Who to farm?

Whatever you do, don't farm for any of the required legendary characters. That way when the legendary events happened you can complain that CG didn't give you 6 months notice

Nightsisters - look back in 3 months and thank me...

Farm tuskens

"YaeVizsla;c-1501133" wrote:
Right now, I suggest prioritizing Phoenix. Not just getting Phoenix to seven star, but strong gear and maybe even a zeta, because the Thrawn event is pretty tough, and Phoenix can get you both Thrawn and Palpatine.

Right now, Empire in general and Palpatine leading a mixed Empire/Sith team in particular is very powerful. Palpatine and Thrawn are two of the best units in the game, and Vader is much more viable in the current meta. And, as Palpatine and Vader exist as Rebel counter, they will perform well when more people have CLS. Even at six and five stars, they are entirely usable. Palpatine lead, Thrawn, Vader is a good start, plus two. Candidates include Dooku, Stormtrooper, Grand Moff Tarkin as a convenience since he's most likely to be your capital ship commander, TIE Fighter Pilot (a better unit than you might expect, and has a good ship), and Darth Maul.

You don't necessarily know when events will drop, so always work toward them. The R2, Thrawn, and BB8 events in particular are tough fights requiring strong, well-geared teams. If you don't have a very solid First Order team already, then get Kylo Ren Unmasked to seven stars. He's much stronger than Phasma as a leader, and comes with a very good ship.

Work on Rebel ships, particularly the Ghost and Phoenix II, and their corresponding pilots. The Chimaera is the most powerful flagship, and will help you earn fleet credits and maybe even crystals.

Generally? Always work toward the prereqs for any legendaries or heroics you don't have yet. You may not be ready this time, but you can be ready next time. And there will always be a next time.

Once you have those down, consider farming Hoth Rebel Soldier and Captain Han to help your guild farm Leia Organa shards and Imperial Troopers to help your guild farm Imperial Probe Droid shards. Shoretrooper in particular is arguably the best Empire tank, able to slot comfortably into any Empire team, and their node includes one of the best ships in the game.

If your Scoundrel team hasn't gotten you seven stars in the highest tier of the credit heist yet, keep working on them. Specifically, Lando, Stormtrooper Han, and Boba Fett. The other two slots on your team are arbitrary, as those three can carry the fight once you get them where you need to be, but you'll probably have some modest investment in Clone Wars Chewie right now, and Cad Bane is probably the easiest fifth scoundrel to get.

Mods are always important and always powerful. If you get five characters' worth of very good mods, suddenly you can instantly become better at any event the game throws at you in a moment's notice. The two teams you're not gonna invest in for legendaries that are important for key mods are jawas and Resistance.

But basically? Pick a short list of priorities, and stick with them. A solid arena team is the best place to start. Whatever goals you set, stick to them and don't let last minute panic change your course.

this man said it perfectly. Do not jump from one team to another just because you cannot finish what you started (pun intended). Pick a path and stick with it.

Go with Phoenix first. When they are gear 9 or so you will be able to do all of the following:
Thrawn
Palpatine
Phase 2 HAAT
Phase 2 STR
Top 500 in the arena
Don't bother with Sabine. Her abilities look good, but she is squishy and is now ridiculously difficult to farm.
Use Galactic War nodes to earn Zeb - after him start working on Wedge and Biggs (if not completed already); you will need solid Rebel ships to unlock Chimaera.

I would follow up by going for CLS toons. JTR is good, but CLS is usable in ANY team and can and will carry you a long way.

Next, if you aren't currently spending Cantina energy on anything else: Get Ren and Ren Unmasked. Also, farm whatever 3 other FO toons are easiest to you. KRU squad rocks BB-8 event.

Then the long long long grind for JTR. Veteran Han and Chewbacca will take time. I've been saving up crystals to use on refreshes in hopes that on May 4th we will get double nodes. If not, start pouring them into the store for the 16 shards that pop up. I suggest you do the same.

Sabine is still very much worth farming. She powers up the Phoenix II, frees up Ezra for use in other teams while leaving Phoenix fully functional, gives Zeb more expose/disorients to play with, and her armor shred is a potent tool in multiple contexts.

Her farm is slow, but it's on a twelve energy node. It's easy to keep going in the background while you do other things.

I've accepted it's going to take me the remaining months of the year to first get my FO chars geared up to get 7 star BB8, and then farm the two Vets, and then gear up everyone needed for JTR. But hey, I just got 7 star R2D2 and CLS, so.