Guild News - Vol 2


Welcome to my second guild news post.  Rather than write a big post like last time, here are some quick hit items.

Territory Battles - Round 2:  We finished round two of territory battles, getting 16 stars again.  We've learned some important lessons each time (as well as the game devs), so hopefully round 3 that starts today will yield more stars.  Here are some quick hit things to think about as we see TB more often:

  • Farm Phoenix and Rogue One!
  • Join SWGOH.GG so guild leaders can try to coordinate Platoon Missions.
  • Listen to guild leaders as to where to deploy.  Without this, we will never get more stars.  There is plenty of time to deploy, so look in the #territory_battles thread on discord for info on where you should deploy.
  • If all else fails, ask a guild leader over discord what you should do.  We're all very responsive to questions.

Improving Galactic Power:  An important aspect that was introduced with the start of Territory Battles was the concept of Galactic Power.  Galactic power is the driving force behind how well you do in TB, and is a way that every guild member who can participate is able to contribute in a meaningful way.  You might not be able to beat the Combat Missions, or have the right characters for Platoon Missions, but you can always deploy!  The better your GP, the more points you can deploy in each phase.  Here are some quick tips to improve your GP:

  • Add unused mods to toons.
  • Level all toons to 50.
  • Gear up as high as possible
  • Upgrade ability level up to 3.

Why Arena Rank Matters:  One area of the game that can be the most fun and the most annoying is Arena.  I will fully admit to being one of those people who didn't care about my Arena rank.  I found I lost more than I won and it became tedious.  I would do the two each day to fulfill my daily challenge requirements.  What I've come to learn is that Arena rank has many important downstream effects.  This of it this way:

  • Better rewards the higher you are (including crystals).
  • Better rewards to lead more farming opportunities because of increased refreshes.
  • More farming leads to better toons, higher arena rank.

Think about ways you can improve your Arena rank.  Set a goal to be in the next prize bracket and keep working at it.  And as always, ask the guild if you need advice as to what team you should be running!

Pro-Tip of the Week:  This week's tip of the week will focus on a website called Crouching Rancor(http://www.crouchingrancor.com/).  Crouching Rancor is a great resource for information on modding your characters.  At the top you'll see a link to "Great Tools!", which includes a mod advisor, mod manager, cantina planner, and character/ship upgrade cost calculator.  It can link to you swgoh.gg account to pull in mod info on your characters.  You can search for mods (similar to swgoh.gg) and look at their mod advisor for their recommendations as to the best mods for each character.  I used this to mod my Arena squad and I've managed to stay in the top 50 for the past few week.  

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