This issue made me buy all three Capital Ships Starter Packs . Essentially I got a bunch of 2 ships right away , which increases my Ship Challenges pay outs . The 3 Sun Fac and 2 Sun Fac ' s ship was a step towards dealing with the surprise you mentioned . I won ' t buy Chromiums , so Sun Fac will stay 3 , but I can upgrade his ship in GW and Fleet Shipments . I really like that Ahsoka ' s ship has a dispel which dispels taunts , getting a 3 ship Poe ' s is nice . I got a lot of unneeded shards , but that became shard shop currency to buy Baze shards . In addition , the pack contains credits and ship building material so you can level up your new ships . Quite a few times I thought to myself I might be better off in this game to start over and buy one crystal vault right from the start , dominate arena , and set myself up nicely . The Fleet Arena rewards don ' t make high ranking necessary , but I feel my $ 120 investment in starter packs really started me off with a good head start . Great post Beats , it really helped me see what game we are really playing , or understand how CG is playing the game .