Conquest 9: Are character stats bugged?

Character stats are not "bugged", that`s for sure. :) Stats are invisible, they are what they are, if they "rigged" them, that`s not nice. They can do anything, do you really think they`ll tell you ? I highly suspect they changed them, since I`ve noticed too it`s harder and can`t advance like previous conquests. Ridiculous behaviour, like the entire game in fact.

I think there are too many variables to try and directly compare.

Personally, I am having an easier go.

I'd agree that things seem harder this time in this regard. In my case, my disk allotment has royally sucked. I'm into sector 4 and now weakpoint/spot, no swiftnesses of any kind, etc. I just wrote it off to that.

However, there's a vader team in sector 2 that even my JML team struggled mightily with and that should not happen. Especially with them at 100%.

"Khalysa;c-2306778" wrote:

"Kyno;c-2306772" wrote:
I think there are too many variables to try and directly compare.

Personally, I am having an easier go.

I'm glad you're having an easier go, but that doesn't mean this bug doesn't exist

By extension, the fact you are having a more difficult time this Conquest does not mean a bug exists.

"Khalysa;c-2306778" wrote:

"Kyno;c-2306772" wrote:
I think there are too many variables to try and directly compare.

Personally, I am having an easier go.

I'm glad you're having an easier go, but that doesn't mean this bug doesn't exist, and affects a lot of people, or even everyone. Complaints on Reddit, and my Guild Alliance as well. And unless CG did some stealthy changes like they usually do, this could potentially be a major game-breaking bug.

Let me clarify on why i am very certain that something is wrong:

Conquest 8:
- R6 Chewie with Tenacity sets and without CD/Offense primaries, ~7100 Offense.
- R6 Han with my regular CD set and CD Triangle, ~7300 Offense
- 0 Offensive disks except Leader's resolve (which affects my Qira only)

- No trouble triggering Swiftness with his opening vs Bad Batch, Geos, Troopers, Mandalorians, even with 70 stamina

Conquest 9:
- R6 Chewie with my best Offense/CC sets and CD/Offense primaries, ~9500 Offense
- R6 Han with my best Offense set and CD/Offense primaries, ~8400 Offense
- 1 Blue Power disk, Critical Buffs

- Can't trigger Swiftness with his opening vs Bad Batch, Geos, Troopers, Mandalorians most of the time, with 100 stamina on both Chewie and Han

I have also noticed a general increase in difficulty using all my squads vs any opponents. Using the same disks that i usually do, and i'm not counting Zealous not working properly, or Defensive Formations regenerating Protection correctly now, because i haven't been using them in this or the previous Conquest.

If the teams are further into a sector, they will have a higher sector bonus. This will make them harder.

You have noted that you changed mods, I would imagine that other stats changed due to this. PvE characters have some level of AI that controls their choices and even moves (to some extent) based on player character stats, this can cause changes to how the match will play out.

I am not dismissing anything you see, but as I said, there are many factors to consider and they can all factor into the battle.

A bug to stats would have an effect on everyone, and would be unlikely to be positive in some cases and not in others, they would all be bugged in the same direction. The game mode is fairly dynamic and each player will feel this in different ways based on all the factors at hand. If you feel yhere is a bug, please report your evidence to Answers HQ.

My JML got fractured by an enemy Thrawn in sector 3. Thought that wasn’t supposed to be a thing anymore.

"Stiehl;c-2306786" wrote:
My JML got fractured by an enemy Thrawn in sector 3. Thought that wasn’t supposed to be a thing anymore.

Fracture can still be inflicted, it just is supposed to do different things (-50% Speed instead of setting to 0).

ZA disk is confirmed broken. With so many bugs in the last few conquests, I'm less inclined to spend crystals to refresh early, just to be victim to things out of my control again and again. I'll wait and let the community discover what actually works and what doesn't and hope I can make decent progress in the last week without frustrating myself so much I don't want to play other game modes.

Biggest thing to consider is what level of Overprepared are you facing?

If it was 0-2 in the previous Conquests but the same team now has OP 3/4 then you're going to have a tough time removing all that protection in one triple tap.

I always ensure there's at least one zero OP or even OP1 in each sector before the mid-sector boss for this exact reason.

"Khalysa;c-2306805" wrote:

"Vendi1983;c-2306796" wrote:
Biggest thing to consider is what level of Overprepared are you facing?

If it was 0-2 in the previous Conquests but the same team now has OP 3/4 then you're going to have a tough time removing all that protection in one triple tap.

I always ensure there's at least one zero OP or even OP1 in each sector before the mid-sector boss for this exact reason.

If you haven't noticed, random Overprepared modifiers (I, II, III, IV) are not a thing since Conquest 7. All opponent squads have a fixed Overprepared modifier depending on their faction and composition.

Examples: Bad Batch never have OP, NS (except the Sector 2 boss one) always have OP 4, Geos always have OP 1, Mandos (except the mid-boss ones) always have OP 3.

Bad Batch definitely can have it: