Requisition is the currency used in Star Wars: Squadrons to unlock new parts for your starfighters – not to be confused with Glory, which is used to fancy up your aircraft with cosmetics. Surprisingly enough, despite being a game published by EA, this game is completely void of any microtransactions. If you're looking to bulk up your starship to the max, you're going to have to work for it.
Unlike Glory, which offers no competitive advantage, Requisition is absolutely essential to standing your ground. An abundance of different blasters, engines, shield generators and more can be unlocked and attached to your ship to increase your versatility and effectiveness. Having a powerful ship is an important part in your playing experience, so it's imperative that you understand what it requires to earn it.
How Do You Earn Requisition?
Requisition is earned in one way and one way only: leveling up. Different levels will reward you with differing amounts of Requisition, which can in turn be cashed in, in exchange for ship upgrades. Once you have reached a personal level of 40 (not a Fleet Battle Rank, which resets every eight weeks), you will have accrued enough Requisition to purchase all currently available upgrades for all Imperial and New Republic starfighters, allowing you to try out all permutations of builds to find what works best for you.
The rank system in Star Wars: Squadrons works around experience points, meaning that each succeeding level will require you to earn a set number of XP to reach the next. XP is earned by doing effectively anything in the game. Winning or completing matches, getting kills or assists (both against enemy players and AI), and destroying Capital Ships/Flagships in Fleet Battles are all things that will earn you XP, but of course, there are certain tasks you can do that will earn you even more.
How Do You Earn XP?
One good way to build up XP is to make sure you play every day, even if it's just popping online to complete one quick match on a busy day. Playing your first match of the day will earn you some bonus XP as a thank-you for returning to the action. Similarly, you can earn bonus XP with normal play by keeping an eye out for double XP events, which will multiply what you earn by two, making quick level-ups a cinch.
Fleet Battles against the AI are probably the best way to grind out XP, though are admittedly less fun than playing against real players in competitive mode. Unlike when going against actual people, you can change the difficulty of your opponents to give you a huge advantage every game. Set the difficulty of the AI to the lowest option and focus on completing the objectives as quickly as possible. Simply completing the game will give you a substantial amount of XP, but a good performance and a win will help boost your total. Pair this with double XP events and you will be level 40 in no time.
If your friends are online, playing with them in Fleet Battles over AI is still a good way to earn XP. Playing online with your friends gives you a huge competitive advantage in communication, meaning you can tear up teams with ease and earn bonuses through wins. While this may be a slower method of earning XP, the hours will certainly go by quicker, so it could be a fair trade-off. If you're trying to farm XP, avoid playing Dogfights, but instead focus on Fleet Battles. These games tend to last much longer and thus you'll have more time to rack up kills and assists, while also earning bonus XP for damaging opponent Capital Ships and Flagships.