Galactic War - Reset or Continue?

woodchuck · December 5, 2015 4:38PM

How many battles are there in total for the Galactic War?

I died at the 9th battle, so I'm wondering if tomorrow I should continue (as I can train up some new characters at lvl 1 which I haven't used in the war so far), or should I just reset and start over regardless?

Is there a big reward at the end or something that maybe is worth continuing the war for? versus restarting and risking not completing again?

Greeboy · December 8, 2015 3:22PM

Holy cow... You can reset it? How? Do you get to grab the boxes you opened before again?

Greeboy · December 8, 2015 3:26PM

Nvm just saw the rest button! That helps!

Rolf · December 8, 2015 11:36PM

GW has 12 battles, so 12 reward chests. The value does increase as you go higher, and the last one definitely has more than the rest. But I don't think it's better *enough* that you'll get as much from the last 4 as you would for resetting the first eight tomorrow. Plus you run the risk of not finishing those last four anyway, even with your full team, as they're getting harder the farther you go.

J7000 · December 8, 2015 11:42PM

You can do both

Qeltar · December 8, 2015 11:44PM

Wait, you can reset GW on the same day if you don't finish all 12? How?

Rolf · December 9, 2015 12:05AM

That's news to me too. But it makes sense. It doesn't refresh till you tell it to, and you get one refresh per day. So maybe you can finish out the round from yesterday, then use your refresh to start today's?
But will your team be fresh, or still hurting from any losses you suffered in finishing yesterday's war, I wonder.

Qeltar · December 9, 2015 1:21AM

Oh I see... the next day you could try to finish versus resetting, because presumably your guys are reset? I dunno, this is the first time I haven't finished it. Should be interesting.

Slushie · December 9, 2015 1:32AM

@Qeltar wrote: »

Oh I see... the next day you could try to finish versus resetting, because presumably your guys are reset? I dunno, this is the first time I haven't finished it. Should be interesting.

Hmm don't think it works that way, because the characters only reset when you press the button.

CUFCfan616 · December 9, 2015 1:36AM

Question with Galactic War and the healing in between battles, does that also give a little heal boost to characters on the sidelines or just the ones who finished the previous battle?

Qeltar · December 9, 2015 1:45AM

Slushie wrote: »

Hmm don't think it works that way, because the characters only reset when you press the button.

That's what I would have expected in which case no idea what OP is talking about.
As for the heal boost, if there is one, it's barely noticeable to me, and it does not seem to affect anyone on the sidelines at all. (I would have noticed this today after yanking a couple of guys with near-zero health.)

woodchuck · December 9, 2015 10:38PM

sorry for the confusion. I guess my scenario is a fringe case and maybe not so common.

my case is simply this.

i have 10 characters. 5 of them are up to date at my player level. the other 5 are lagging 5 levels behind.

I have limited resources each day. I can only apply those resources successfully to my top 5 characters each day.

I use my top 5 in GW and get to only battle #7. I don't use my 5 weaker characters to battle since they would not be able to win anyway.

The next day, the game resets and I have some more resources. Hence I am wondering if it's worth trying to strengthen my 5 weaker characters and continue the GW from yesterday.

That's it.

I always end up applying my resources to my PvP team, or risk falling behind in that. So my weaker 5 characters don't get stronger, and I will never be able to finish GW with only 5 viable characters.

007bugs · December 9, 2015 11:03PM

You can retreat during a battle and swap out characters, then return to the battle. Your toons and enemy will have same health, but buffs seem to disappear. This allows even low levels to contribute.

woodchuck · December 9, 2015 11:21PM

007bugs wrote: »

You can retreat during a battle and swap out characters, then return to the battle. Your toons and enemy will have same health, but buffs seem to disappear. This allows even low levels to contribute.

Thanks I had no idea at all retreat was possible. just found the retreat option hidden in the sub menu. wow.

Darkstarx87 · January 10, 2016 3:08AM

Rolf wrote: »

That's news to me too. But it makes sense. It doesn't refresh till you tell it to, and you get one refresh per day. So maybe you can finish out the round from yesterday, then use your refresh to start today's?
But will your team be fresh, or still hurting from any losses you suffered in finishing yesterday's war, I wonder.

That's correct. You can finish the war from day before. Then reset and everyone will be fresh AFTER the reset ... then timer restarts for day (ends at midnight US pacific time). Just tried it and that's what happend for me. So I just need 4 hrs to be able to start another war.