Game Changes + New Item

Hey Holotable Heroes,

We have a massive update coming to the holotable! We will be introducing a brand new item and some fundamental changes to how you power up your roster. 

Let’s get to the first major piece of information! 

Gear and Relic Changes

• Relics at 4 Stars! Yes, you read that right. We’ve removed or drastically reduced star requirements on gear pieces, so characters can now reach Relic levels at only 4 stars! The only requirement is that applying gear pieces at Gear XII needs a character to be level 85 and 4 stars.
• New Relic Star Requirements: While you can get to Relics earlier, there are now star requirements for higher Relic levels:
• Relic 3 requires 5 stars.
• Relic 4 requires 6 stars.
• Relic 5+ requires 7 stars.
• This will be retroactive 

New Item: Lightspeed Tokens (LSTs)

Lightspeed Tokens are a new consumable that instantly upgrades a character to a specific power level , think of it like an item that will boost specific characters similar to the Hyperdrive and Lightspeed Bundles.

How They Work

LSTs come in five tiers:

• Tier 1 - Carbonite: Level 85, 3 stars, Gear X, Ability level 3
• Tier 2 - Bronzium: Level 85, 4 stars, Gear XII, Ability level 4
• Tier 3 - Chromium: Level 85, 5 stars, Relic 1, Ability level 5
• Tier 4 - Aurodium: Level 85, 6 stars, Relic 3, Ability Level 6
• Tier 5 - Kyber: Level 85, 7 stars, Relic 5, Ability level 7

What You Need to Know

• Don't hoard! A LST is tied to a specific list of characters when it's released, and that list will never be updated to include units released later. So, there’s no reason to save them for a future character drop. Additionally, in order for us to eventually remove old and unused LSTs from data, all LSTs in your inventory expire exactly 6 months after the date and time you acquired them. Use them when you get them!
• Era Locked: Initially, LSTs can only be used for characters from the "Legacy Era" (everything before the Era of Apprentices that started on Nov. 19, 2024 with Huyang). Generally, tokens are for units from Eras that ended at least a year ago.
• Launch Factions: The first LSTs available at launch will be for Smugglers and Separatists.
• Excluded Units: You cannot use standard LSTs on these types of units:
• Galactic Legends
• Conquest units
• Journey Guide units (this includes Territory Battle and Raid rewards)
• Capital Ships
• These tokens won't apply Zeta or Omicron abilities
• Got a useless LST? If you get a token but all your eligible characters are already past that upgrade level, you can dismantle it for some rewards.

 

You’ll find LSTs in the Store and as rewards on the free Episode Track and the Episode Pass. We also plan to use them as rewards in other ways in the future.

Updating Unit Progression

To make LSTs work more effectively we tore down some old walls in the unit upgrade system.

Here’s a list of restrictions we’ve removed:

• Unit level is no longer gated by your player level.
• Units now have all their abilities unlocked right from the start.
• Unit ability tiers are no longer gated by a unit's gear tier.
• Unit level no longer gates ability upgrades. The only exceptions are Zeta and Omicron abilities, which keep their original requirements.
• Ship reinforcement abilities are no longer gated by star level.
• Ship ability upgrades are no longer gated by the crew's gear tier.

Not changing: 

• Capital ship ability upgrades are still gated by the ship's star level.

A Few Exceptions Remain: There are three specific characters whose abilities do not unlock immediately:

• General Skywalker's leader ability still needs Gear VII.
• Merrin's Special 1 ability still needs Gear X.
• Nightsister Zombie's unique ability still needs Gear X.

In addition to that, for LST to work well with our current and future systems, many units have had their Star unlock requirements reduced to 2 Stars. The changes are in the table below:

 

But Wait, There’s More!: Quality of Life Upgrades

Here are a few more updates to make your lives easier:

• Leveling up your units just got cheaper. The credit and ship material cost has been slashed by 50% across the board.
• If you’ve earned all possible rewards from a recurring event, that event will no longer appear on the Events table. 
• This includes all re-run Marquee events, Fleet Mastery events, and Proving Grounds.
• Yes, you can finally say goodbye to the Finalizer and Raddus events hanging out at the end of your Events list.
• You can now sim up to 100 battles at once on campaign nodes, as long as you have the energy. This doesn’t change the daily attempt limits on Hard Nodes.
• A new icon next to the unit’s name on every Unit Details Screen displays the icon for the Era in which that unit was released. Tapping/clicking this icon will create a pop-up with the name of that Era as well.
• You can now sort your character inventory by Relic Amplifier Level.
• We've added new filters to see which characters have upgrades available for:
• Lightspeed Token Application
• Relic Amplifier Level
• Omicron Ability
• Zeta Ability
• Gear Upgrade
• "Any Ability Upgrade" and "Unit Level Upgrade" filters are also now available for both characters and ships.
• A number of changes have been made to streamline tutorials for new players and let them get into the Holotables faster!
• This includes the creation of two new quests granted to all players under level 40.

We are excited to deliver this to you all and cannot wait to hear your feedback as this is the foundation for our next large update coming later this year! 

See you on the Holotable!