Guild News - Vol 5 - Galactic Power!

Today's guild post is dedicated to discussing Galactic Power (GP) and its importance to the game.  There are plenty of resources out there on GP, but I figured I would consolidate a lot of the information into quick hit items you can do to improve your GP.  First, let's talk about why GP matters.

GP is the way that you as a player is evaluated for your ability to improve your collection of characters.  It also is how our guild is evaluated against other guilds.  The higher the GP, the better standing you and the guild has in the game.  All the new guild events (Territory Wars, Light Side/Dark Side Territory Battles) offer higher rewards to higher GP guilds.  GP is influenced by the power of your characters and ships in the game.  With that in mind, here are some simple things anyone can do to improve their GP:

·        Upgrade all characters to a minimum of level 53.  This allows you to use mods.  I try to keep 5 million currency available for when a really good mod shows up in the mod shop.  Otherwise, spend as you see fit, but it helps to spread the wealth around.

·        Upgrade the gear level of all toons to at least level 5.  This has a major impact on your GP as you move up the levels.  Only gear up the characters to level 10-12 that really matter to you.  Otherwise, add gear as you get it to your other characters.

·        Upgrade all character skills to at least level 3.  This also has a fairly significant impact on GP.  Try to take as many characters as possible to level 7.  

·        Star level maters, so keep upgrading your characters to level 7.  If you have one that is close to being at the next level and you can easily farm them, take the time to do it.  It can really help to boost your GP.

·        Toss any un-used, level 15 mods on your characters.  They don't have to be sets, any six mods would work.  They also have the extra benefit of the mods showing up in swgoh.gg since it can only show assigned mods.  

·        Upgrade all ships to level 70 minimum.  I try to keep 5 million ship currency sitting around for new ships or ability upgrades.  If you have ships that are not level 85 and you have extra currency, upgrade them even if they aren't at 7 stars.

·        Upgrade crew members of ships you have first.  This gives you the biggest bang for your buck.  The crew member GP adds to the ships GP, which makes it easy to jump up in GP.  

Given all this information, it's important to note that GP is also an indicator of how long you've been playing the game.  Even the most efficient player can't jump up to over 2 million GP if they've been only playing the game for 6 months.  Regardless, upping your GP makes you look like a better-skilled player and helps the guild.