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Baylan Skoll Community Questions, Dev Answers

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22 days ago
  •  Will his event return monthly like Bo Katan's event?  
    •  Currently the planned cadence is approximately 3 months
  •  Will Baylan unlock a planet or unit in TB like other new legendaries do
    •  Not currently
  •  Who else goes with Baylan? Marrok and Shin are the 2 and will work for 3 v 3s, but who are the other 2 for 5 v 5s?
    •  There are many Mercenaries to try out and we are excited to see what players find. Internally we had some fun with Hondo and Qi’ra.
  •  For the Leadership ability, it says "Then, Mercenary allies double their current stacks of Soldier of Fortune." - can you confirm that this happens AFTER the initial stacks given to Baylan at the start of battle due to his Unique 1?
    •  Correct, the doubling happens roughly after all the initial stacks are given.
  •  Baylan is going to be leading Mercenaries, which includes several Bounty Hunters (notably Boba Fett, Scion of Jango). Will Merc Bounty Hunter payouts be updated so that they activate under Baylan lead (or perhaps with a clause like “if a non-Scoundrel Mercenary Leader is in the leader slot, this character gains the following payout”)?
    •  No plans to do this at this time
  •  What is the best way to mod Baylan Skoll and his team?
    • Defense and Health are gonna keep Baylan in the longest, if you want more survivability and the best results 
  • In this clause: "If there is a non-Galactic Legend Ahsoka enemy", it is unclear to me if it is just referring to that clause excluding solely GL Ahsoka or is it saying that clause only applies when there's GLs other than Ahsoka? 
    • Any Ahsoka Tano that is not a Galactic Legend (so currently Ahsoka Tano (Snips), Commander Ahsoka Tano, and Ahsoka Tano (Fulcrum)). The name of the Galactic Legend unit for her is “Ahsoka Tano”, but I can see where the confusion might come from.
  •  "Mercenary allies can't be instantly defeated" so Baylan can? If so can we then insta kill the rest?
    •  You are always an ally to yourself if you qualify, so Baylan is a Mercenary ally. If we want to exclude someone from their own ability we will use the language of “other ally”.
  •  Which part of the Lead Omicron turns off if there is a GL enemy? Is it just the doubt on taunt or is it the entire rest of the ability?
    • Just the Doubt part of Bae’s Leader
  •  Whenever Baylan taunts he gives out 1 SoF stack and loses 3. Does that only activate if he didn't previously have Taunt, or every time he counterattacks, too?
    •  It happens every time Bae Taunts, but, keep in mind, there are a lot of reactive ways for Bae and other Mercenary allies to gain SoF.
  •  For special 2, Galactic Legends resist stuns by default, does that mean that they're guaranteed to lose 100% turn meter? (JMK the exception of course)
    •  If the Stun was resisted, yeah ;) 
  •  In his leadership, in the fear Clause, it is stated "All allies gain 50% bonus Max Protection". Does that increase the Protection Pool, grant bonus Protection(like Traya's bonus Protection) or both?
    •  It grants just the bonus protection, so it does not add to the actual protection pool. 
  •  "Defeated enemies can't be revived and Mercenary allies can't be instantly defeated" Does this mean Balen CAN be instantly defeated by Commander Ahsoka Tano?
    •  Bae is a Mercenary ally, so, he cannot be instantly defeated by Commander Ahsoka Tano.
  •  Will Baylan be a 7* unlock like Bo? Or will we need to spend guild currency like Malak and General Skywalker?
    • 7* unlock 
  • Why does he lose 3 stack of SoF whenever he taunts if he has more than 3 stacks? Doesn’t it make us not want to taunt with him?
    • If you don’t Taunt with him, you are losing a lot more power from not gaining Soldier of Fortune.
  •  Baylan's SoF ability states "At the start of their turns all Mercenary allies gain 5% Health Steal (Stacking) and 2% Defense (Stacking) for each stack of Soldier of Fortune they have until the start of next turn." Does this mean to state that they recieve these benefits until the start of their own next turn, or until someone else begins a turn?
    •  Correct, it will be the start of their next turn.
  •  Do you see Baylan as more a defensive or offensive team?
    •  Both 😀
  •  What was the hardest part about designing Baylan and his kit?
    •  Honestly, the hardest part about making Bae was just finding a good way to make him feel as powerful as he did in Ahsoka TV show. We wanted a character that was strong, confident, and tanky to best represent as accurate as possible in the show.
  •  What kind of box would he make?
    • Honey Nut Cheerios Box
  •  Couldn't that lead be bigger? 2 full essays are not enough.
    •  Thought about it. 
  •  Is there a max stacks of Soldier of Fortune?
    •  Currently, there are is no cap on Soldier of Fortune, but, that is because Shin, Marrok, and Baylan all have ways to reduce stacks under certain conditions.
  •  Will Special2 be able to dispell Tenacity Up before attempting to apply Stun?
    •  In most cases, dispels happen first before dealing damage and debuffs
  • Will Baylan’s Datacron give the user “ Power. Such as You've Never Dreamed”? 
    •  :smirk:
  •  What MtG colors would Baylan be? I’m thinking Mardu.
    •  Something about him screams Boros to me (White/Red)
  •  Who is your favorite star wars clone?
    •  99
  •  Why are you so good at producing characters im excited for?
    •  <3
    • We’re excited for them too! We love it when a new Star Wars property has cool characters with exciting action scenes that translate well into our game. Baylan delivered on this in spades.
  •  What is Meathead's favorite pizza topping?
    •  Really all depends if this is a place I’m going to for the first time or if it’s my usual spot. If it’s a place I’m going to for the first time, I typically stick with a cheese or Pepperoni to feel out how they do a standard pie. From this I can judge their dough, sauce and cheese without any other items altering their taste. The pepperoni pizza allows for me to test the quality of their mass used meats and if they go cheap because they use so much, or if they go quality because it adds flavor. If it’s a place I frequent and the above baseline has been already determined, its honestly a feeling of “What do I want” and maybe ask if there are any specials or if the folks making the pies want to get crazy with it. 
    • “If it goes on a salad, it does not belong on a pizza” -CG_Miller
  •  How you doing Meathead?
    •  Im doing well, hope you’re doing great! And to the person who’s question this was, you saw which part I didn’t add ;) 
  •  On a scale of 1-10 how much fun is Meathead to work with?
    •  1000000
    • I swear I didn't answer this question myself - Meathead 
  •  I hope you guys have a blessed day!!
    •  You too, thank you!
  •  The Inspired call-out on the lead - does three stacks of inspired (from Rey lead) give triple these effects? Or just base?
    • Any time an enemy unit gains a stack of inspire, they gain those effects, and are stacking!
  • I see you only get 110 Shards of Baylan, how do we get the full 330 shards?
    • You will complete the battle 3 times
Updated 22 days ago
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  • How about some answers regarding the incredibly shortsighted Dagger update???

    You have literally just killed every counter to Leviathan except Dagger mirrors which is now a coin flip... I am genuinely curious as to who thought that was the answer to fleets? How long did it take you to figure out that fix, 5 minutes? How much testing did you do, none I am guessing? Who actually sat down and went "guys guys we need to go back to a coin flip meta"? 

    Roll this back and have a good longgggggg think about how to actually sort the mess you have yet again created with fleets.

    I would be fired from my job if i displayed the sheer levels of incompetence you lot continue to exhibit.

    Oh and while all the other little QoLs you have added might be nice they arent masking the absolute colossal error you guys have just rolled out.

    The fleet meta was pretty well balanced before P1 came out.

    Try again.

    • ScheckRT's avatar
      ScheckRT
      New Spectator

      No they didn't, there's also solutions for 3 fleets.

       

      Maybe let the dust settle and people test stuff before you begin crying about the wolf.

      • da8binuwbmnu's avatar
        da8binuwbmnu
        New Spectator

        CG turned mirror matches into a game of chance. He's right; that's not OK! I've completely lost the fun of playing Baylan.
        Thanks, CG!

  • Rooksfiance's avatar
    Rooksfiance
    Seasoned Novice

    Seriously did you ever test baylan for his outside-GAC performance? I mean yes he will be good in GAC, supposedly. But CG look at the Great Mothers, as a prereqs of Baylan, with Omis in TW, they destroy GLs in squad arena, GAC and TW. Does it make any sense honestly?

  • Godzhades95's avatar
    Godzhades95
    Rising Spectator

    Will his event return monthly like Bo Katan's event?  Currently the planned cadence is approximately 3 months

    If there’s one thing you can count CG to be consistent about being inconsistent as possible.

    You made Bo monthly because she was the least day 1  adopted character in the games history. So make Babylon have the most ludicrous kit outside of a GL and make him “approximately” every three months to really push the FOMO… you all are so transparent at this point. 

    • Osets2117's avatar
      Osets2117
      Seasoned Newcomer

      Approximately 3 months aka heavily reward those who get him first time so his DC absolutely breaks GAC.

      We all know it'll be month 5 by the time he comes back

  • Is there a reason you added Mercenary tags to Qira and Hondo retroactively, but not other potential lifters. Main example being Young Han Solo assisting on Scoundrel turns, but not Scoundrel and Mercenary turns? I understand this decision for stronger toons, but I feel like some more of these could've be reworded to include mercenaries.

    Have you tried Dash and Young Lando as 4th and 5th? Where Young Lando gives prepared to allies one at a time, and Dash calls them on basic? This would likely have a slower ramp up, but blitz getting SoF stacks towards the end.

  • Osets2117's avatar
    Osets2117
    Seasoned Newcomer

    So how long are you gonna ignore the backlash to your ridiculous dagger changes that nuked every counter except the P1 counter that still has a fairly high win rate. Be honest you just used P1 as an excuse to nerf the chimera and assassin/mk6 counters. Your war against theory crafting is absurd. I haven't seen a change this despised since the changes made to protect the first GLs from our theory crafting (you know that thing you really don't seem to care about now since you keep coming out with characters that can beat GLs fairly consistently.)

  • 3nik3bxe8tn5's avatar
    3nik3bxe8tn5
    Seasoned Newcomer

    Why can’t you just make all the reqs farmable for even a day before the first event.  I’d probably have even dropped a couple $ if this was reasonable but 4/5 new and all to r7 when 2 ain’t even on nodes. See ya in 3 months 

  • SupStePer's avatar
    SupStePer
    Seasoned Newcomer

    You are losing Players starting from today because of your worthlessness CG, you arent acknowledging how bad you f'd up with the TIE dagger changes and you will lose alot of people. Stop trying to mask this bs with all these fancy events and ls bundles. Revert the changes

    • HaywoodJBLWM's avatar
      HaywoodJBLWM
      Seasoned Newcomer

      I've been playing since 2016. This update is probably me gone. Fleets are totally $(@;ed. I'm not alone in that. I know several others with similar tenur who this change is pushing out the door. Hopefully CG hears us on this. I'm giving it a couple weeks then I'm all done if nothings changed. 

  • Update From When Baylan was Released: He is not great! He seems to be only good in GAC. Gets beaten by CLS, Zorri, Padme, Gungans, and loses against GLS even with his omicron. I miss the days where we got reworks on characters we had already through omicrons, like savage, and traya. Another thing is why can we not do a poll, once a month, or once every 3 months where the community chooses one character that gets a free rework through omicrons? Just a thought and a way for you guys to do something positive for the community!

  • fertx03's avatar
    fertx03
    Seasoned Newcomer

    how with all that words in the kit sucks so much? Great mothers dunk on baylan, how........