Galactic Mercenaries’ Battle Arena
In Star Wars: Hunters, you can play as different Heroes boasting unique skills and backgrounds to oust enemies inside an arena-esque map. Depending on the game mode chosen, you’ll be gunning or slashing foes to collect points or protect zones.
Each Hero offers a distinct playing style exclusive to their kit, such as the human Rebel, Zaina; a great squad healer you get fairly early on. For more in-your-face engagements, Heroes like the Wookie, Grozz, will be your cup of tea.
Every Hero feels perfectly balanced despite some having outrageous abilities on paper, such as those of the Sith mercenary, Rieve. So, everyone’s relatively on the same playing field during combat, which is the game’s main gameplay design that ties everything together.
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Basic Gameplay & Mechanics
As shared earlier, everything revolves around combat in Star Wars: Hunters. You must consistently play in-game matches to progress your account or unlock new Heroes.
While this might seem repetitive, the game’s non-stop action is exhilarating, added by the different game modes available. There’s never a dull moment in Star Wars: Hunters because everyone plays for the win!
Combat
Star Wars: Hunters‘s battles are a simple 4v4 PvP arena instance where each team works together to win matches. Depending on the game mode, your team’s victory conditions vary from achieving the most eliminations (defeating other players) to holding Control Points.
Unlike normal PvP shooters, Star Wars: Hunters adopts both ranged and melee combat depending on the character you’re playing. Additionally, each Hero has exclusive abilities that benefit the entire team when used properly, differentiating new players from the more experienced ones.
The Bounty Hunter, Imara Vex, is an example; her Grapple lets you reach elevated platforms quickly, so skilled players will normally attack enemies from range while seeking advantageous spots above ground.
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Heroes Management
Having multiple characters isn’t fun if you can’t customize them. Thankfully, every Hero in Star Wars: Hunters can be changed aesthetically.
Besides that, their abilities can also be empowered as you continuously play them, making them stronger as time goes on. This is thanks to the Hunter Fame system that rewards you for the time spent mastering your preferred Heroes.
Regarding customizations, let’s explore the options you have at the moment:
Costumes
If you find Star Wars: Hunters‘s default character skins uninspiring, you can immediately change them by visiting the respective Hero’s details screen.
There, click the Customize tab before opening Costumes on the right. You’ll see a list of all the Hero’s skins/ costumes you can change them to, as long as they’re already unlocked or purchased via in-game currency.
Stickers
Stickers are in-game emotes you can use to communicate your feelings or intentions to other players during a match. To change your Stickers’ choices, revisit the Hero’s Customize page before exploring the Stickers section on the right.
Victory Poses
Of course, Victory Poses should also be in Star Wars: Hunters given that it’s a PvP game. They’re more of a personalized touch for every player, so if you want to change how your Hero acts/ poses after winning, do so under Victory Poses in the character’s Customize screen.
Weapon Wraps
The last part you can customize your Heroes with are Weapon Wraps, diversifying the looks of your characters’ armaments. Since every Hero is locked to their chosen weapons, changing their skins is the least we can do to express ourselves here.
Simply click the Weapon Wraps option under a Hero’s Customize screen to change your character’s weapon skin.
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Miscellaneous
Let’s touch on Star Wars: Hunters‘s other systems in place. There are multiple things you need to take note of outside of gameplay, but they’re mainly restricted to your overall game account.
Account Progression
Like many other free-to-play (F2P) mobile games, Star Wars: Hunters adopts its own Battle Pass system. It’s divided into two (2) categories, which are:
Hunter’s Path
The Hunter’s Path is your profile’s main leveling grind. It automatically progresses every time you finish a match in Star Wars: Hunters, accumulating the XP.
The Hunter’s Path is your go-to point to unlock new Heroes, cosmetics, and other cool freebies!
Arena Pass
The Arena Pass is Star Wars: Hunters‘s paid Battle Pass; it rewards you with even more exclusive skins, emotes, and even in-game currencies (Credits and Crystals) for your ‘contribution’, on top of the Hunter’s Path’s goodies!
Events
Under the Events tab on the left side of Star Wars: Hunters‘s home screen, you can find additional in-game content to be achieved and unlocked via gameplay.
Events
Events are time-limited instances where you can get special rewards comparable to the Arena Pass just by completing challenges!
Multiple Events may be up at once, but many share similar account-wide challenges that allow you to complete a couple of them at the same time. For F2P players, these are the best means to acquire rare Hero cosmetics and weapon skins!
Quests
Quests are the lifetime objectives you can do to get more F2P content, such as currency, cosmetics, and emotes.
Quest challenges are broken down into different sections, primarily nudging you toward learning more about every aspect of the game, including mastering all the Heroes available.
Dailies
Of course, Dailies are your everyday tasks set, providing you with small currency rewards to kick-start your new day’s login. They’re easy to complete, so don’t forget to check them out every time you launch Star Wars: Hunters!
Shop
The developer, Zynga, has to maximize their revenue one way or another. Apart from the Arena Pass, you can support them by visiting the in-game Shop as well, where numerous Hero customizations can be purchased on the spot.
Two (2) in-game currencies are utilized here, each being:
Tips & Tricks
There’s actually a lot to be learned from Star Wars: Hunters‘s combat and mechanics, but to keep things simple for newcomers, here are five (5) nifty tips & tricks that might prove game-changing:
#1 Conquer the high ground
Combat positioning is important in Star Wars: Hunters. Depending on the Hero you pick, some become extremely dangerous when you know where to place yourself on a map.
#2 Different game mode, different Hero class
While you can play every Hero however you want, their kits still work the best when you play them according to their respective roles, differing across game modes (and even maps, to a degree).
#3 Master a specific Hero for each class
By playing your favorite Heroes consistently in Star Wars: Hunters, the game’s Hunter Fame system guarantees automatic character progression, leading to more powerful abilities. This can prove decisive when you’re matched against seasoned players, meaning their Heroes might be stronger than yours if you haven’t leveled them enough, despite the Heroes being the same.
Besides that, make sure you have AT LEAST one (1) Hero specialized for EACH class (leveled up and proficient at playing them). As shared earlier, each class seems to have its strengths according to game mode and map, so having decked-out Heroes for each of them can diversify your options and improve winning chances.
#4 Prioritize important on-screen icons
During a match, icons play a massive part in Star Wars: Hunters. Still, when you’re constantly engaged in combat, the screen can get pretty cluttered with visual effects, Hero abilities, and the UI simultaneously.
To this end, focus on specific icons or visual queues instead. Here’s a good list of things to prioritize:
#5 Always on the move!
You might be tempted to camp at a preferred spot to snipe or ambush foes. In Star Wars: Hunters, that won’t work!
For balancing purposes, there’s no such thing as an instakill here, meaning everyone’s at a leveled playing field during combat even if you take them by surprise. Plus, every map is designed to be ‘open-ended’ with multiple entry points and side paths present, letting everyone get the jump on each other all the time.
Instead, always be on the move, sweeping objectives or hunting enemies. Every match is short and can be finished in less than five (5) minutes, so idling at a single location won’t bring much good to you or the team.
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