Hi,
Like some others of my minority I choose to play a droid team in the arena rather than follow the meta.
I'm ftp, and I'm content that I'll probably never be able to challenge for the top spot... if others choose to pay to win I see it as a choice thing, good for them.
When I first started playing this game it was the glass cannon all out speed damage that attracted me to droids and gave them value, but now my droids are finding it harder and harder to compete.
I read a thread on power creep of new characters to keep the whales interested, and I understand the issue, also together with the addition of mods they have lost any advantage that they had.
I'll continue to try to max out all of the droids in the game (just b2 & I g100 to go now) as it's just what I'm into, and live in the hope that the devs give this faction some love, add new droids (droideka maybe) or even think about adding some ships for them (the separatist droid control ship could be cool);)
What do you guys think of droids?... are there any other droid collectors out there?... and is there anything I can do that will give these old toons any chance whatsoever or a fighting chance against the current and future Baze metas?
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You don't need to be p2p to follow the meta, you will just be behind the curve.
There are not many options in a droid team so they get a little redundant but they let me build up a wiggs lando team with almost no changes to them.
They are a great asset to have in raids, GW, and tournament. OP sounds like they are a one trick pony, but I disagree.
For sure the advantage is thinner every day given how they get no love and how rebels become more powerful every day, but I can still compete.
And on another note, droids are arguably the most useful team in the aat raid, so everyone will eventually need a nice droid team
Ive always came top 5 every single day most of the time either position 1 or 2, i think droids are still very relevant but not the standard team as much (with 86 his abit of a liability calling in either b2 or Je)
On some fights mods require abit of tweaking for B2 if you want him to go 1st or not (against shoretrooper) i also find it helps to know your shards team and what mods they have on their characters to combat them alot of people dont normally change mods, a few possibly might but doing that alone is a advantage over most.
Rng of Defeating a rex team with shore can be .... (well pretty sucky) but chin up get back in their and take on their team and smash it
Droids still kill in GW, and my team of 47, 86, 88, 100, and STH does almost 1M in P2 of T6 AAT. If I can bridge phases, I get get over 1M in T7 rancor with JE in place of STH. Check out the "Ideal Droid Team" thread in the character and squad strategy. SifuSteve and I have been posting a lot there about the current state of droids.
I dont run them personally but good for new players to be competitive.
Plus 1, good call brother
And calling anyone out for choosing a so-called "meta" is sour grapes.
Building several squads up, however, and ensuring those squads consist of units that build upon the strengths of other squad members? Guaranteed happiness and success.
My Empire squad is strong. My Rebel squad is strong. And my murder bears? They leave me lol'ing every day.
High attack tank. Could give droids the extra oomph they lack as a defensive squad.
This is Awesome !!!
Could you record a video of your team?