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flashburn 02-13-16 01:29 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
Oh, and I forgot, I'm already under 200 in arena rank, 188 currently. This last GW I didn't fight a single guy with purple gear... so I don't know how the hell they figure out GW difficulty.

pinata242 02-13-16 02:02 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
I think people just overthink GW. Take your strong team. Don't be afraid to retreat and try a different tactic. Don't blow through your powers as a battle is in hand. Let them recharge.

DVD Josh 02-13-16 02:38 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by flashburn (Post 12722984)
Oh, and I forgot, I'm already under 200 in arena rank, 188 currently. This last GW I didn't fight a single guy with purple gear... so I don't know how the hell they figure out GW difficulty.

I can tell you your GW experience is not like most, mine included.

Gooter 02-13-16 03:01 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
This has been my typical GW experience lately... I hit a stacked team around midpoint. Today's team = 67 Sid *7 purple, 64 JC 4* purple, 66 Chewie 5* purple, 65 Dooku 5* purple, 66 Talia 5* purple. The other days I faced pretty much the same team. I am level 57 with 5, level 57 heroes, only 3 decked out in purple VII gear.

I brought out the squaddies first to use up that team's specials... most spent them (Dooku, Sid, JC blast). My A-Team then proceeds to get annihilated.

Also regarding Arena... What is your team's power level? I'm around 16k and I'm very lucky to find a team that isn't 18k or more in Arena! And I'm only rank 1400. I must be on a very competitive server. Probably a bunch of whales, lol!

Anyway, it is getting frustrating as the grind is already bad and now it is slowed even more for me (GW progression). I was going to buy some gems and roll the dice on an 8pk Chromium too. Not anymore.

bippitty 02-13-16 03:52 PM

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The GW matchmaking is inconsistent. Some people never see difficult matches. Some people get monsters. When I get a monster team, it comes after multiple hard teams before it. The hard teams require all of my best characters. They get hurt. Their heals get used. Then they're sitting in front of the monster.

I'm level 57. Never been above 300 in arena. I've only been hit with one monster that I couldn't beat, but most of my Wars have been difficult for some time now. I'm also getting hit with very poor shard drop rates. Cantina shard drop rate for today is about 14%. Really sapping a lot of the fun out.

pinata242 02-13-16 04:12 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
Got a Vader shard from GW11 today. Only 225 to go!

DVD Josh 02-13-16 04:30 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 12723048)
Got a Vader shard from GW11 today. Only 225 to go!

Over the last few days, I've gotten Lumi and DS shards from GW. I mean, WTF.

pinata242 02-13-16 06:49 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
Would it be dumb to spend the energy one time on each of the revamped "keycard" events just to get the 8 "1st time" crystals? That's dumb, right?

DVD Josh 02-13-16 09:11 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 12723167)
Would it be dumb to spend the energy one time on each of the revamped "keycard" events just to get the 8 "1st time" crystals? That's dumb, right?

Yes. Don't do that.

flashburn 02-14-16 08:19 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
Are Mace shards like impossible to get? I've simmed 20 times between Cantina and his one light side node and have gotten one shard.

DVD Josh 02-14-16 08:27 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by flashburn (Post 12723441)
Are Mace shards like impossible to get? I've simmed 20 times between Cantina and his one light side node and have gotten one shard.

RNG is a bitch sometimes. Hopefully if you go three times without a shard you are backing out to home or doing something else to reset RNG. And when you are hitting it, you are keeping going. Or doing the battle on AUTO rather than SIM. All of this has an effect and can take you from an unfavorable node to a favorable one.

flashburn 02-14-16 09:04 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 12723446)
RNG is a bitch sometimes. Hopefully if you go three times without a shard you are backing out to home or doing something else to reset RNG. And when you are hitting it, you are keeping going. Or doing the battle on AUTO rather than SIM. All of this has an effect and can take you from an unfavorable node to a favorable one.

Are you sure it does? That sounds... anecdotal.

DVD Josh 02-14-16 09:31 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by flashburn (Post 12723463)
Are you sure it does? That sounds... anecdotal.

And what do you have to lose either way?

pinata242 02-14-16 09:36 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
I've been pretty successful in farming Mace from Cantina, but I've also been doing 2 refreshes (300 crystals) per day. Mine hit 5* yesterday and is 8/85 to 6*.

DVD Josh 02-14-16 09:39 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
78/80 on Mace. Biggest issue now is when I unlock him later today I won't really have the credits to do anything with him.

JNielsen 02-14-16 10:08 AM

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Unlocked Mace Friday i think, so was able to get through stage 4 for Yoda. Going to have to wait for the next go round as there is no way i'll be able to get 3 jedi's from 4* to 5* before it ends. Currently at 10/65 for Mace, 10/65 for QGJ and 9/65 for Ahsoka.

Did finally get Lumi and DS to 7 stars, running out of credits and training droids now though. 1M for the 7* upgrade is rough.

Switching focus to Phasma in GW and either SO or one of the droids in Arena. Guessing a Sith or Droid event will hit at some point in future.

flashburn 02-14-16 10:25 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 12723478)
And what do you have to lose either way?

Time? ;)

DVD Josh 02-14-16 10:27 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by JNielsen (Post 12723501)
Unlocked Mace Friday i think, so was able to get through stage 4 for Yoda. Going to have to wait for the next go round as there is no way i'll be able to get 3 jedi's from 4* to 5* before it ends. Currently at 10/65 for Mace, 10/65 for QGJ and 9/65 for Ahsoka.

Did finally get Lumi and DS to 7 stars, running out of credits and training droids now though. 1M for the 7* upgrade is rough.

Switching focus to Phasma in GW and either SO or one of the droids in Arena. Guessing a Sith or Droid event will hit at some point in future.

VERY unlikely there will be a Sith event unless it's Sith/Empire or Sith/FO. There are very few Sith F2P characters. Droids are all obtainable F2P I think, but they will have to include Genosians or Jawas with it as well.

pinata242 02-14-16 11:45 AM

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I think I'm done with the daily challenges that don't provide mats, droids, or credits. The gear ones don't give me anything worth the effort any more. My teams can auto-win even the highest tiers, but I have surpluses of hundreds of the 9 gear types they drop. Not worth the time and now I can't even sell the excess.

I switched to QGJ as leader in GW because I'm still using Lumi and JC in there so the speed boost seems to be helping decimate the opponent and bring the massive heals back more quickly. He's just a little squishy for me at 4* even though he's level 70 and nearly in gear 8.

DVD Josh 02-14-16 12:29 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
Mace is now mine.

DVD Josh 02-14-16 12:30 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 12723553)
I think I'm done with the daily challenges that don't provide mats, droids, or credits. The gear ones don't give me anything worth the effort any more. My teams can auto-win even the highest tiers, but I have surpluses of hundreds of the 9 gear types they drop. Not worth the time and now I can't even sell the excess.

I switched to QGJ as leader in GW because I'm still using Lumi and JC in there so the speed boost seems to be helping decimate the opponent and bring the massive heals back more quickly. He's just a little squishy for me at 4* even though he's level 70 and nearly in gear 8.

Prevailing thought is the same about QGJ at 4* but lots of positive comments at 5*. Keep plugging away.

Just keep autoing the challenges. They will release new characters, including at least two more this month.

pinata242 02-14-16 12:51 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
QGJ is going all the way to 7* for Yoda. No worry about me stopping on him.

pinata242 02-14-16 12:55 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
I just wish they'd make the gear rewards more interesting. Even releasing new characters who would be worth investing in, I'll still have a surplus because I'm not going to worry about 80% of my roster.

Meanwhile, I have to farm 50 things for a single item for each of my high level guys and there's no other way to get them but from missions that require 10 energy per attempt (20 if I want a Ima Gun-Di shard). Put those in the rotation or add another tier for those of at level 70. Something...

DVD Josh 02-15-16 11:26 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 12718097)
Here's my Week 4 Report:
Spoiler:

Level: 59
GW Won: 12

A Squad:

1) Sid 6*/G7
2) Lumi 6*/G7
3) JC 5*/G7
4) Poe 4*/G7
5) Daka 4*/G6
6) GS 4*/G7

B Squad:

7) Luke 4*/G6
8) Vader 4*/G6
9) Talia 4*/G6
10) Chewie 4*/G6
11) QGJ 3*/G6
12) Jawa 4*/G6
13) Phasma 3*/G7

Bench:

14) IG-86 3*/G5
15) Greedo 2*/G7
16) Ewok Elder 2*/G6

Not actively working on:

17) Resistance Pilot
18) Stormtrooper Han
19) HK-47
20) Grand Moff Tarkin
21) NS Acolyte
22) Royal Guard
23) FOTP
24) Clone Sgt. (3* from bronze pulls alone, FML)
25) IG-88

GW Burners:

26) Snowtrooper
27) Kit Fisto (for now)
28) Ewok Scout
29) Teebo
30) NS Initiate


Plans:

1) Catina tokens used to level up Poe to 5* / then return to QGJ to level 5*
2) GW tokens used to level up Phasma to 5* and bring up to A squad
3) Arena tokens undecided. May be used for Akbar. May also use to bring up Greedo to 3*.
4) Continue farming catina nodes to level up GS to 5* (48/65)
5) Continue farming Daka to purple gear (5/6 slots done)
6) Continue farming hard nodes for Fives (40/50)
7) Continue farming Barriss
8) Farm Boba shards where node contains needed gear item (long term project)

Week 5 Report:

Level: 63
GW Won: 19
Arena Rank: 74

A Squad:

1) Sid 6*/G7
2) Lumi 6*/G7
3) JC 5*/G8
4) Poe 4*/G7
5) Daka 4*/G7
6) GS 5*/G7
7) Phasma 5*/G7

B Squad:

8) QGJ 4*/G7
9) Luke 4*/G6
10) Vader 4*/G6
11) Talia 4*/G7
12) Chewie 4*/G6

Bench:

12) Jawa 4*/G6
13) Greedo 2*/G7
14) Ewok Elder 2*/G6 (only for emergency GW heals)

Actively Working on (all leveled in the 50s currently):

IG-86 3*/G5
Fives 3*/G6
Mace 4*/G6
IG-88 3*/G6

Not actively working on:

17) Resistance Pilot
18) Stormtrooper Han
19) HK-47
20) Grand Moff Tarkin
21) NS Acolyte
22) Royal Guard
23) FOTP
24) Clone Sgt. (3* from bronze pulls alone, FML)
25) IG-88

GW Burners:

26) Snowtrooper
27) Kit Fisto (for now)
28) Ewok Scout
29) Teebo
30) NS Initiate

Plans:

1) Catina tokens used to level up Poe to 5* / QGJ to level 5*
2) GW tokens used to level up Lumi to 7* and bring up to A squad
3) Arena tokens to level up DS to 7*. Then to bring IG-88 up to 5*
4) Continue farming catina nodes to level up JC/Mace to 7*/5* respectively
5) Continue farming gear to get main players to purple and beyond
6) Farm Barriss shards

DVD Josh 02-16-16 12:27 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
Wow, JC and Mace have become very hard farms. I find it hard to believe that Jedi shard drop rates were not lowered by the devs in response to the Yoda event.

flashburn 02-16-16 12:50 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 12725219)
Wow, JC and Mace have become very hard farms. I find it hard to believe that Jedi shard drop rates were not lowered by the devs in response to the Yoda event.

RNG is a bitch. ;)

Honestly I've had stretches both ways, even after complaining about Mace drops earlier. I had one run where I got I think 8 shards in a row. But Dooku, fuck Dooku, I swear I get one shard out of every 12 runs.

DVD Josh 02-16-16 12:57 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by flashburn (Post 12725253)
RNG is a bitch. ;)

Honestly I've had stretches both ways, even after complaining about Mace drops earlier. I had one run where I got I think 8 shards in a row. But Dooku, fuck Dooku, I swear I get one shard out of every 12 runs.

I would love to have Dooku but he's useless at 3* and really doesn't even do much until 6* and like hell will I start that 3 month long farming expedition until I'm closer along with my main crew.

I actually have a feeling he will be the next character added to shipments. I am fully convinced it will be a dark side player. The ONLY light side player I think it might be is Leia b/c she is by far the most common chrome drop.

flashburn 02-16-16 01:18 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
I'm only farming Dooku because I tend to have extra energy with those bonuses we get now.

Rob V 02-16-16 01:23 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
I'm playing this game here and there and I've never been into this type of game before... so would somebody mind explaining "farming" to me in layman's terms?

Thx.

DVD Josh 02-16-16 02:35 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by Rob V (Post 12725310)
I'm playing this game here and there and I've never been into this type of game before... so would somebody mind explaining "farming" to me in layman's terms?

Thx.

Farming means repeatedly playing certain missions to collect specific pieces of gear or character shards. For example, I'm farming Catina 3-A to get JC shards to star him up from 5* to 6*. Does that help?

DVD Josh 02-16-16 02:39 PM

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I have recently come up on hard times in GW. Like by Node 3/4 I am pretty much done for. It's helped me to realize I need much more focus on basic character development. So I'm going to concentrate mostly on main players in terms of gear and also getting up basic attacks to highest levels. That should pay dividends by next month but until then, it will be slow going I think.

pinata242 02-16-16 02:55 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 
I also believe a dark side character is about to get added to shipments. I predict Maul before Dooku. It seems more analogous to QGJ's previous availability.

Plus we must expect a Sith or similar event coming up. For Emperor Palpatine, perhaps?

DVD Josh 02-16-16 06:26 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 12725425)
I also believe a dark side character is about to get added to shipments. I predict Maul before Dooku. It seems more analogous to QGJ's previous availability.

Plus we must expect a Sith or similar event coming up. For Emperor Palpatine, perhaps?

Isn't Sidious technically Palpatine?

I think Dooku because he was previously available as a starter pack player. If it was Maul, I'm not sure I'd even bother. He sucks.

pinata242 02-16-16 06:27 PM

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Yes, but he's also in the game already.

pinata242 02-16-16 07:44 PM

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http://a67.tinypic.com/2ppbtid.jpg

Looking? Found someone you have, I would say.

pinata242 02-16-16 07:53 PM

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By my estimation, QGJ will be the last Jedi I will 7* to continue this pursuit and that'll take another 24 days at roughly 7.5 shards/day in Cantina shipments :(

But that's okay because I do love him and I'll be taking him that far anyway.

flashburn 02-16-16 08:19 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by pinata242 (Post 12725655)
Yes, but he's also in the game already.

The characters are so specific (Stormtrooper Han, Rebel Luke, etc) that I think it's pretty obvious they'll be doing different versions of existing characters at some point. I'd expect Luke to be the first one though.

DVD Josh 02-16-16 08:51 PM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by flashburn (Post 12725747)
The characters are so specific (Stormtrooper Han, Rebel Luke, etc) that I think it's pretty obvious they'll be doing different versions of existing characters at some point. I'd expect Luke to be the first one though.

Does anyone disagree with me that the special droid character will be R2-D2?

chase3001 02-16-16 09:12 PM

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That or BB-8

Rob V 02-17-16 07:40 AM

Re: Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (iOS & Android)
 

Originally Posted by DVD Josh (Post 12725397)
Farming means repeatedly playing certain missions to collect specific pieces of gear or character shards. For example, I'm farming Catina 3-A to get JC shards to star him up from 5* to 6*. Does that help?

It does, thank you! I guess I've been farming to get JC shards as well... it seems that they only show up 1 out of every 5 times I play that map - which can be frustrating.


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