Game Updates 8/30/2016 - Comments\Questions ***MEGATHREAD***
August 30, 2016 11:36PM
edited August 2016
Hiya! Here are the game updates for 8/302016. Cheers!
New Events:
Training Droid Smuggling
This all new-event is replacing Training Droids Hunt [Taps plays on Bugle]. This event uses Scoundrels, and rewards training droids (way, WAY more than the old event) and ability materials (in low quantities) with a chance at an Omega for the level 80 version. There are 4 tiers: 30, 50, 70, & 80. The difficulty tuning is similar to Credit Heist, although the level 80 version is a little more difficult than the others.
Rogue One Event: Scarif Rebel Pathfinder
The monthly login character for September will be the all-new unit “Scarif Rebel Pathfinder” from the upcoming Rogue One movie. In concert with that, there will be an event requiring a Rebel team that players can play once per day to get an additional shard of this character. Completing the event each day for the month (30-day event) and completing all logins will give enough shards to get the character to 3 stars.
Updated Events:
Credit Heist
New Events:
Training Droid Smuggling
This all new-event is replacing Training Droids Hunt [Taps plays on Bugle]. This event uses Scoundrels, and rewards training droids (way, WAY more than the old event) and ability materials (in low quantities) with a chance at an Omega for the level 80 version. There are 4 tiers: 30, 50, 70, & 80. The difficulty tuning is similar to Credit Heist, although the level 80 version is a little more difficult than the others.
Rogue One Event: Scarif Rebel Pathfinder
The monthly login character for September will be the all-new unit “Scarif Rebel Pathfinder” from the upcoming Rogue One movie. In concert with that, there will be an event requiring a Rebel team that players can play once per day to get an additional shard of this character. Completing the event each day for the month (30-day event) and completing all logins will give enough shards to get the character to 3 stars.
Updated Events:
Credit Heist
- The Heist has been rebalanced and now has two additional tiers at level 30 and 80. In addition, rewards have gone up across the board.
- Max Plays in Credit Heist and Droid Smuggling is now shared across all tiers. This means you can play a total of 2 times, across all tiers
- Now has two tiers of difficulty to match Ewok Assault. Tier 2 is very, very hard.
- Tier 1 now unlocks at level 75 (was 78) but is still tuned for 78-80.
- Both tiers are balanced to accommodate mods. You'll need approximately 1-star mods at lvl 15 for tier 1, and 4-5-star mods with some degree of levels for Tier 2.
- Free plays changed to 1. Rewards increased to compensate. Refreshes are now a sliding scale, starting somewhat cheap and escalating.
- SubBoss Vader damage increased by ~200%, Potency increased to 100/150 in Tier 1/2. The Vader fight now mirrors Palpatine in function to help teach the boss fight mechanic.
- Boss Palpatine's damage increased 10x. No amount of mods will help you survive the murder lightning.
- Removed the new "auto deal damage to Rebels" from Palpatine in this event. It turns out 10x damage automatically at the end of his turn would instantly reduce almost anyone to 1hp. Oops.
- Palpatine won't use his buffs or AoEs in his boss encounter.
- It is much harder to evade Palpatine’s basic attack in this event now.
- Credit Heist & Droid Smuggling will now function off of UTC time and run for 24 hours each time they are live. On days when they start, they will start at 11:00 UTC (7AM Eastern).
- Credit Heist and Droid Smuggling events will be live from the Update time, at 11:00 UTC
- The number of times a player can complete the credit heist event has a max of 2, but rewards have been increased! [Note: Players should always complete the highest tier available]
- Galactic Gear Pack is available in store! For a limited time you can get the gear you need, and have a chance to get exclusive Raid Gear.
- Credits Bundle available in Arena Shipments
- The B2 Battle Droid is now available in Cantina Battle Stage 6 Mission D
- Kit Fisto is now available in Cantina Battles Stage 4F
- The MK 5 Arakyd Droid Caller has been replaced with the MK 7 Nubian Security Scanner in PVE Shipments
- Wedge is now available in Cantina Stage 6 Mission F
- Training droid event is being replaced with the limited time Droid Smuggling Event.
- Event action caps should no longer refresh during the middle of the event for some users. All action caps should refresh at the same time in UTC as the event ends.
- Pirate Enforcer and Saboteur (the Rodian Pirate PvE units) have had cooldowns added to their AoE abilities.
- Emperor Palpatine: "Lightning Strike" will no longer inflict Shock if the attack is Evaded.
- Emperor Palpatine: "Power of the Dark Side" will no longer inflict Stun if the attack is Evaded
- Typo for Wedge Antilles in the ability description for Comrade in Arms has been fixed in German
- Darth Maul: "Dancing Shadows" now correctly grants Evasion to Sith allies
- Darth Sidious: "Sadistic Glee" now correctly grants Evasion against Jedi attacks at max rank.
- The offense down debuff applied by Coruscant Underworld Police will now expire at the end of an encounter. (For example, when applied in Credit Heist to a character in the player's squad.)
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Players: Whatevs
*months pass*
*thing happens*
Players: OUTRAGE
Aurodium is a luxury compared to the 'good old days.'
1) Wedge released f2p?
2) Too soon?
a)
1) Probably.
2) No.
Personally I spend a little on the game but only to develop characters I have. Which hopefully will soon include Wedge.
He was good but he did not have that strong opening he was supposed to have. Had his unique been working right since release I would have probably used him more.
I don't think any p2p toon should ever be made available to farm for f2p. That's the clear advantage, p2p gets exclusive toons for spending hard-earned cash, while f2p complain that they can't afford it.
No, F2p wait for the character to be F2p farmable. P2w get alot more advantages than characters for their hard-earned cash. It will take F2p months to get Wedge to the same level as P2w currently have him with stars, gear, mods. A clear advantage is still there.
Turbs argument was that EA/CG sell something for about 150-200€ what become free four month later. He is right with this. An aurodium char shouldn't be farmable for free for at least one year after his release! Anything other seems to be just indecent over the customers who purchased him.
That's the business model. Pay for temporary advantage and head start. When that advantage goes and f2p catches up, new chars to pay for, and increase the level and gear, spend again.
And if the new toons are still rough around the edges and underpowered, or OP and then get nerfed to balance things, that's the risk you take. You know the score.
Them's your breaks.
Love your Rogue Trooper pic Fodder.
Thanks
I ptp and I couldn't disagree more.
I'm right there with you. He was released in May and unusable until recently. It is what it is and if he is released so be it. However, IMO, EA is doing a disservice to the people that paid for him.
I would agree with him being put into aurdiums or even one node on a light/dark side battle. However, the dev said it would be a cantina node. That's too easy to farm. the toon just came out in May.
+100
Untrue, in a cantina node you could have him in a month if you are smart about it.
You'll have 30 to start. 80 to 4 star, 65 to five, 85 to 6 star, 100 to 7 star.
If you refresh twice, which is only 200 total crystals now with update, that's easily 10 shards a day. so 30 X 10 is 300 shards. 50+65+85+100 = 300 shards. There you go a seven star Wedge.
And yes two cantina refreshes a day is easy for free to play if you manage you crystals wisely.
If you are doing heroics in you simply save your gear for him. As far as the mods go, I agree they would take longer if you farm new mods, However, I simply removed mods off my old arena team to use on him and Biggs