What do you look for when attacking ships?

Kevez · March 22, 2017 8:17PM

I am in the 250-150 range on my shard and I think that I would pretty easily be able to get to the low 100's if I used more than 1-2 attacks per day. Unfortunately I am always busy/ distracted during that hour between arena and ship payout, so I try to do my ship battles earlier in the day. When I log in with 20mins to ship payout, I find that I have dropped 70-100 rank and won't be able to snipe a sub 200 spot in time. Finishing outside the top 200 means a significant drop in fleet currency.

So I was wondering what makes my fleet look tempting? For me, I don't see any Tarkins, so I just I try to avoid Mace teams. I attack Ackbar teams pretty much regardless of the team, unless they are all 7*, or has high starred rare or exclusive ships like a 6* falcon.

I run Ackbar, biggs, wedge, slave 1, umbaran, and jedi consular with scimitar, bistan, and poe

Is it my ship stars, ship levels, my team comp, or do people recognize my name? (I don't pay any attention to names in ships, but I definitely have teams in arena that I know I can beat)

Vertigo · March 22, 2017 8:22PM

Im usually around 150-120 and I basically just look for the lowest rank I see as I can beat anyone in that rank area and the ship AI is horrible, but sadly that also means mine is horrible as well.

Khaleesi1221 · March 22, 2017 8:24PM

No Biggs and target lockers

Oh wait, that's everyone...

Edit: I enter a battle, then force close the app just so I can get the reward. Ships suvk so **** much

APX_919 · March 22, 2017 8:24PM

I look for teams without Asokha or Fives first since my strategy requires certain buffs to remain in place. One or the other is okay, just not both, and I avoid Fives with Vader because Fives removes buffs with Target Lock which is Vader's whole shtick.

HanYolo1313 · March 22, 2017 8:26PM

APX_919 wrote: »

I look for teams without Asokha or Fives first since my strategy requires certain buffs to remain in place. One or the other is okay, just not both, and I avoid Fives with Vader because Fives removes buffs with Target Lock which is Vader's whole shtick.

+1

Monxie · March 22, 2017 8:31PM

I'm usually top 20. Don't care which ships the other teams have. It's fun to attack different teams. My strategy works against all teams, the only difference is the killing order. The only teams I don't attack are those with 20k+ more power than mine.

Kevez · March 22, 2017 8:45PM

Is there any deterring factor? Just fleet power?

CamaroAMF · March 22, 2017 8:45PM

I attack the highest rank I can find but I fight for #1 everyday so that doesn't really apply in your situation. I would look for fleets that aren't running Ahsoka or Fives with your fleet.

Kevez · March 22, 2017 9:00PM

I think I might be one of the only ones that doesn't run ahsoka, at least near my rank

Belfazar · March 22, 2017 9:06PM

I try to avoid windu capital. I'm in the same payout range. As well if the majority of the ships are 5* and 6* I'll avoid. When in battle I go for the lowest level first or wedge, poe, asohka.

Monxie · March 22, 2017 9:08PM

Kevez wrote: »

I think I might be one of the only ones that doesn't run ahsoka, at least near my rank

I also don't use Ahsoka. Prefer to use taunters and fire power with target lock. And there are definitely better reinforcements than Ahsoka.
Fleets with 20k+ more power are tough because they are usually faster and can take a lot of damage, so I don't attack them. But they are only 4-5 in my entire shard.

KyloRey · March 22, 2017 9:37PM

I look at fleet power, to be honest. I figure I can beat teams who have up to 10k more fleet power than me. Anything over that and I pass on attacking them and look for another opponent.

I use different strategies for different capital ships and lineups.

TurgonGW · March 22, 2017 9:44PM

I am currently rank 14 in fleet arena and rarely move out of the top 20 - My fleet arena shard doesn't seem to be very active - I think when I upgrade my ships a little more I could make top 10 easily. My main team is:

Commander: Tarkin (5* Ship, 7* Character g8)
- Umbaran (5* Ship L73, 7* Character g9)
- Jedi Consular (5* Ship L72, 6* Character g8)
- Rex's Arc (4* Ship L71, 7* Character g10)
- Geo Soliders Fighter (5* Ship L80, 7* Character g9)
- Tie Fighter (5* Ship L80, 4* Character g9)

My reserves are First Order Tie Fighter, Clone Sergeants Arc Fighter and Geo Spy.

I usually only attack Tarkin or Ackbar teams unless they are Mace teams without any high health tanks. My fleet power is only 110k and I have beaten opponents with 123k power - Don't be decieved by power rating - Look at the composition of the enemy team and how the different ships could work together.

CaptainRex · March 22, 2017 9:58PM

Fleet power is basically meaningless. I generally just try to avoid any team that has Vader. Otherwise I'll attack the lowest rank I can find.

Nojow · March 22, 2017 9:59PM

I just look at the ship levels, if they're in the low 70s instead of the 80s I attack them

GreenGoblin96 · March 22, 2017 10:47PM

I'm top 50 and I attack anyone, I win 90% of the time. When I get around 20 I start to avoid teams that have the three ties, but I can beat them anyway.

Maybe people just now you're an easy pray, even though your team is pretty standard

Kevez · March 22, 2017 11:51PM

does anyone look at pilots? mine are: wedge g10, biggs g10, fives g11, boba g11, jc g9, maul g9, bistan g10, srp g9, poe g11. all of the toons are 85, 7* (except 6* JC) and 5* mods, but the ships are level 73-78. I will occasionally look at comparable opponent's pilots and I generally out gear them.

Anyways, I am poised to promote almost all of my fleet this week. Once I do that, I will level them all to 80+ and hopefully that will scare some people off

GreenGoblin96 · March 23, 2017 12:00AM

Kevez wrote: »

does anyone look at pilots? mine are: wedge g10, biggs g10, fives g11, boba g11, jc g9, maul g9, bistan g10, srp g9, poe g11. all of the toons are 85, 7* (except 6* JC) and 5* mods, but the ships are level 73-78. I will occasionally look at comparable opponent's pilots and I generally out gear them.

Anyways, I am poised to promote almost all of my fleet this week. Once I do that, I will level them all to 80+ and hopefully that will scare some people off

I don't think people take the time to watch your pilots, maybe it's the low level of your ships

Grandmoffkragg · March 23, 2017 12:02AM

I target teams w/ Vader. His ship drops so fast.

Woodroward · March 23, 2017 12:15AM

Grandmoffkragg wrote: »

I target teams w/ Vader. His ship drops so fast.

If they don't have Biggs I agree with you. If they do, I'd rather avoid those fleets. Vader and Biggs often leads to me spending 4-5 minutes of the match just killing Biggs.

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