Next farm advice (Ships not a problem yet so I'm going to keep ignoring them until they become one)

[worldly vortex]

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So I just got JKR farmed and I'm leaving his team at G12 for now (I don't have any relic teams at the moment and I know he shouldn't be my first relic) and I'm wondering what I should farm next? I'm currently working on getting my Palpatine squad geared (Current: Palp-7star,G11; MJ-4star,G10; Vader-G12; Guard-5star,G9; Thrawn-5starG7) though I won't take MJ or Thrawn above G11 (I don't want to farm phoenix) though I might take RG to G12 since his stats matter for the team. After that I have a few options:
1: Bounty hunters to G11/12 (depending on time)
2: Work on Vader relic
3: Get Qui-Gonn geared (I have him at 7stars G9 and I'm just short on zetas to get his omi. JKA is at G12, could take him to relic if I go this route)
4: Get the Finn/Zorii team (I only have members from hyperdrive bundle plus 3star Zorii. I can afford the omicron but I'm short 38 zeta mats)
5: New journey guide character
4a: Darth revan into Malak (I need better GAC defense and Revan with malak is pretty good for that. Main issue is that journey guide only gets Malak to 5 stars so getting him geared would take forever F2P)
5b: Doctor Aphra (I know 4 relic 5 characters is quite an investment but I have a potential home for each of her requirements) on top of that, I know she's good on both offense and defense in GAC and again, I'm lacking in GAC defense.
6: Start a GL rush
6a: SLKR because he's good and requires the fewest characters
6b: SEE because I already have like half of his requirements at least unlocked, plus he doesn't require farming a capital ship.
7: farm ships (I hate farming ships but I know it's important. My current GAC strategy is put my best defenders in front of ships so I can put trash ships defense and hopefully get away with it while I bring my mediocre Endurance squadron on offense) if I go this route, I'll probably farm Empire centered around Chimera

[graceful shuttle]

Few suggestions: (NOTE: my numbers don’t at all correspond to yours 😀)

1. Do the phoenix farming for Thrawn. It’s worth, bc then you can trash them until Prof. if you don’t do it now, later you will need Thrawn and you will have to devote time to farming phoenix

2. Vader is the general consensus on best first relic, he’s amazing, especially for soloing geos

3. MJ is kinda OP, especially at our level. Get her up and running!

4. Tarkin is better than RG imo

5. Next, I would get your CLS team up and running. 7* chewie and Han, with the following zetas in order:
   IBAT
   Shoots First
   Loyal Friend
   Rebel Maneuvers
   3PAC Special (i think it’s called Wookiee Rage or smth)

6. QGJ omi is fantastic, will get you holds in GAC

7. DR -> Malak is not a bad idea, start saving GET if you want that tho

ALL THIS is totally my opinion. More knowledgeable people, please drop some ideas on what I should stop suggesting to ppl 😀

[sly wagon]

I would do 2,4a,3,1 in that order, and 7 in parallel with all of that.

That said, Chimaera empire is not a viable early game fleet - just requires too many late game things.

chimaera + geos, or ideally executrix + geos, would be better.