Hello Holotable Heroes,
It’s that time again - State of the Galaxy! As we are writing this State of the Galaxy, we’re recognizing that these may not look the same every time. Last time we spoke mostly about our intent and this one is mostly a check in - although we do have some new things to report. Let’s dive in.
Follow Up - GAC
We’re making progress on getting the next Championship (and our first, lightly themed one) pulled together. Our first themed championship will focus on the First Order and you’ll see First Order flavored feats, portraits, and titles. Start dusting off your First Order characters and get ready for the Championship after
October’s Championship.
Update - Cheating
We’ve been working with our engineering team and SWGOH.GG on how we can best get the battle history over to them. During our investigation we’ve surfaced some interesting cases we need to resolve before going live with the information. The two most pressing issues we’ve needed to resolve are a) when is the information surfaced and b) who can see it. We’ve solicited feedback from our beta players and we’re making progress. Our hope is to be able to roll something out soon, but we’re still working through some issues. Stay tuned.
Follow Up - Relics
We’ve been monitoring the rollout of Relics carefully and we haven’t seen any major technical issues. Initially there was some negative reaction in the community, but overall our numbers are showing high and continued engagement with Relics. We’ve seen 31,814 characters go to Relic 7 and there are over 138,612 characters at Relic 4-6. The tools we use to monitor the meta are also showing some pretty big shakeups. We’re starting our next round of ideation around the future of relics and are excited to share what we come up with (when it’s closer to ready!).
Update - Territory Battle
Prepare your collections! Light Side Territory Battle Geonosis is coming in November. We’ve got a whole host of new enemies and allies. Are you prepared to battle the Nexu and the Reek? Can you lead the Galactic Republic forces to victory? Prepare your squads for the next Territory Battle.
Visual Lag
We’ve gotten a number of bugs and issues about some “visual lag” as players are moving through different UI screens and just generally “lagginess” in the game. We’re very aware of the issue and are working fast to resolve it. We’re going to be releasing an updated client to specifically deal with these issues next week. As a result of this issue (and other ongoing issues) we’re going to be releasing a...
...Dev Tracker
Today we’re going to be unveiling a dev tracker to communicate more with you about what we’re currently working on. We’ve spoken with our friends over at
Apex Legends about theirs and built our own in a similar style. We’ll be unveiling later today and we’ll have more to say about what will be showing up on it then. Be on the lookout.
We just sent out the
questionnaire for next month’s Q&A. We’ve been getting some really great questions and we’ve enjoyed answering them. November is likely going to be a Road Ahead post. We’re going to be talking about a feature we’ve been working on for new players that we think will make the new game experience something that can be better navigated. Until next time…
See you on the holotables.
CG_TopHat
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I like First Order so I’m excited about FO portraits!
Dev tracker is very cool
I'll check again in November. Maybe.
Forums: "You don't communicate enough CG!"
CG: "Ok, here's what we're working on, looking at, and thinking about."
Forums: "I don't like your communication and wish you had said nothing."
What a weird group we are.
Very glad CG is trying to communicate with us more!
Q and A tomorrow !
Lstb in November !
And need to read up on the dev tracker.
They still suck but we're all forced to work towards them because it affects both arena and the Geo TB! 10 days of triple cantina refresh to get the materials for 1 R7 assuming you have the spare (sometimes critical) gear. But what lovely spin there.
Tell me community, how much you LOVE relics?
Leave out the swearing ~Rtas
****. I feel targeted because I am currently clapping my hands while enjoying contraband cargo.
Take this time to farm up your factions.
I'm just saying, human nature tells us to voice displeasure loudest, those who are happy and content dont necessarily speak up. There may be a silent majority who likes relics, we dont know, but it's a bold assumption to assume everyone shares your opinion about not liking them.
You do... realize... that LS Geo TB...
Is
New
Content
Right? Like, by definition. It is new content in the game.
If this isn't new content, what would qualify as such for you? A new raid, another TB, a different new game mode, or do you just mean new characters?
I love relics and all but everyone is forced to get along with it, but that doesn't mean they like it
I'm waiting for Q&A for some hard answers about relics but it sounds like you guys are already planning on adding more levels right after the biggest complaint about progressions being added in quick succession and it sounds like another forum outcry waiting to happen
Please keep in mind that if we want to continue this game and remain at all competitive, that the use of relics are more or less forced upon us. “high and continued engagement” does not necessarily mean high levels of enjoyment.
Granted I don’t wear rose colored glasses and know freemium trashfires like this make more money from frustrated players than they do happy players.....
That said it offends my sensibility that your statement seems to try and indicate some sort of correlation between use and satisfaction.
Aren't raids just a reskin? I don't see the difference between a new raid and a new TB.