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When the level cap increases and we unlock the next tier of the INT/AGI/STR gear challenges, if they don't offer guaranteed drops for the 50-requirements, I think I will quit the game because that will be ridiculous.

It's one thing to need 250 of the Mk6 Syringe Salvage to get Lumi, Sid, and JC to gear level IX, but it's an entirely different thing to have a near-zero drop rate and only a handful of chances every day.

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Cool, thx. I'll start there. From what I can tell, it's going to take me a couple weeks to get even near the serious part of this game. I'm amazed at how many different items you can earn/sell/grind/combine/achieve all in this one game. Jeepers.

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This.

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If a new squad arena character is possible soon, I am going to hold off going for Stormtrooper Han in the meantime, just in case it is a good character. I'm hoping for Leia.

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I just realized I *still* need another 300 or so purple IV laptops. You can get about 35 a week just from challenges, but even then, you are still talking almost two months. So I'm farming them too. Wow this part of the game is a real grind. 3* every mission except for DS7 which I haven't even tried yet since it's not a priority. So at this point, 5 arena matches and 12 (maybe) GW battles is all I do anymore. This game needs more content, badly.

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Agreed. Even now I'm just in cruise control until I can max Yoda later this week. I'm not even spending my Arena tokens in hopes of a new character there, which is weird. GW is going to Resistance Pilot by default, which is also weird.

You aren't getting your 135 bonus energy each day and farming those along with all the rest of the daily energy?

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Week 8 Report:

Level: 70 (+1 PW)
GW Won: 34 (+6 PW)

A Squad:

1) L65 Sid 7*/G8
2) L65 Lumi 7*/G8 (+1G)
3) L65 JC 5*/MAX (55/85)
4) L62 PTL 5*/G7
5) L65 QGJ 5*/G8 (46/85)
6) L65 GS 6*/G8
7) L65 Phasma 5*/G7

B Squad:

8) L62 Poe 5*/G8 (+1G)
9) L62 Daka 5*/G7 (+1*)
10) L60 Vader 4*/G7
12) L62 IG-88 5*/G7
13) L62 IG-86 5*/G7 (+1*)
14) L60 HK-47 5*/G7 (+1*/G)
15) L65 Fives 4*/G8 (+1G) (18/65)
16) L60 Mace 5*/G7

Bench:

17) L60 Luke 4*/G7
18) L60 Talia 4*/G7 (32/65)
19) L60 Chewie 4*/G6
20) L52 Jawa 4*/G6
21) L52 Greedo 2*/G7
22) L50 Ewok Elder 2*/G6 (13/25) (+1G)
23) L50 Resistance Pilot 2*/G6

Not actively working on:

24) Stormtrooper Han
25) Grand Moff Tarkin
26) NS Initiate
27) NS Acolyte
28) Royal Guard
29) FOTP
30) Clone Sgt. (3* from bronze pulls alone, FML)

GW Burners:

31) Snowtrooper
32) Kit Fisto (for now, if he becomes farmable I'll build him up)
33) Ewok Scout
34) Teebo
35) Resistance Trooper
36) IG-100

Plans:

1) Continue farming catina nodes to level up Barriss to 5* (end of week)
2) Continue farming hard nodes for Count Dooku
3) Continue farming all nodes for JC shards to promote to 6* (end of week, hopefully)
4) Continue farming Phasma tokens to promote to 6*
5) Continue farming gear to get main players to purple and beyond (ongoing)
6) Continue farming Talia nodes to * up to 5* (ongoing/back burner)
7) Get Chewie into Purple Gear[/spoiler][/quote]

[QUOTE=DVD Josh;12738798][SPOILER]Week 7 Report:

Level: 69 (+2 PW)
GW Won: 28 (+7 PW)
Arena Rank: 60

A Squad:

1) L65 Sid 7*/G8 (+1)
2) L65 Lumi 7*/G7 (+1*)
3) L65 JC 5*/MAX
4) L62 Poe 5*/G7 (+1*)
5) L65 QGJ 5*/G8 (+1*/G)
6) L65 GS 5*/G8 (+1) (50/85)
7) L65 Phasma 5*/G7

B Squad:

8) L62 Daka 4*/G7 (50/65)
9) L60 Luke 4*/G7
10) L60 Vader 4*/G7
11) L60 Talia 4*/G7
12) L60 Chewie 4*/G6
13) L60 Fives 4*/G7 (+1*)
14) L60 Mace 5*/G7 (+1*)

Bench:

15) L60 IG-88 5*/G7 (+1*)
16) L56 IG-86 4*/G7 (+1G) 35/65)
17) L56 HK-47 4*/G6 (61/65)
18) L52 Jawa 4*/G6
19) L52 Greedo 2*/G7
20) L50 Ewok Elder 2*/G6 (13/25) (+1G)
21) L50 Resistance Pilot 2*/G6

Not actively working on:

22) Stormtrooper Han
23) Grand Moff Tarkin
24) NS Initiate
25) NS Acolyte
26) Royal Guard
27) FOTP
28) Clone Sgt. (3* from bronze pulls alone, FML)

GW Burners:

29) Snowtrooper
30) Kit Fisto (for now, if he becomes farmable I'll build him up)
31) Ewok Scout
32) Teebo
33) Resistance Trooper

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I was looking through the achievements to get Vader shards. I just realized that it would likely take six months to get enough to promote Vader to 5*. I hope they add more ways to promote him to the game soon. It's kind of disheartening.

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Agreed. Its weird how quickly my enthusiasm for this "game" has fizzled out. It feels like this commercial:



I'll keep on plugging along without spending any more money because I'm just coasting already. If some big update comes out that livens things back up like new events (seriously, only one and it's a month wait?) or guilds, I don't want to have fallen too far behind. But right now, I'm just happy staying in the top 100 in arena, finishing GW every day, simming for shards and gear, and applying 1 gear and 1 level each day to hit the daily rewards.

I have so many characters I can level up and promote, but they're not going to be used frequently (yet) so why bother? Kylo and Dooku are the only ones I care about to make my dark side stronger, but I'm in no hurry until tier 8 opens. So, right now, I'm just simming for their shards and promoting Kylo one level each day.

Meanwhile, I have enough training droids to level 4 characters from 1 to 70. I'm hoping I won't have to bring up Mace and Eeth for Yoda later this week, but at least I'll be ready if so.

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If this guy's story doesn't swear you off chromium packs for good, I don't know what will.

https://forums.galaxy-of-heroes.star...0-got-me-today

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It also swears me off from having a meddling wife.

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Whatever they do next I hope they hold off a little longer on raising the level cap.

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From all indication it appears coming sooner rather than later. Whales are getting restless.

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I don't mind the increase coming sooner rather than later, but I stand by my threat(?) to quit the game if the 50-required AGI/INT/STR gear does not become guaranteed at the next tier.

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Hairdryers will. I don't think the stun cuffs will though. It would be a welcome change if they did. I'm too buy checking every best buy from Bespin to Corouscant for MKIV purple laptops.

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This game really needs some new content...at this point I'm saving activating players just to have something "new" do to week to week other than just farming farming farming.

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Well, Yoda gets to go like 4 times every turn and QGJ is my leader so I can't be any faster. Guess I need to upgrade Mace and Eeth :( Luckily I have enough droids and credits to take them straight to 70. I wonder how many of my 90 mk3 mats I should put into them... Sigh...

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Well, that seemed to have worked. I also made Lumi my leader instead of QGJ. Definitely noticed an increase in evasion, plus the extra healing didn't hurt.

QGJ is 96/100 so I should be able to upgrade him when the midnight refresh resets in the Cantina.

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Oh is Yoda back up? I should get 5* Yoda today and 6* by the end of the event week.

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Is there not a "Promote Character" achievement beyond 50? I just did that but I don't see a replacement for it. I expected a "150 promotions" just like the GW one. Weird.

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Nope. They may add it later though.

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Hmm. I guess there's no reason to upgrade characters I'm farming but not actively using (Dooku, RP, etc) until they do. Because we all know you're not going to get credit for what they're not currently tracking.

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Tier 7 Yoda is currently impossible. And I spent way too much to upgrade Eeth and Mace. I truly believe the only way people got him is because Anakin as a sidekick was previously broken. The closest I got was killing both his teammates and getting him into the yellow, but then he just devastates.

I'm fine with the rule saying if he "bests" someone, he gets an extra turn. The issue I have is when that didn't occur and then he gets 4 turns in a row which knocks someone out and then he gets a 5th. This usually happens near the end of the match, so it's like he speeds up or something.

On top of that, their tenacity is so high that nothing sticks. Fine. No Ability Block, very rare Eeth stuns. But does that mean that none of my buff-clearing works either? QGJ's 3rd attack NEVER removes a buff which means I NEVER get the Offense Up bonus (which would shred). Mace never gets to "Smite" and remove their buffs. That's insane. Why be Jedi, then?

Lumi as a leader is really the only viable option. You need that minuscule healing every round and a favorable RNG to evade. Otherwise, you're hosed. Yoda's first move almost always hits for 10k+. His Foresight not only evades QGJ's attack (fine), but it almost always dodges the assist attack (horseshit). This happens for him or if he's shared it.

Bah. I'll keep trying because there's nothing else to do in this "game".

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Do you have Barriss? I've read that her as a leader is the easiest way to defeat Yoda at 7*

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15/80 on Barriss. So, she's quite a way from 7* ;)

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It's hard, but you are making it harder on yourself. Keep exiting until one of Yoda's minions is Barriss. Then kill the other Jedi (not Yoda or Barriss). Then get Barriss down as low as you can without killing her. Keep attacking Yoda to burn turns.

Barriss will then use her redistribution heal and knock Yoda's health down 50%. Then kill Yoda and finish off Barriss.

Try this and I bet you get him in under 10 turns.

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Nah, I tried that several times last night. Barriss usually comes with JKG, so that's almost a walk. My next attempt will be to not kill JKG, but to wound them both so that the redistribution hurts Yoda even more. The other two hit soft enough that you'd think it would help.

I'm telling you, the killer is the number of turns Yoda gets, especially around the 5th or 6th round.

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So, I tried exactly that and if it wasn't for a lucky critical flippy-shit Yoda did at the end, I would have had it. I left JKG and Barriss alone after the heal and he ended up knocking out Lumi. The rest were able to take him down, but the other two had an easy enough time with both healers gone.

I swear, if QGJ's assist would be auto-dodged after the foresight is used by his primary, it would be doable. That's just bull-roar.

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This may help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z979Zj1O574

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Thanks. Doesn't really tell me anything I don't know.

Use Barriss. Still don't have her.
Use AOE/Chromium Jedi. N/A
Fight "wet noodles". No shit.
Exploit Barriss's redistribution. As much as possible.

I'll keep at it. I'm convinced that since I know that you can't dispel any buffs over there, that I might as well not try to. I think that may be part of the reason he gets bonus turns, but there's nothing written about it and it may just be confirmation bias.

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Finally! JKG/Yoda/Plo Koon. Basically did what you'd expect: took out Plo, then just focused on Yoda until he was gone and JKG had to deal with QGJ, Lumi, and JC. Sadly, Eeth and Mace fell. I was lucky in that I got some evades and just-in-time heals.

But, it's possible without Barriss! With her, it would have to be a breeze.

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I think the standard rates apply to Yoda like anyone else. You need a good mix of:

1) Healers
2) DPS
3) Turn Manipulation
4) Luck

Don't feel too bad. There are people who claim it took HUNDREDS of attempts to beat Yoda. I'm close to getting a shot at 6* and I'm not entire looking forward to it....

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I have to get JC and Mace from 5 stars to 7, that is going to take forever!

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I won't admit to staying up until 2:30 last night trying over and over again. I wouldn't say it was 100, but it was probably more than 50.

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One guy claimed close to 500. From what I have read and seen from the YT vids, I believe it.

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Mace drops seem much higher than JC. To get from 5 to 6 with JC took about a month. I went days sometimes with only 1 or 2. I'm praying for a bronze Mace drop for 32 shards.

I will get QGJ and Barriss to 7* along with Lumi and JC too but man, I'm really not looking forward to grinding out another 185 Mace Shards. I would pay for a pack at this point, honestly.

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So I found the key to winning any Arena fight:

Team

QGJ (L)
Lumi
Sid
GS
86

QGJ goes first. Assist follows. Sid cleans up with AOE. Lumi heal following Sid AOE (heal + 2 more over time). 86 goes with assist. Now it's 3 vs. 5 with 2 heals to go. Game over.

Almost boring at this point. If the team I'm going against has Sid, no matter who else they have, I will win.

Now, this is a TERRIBLE defensive team. So typically I have to build back up from the dungeon but I can win anything they throw at me. Thinking about putting in a defensive team for my last battle to see if I can stand position. Thinking about:

Phasma (L)
Fives
Poe
GS (need DPS of some kind)
Lumi (great combo of offense and heals)

This may at least keep people from thinking I'm fresh meat.

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I'm going to experiment with 7* Yoda replacing 4* Poe today.

QGJ (L)
Yoda
Lumi
Sid
Phasma

If nothing else, I hope the fact that maxed Yoda is staring at them will make them think twice about attacking.

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So apparently there is going to be an Android only event next week:

I have been using Arena tokens for Ventress b/c nothing else really to do but I suppose I will now refocus efforts on IG-88. I think I should be able to get 86 to 6* by the tail end of the event but the real issue is HK-47. He sucks and he also competes with 88 for Arena shards. No other ways to farm 88/47. So that being the case, I may just have to allow myself to cap out at 5* of this but I will probably horde Arena tokens for the time being just to see what happens. Hopefully there is a promotion or something to get extra droid shards b/c I don't know if I really want to do much more with droids other than 86.

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