Will i ever be able to catch up to my arena shard?i made a lot of breaks so my shard is full with DR+Malak GAS and GL...i run padme and even she is 6*...so will i ever be able to catch up?or should i just hoard everything for the next meta and stay with padme in arena?...or give up on arena and just focus on squads that are fun/good in TB or TW...
https://swgoh.gg/p/777675752/
I know this is a game so fun is the only priority but i still want to be good
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But that’s much harder to do without a decent crystal income.
https://youtu.be/BvdXh5BQaIs
I think the hoarding concept is 1 that is theoretically possible but not realistic.
Your real options are:
- quit
- stop taking time off
- pay $
- suck it up
- combinations thereof
If you are carefully planning how you use what then you can v easily take top spots in many aspects of the game, except the ones CAW patrol occupies because there are constant posts here reminding me that they are the coolest.
If you're consistently taking time off from the game?
You're not realistically going to take top spots in arena. That's just how the game works and money spent by others isn't even close to being a primary factor.
I'd suggest working on aspects you enjoy about the game, GAC might be good because taking time away has less of an impact here.
If you really want to become competitive then take a deep breath and work on a GL, it'll take you a year but a 500+ speed toon that can't be stunned and stat builds throughout a battle is not leaving the meta any time soon.
#1 thing is focus. you need padme at 7* and your jka is 5*. You won't get anywhere without focus, and multiple breaks will make it that much harder
If you came to my shard it would cost you $3000 to catch up
Your shard? OK.
Would you have fun trying to catch up? If you would, then go ahead and see how far you come. I have an alt which I picked up after leaving it untouched for 14 months. I had fun building that roster and seeing how the climb would turn out. Now I can take top ranks in fleet arena but in squad arena it has only been inside top-20 a few times.
Would probably cost me the same if not more to catch up on my own shard
I’m aware haha
4.5 years ago I was rank 1 in squad arena with my HK 88 86 Poggle Poe team. It was the "Whose Poe goes 1st wins" meta. Sometime after that I took 1.5 years off. During that time this guy that was 1 of the handful I battled for 1st is now at 6.5 million GP, and he's 13th and the norm for top 20. I'm at 3.7 mill and have been a daily player for the time I've been back.
People keep insisting that old shards are not necessarily as competitive as new ones. Lack of competition is not something I have ever experienced in my shard. If an older player quits, and older player of that original 20000 always moves into the place. And given I still see players in the top 20 I used to chat with 4.5 years ago, and they are all rolling with the current metas
An aging shard could very well concentrate the top players into the top 200 over time. It's survival of the best and most dedicated.
In about 4-6 months I will be able to get my Negotiator fleet into top 10, assuming a newer meta doesn't flood through. That''s how long all R7 pilots and 6E mods will take me. My ETA2 is still 5 or 6*, Nego is 5*, and my 5s, Rex, andtrooper just aren't there gear wise
I don't think you understood what I meant
I know because I've done it recently. There are counters to the current top teams that hold reasonably well in arena. (I drop into the 40s or 50s most days but can usually climb with only spending 50 crystals on refreshes. Though some days I spend 150 due to bad rng). But I can usually get 1st or at least top 5.
I took an 8 mo break starting in October when the Malak fisico happened. At the time I had a Darth revan team with a six star malak and regularly got 1st. After only a month of being back, I can beat Rey teams (even the ones with jedi luke) and there are enough of those to climb. Though I also have to beat gas if I fall too far.
The team I use for Rey is Vader, Darth revan, badstila, thrawn, and a 4 star 10th wat. It works and it doesn't really require to many characters that you couldn't have by now. Though it depends on how long your break is for.
Wat is pretty much required but doesn't need to be high gear as if modes right you'll get use of him before the other team really takes any turns. Darth revan is helpful because he fears everyone but Rey and jedi Luke if they have him. Vader stacks the debuffs, badstilla adds even more and you saber throw rey to death and clean up.
To get through gas teams, I use Dr, badstilla, hk, malak, and raid han. It's pretty consistent for me but not as much as my vader vs Rey. So some rng required. There are other gas counters too but this one doesn't require me to move mods.
So yes it is possible, you just have to work at it.
Well this is great to hear.
Padme-GAS teams are regularly in my top 20. I think Padme-GAS is superior to GAS-clones. Her team seems to be able to walk up the SLKR and Rey teams
Money buys you more mods and higher chance of having good mods.