I missed the Rey train now what?

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Azgadil
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So I missed farming Rey. Wow. That feels like a mistake. Now what?

If I farm now it will take months. New meta by then I'm sure.

What would you do? I have fifty of the first 80 to shards to activate her?

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  • Clash2Far
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    Meh... There are viable dmg alternatives depending on what you're trying to do. I do fine dmg in raids and have a top 10 pvp squad without her.
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  • Igor08
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    Just wait for the nerf.
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    You can start farming shards in the guild store, she is there regularly. I didn't have her unlocked back when guilds were introduced, and now I have her at 6 stars.

    But even without Rey there are solid choices for your team, Rey is simply the highest damaging, but also most squishy.
  • BoboFoot
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    GS is a great replacement and easily farmable in Cantina.
  • Azgadil
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    Well. She is pretty much the best. That foresight is key to keeping her alive.

    Otherwise. Yea. All the damage dealers are fairly equivalent.
  • Nightlores
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    11/12 battles in GW now have Rey, join the club! Doesn't take that long with guild shipments and 4 nodes.
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    Consider for high damage the IG-86. He crits high and also have a useful asist. He gets very strong also compared to Rey with high star level.
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    Join the club today, it's never too late!
    I started farming Rey after the guild update, you can buy a lot of shards from guild store, and there are 3 Hard Nodes for her shard as well. It's much easier to starred her now.
    My Rey just reached 6* today.
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    I hadn't unlocked Rey, joined a casual guild and used my currency there for Ima-Gun-Di and Rey and still got her to five stars quite quickly. No hard node farming either.

    Depending on how fast the raids go and how frequently she appears, she's arguably faster than Cantina or Arena shipments in some cases. You can get fifteen shards in one day, whilst saving up for another five the next day!
  • Azgadil
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    I hadn't unlocked Rey, joined a casual guild and used my currency there for Ima-Gun-Di and Rey and still got her to five stars quite quickly. No hard node farming either.

    Depending on how fast the raids go and how frequently she appears, she's arguably faster than Cantina or Arena shipments in some cases. You can get fifteen shards in one day, whilst saving up for another five the next day!

    Hmmm. I didn't realize she was falling that frequently in the shipments. I will keep an eye out. 15 / day is much better than the 8 I was estimating. (3 hard mode, 5 from guild store).
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    You're asking what to do now? Nothing I guess. I didn't farm her either and do not regret it. She's easily overcome and deals - thanks to protection and AI - not the most critical damage amounts
  • Bialaska
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    Azgadil wrote: »
    I hadn't unlocked Rey, joined a casual guild and used my currency there for Ima-Gun-Di and Rey and still got her to five stars quite quickly. No hard node farming either.

    Depending on how fast the raids go and how frequently she appears, she's arguably faster than Cantina or Arena shipments in some cases. You can get fifteen shards in one day, whilst saving up for another five the next day!

    Hmmm. I didn't realize she was falling that frequently in the shipments. I will keep an eye out. 15 / day is much better than the 8 I was estimating. (3 hard mode, 5 from guild store).

    Some days she is in multiple shipments. Other days she's not there at all. My guess is that you can get like 20-25 shards weekly from guild store.
  • sying
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    It's never too late to farm a character. I started farming her once raids started. She's about 30 away from 7*. I use her in arena and GW. I can't wait to use her in raids.

    As was pointed out, there are several alternatives to Rey. I say go for all of them, over time.
  • TheFossilMan
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    It's not too late and even though she is a high damager I don't see much of a nerf coming. She doesn't provide buffs and she does single target damage. She does what she is supposed to do. Start now. I had the same kind of post on the forums and then I started farming her. It took a week to get her unlocked and now I am half way to 5*. She has 3 hard nodes and now shows up in guild shipments.

    True the meta will change again but honestly you will always need a high damager even if it ends up just in raids or galactic war. Sidious was always on my arena team until he wasn't anymore, but he has so much versatility (the death heal) that I use him for GW every day.
  • Aarcher
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    As advised by others, start collecting Rey now. Great for raids with the Foresight bonus to keep her alive.
    Great for PvP. Great for GW.

    And as noted with the extra help from guild shipments there is no reason not to go after her.
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    I did the same thing with GS, figured hed get nerfed so i didnt farm him. He never really got nerfed. I have him maxed now
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    Farm her from guild shop, she is by far the best option there unless you run a droid team, in which case you might want to farm JE.
  • Jedi_Yoda
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    Azgadil wrote: »
    So I missed farming Rey. Wow. That feels like a mistake. Now what?

    If I farm now it will take months. New meta by then I'm sure.

    What would you do? I have fifty of the first 80 to shards to activate her?

    Is it me or does the title of this post sound like a front for a porno movie...
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    Rey runs a really long train. You still have time to hop on her caboose. Just start now. Her shards drop in the guild shop all the time. Might take longer than Cantina shipments, but you can supplement with her hard nodes. I'll bet it goes faster than you thought it would.
  • tRRRey
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    It's easier now than ever to farm Rey with the guild store. Focus all of your guild tokens on her and it won't take months I promise.
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  • Azgadil
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    You're asking what to do now? Nothing I guess.
    This leads to me farming her the slow way.

    It was suggested in another reply that Jawa Engineer is a good answer on a droid team. I think that's the route to take here. ... Just another slow farm to get those JE shards.

    Also, I am really learning towards spending guild currency on gear. I need 18 Furnaces (9) immediately. So that may minimize the amount of currency I can spend on fast farm Rey.
  • Jedi2407
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    Even if they do nerf her, she won't be as useless as Ugnaught.
  • MBL_66
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    Did I miss something and they made her not farmable? When guilds started I had 14 Rey shards and now I have her 7*. Granted I did spend tons of crystals so I could do it in three weeks but even if your f2p and farm her hard nodes plus the guild store you could've made great progress.
  • MayCM
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    Just farm her. I got the same issue and she'll be a viable support in my arena team.
  • Azgadil
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    Did I miss something and they made her not farmable? When guilds started I had 14 Rey shards and now I have her 7*. Granted I did spend tons of crystals so I could do it in three weeks but even if your f2p and farm her hard nodes plus the guild store you could've made great progress.

    What did you do to get her in three weeks? Is that some thing like three refreshes every node for a total of 9 refreshes daily? Yikes!

  • MBL_66
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    edited June 2016
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    Azgadil wrote: »
    Did I miss something and they made her not farmable? When guilds started I had 14 Rey shards and now I have her 7*. Granted I did spend tons of crystals so I could do it in three weeks but even if your f2p and farm her hard nodes plus the guild store you could've made great progress.

    What did you do to get her in three weeks? Is that some thing like three refreshes every node for a total of 9 refreshes daily? Yikes!

    Well I refreshed the guild shop twice everyday and I refreshed every hard node twice but if you remember when we had the double rewards I did all the 100 crystal refreshes on those days I think it was 4 or 5 refreshes each day, that's how I got her so fast
  • NicWester
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    Azgadil wrote: »
    So I missed farming Rey. Wow. That feels like a mistake. Now what?

    If I farm now it will take months. New meta by then I'm sure.

    What would you do? I have fifty of the first 80 to shards to activate her?
    Yeah, it takes a while. So get started on it :P No reason to delay something you know you're going to do eventually anyway!

    In the meantime, invest in her many counters--Old Daka, Royal Guard, Captain Phasma, Darth Sidious, IG-86, Geonosian Soldier, IG-88, Ventress, Qui-Gon Jin, and pretty much anyone who can assist or debuff or stun or do a lot of damage in one hit. It's almost like she has, like, a lot of counters and is kind of balanced or something within the context of the game as a whole...

    Crazy.
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  • Tycho
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    Keep in mind that after the protection update fast characters don't hit as hard... and she's one of the fastest toons so she doesn't hit har... wait a minute...
  • Apoc
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    Rey train will never be missed. Get Rey
  • Azgadil
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    Ah the May 4th bonus.

    I wasn't using crystals then. Crystals are the great equalizer.
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