...but seriously, Dooku and Barris are crazy overpowered. There are no other characters that cone across particularly OP except these two. I'm level 38 and running....
L38 4s Chewie l5 gear
L38 3s Consular l5 gear
L38 4s Ackbar l4 gear
L38 3s Jaws l4 gear
L38 3s Talia l4 gear
All characters have min t2 in all skills and my power rating in arena is 8142. I have now lost 4 matches today to a level 33, 4-5k power team for no reason other than the Dooku/Barriss combo. It is absurd that two characters should allow a team to full heal (Barriss) and repeat dmg (Dooku) against a full team of maxed out characters 5 levels higher.
Barriss heal should be 3/4 of what it is and Dooku should counter half the time he does.
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9 of the top 10 on my server are running Barriss Offee as leader. Anytime something is skewed that far it's a problem.
As someone that is runnin a suped up Dooku, I can tell you that he's out of control as well. With guys bringing in bonus hits I can rattle off 3 to 7 attacks with him in the time any other character attacks once. Right now I'm anywhere between 12 and 20 but I can promise that without some crazy RNG, I won't be able to crack the top 10.
Hopefully as we all unlock some of the other characters there will some balance. But right now, the only real way to be top ten is to go buy a Barriss.
Most got the Dark Packs with Dooku. It's not available anymore. So, players will eventually have to find a way to beat Dooku.
But I think new packs will come into the store. New meta will be formed, a new PvP will present itself, and new features will be added. So, will Dooku and Barriss be OP'd for too long? Perhaps a bit, but I can see a new wave of heroes coming in and offering alternatives to deal with Dooku and Barriss. I wouldn't worry about it too much. They can be beat.
Yes, I have 4* Barriss and 3* Dooku that I use. I've beaten people higher level than me running Barriss/Dooku, too. I was beaten by Dooku once, when I had 3 full health vs. lone Dooku and it hacked me off. But once I figured some things out and tested some strategy (and a little luck), Barriss/Dooku can be routinely beaten. It's not a cake walk and requires thoughtful planning, but they are not unmanageable even at current "op" levels.
I understand the frustration, but everyone should not be equal.
My frustration isn't with the pay to win idea. Eventually as people grind and everyone hits the level cap, those things will somewhat even out.
My frustration is with being required to run a certain lineup just to compete. If months from now I'm fighting against the same five characters I know that I'll quickly become bored. I like the idea of all the synergies between the different types of characters, but if healing and counter attacking are the only things that matter then all that is out the window.
My droid team had no problems dealing with Bariss.
Right now there are 6 real droid teams in the top 200 and the highest of those is almost to rank 60...meanwhile Barriss Offee is on virtually every team of the top 25. I'm gonna bet there were other circumstances that made B.O. "no problem" for your team.
Everyone in top 10 has dropped USD for all the character packs and I can auto battle anyone in my tier and not even look twice to see if I'm going to win.
Barriss and Dooku are awesome but they cant overcome being vastly outpowered. Fact is as the days roll by they stay stuck at 3* & 4* while each day I get closer to a 7* crew. In a months time I will be close to 60 mostly 7* starred toons that Im abke to farm shards and fully geared. And I will be fighting 4* Barriss and Dooku's lol. Granted I had inside knowledge pre launch about staying away from Chrono card only toons I tried to make a guide to share the knowledge but meh.
Well I admit I bought the Barriss and Dooku packs, and I don't regret it as it is a lot of fun using them, even if later on I will end up getting outmatched by players with more $ or better strategy.
I have not bought any Chrono packs, because I am very much NOT a fan of paying $ for random chances at things. (I hate lotteries.)
What are your recommendations for the best chars that I can get without these packs and build to high star levels? I'm already trying to get Sidious.
That said, Dooku shards do seem pretty easy to get.
I have been wondering about Consular, and thinking I should stop putting resources into him now with having Barriss.. I have a lot of healers between him, Barriss, Talia and there's another "semi-healer" in the Barriss pack... is it worth getting Luminara too? I have "borrowed" her before and she hasn't seemed amazing but I could be missing something.
Thanks.
I'm running Droid team and I've been in top 20 since launch. I made it up to second place, but now am declining because I stopped paying to play pvp.
LOL, character unlocking " brings balance" to the force.
THANK-YOU for being "That Guy"!
I thought I was the only one having this problem. *sweatdrop*
I was sitting comfy in the upper 200s range until this past weekend, when suddenly I logged in and found myself in the lower 3000s!
I haven't dropped any $$ for characters either, since I prefer freebies and hard "work".
Hopefully, as suggested above, new characters will balance things out.
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