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Thanks! Once I unlocked the shard shop, I didn't even know how to get them. Then I had one character at 6* and 99/100, and since the odds didn't seem good for finding one more shard, I just bought five and figured four would be wasted. But then I went to the shop and saw I could redeem them. I hadn't done the math but the return looked pretty small, like 300 of those gems for only two shards. Maybe someday I can go for Grievous...

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No

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That's what I'm doing. I'm just letting them accumulate and maybe one day I'll have enough for Grievous.

Once in a while Vader shows up in there, and the general consensus is that he's worth spending some shards on since he's so rare, but otherwise, just save them for Grievous.

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^^ This. I save for Vader.

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Keep at it. Eventually characters get maxed. Today I finish everything the GW store has to offer (though I haven't actually promoted everyone to 7*). I get shards all the time bronze drops and finishing GW as well as events for characters I've already maxed and they go right into the shard shop.

Vader shows up and you should always buy him, even if that means your day's Arena and GW income goes to shards to convert for him.

If Vader isn't in my shop on a day, 3 or 4 of the people being offered I've already maxed. I'm going to have no choice but to start getting Grievous.

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What's everyone's "A" team for GW? I'm using Phasma, Lumi, Dooku, QGJ and Rey.

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Nice!


Mine is Phasma (L), QGJ, GS, Daka and Rey.

When things get really tough I switch out Daka for Lumi, who's stronger. I just play with Daka because I love the double stun. :)

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For GW, I've started using my A team on node 1:

Teebo (L), QGJ, Rey, Phasma, Daka

Then I use my B team from nodes 2 through ?:

Chirpa (L), Teebo, EE, EScout, 86

I do this because I like the ewoks but they can't cut through the tough ones near the end so eventually I need to swap in the heroes to deal with taunts and counters more effectively. Having run them in node 1 gives them TM for the advantage in the later nodes.

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I'm working on Daka and Leia these days. I have 10k Squad Arena credits to use on Leia and I'm slowly working on Daka thru Cantina credits.

I have over 17k GW credits to burn too... nobody really stands out to me to waste them on. I'm hoping the GW shop gets updated with an awesome character soon.

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HK Lead, 86, 88, Nebit, I start with magma guard, but when I eventually need healing I swap him for Jawa engineer. I can usually get to last node with no deaths.

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It costs 330 shards to take a character from 0 to 7*.

Without spending crystals to refresh the GW store, you can only buy 20/day if you hit all 4 6-hour windows.

This means it takes 16.5 days to max a new GW character (22 if you miss a free daily refresh).

If you complete GW each day, you get enough tokens to buy 15/day.

If you plan to hit every free daily refresh window, you only need 16-17 purchases (1/day) worth of bank to most efficiently max a character. This means you only need to carry a balance of 8,000 until that character shows up.

Obviously if you can't complete GW each day, you would need to double or triple that bank based on your income.

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All of that to say: there's no reason to carry a balance of 20k in GW currency.

If you don't like anyone in there right now, look at who is useful for events or mod challenges.

If still no one floats your boat, consider spending on already-maxed characters to convert your GW tokens to shard shop tokens to (very inefficiently) speed up characters you are farming elsewhere.

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converting shards might be a good idea... I hate the inefficiency of it though.

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Sure, but if you're not spending them, they're even less efficient ;)

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I'm thinking there's gotta be a batch of new characters coming... Jedi Luke or maybe Han Solo as a more obtainable character than thru the Guild stuff. We'll see.

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<----newb still living hand-to-mouth on GW currency :)

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There will be a new character, no doubt. It won't be more than one though. I do recommend having enough bank to compliment your daily GW income to get that character as quickly as possible. Any more than that is just waste.

I've tried all sides of it over the last 8 months.

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I just don't agree with you. There is no sense in buying shards just to buy shards. At this point, I could just about max a toon with what I have sitting around almost immediately. They are going to add 1 or more people to GW shop (they have to, many people are like you and have nothing more to buy) and I want to be able to jump on them immediately. Or just transfer to shards for the shop. Either way, buying shards for characters I'll never use doesn't appeal to me.

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If and only if you're willing to spend crystals to refresh the shop. I mentioned that in my caveats ;)

And they aren't going to add multiple at once.

And I didn't say you have to buy everything from the GW shop but there's no reason to bank it beyond a point for the next, mystery, hopefully useful character.

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There's also no reason to spend it if you aren't going to develop the characters either. Even you will have a ton of GW tokens in a short period of time.

I also don't know if they won't add multiple GW toons. As you know, most Nov/Dec shard players have maxed out the shop. Most are now holding tokens too. If you just add one character, you face the same issue in just 22 days. Less if people refresh.

In a pipe dream world, I would love for them to rotate shops. Even moving arena to GW would be amazing.

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:wave:

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Now that I have two 7* characters, I accidentally did some damage in the last raid. So now should I not just jump in but wait for a wave or something?

Two of my top characters are Asajj (7*) and Talia (4*), but it doesn't look like anyone is using them at a high level. I do have Leia, Qui Gon Jinn, and Phasma that I'm trying to build up to be able to use them, and it looks like Vader should be a lower priority. Lumi, Geonosian Soldier, Rey, and Royal Guard are my other top characters, with CW Chewbacca and Jedi Consular filling in here and there.

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@davidh777

You should still join Phase 1 just don't do damage. Only bring 1 character and it should suffer a quick beat down. I always bring Eeth and he promptly takes his hits like a champ. :D This will get you on the board with 0 points and will guarantee you rewards. then, wait for the P1 all clear and join in during P2-P4 (ideally P2 though if your schedule permits).

Game meta changes periodically however these characters you have or are working towards will serve you well: QGJ, GS, Lumi, Phasma, Leia, RG, and Rey. From the stores, I'd focus on QGJ from Cantina, Leia from Arena, and Phasma / Lumi from GW. You can get Rey shards from the Guild store once you join some raids. Farm GS from Cantina nodes. Having said that, I defer to Pinata, Josh and Chase as they are way better with strategy in this game than I am. I just follow their lead. ;)

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With the Emperor challenge, I'm spending tons on Stormtrooper Han and Biggs. I still won't get enough 7* characters to completely get thru the challenge though.... :(

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Yep, I won't be able to get to 6 stars, I'll be stuck at 100 shards forever!

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Thanks! I know the arena stuff has been discussed, and I've been doing the cannon-fodder thing with one character, but now that I have two available I wanted to clarify the hierarchy so that helps.

And cool, those are the ones I'm working on, except I have Lumi maxed out. I'm trying to build Leia before jumping in on ST Han.

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If you can't get a 7* Palpatine in the next 10 days, I'd say don't bother trying. It'll be back, might as well build towards it casually.

That said, STHan is still a great investment for all aspects of the game PLUS he pulls double Rebel/Scoundrel duty. Solid.

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david, you don't HAVE to do 0 damage, it's just a placeholder for you if you can't make the regular time or you're worried it'll end before you get to it.

If you're going to be free at 3pm EDT tomorrow, you might as well just save both your characters for Phase 2. You might be able to drop the door and that's where the damage really comes!

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:dance:

Wait, I'm going to be off the grid tomorrow. :sad:

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Then do your 0 and be happy you get anything!

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SpatulaCity - What's going on with your account? Any chance you'll be back up to 100% any time soon?

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Do you guys have any openings in your guild? I bring a fairly solid lineup :)
I don't mind my guild, but lots of guys dropping or not participating. I'm always 100% in each day.

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Right now, no, but I can let you know as soon as someone drops if you'd like.

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I've just gotten in the habit of ALWAYS doing 0 damage. There have only been a couple times I completely missed the raid, but the 0 damage at least gets you some rewards.

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I haven't had a chance to fiddle with the whole guest account thing so I keep playing on my old phone and it's working for now. I do have to get it taken care of eventually. I miss a raid here and there when I have back to back meeting days or surprise things pop up at work, which happened quite a bit especially with a lot of my colleagues off campus this week.

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Are there enough people around to form a second guild? The guild I'm in is falling apart and I'm looking for a new one.

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I'm happy to put you on our wait list if you want.

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Sure. How long is the wait list? Enough to justify a second guild (farm team)?

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Right now it's you and Rob. I don't think if even all the DVDTalk people made an alt, we'd have enough for a full guild.

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Yep, Rob and now you. I'll be honest, though. Unless someone gets burned out or there's another major fiasco like when mods first hit, I doubt we'll lose anyone soon.

We've been full for over a month solid now and morale seems pretty good across the guild. We have a pretty good system going and everyone is a team player (when they don't try to be sneaky). Our raids are almost 100% full (streak of 3 going!) and people are hitting 7* on Han Solo left and right.

Pretty damn good thing we've got!