Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes: Content Update 4/11/2018 314bs

Galaxy of Heroes

Here are the update notes for todays 4/11/2018 Content Update! 221o6q

RAID REWARDS REBALANCE
The Sith Triumvirate Raid rewards have been rebalanced. An outline of the reward rebalance can be found in this post:
Dev Blog – Sith Triumvirate Raid Rewards – 4/2/18

NOTE: With the flattening of raid rewards, top ranking players (particularly in the Heroic) may see lower drop rates of fully crafted gear pieces, and (for some ranks) lower aggregate numbers of direct gear salvage drops. This has been offset by several factors, including:

  • Increase in quality of complete piece AND salvage drops
  • Higher payout of Guild Event Tokens and Guild Currency
    • We are closely monitoring the ability of the current Stores to effectively sink this currency on the gear and shards players coming weeks, we will be significantly expanding these stores to provide what players need the most, and with more convenience.
  • Greater benefit for the overall guild – this will correspond quickly to your guild’s ability to complete raids faster / with less difficulty.

We will be monitoring player AND the effects of these changes to ensure this benefits players as intended.

EVENTS

Assault Battles Update
With this release we are time to ensure this experience remains such.

Forest Moon:

  • Updated event Description.
  • Updated all Mission descriptions.
  • Updated the Defend bonus ability with several bugfixes. Defend will now do the following:
    • Immediately grant the activating unit a heal equal to 20% of their maximum Health.
    • Grant +80% Defense (Armor & Suppression) for 3 turns. (Was 2 turns)
    • Grant +100% Critical Avoidance for 3 turns. (Was 2 turns, and did not always apply correctly.)
    • The active bonuses from Defend will now persist between encounters. (Was: expire on encounter end)
  • Added Mythic Tier.
    • Unlocks when the Bonus Tier has been completed.
    • As with all “Mythic” things, expect this tier to be something familiar yet different from the standard experience.
    • Assault Battle Mythic tiers are tuned for fully maxed out characters (G12, L85, Excellent 5-dot Mods).

Military Might:
(NOTE: This event is not scheduled for April)

  • Updated event Description.
  • Updated all Mission descriptions.
  • Updated the Counterwatch bonus ability. Counterwatch will now do the following:
    • Grant a Heal Over Time effect.
    • Grant +50% bonus offense (Counterwatch was already doing this, but the ability description was inaccurate.)
    • Grant the activating character Retribution for 2 turns.
    • While the Retribution effect is active, if the character attacks out of turn they have a 50% chance to call an assist. (New)
    • Updated ability description to clarify what is actually being granted. (Was: incorrectly stated it was granting “double damage” when in fact was only granting a 50% offense increase)
    • Context: The introduction of play experience for this event.
  • Added Bonus Tier.
    • Unlocks when T2 has been completed.
  • Added Mythic Tier.
    • Unlocks when the Bonus Tier has been completed.
    • As with all “Mythic” things, expect this tier to be something familiar yet different from the standard experience.
    • Assault Battle Mythic tiers are tuned for fully maxed out characters (G12, L85, Excellent 5-dot Mods).

Ground War:

  • Changed event allowed units to: Jedi, Ewoks, Ugnaught (was: Resistance, Ewoks, Ugnaught)
  • Updated event Description.
  • Updated all Mission descriptions.
  • The Overcharge buff granted by Shield Droids will now also apply to B1 Battledroids. (Was: B2 Battledroids, IG-100, Nute Gunray, and Count Dooku only)
  • Updated descriptions for all 5 ranks of Overcharge to clearly state which version is active and how much bonus protection is being granted. (Was: shared description across all 5 ranks)
  • Replaced “Stand Aside” bonus ability with a new bonus ability “Moment of Glory”
    • Moment of Glory: Gain an immediate turn with the following benefits: Offense Up, Speed Up, Critical Chance Up, Critical Damage Up, Health Steal Up, Defense Penetration Up, and Potency Up. Activating this ability puts all allies instances of this power on cooldown.
    • Context: While mechanically interesting, the old Stand Aside bonus ability wasn’t very useful and we found most players weren’t willing to sacrifice the turns of their allies in order to fun and interesting play experience.
  • Added Bonus Tier.
    • Unlocks when T2 has been completed.
  • Added Mythic Tier.
    • Unlocks when the Bonus Tier has been completed.
    • As with all “Mythic” things, expect this tier to be something familiar yet different from the standard experience.
    • Assault Battle Mythic tiers are tuned for fully maxed out characters (G12, L85, Excellent 5-dot Mods).
  • Overhauled repeat play rewards to be in-line with other Assault Battle events.

Grand Master Yoda:

  • Grand Master Yoda can now copy the “Overcharge” buff from special effect found only in an event.
  • Context: Switching the Ground War event to use Jedi opens up many interesting possible squad configurations, and it makes sense that the Grand Master should be able to copy the signature buff from this event for a bit of added fun.

Mythic Events:

Endor Escalation:

  • In Tier 1 the health of the AT-ST in this event has been reduced to 200,000 (was: 300,000)
  • In Tier 2 the health of the AT-ST has been reduced to 1,000,000 (was: 2,000,000)
  • Context: We’re happy with the level of challenge taking on such an iconic vehicle has but we’re reducing the total overall health to make the event quicker to complete.

Artist of War (Mythic Event)
The battle between Thrawn and Phoenix squadron has come to a head and only one side can prevail.

Artist of War and Chimaera (Legendary Events)

  • Date the event begins: April 12th
  • Character Requirements: Phoenix Squadron

NOTE: The Chimaera event is allowing players to enter with fewer than originally intended units update to ships, we are leaving the event as-is for this instance.

REWORKS
Darth Traya Ability Name Change</b>
Swapped names for Darth Traya’s Unique and Leader abilities to better align her abilities with Sion and Nihilus naming conventions.

SHARD SHUFFLE
NOTE: Starting with the characters mentioned below, to make room for characters that are next round of characters hit the board.

The following characters are now farmable in the following locations:

Wicket

  • Dark Side 8-A
  • Replaces Barriss Offee (3 other locations)

Mother Talzin

Nightsister Zombie

  • Dark Side 8-D
  • Replaces Ewok Scout (2 other locations)

Nightsister Spirit

  • Cantina 7-F

First Order Executioner

  • Cantina 2-G
  • Replaces Dathcha (3 other locations)

The following units have also entered new locations, per the Character Release Cadence:

  • Darth Sion is now available in Chromium Packs and Shipments.
  • Visas Marr is now available in Chromium Packs and Shipments.
  • The Sith Marauder is now available in Chromium Packs and Shipments.

FIXES

  • The German translation for Mother Talzin’s Plague description has been clarified