The reason JKL has no Rebel tag is the same reason Rey isn't a Jedi
He'd just be too strong for their Liking.
That's literally it. JKL with Rebel Synergy would destroy the living hell out of GLs even without his Lead's speed adaptation, and god forbid something is stronger than the 2 GLs other than GAS maybe, and even he is continuously gated to not be THAT strong. I remind you they gave SL Kylo some pretty overwhelming buffs just because GAS was getting a little ahead.
It's a question of power balance, simple as that. Wouldn't be the first time they did it, won't be the last.
That's literally it. JKL with Rebel Synergy would destroy the living hell out of GLs even without his Lead's speed adaptation, and god forbid something is stronger than the 2 GLs other than GAS maybe, and even he is continuously gated to not be THAT strong. I remind you they gave SL Kylo some pretty overwhelming buffs just because GAS was getting a little ahead.
It's a question of power balance, simple as that. Wouldn't be the first time they did it, won't be the last.
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Apparently (I say Apparently as I found this out after I made this post) CG has admitted that they distribute tags, or remove them, based on power balance more than story correctness.
They did it with Vet Han and Chewie, they did it with Rey and they done did it with Luke now.
If I was Upset, this post would be bigger than their entire Q&A as I tend to be descriptive with my rants.
He will be required for GL Luke and GL Vader which will come next
CG; ****, why didn't we just... uh... think of this instead! Oh my god, Bulldog, you are an absolute Genius! Einstein envies your intellect! /s
What GL Luke and Vader.
Any time CG has made a character a different version of the same character they've been visually distinct from the other version somehow. Rey changes her clothes and weapon, Kylo goes from having a mask and a hood to having no mask, to having a mask but no hood. You can tell at a glance which version of Kylo you're fighting. GS has clone wars armored pauldrons on, JKA does not.
If this version of Luke had been wearing this
From the beginning of ROTJ, I'd say okay so there's a GL version of Luke coming later that is wearing the outfit from the end of the movie when he duels Vader, peak Luke Skywalker, right?
But instead we're getting the Luke from the end of the movie, what version would be visually distinct from this version that would be the GL then?
After that we basically have Hermit Luke from TLJ, which would be more sequel trilogy garbage.
We're not getting any OT GL's, they want to shove sequel trilogy trash down our throats.
It's CG telling us "get Rey or Kylo and like the Sequel movies or be obsolete"
Or make him a GL and let him be OP like Kylo and Rey so at least there's something for us that hate the sequel trilogy.
If I have no feasible way to compete against Rey or Kylo for the forseeable future what the hell do I have to look forward to?
It’s literally their job. If they wanted to, they could have.
Jesus.
We're getting the open flap version already, and really the flap only comes loose after he gets zapped by Palpatine.
again I ask you, what version?
or are they going to make him visually identical (They haven't in the past), which would be confusing to people who use both versions in the same squad.
Event does say his journey continues. Doesnt say it is over.
To be fair I had to watch the duel again to see if the flap was done up or not during the duel, for some reason him having the flap down is kind of an iconic image, and the one they use for this character.
LMAO you guys are discussing a flap hahahahahaha
Trying to figure out how a GL Luke would be since each version of a character is visually distinct from other versions.
I don't think there will be a GL Luke since we're getting peak Luke as a non GL.
Sorry bulldog their job is to make a balanced game that is enjoyable. I think this character will really balance out the game making for a possible to use other characters to counter GL’s and just adds a lot of possibles with theory crafting. Where as enjoyable they have failed let’s hope the road ahead fixes that but I don’t have high hopes
You're right. They haven't been able to do this for 4+ years, but this time they got it right.
Yeah, no.
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I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
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They could do all that while still accurately representing the most iconic character in Star Wars. Give him synergy with some of the characters he actually worked with. I just looked real quick. ROLO, Captain Han, Ackba, C3PO, Lando all have a cooldown reduction mechanics. There’s something they could have played on to bring back some irrelevant characters while assembling some teams we would love that fit into lore. Instead we are getting Jedi synergies that make no sense.
In game guild: TNR Uprising
I beat the REAL T7 Yoda (not the nerfed one) and did so before mods were there to help
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I was honestly just looking at this character's kit and thinking if you replaced the word "Jedi" With "Rebel" he suddenly becomes a much better and more useful character. Han running with +30% crit chance and granting him 100% counter chance and ignoring defense? Insane damage from that, and Han usually isn't run very fast so that speed equalization would really help him and Chewie keep up. You'd be stealing from CLS much in the same way that Rey might be stealing Resistance characters from JTR, but then CLS can either run with JKLS or CLS becomes a lead for characters like ROLO and CHOLO and Lando and such.
It'd have been better to preserve padme, JKR, and 501st squads and then just have a better rebel squad and then a "tier 2" rebel squad, maybe something to make Rebels viable in Geo TB, right now they're too glass cannon. Designing Luke to make rebels viable in Geo TB would have been a much better plan than yet another way of stripping away vital characters from Padme, 501st, and JKR teams.