Should I stop ranking up 5 stars?

PapaMidnite007

As of now I am Thronebreaker who has reached Act 7.4... I find 5 stars still useful but with 6 stars more readily available should I focus more on ranking up 6 stars? And when should I stop ranking up 5 stars? I of course focus more on 6 stars but I rank up really good 5 stars as well. Feel free to share your thoughts.

Ortoun

I'm in a similar situation to you and I only rank 5 stars if they fill a specific need that I don't have covered with a 6 star, require high sig to be useful, or I have rank up gems or materials expiring and they fulfill some other need like synergy team members.

GroundedWisdom

Depends for me. I'm always Ranking some thing or another. I don't really swear off any Rarity. My priorities change, though. Just took iDoom to R5 because he's new and I can Sig 200 a lot faster.

PapaMidnite007

Ortoun said:

I'm in a similar situation to you and I only rank 5 stars if they fill a specific need that I don't have covered with a 6 star, require high sig to be useful, or I have rank up gems or materials expiring and they fulfill some other need like synergy team members.

Quite a dilemma to be in @Ortoun I agree with everything you said I ranked up Guardian and Apoc for synergy purposes plus they deal with many annoying stuff in the game. As for 6 stars I would take up ones that don't need awakening first.

PapaMidnite007

GroundedWisdom said:

Depends for me. I'm always Ranking some thing or another. I don't really swear off any Rarity. My priorities change, though. Just took iDoom to R5 because he's new and I can Sig 200 a lot faster.

I see your point @GroundedWisdom I feel the same I do rank up lower rarities on occasion for an easier arena grinding. As for IDoom don't know much about him but he can be a troublesome defender even with Magnetos. I fought him a few times in incursions and got steamrolled.

Johnson374

... if you in for along haul, focus on 6*.

If you have doubt on still playing in a year (or two) - then r5 those that could help with harder contents

PapaMidnite007

Johnson374 said:

... if you in for along haul, focus on 6*.

If you have doubt on still playing in a year (or two) - then r5 those that could help with harder contents

I'll be here for a while @Johnson only mixed feelings I have now is regarding relics

ESF

Battlegrounds has pushed me to really look at this issue, not because I don’t like or want to use 5-stars anymore, but because at some point, math is math: In a timed event where health pools matter, a Rank 3 6-star has more health and Adrenaline available.

Plus, the big one for me: Gold. If I was just clearing lanes in EQ and side quests, not a huge concern. But if I am trying to be even mildly competitive in Battlegrounds, I need to be clear-minded about where I am using gold

ReignkingTW

I've got tons of resources so I can fully rank up a 5 without thinking about it - and I will every few months, for EOP or a BG defender. But I see you don't have much so I would be conservative and focus on 6s.

PapaMidnite007

ESF said:

Battlegrounds has pushed me to really look at this issue, not because I don’t like or want to use 5-stars anymore, but because at some point, math is math: In a timed event where health pools matter, a Rank 3 6-star has more health and Adrenaline available.

Plus, the big one for me: Gold. If I was just clearing lanes in EQ and side quests, not a huge concern. But if I am trying to be even mildly competitive in Battlegrounds, I need to be clear-minded about where I am using gold

Yes 6 stars really consume a lot of gold @ESF plus this question came to me due to Battlegrounds as well. I ran into so many elephant sized rosters so this does need some thought.

PapaMidnite007

ReignkingTW said:

I've got tons of resources so I can fully rank up a 5 without thinking about it - and I will every few months, for EOP or a BG defender. But I see you don't have much so I would be conservative and focus on 6s.

Yes that is correct gold have been the main issue for me even with lot of arena grinding, incursions and eqs I do require lot of gold for 6 stars. I do bring up really good 5 stars as well at times but thats far and few once i reached thronebreaker. @ReignkingTW

ESF

PapaMidnite007 said:

ESF said:

Battlegrounds has pushed me to really look at this issue, not because I don’t like or want to use 5-stars anymore, but because at some point, math is math: In a timed event where health pools matter, a Rank 3 6-star has more health and Adrenaline available.

Plus, the big one for me: Gold. If I was just clearing lanes in EQ and side quests, not a huge concern. But if I am trying to be even mildly competitive in Battlegrounds, I need to be clear-minded about where I am using gold

Yes 6 stars really consume a lot of gold @ESF plus this question came to me due to Battlegrounds as well. I ran into so many elephant sized rosters so this does need some thought.

Some dude hit me with at least an R3, maybe an R4, Sasquatch a few days ago. That was when I sat back and said, “OK. This is fun, but you gotta look at this again.”

PapaMidnite007

ESF said:

PapaMidnite007 said:

ESF said:

Battlegrounds has pushed me to really look at this issue, not because I don’t like or want to use 5-stars anymore, but because at some point, math is math: In a timed event where health pools matter, a Rank 3 6-star has more health

Plus, the big one for me: Gold. If I was just clearing lanes in EQ and side quests, not a huge concern. But if I am trying to be even mildly competitive in Battlegrounds, I need to be clear-minded about where I am using gold

Yes 6 stars really consume a lot of gold @ESF plus this question came to me due to Battlegrounds as well. I ran into so many elephant sized rosters so this does need some thought.

Some dude hit me with at least an R3, maybe an R4, Sasquatch a few days ago. That was when I sat back and said, “OK. This is fun, but you gotta look at this again.”

I agree @ESF he is such a beefy defender chances of timeouts are high and i unfortunately didn't have torch due to being banned so I now ban Sasquatch lol