Absoludacrous
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Who are considered to be meta characters?
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Who are considered to be meta characters?
Sidious, Dooku, Consular, Luminara, and Barriss were the characters most seen I would say. There were other good characters like Resistance Trooper that were nerfed a bit with the latest patch, and others buffed, so we'll see how it shakes out. I don't think anyone is truly "bad" - just that some are more useful (and easier to farm) than others.
A Serious Man
Member
And I thought $50 for a character pack was bad. $100? That's some audacious shit.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
Dooku is so damn good, I always look for him as the friend character. counter attack plus bonus attack is bananas.
Interfectum
Member
If their Force Awakens bundle was $20 I would have totally bought it based on movie hype. The fact it's $100 is fucking hilarious. Makes me not want to even keep playing the game.
Frostinferno
Member
Can you make an account on Android, get Phasma, then link the game to Facebook and continue playing on an iOS device?
I don't think so. I wasn't able to go back and forth like I can in other games. Might be updated now though. I haven't tried for a few weeks.
Frostinferno
Member
Well that's incredibly lame. Can Phasma be earned through normal play or are these gifts exclusive?
No characters are exclusive to any platform. You can get Phasma through the Galactic War. He seems really good to me.
Frostinferno
Member
Ok, that's not so bad then. Still would rather have Phasma upfront, but what are you gonna do. Hopefully it's not too long of an unlock process.
Windu is really strong too because it seems like tons of people run with Chewbacca in party and you can use his active to remove the taunt so you can kill lower hp characters faster and his single target damage is strong.
You have to farm for the upgrade components so being able to auto them makes it easier.
Filling bars and making the numbers go up and exchanging currencies for higher numbers is the actual game, the battles are optional.
I mean...SIM tickets? Really? Okay.
The longer one might not exist anymore, as this isn't the same 7 day one from before. It used to be 100 a day, mine at least is 165.
Deckard Chapel
Banned
The $100 price tag for the Kylo Ren/Finn bundle pack is absolutely fucking ridiculous!
It honestly makes me want to stop playing the game or supporting in any way.
That EA can really think that this is a fair and viable option that everyone would jump on is ludicrous. The audacity and insanity at the idea of embracing this is fucking insane! Just imagine when they release a character pack that features Han Solo, Luke, Leia, Yoda and Chewbacca from the original trilogy/Force Awakens - what will that cost, $1,000?!?
It honestly makes me want to stop playing the game or supporting in any way.
That EA can really think that this is a fair and viable option that everyone would jump on is ludicrous. The audacity and insanity at the idea of embracing this is fucking insane! Just imagine when they release a character pack that features Han Solo, Luke, Leia, Yoda and Chewbacca from the original trilogy/Force Awakens - what will that cost, $1,000?!?
TerminalDogma
Member
That pack is specifically for Whales. It wasn't meant for regular players of the game. I was pretty surprised and happy everyone got a free Phasma/Poe and resistance trooper. That was pretty damn cool.
I don't think it gives enough value to entice a whale tbh
TerminalDogma
Member
A whale all hyped up on new Star wars movie? I think it does, and hell if it doesn't that's all the better. They won't price things there anymore.
Interfectum
Member
It's now #15 top grossing on App Store. =/
Even if you're a whale, doesn't that $100 price tag stop you from impulse buying?
I thought the key to getting whale money was lots of small purchases over time, aka, micro-transactions.
Or maybe I'm underestimating how a real whale operates.
EDIT:
Well, there it is.
I thought the key to getting whale money was lots of small purchases over time, aka, micro-transactions.
Or maybe I'm underestimating how a real whale operates.
EDIT:
Well, there it is.
What is Uprising at? The growth may be due to excitement surrounding Star Wars from the movie rather than specifically this pack. 1000000 buying a 4.99 pack still trumps 1000 buying a $99.99 pack
Moff
Member
I'm aware that whales fund these kind of games, and I have no problem if they buy gems and other perks to have strong bases/teams fast and can play more without cooldowns
but I think that's something different than selling 2 popular new characters from a blockbuster movie for 100 bucks, it seems super greedy to me and I haven't seen anything comparable before.
but I think that's something different than selling 2 popular new characters from a blockbuster movie for 100 bucks, it seems super greedy to me and I haven't seen anything comparable before.
Where I think they missed the boat here is not just making it a bonus on gem packs. Like imagine how much more compelling it is to get Kylo and Finn with your purchase of 99.99 worth of gems. That's essentially guaranteed to get the whales. 300k credits is nothing really, I have 1.4 million and I've been playing for 8 days 3 star trining droids aren't enough to level een one of those characters significantly. You're basically ONLY buying the characters. Add gems on top of that though and it becomes very compelling if you are buying gems anyways.
Yeah it's pretty bad. I can't lie - I would be tempted to pay, say, $40 for Kylo solely because of the movie hype. It would be a shitload to pay for one character but whatever. Star Wars hype! But $100 is so much. I know you get other stuff with it but no one wants that other stuff.
That said, a lot of people complained that EA nerfed Barris right after charging $50 for her. In response EA said it is going to give all buyers of Barris a free gift next week. That's pretty cool, depending on what it is.
Moff
Member
what are everyones strongest/favourite characters?
I just unlocked Sidious with the pvp Tokens, and damn he is a beast. his debuff that stops healing is incredibly strong. especially in pvp.
apart from sidious dooku and chewie are my favourites. dooku is just great damage with his lightning and his 100% revenge Chance.
chewie is a great tank with a lot of hp and self heal.
my 2 others in my pvp Team are the consular for heal and talia for damage and backup heal.
do all pvp Tokens unlock a 4 star character or was I just lucky?
and is there a way to see all the upgrades of abilities? you only see the next one, but sometimes they get interesting properties further on
I just unlocked Sidious with the pvp Tokens, and damn he is a beast. his debuff that stops healing is incredibly strong. especially in pvp.
apart from sidious dooku and chewie are my favourites. dooku is just great damage with his lightning and his 100% revenge Chance.
chewie is a great tank with a lot of hp and self heal.
my 2 others in my pvp Team are the consular for heal and talia for damage and backup heal.
do all pvp Tokens unlock a 4 star character or was I just lucky?
and is there a way to see all the upgrades of abilities? you only see the next one, but sometimes they get interesting properties further on
One Foul Note
Member
It depends on the character. Heroes that have a great number of tokens before you unlock them will be a greater star level then ones that require less. So Sid requires 80 tokens before you get him so he will be a 4-star hero for everyone.
As for best characters, still having Darth Maul as the basckbone of my damage and Dooku is fantastic at shutting down any jedi healers early. Along with them I commonly use Savage Opress (mountains of health and solid damage), Underworld Police (nice stunning chance) and Ahsoka (solid damage and nice amount of self healing). Along with Chewie, Talia and the Consular for support. I completely randomly got a 4-star Ima-Gun out of the bronze drop so my next mission is getting him up to scratch.
Darth Karja
Member
My strongest/favorite is the First Order Tie Pilot. With the login rewards I just promoted him to 2 Stars. Most of the attacks get a bonus attack, and he hits ridiculously hard. My highest damaging character by far, before the bonus attack.
One Foul Note
Member
Whenever I have a spare bit of energy or money I'm trying to unlock all the First Order characters. Not sure if it would be viable in PvP due to them not having a healer in their ranks but the potential damage output of all them bouncing off each other would be rather fun to roll around with for a bit at least.
One Foul Note
Member
In their defence, they may have got Kylo from the data card pull, but yeah it is more likely that his presence in teams is the result of them buying that bananas character pack. Never been one to criticize people for however they want to spend their money, but even I feel I would have to have a word if I met someone who dropped seventy quid on two characters.
Absoludacrous
Member
Eh, I'm fine with it. I was never going to pay them anything for the characters, so if they can get that much money from willing people to keep the game going, it works for me.
I started playing this a couple days ago and I'm already hooked, haha. It's a fun little game and they don't restrict you too much which is nice. I'll probably start adding codes from the topic soon. Here's mine if anyone wants to add it: 471-762-884
The only bad thing so far is I bought one of those 4x chromium data packs. Wanted to support the game a little since I'm liking it so far and getting some new characters wouldn't hurt. But I didn't read the description right. I thought I was getting four random characters but only ended up getting one terrible character and a couple shards for three others. lol. I'm guessing if you buy something in the game, the best thing to get are the character packs?
The only bad thing so far is I bought one of those 4x chromium data packs. Wanted to support the game a little since I'm liking it so far and getting some new characters wouldn't hurt. But I didn't read the description right. I thought I was getting four random characters but only ended up getting one terrible character and a couple shards for three others. lol. I'm guessing if you buy something in the game, the best thing to get are the character packs?
Place as high as possible in Arena. Arena tokens can be spent on special arena-shipment heroes. The best options from arena (IMO):
Sidious - Great leader ability that works with everything. Hard hitting, fast, AoE damage, heals on opponent death. Great anti-jedi character, no real downside.
Stormtrooper Han - Secretly the best tank in the game and INSANELY underrated. 3 turn taunt, gives all allies meter, and MORE meter when he's hit. You'll be giving your team 2 to 3 turns for every 1 turn of the enemy. He's a very slow burn though. Almost completely worthless out of the box and needs pretty considerable investment before you see any pay off.
Ventress/Admiral Ackbar - Ventress can get crazy if you set her up right, and she's one of only a few counters to Han Solo and other tanks. She's very slow though so you're almost forced to use her as a leader/build a team around her, but it's a pretty good team. Ackbar is a debuff counter/healer... hard to fit a pure support character into a lineup but I see potential there.
Place Galactic War and get as far as possible. Honestly, this one can be rough without a decent stable of heroes/healers. I bought the heroine pack and having Barriss made this 100% easier. Post-nerf, I don't even use her for GW except as a backup but she did get me a huge jump start on Luminara. Best heroes to farm in GW:
Luminara - Amazing Leader, Healer, damage dealer. Honestly, she's a little too good at everything but she'll improve your GW completion-rate as another healer and massive damage dealer when decked out.
Captain Phasma - New addition. Works best on a First Order team (and as leader) but it's a gamble. -speed is a pretty good debuff, and meter manipulation can help burst down guys fast. I'm not 100% sold but she seems promising.
DPS options - IG86/Resistance Pilot/Datchka/Nightshade Initiate - These are all surprisingly good. IG86 hits like a truck but is pretty glass cannon. Works best in a droid team but that damage is crazy. Resistance pilot isn't as good as before but still an option. Datchka and jawa's in general hit really hard, he's no different. Nightshade Initiate gets surprisingly tanky and his damage can be pretty crazy. Severing Strike is also pretty damn good utility attack.
Cantina - you want to get to 3-A as fast as possible for 2 reasons:
1- It unlocks Jedi Counselor shards, he's a really good mini-Luminara that you'll lose for quite a while.
2- You make 17 cantina points for every 10 energy, vrs 13 cantina points for ever 8. It's not huge, but it's better energy efficiency per point in the long run. As far as who to go for:
Daka - Dark Side lacks healers, she's a healer (and a pretty annoying one to fight with her Ressurects). That said, she's not my first choice...
Fives - Tanky as shit, counters, ally call on attack. A really good hero, very good to use in combo with Dooku. Makes AoE's very painful for the opposing team.
"Hard Mode farm" - Pick ONE character, tops, to farm with your energy. I picked Dooku since it's the only way to get him (other than luck). The rest of your energy is much better spent progressing and going after gear upgrades.
I can't imagine the buyers remorse.
Gtagentleman
Member
Probably modded apks