Content Update 8/9/2018 (MEGA THREAD)

Sunnie1978

DEV POST

CG_SBCrumb wrote: »

Hi Holotable Heroes!
Here are the content updates included in today’s release, 8/9/18.

NEW CHARACTERS
Bounty Hunters are back with a mysterious new mercenary that's ready for hire!
Identifiable by his distinct hat and renowned as one of the most skilled bounty hunters of all time, Embo is capable of assassinating even the most well protected targets. His combination of advanced fighting skills and relentless pursuit of his quarry makes him a terrifying pursuer. Check out the Character strategy and kit reveal below for more:

• Embo

EVENTS
Clone Wars: Hunters I: Embo
Earn Embo shards and learn about his abilities by completing each tier of his Marquee Event.

• Event begins: August 9th
• Level requirements for event: 20+
• Forced Ally: Embo

Legends of the Old Republic III: T3-M4
The second run of the T3-M4 event is now available for all users.

• Event begins: August 9th
• Level requirements for event: 20+
• Forced Ally: T3-M4

CHANGES TO NIGHTSISTER ACOLYTE

• Nightsister Acolyte's "Strike from the Shadows" has been changed to deal double damage if she has Stealth, rather than attacking again. Her chance to Stealth has also been increased to 90% from 70%.
• Nightsister Acolyte's "Thrill of Victory" has been increased to 40% from 20% Health on each Critical Hit.

SHARD SHUFFLE
The following units have entered new locations:

• Bastila Shan is now available in the Chromium Packs and Shipments.
• Jolee Bindo is now available in the Chromium Packs and Shipments.

The following characters are now farmable in the following locations:
Qi’ra

• Cantina 3-B

PACKS AND BUNDLES
New Gear XII+ Bundle
For a limited time only, pick up ultra-powerful pieces of gear previously only available in the Heroic Sith Raid! Bundle Includes:

• Mk 12 ArmaTek Holo Lens
• Credits
• XP Training Droids
• Crystals
• Omega Ability Materials

Date available: August 16th
Maximum # purchases: 1
Minimum Level requirements: 85

New Gear XII+ Mega Bundle
Even more rare and exclusive gear from the Heroic Sith Raid available for a limited time! Bundle Includes:

• Mk 12 ArmaTek Data Pad
• Mk 12 ArmaTek Key Pad
• MK 12 ArmaTek Thermal Detonator
• Credits
• XP Training Droids
• Crystals
• Omega Ability Materials

Date available: August 16th
Maximum # purchases: 1
Minimum Level requirements: 85

Clone Wars: Hunters Embo Bundle
Bundle Includes:

• Character Shards: Embo (x30)
• Credits
• XP Training Droids
• Ability Mats
• Gear

Date available: August 9th
Maximum # purchases: 1
Minimum Level requirements: 20+

Heroes of Legend T3-M4 Bundle (All Platforms)
Bundle Includes:

• Character Shards: T3-M4 (x30)
• Credits
• XP Training Droids
• Ability Mats
• Gear

Date available: August 9th
Maximum # purchases: 1
Minimum Level requirements: 20+


Clone Wars: Hunters Embo Pack
Each pack guarantees at least 5 shards for Embo and may drop up to 330 SHARDS!
Date available: August 9th
1299 Crystals
Maximum # purchases: No limit
Minimum Level requirements: 20+

Heroes of Legend T3-M4 Pack (All Platforms)
Each pack guarantees at least 5 shards for T3-M4 and may drop up to 330 SHARDS!
Date available: August 9th
1299 Crystals
Maximum # purchases: No limit
Minimum Level requirements: 20+

Ability Materials Mega-Pack
The rare Ability Materials Mega-Pack returns just in time to prepare for Territory Battles. This limited-time pack will grant at least 9 Omega and 20 MkIII Ability Materials - and may grant up to 25 Omegas & 50 MkIIIs!
Date available: August 10th
1699 Crystals
Maximum # purchases: 1 per day
Minimum Level requirements: 70+


Bounty Hunter Rework Bundle
Returning for Embo's release, the Bounty Hunter rework bundles for Greedo, IG-88, Dengar, and Boba Fett are now in the Store for a limited time!
Each Bundle Includes:

• Character Shards (x50)
• Credits
• XP Training Droids
• Ability Mats
• Gear

Date available: August 9th
Maximum # purchases: 1
Minimum Level requirements: 20+


FIXES

• A list of Defensive buffs have been added to T3-M4's ability description for “Carbonite Projector”.
• Fixed an issue with BB-8's "Roll With the Punches" ability so he is able to call more than one ally to assist per turn.
• Darth Traya will no longer dispel locked debuffs on Sith allies.
• Darth Sion's "Held by Hatred" cooldown will now correctly reduce when Pain is applied.
• Sith Raid Darth Nihilus will no longer receive Critical Hit from Special Damage while he has Critical Hit Immunity.
• Sith Raid Darth Nihilus will no longer gain Critical Immunity after using "Ceaseless Craving" when an enemy has Accuracy Up.
• Fixed an issue where Dengar was losing stealth at the start of his second turn instead of at the end of his second turn when using Mines of Mayhem.
• Updated “Fierce Reprisal” so that Baze Malbus correctly applies Accuracy Down.
• Fixed an issue which caused Home One's "Band Together" Protection Up effect to expire early.
• Fixed an issue with Poe Dameron’s X-wing’s "Dramatic Entrance" ability dealing bonus damage to itself when inflicted with Damage Over Time effects.
• Fixed an issue with Tier 2 of the "Jedi Master" Prestigious Quest that prevented players from getting credit for winning Squad Arena battles with Qui-Gon Jinn.
• Fixed an issue where bounty hunters were not receiving their contract reward after being revived.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Clone Privates, Lieutenants, Captains and Commanders from counting as Galactic Republic units for quests that require defeating Galactic Republic enemies.
• The Mk 12 ArmaTek Data Pad is now displaying the correct icon. Previously, it was using the image for the ArmaTek Tactical Data.
• [Localization] Improved German translation for Darth Sion's “Held by Hatred” ability description.

DEV POST

NShweky

When is the mod update???

Waffandrord

yEET

Jack92

I don't like Acolyte "rework" at all...

Cstone812

Thank you for the good cantina farm

Bulldog1205

Home One Protection Up fixed!!!

Vettes4Fetts2

What about BH not being able to fulfil contracts because Traya in P4 gets the mark?

CG_SBCrumb

NShweky wrote: »

When is the mod update???

There are most likely a couple of content update coming before we get to the big Mods changes. We will be posting more info on what's coming and guides for the new Mod systems as we get closer to launching those features. Patience young padawan

BuckeyeATW

Ability mat packs for limited time..
1) ty!
2) does that mean just 1 day?

DarthSmurfX

You forgot:

• Added "Old Republic" tag to HK-47 and Visas Marr

I know it was just a typo and this will actually appear in the update, so you'll be forgiven this time.

CaesarAM

So if Embo’s Marquee is “Clone Wars: Hunters I,” I assume there will be a part II? Maybe a III?

KKatarn

Finally a new farm that is not a Hard Node and even better a low level cantina node.

Liked this new update. Now just hoping the same happens to Jolee and Bastila.

Wiggensbog

I am very glad to see more inviting farm locations I REALLY hope this will be a trend

KolinQ

Why do we get Qi’ra farmable when she had here premiere at 25th May and not Nest which had her premiere prior to Qi’ra on 18th of May?
I don’t get it!

Dralkyr

202 responses over 7 pages outlining why the Acolyte change is a bad idea. EA/CG response? "We don't care." When TopHat posted the 2nd attempt, it was explicitly said "We want to put it in front of you so that you can see the upcoming change and have a chance to share your thoughts in advance." Since EA clearly doesn't care, at all, about player thoughts, why bother? What was the point of telling us in advance if NO player consideration would be taken whatsoever?
Sincerely,
Someone who doesn't use NS but still finds this a really stinky move.

Sthenos

When should we expect the update to show up? It is 09th August already and 2.45 PM ET.

Ephran

KKatarn wrote: »

Finally a new farm that is not a Hard Node and even better a low level cantina node.

Liked this new update. Now just hoping the same happens to Jolee and Bastila.

Jolee probably, Bastila no way, she's way too good for a cantina node.

Lumpawarump

Thanks for nerfing Acolyte, and thus my arena team. Contrary to your announcement, Acolyte's viability will not remain "virtually unchanged."

Why not tweak the mechanics of the raid she impacted?

nottenst

Sthenos wrote: »

When should we expect the update to show up? It is 09th August already and 2.45 PM ET.

I presume it will arrive at the same time as usually messes up my arena attempts - between 6 PM EDT and 7 PM EDT.

MajesticMoose41

The update will drop 4-5 hours from now I'm betting.

Drago5760

I thought the new G12+ gear was “Heroic Sith Raid only?” Wasn’t the point to make it hard to EARN? Not simply purchased? I’m sure someone else can pull the direct dev quotes.

Zombie961

The events are today?

CG_SBCrumb

Sthenos wrote: »

When should we expect the update to show up? It is 09th August already and 2.45 PM ET.

This patch will be live later today (Pacific time) pending any major bugs we find

UdalCuain

Drago5760 wrote: »

I thought the new G12+ gear was “Heroic Sith Raid only?” Wasn’t the point to make it hard to EARN? Not simply purchased? I’m sure someone else can pull the direct dev quotes.

"Available initially only through HSTR" i believe was the jist. That's not very long it's stayed there. Can't wait to see how much that costs. £65 for 4 g12 pieces that have been in a game a while. How much we guessing the g12+ pack is going to be? I'm guessing £80 upwards.

Syrup_Chugger3

So if I read that right, bb8 will now be able to call more than 1 assist?

Thereunto

After waiting for over 8 months, they finally fixed the bug with acolytes basic revives not attacking under a talzin lead and now this... Why would anyone invest in any new toons from here on out, especially if they have unique mechanics? Burn me once shame on you...

This move has a direct impact on 3 zetas.
Talzin's "The Great Mother" one less revive per turn, one less chance of reviving a dead NS.
Asaj's "Rampage" one less revive from acolytes basic means Asaj gets 35% less turn meter, 15% less offense, 5% less max health, 15% and less crit chance for each of Acolytes turns.
Old Daka's "Serve Again" means daka gets 10% less max health and 50% less additional turn meter per acolytes turn.

This is throughout the entire game for each area. This is a major nerf!

UdalCuain

Syrup_Chugger3 wrote: »

So if I read that right, bb8 will now be able to call more than 1 assist?

There was an issue where he wasn't calling assists when he was countering multiple hit attacks. For example, Han would hit him with his basic, BB8 would counter, call assist, counter for the second hit and no assist would be called. I assumed it was a fix for that.

jkray622

Bastila, Jolee, and Qi'ra are all about 2 weeks ahead of the maximum cadence time. That's a nice surprise! Range Trooper was also moved into shipments a few weeks ahead of time.

For whoever complained about Nest earlier, Nest was put into shipments on 7/11/18 (the same time as Qi'ra), so according to the cadence they have until ~8/22 to put her into a traditionally F2P location.

Hellsteeth30

Nothing of value on that node anyway, nor shall there be.

Bastila will be on a high hard fleet node, mark my words.

The whales will be happy with purchasable gear for 12+, widen the gap. You don't HAVE to copy MSF you know, just because some silly asterisks are still playing that garbage doesn't mean they'll stick around on here.

That said there were more than a few people moaning about it being locked behind a terrible raid, now it isn't. CG ultimate corrupt a wish foundation.

Acolyte will be even more permastealthy now too, that's fantastic.

Lots to be unhappy about in that patch, basically give money and a load of other fixes I don't care about.

DaPowerfulJedi

I’m really hoping for some more Bounty Hunters. Where’s Jango and Aurra Sing? 4-LOM? Zuckuss? Sugi? Rako Hardeen? Robonino? Maybe Cad Bane’s droid Todo 360? Where’s Hondo?