays off - I've won all but 2 GA's and get matched against a lot of morons with deep rosters. Recently my GP has been growing alarmingly high and alarming quickly (mostly due getting DR, Ewoks for C3PO, and Malak prep) and it has cost me in having to deal with harder opponents in GA. Going forward, I have to be far more selective in what characters I get, gear, and zeta. The fundamental principle of my sandbagging approach to GA/progression is to never get or even activate a character that I'm not going to g12 and which doesn't play a critical role in Arena, GA/TW, raids, or in unlocking a legendary/heroic character. Also, you ignored the point I made about GG being unnecessary for Padme. The evidence is clear that GG is not needed for 7* Padme. You say otherwise, which is patently false. You said I'm not willing to spend fleet currency on GG. That's the opposite of what I said - I said I'm ONLY willing to spend FLEET currency on him, which is why he's unobtainable for me. I said I wasn't willing to spend SHARD currency on him. With fleet currency alone, it'll probably take more than a year to 7* Grievous. He shows up so rarely in the fleet shop.

I agree with that post except for the part needing a year to farm GG. I had three weeks where he showed up once. Then he showed up like 8 times in one week. It took me far less than a year. Maybe a few months.

What team without Grievous should I farm and gear to unlock 7 star Padme in 1-2 months (next return)

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SamuraiUX
6 years ago
Yeah, @BMoney is giving you the clear answer, because that's what the devs want you to spend on and farm. HOWEVER, we've had a recent touch-up of Separatists, and it's hard to say now which of them would work in the Padme event (since we've never had the chance to use them as they are now in the Padme event). On the good side, your roster is so empty that basically all Separatists are on an equal playing field for you (it's going to be a slog no matter who you go with).

My purely subjective opinion, having had no opportunity to do the 7* Padme event with the newly reworked characters, is that you should farm zGG(L), zB2, zB1, zDooku, and then either try your G12 Ventress or if you're feeling masochistic, go for Nute. I can guarantee you good results with those Separatist droids specifically, and I can tell you that Magnaguard is not a game-changer. But Dooku plays well with Sith as well as Separatists, so he's worth getting (more so than, say, Poggle the Lesser). The Genosians with ships might be worth the trouble if you're committed to using their ships in your arena fleet, but if you're not, they're pretty lousy characters in and of themselves.

I've recently been having fun (e.g., TW/TB, not arena) using zDooku(L) with Nute and Talzin (I see you have her 7*, if not supergeared yet), because Dooku's lead causes people to inflict Tenacity Down and Healing Immunity on themselves when they drop below 100% health... think of all the horror with Talzin's plague on everything! Anyone who inflicts status effects, in fact, would work well under his lead (again, for fun. I don't think it's arena viable. But you might surprise someone in GA or TW/TB).

Sorry for going on and on, but I've been working on my Separatists and thinking about this stuff as well at the moment. Hope it gave you something to think about! =)

SamuraiUX
InRevanWeTrust
6 years ago
I did it with the first 5 in the pic down below in 2-3 hours. It would've been much easier with GG.

You don't need droideka, b1 or magnaguad. If I can do it without any of them... it should be fairly easy with the reworks too.

You can easily do it with just asaji, b2, gg, dooku and sun fac or geo spy. If you happen to have magnaguard equally geared up. You might as well use him over sun fac/ geo spy. Unless they happen to rework the geos and I'm willing to bet that rework will happen before Padme comes back around.

With the new TB being all about the geos. We're bound to get a rework.
Armaturbatyr
6 years ago
I will try gg, b2, droideka,Nute, assajj next time. Nute’s dzeta is great for this team
almightywood
6 years ago
Whoever you use, try to avoid using b1, dooku, sun fac, geosol, dooku and droideka (if zetad).

They all have out of turn attacks which will grant the enemy they hit 50% health as indispellable not removable protection up that may prevent all debuffs from landing.
LetoAtreidesII
6 years ago
Is it realistic to think I can 7 star Grievous from fleet alone (currently 131 shards, not activated) - no shard store - by the time Padme returns?

There seems to be no consensus on what to get for this except B2. Also there's conflicting advice on Dooku and Sun Fac. Some people are recommending them, but Woodroward is saying avoid them (btw you said Dooku twice).
MasterDassJenni
6 years ago
Dooku deals damage directly to HP with riposte and he can stun up to two enemies with force lighting.
Rath_Tarr0
6 years ago
"Letareus;c-1868947" wrote:
Is it realistic to think I can 7 star Grievous from fleet alone (currently 131 shards, not activated) - no shard store?

Of course. The real question is how long you are prepared to farm for.
blackbeardpepe
6 years ago
I was thinking of going GG lead, b2, droideka, assajj, and Sun fac/dooku/soldier.

From what I've heard b1 is actually a detriment to the event. My GG is like 4 star g1. It's going to be like third or fourth go around for me to get padme 7*.
LetoAtreidesII
6 years ago
"Rath_Tarr;c-1869009" wrote:
"Letareus;c-1868947" wrote:
Is it realistic to think I can 7 star Grievous from fleet alone (currently 131 shards, not activated) - no shard store?

Of course. The real question is how long you are prepared to farm for.

I meant whether I can get him in time for the next time Padme comes back. I wanted to edit my post immediately to reflect that but if you do that on this forum, your post gets deleted (then reappears like 5-10 hours later).
chionophobe
6 years ago
"Letareus;c-1868947" wrote:
Is it realistic to think I can 7 star Grievous from fleet alone (currently 131 shards, not activated) - no shard store - by the time Padme returns?

There seems to be no consensus on what to get for this except B2. Also there's conflicting advice on Dooku and Sun Fac. Some people are recommending them, but Woodroward is saying avoid them (btw you said Dooku twice).

I would say Dooku and SF aren't particularly detrimental, especially since you need to be killing Padme as fast as possible anyway, and it's her unique that's the problem. SF is also very useful with his buff dispel on basic. B1, I think, would cause more problems, as it seems like it'd be tough to kill Padme with an assist on every attack.