I have been invested in Imperials essentially since I first unlocked Vader, and except for the weeks following the release of Palpatine, Empire has mostly struggled to achieve dominance, particularly in the face of Rebel superteams.I have a few (nonspecific) suggestions for Empire reworks and additions to help combat this.First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.Another idea would be to rework Veers and Snowtrooper and convert them into a powerduo. Veers is most well known in SW for his command of the assault on Hoth, which is also the only time we see Snowtroopers (in canon). These two are clear choices for reworks since they are both underpowered and underused. Magmatrooper - aside from drastically increasing his damage, he should apply some sort of debuff (maybe dots on his basic?) so he could gain a greater advantage from a palp lead. He should also have the cooldown of his special reduced to 2 turns so he can use it every other turn. That would make him an actual threat.Stormtrooper - oh where do I begin? Stormtrooper is among the worst toons in this game. His basic is fine conceptually, but he needs so much more from his other abilities. If he is to remain a tank. He needs his health and protection numbers to be MASSIVELY increased, and his UA needs to give him remarkable advantages from being paired with Empire allies. The defense increases are negligible, and defense is a near worthless stat to begin with. As with Magmatrooper, I am of the opinion that ST should apply a debuff. The Empire synergies are based upon controlling their enemies with debuffs like ability block, stun, shock, DOT, speed down, offense down, and tm reduction. Stormtrooper should contribute to this synergy by applying another debuff (daze, health down, healing immunity: I don't really care).These are the most important internal issues (IMO) facing the Empire faction in this game. Discuss below! *Also feel free to visit the Galactic Empire Players Discussion in the squad section.*

the lack of new empire toons from Rogue One (1- Shoretrooper, arguably TFP as a second) in the face of 7 new very very strong rebel toons is ridiculous. Deathtrooper would be great, as would Krennic. With such an overwhelming 'good' force, it feels like some new 'bad' toons are needed to bring balance. How about TIE Striker Pilot and ship? I mean, it's on the stinking opening screen of the game, seems a shoe-in. there are more too that could be done. Please bring balance to the force and add more imperials!!

"Thor_Odinson1;84744" wrote:First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.Two? What two? All that the empire got from Rogue One was ShoreTrooper. TIE Fighter Pilot was not released with Rogue One. He isn't even a Rogue One character. Sure there were some TIE fighters in Rogue One, but the only time we actually see TIE pilots is in the original trilogy. The Rogue One pack doesn't have TIE fighter Pilot in it, the only dark side character from Rogue One is Shore Trooper. When The Force Awakens was released it was at least balanced 5 and 5 resistance and first order, and obviously we saw more resistance characters in person, but they still gave us 5 first order characters. Like just have a little balance when you release new characters. There are 7 rebels from Rogue One released and one Empire character. Like seriously? 7:1 is not an ok ratio.

Before Jyn and Cassian I'd have said a two turn cool down on AoE TM reduction, that's OP. Well Jyn removes all turn meter and gains that much, as well as stunning on a crit with her 2 turn cool down. And Cassian applies ablitly block, defense down, heal immunity, offense down, and speed down (once each) on random enemies with his 2 turn cool down. So yeah 2 turn cool downs are par for the course with new toons, so re-working his AoE to 2 turns would be balancing more than a buff, lol. I love the idea of him inflicting DoT's with his basic. That would synergize with Vader's zeta upgrade, and makes sense. It implies that his rifle is a flamethrower of sorts, so inflicting DoT's works for it.As for Stormtrooper I'm waiting for his zeta to come out before asking for a re-work. It'll be on his unique since that's his only ability still at level 7. And having it on a unique rather than an attack or taunt, opens up a lot of potential.

"Thor_Odinson1;84744" wrote:I have been invested in Imperials essentially since I first unlocked Vader, and except for the weeks following the release of Palpatine, Empire has mostly struggled to achieve dominance, particularly in the face of Rebel superteams.I have a few (nonspecific) suggestions for Empire reworks and additions to help combat this.First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.Another idea would be to rework Veers and Snowtrooper and convert them into a powerduo. Veers is most well known in SW for his command of the assault on Hoth, which is also the only time we see Snowtroopers (in canon). These two are clear choices for reworks since they are both underpowered and underused. Magmatrooper - aside from drastically increasing his damage, he should apply some sort of debuff (maybe dots on his basic?) so he could gain a greater advantage from a palp lead. He should also have the cooldown of his special reduced to 2 turns so he can use it every other turn. That would make him an actual threat.Stormtrooper - oh where do I begin? Stormtrooper is among the worst toons in this game. His basic is fine conceptually, but he needs so much more from his other abilities. If he is to remain a tank. He needs his health and protection numbers to be MASSIVELY increased, and his UA needs to give him remarkable advantages from being paired with Empire allies. The defense increases are negligible, and defense is a near worthless stat to begin with. As with Magmatrooper, I am of the opinion that ST should apply a debuff. The Empire synergies are based upon controlling their enemies with debuffs like ability block, stun, shock, DOT, speed down, offense down, and tm reduction. Stormtrooper should contribute to this synergy by applying another debuff (daze, health down, healing immunity: I don't really care).These are the most important internal issues (IMO) facing the Empire faction in this game. Discuss below! *Also feel free to visit the Galactic Empire Players Discussion in the squad section.*What about Grand Moff Tarkin? He proves to be the most pragmatic and ruthless non-user of the force human the entire saga has ever seen. He deserves a rework and be more powerful than Krennic.

StormTrooper's Basic should hit a random character. And deal 10% more damage for each living enemy if it happens to also be the one you targeted. (50% more when all enemies are alive, 10% more when its the last living character on their team, but then again, stormtrooper would have to be alive still)And then give him like a legitimate unique buff, defense is useless.

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PariahAnathema
8 years ago
the lack of new empire toons from Rogue One (1- Shoretrooper, arguably TFP as a second) in the face of 7 new very very strong rebel toons is ridiculous. Deathtrooper would be great, as would Krennic. With such an overwhelming 'good' force, it feels like some new 'bad' toons are needed to bring balance. How about TIE Striker Pilot and ship? I mean, it's on the stinking opening screen of the game, seems a shoe-in. there are more too that could be done. Please bring balance to the force and add more imperials!!
VertigoBeast
8 years ago
"Thor_Odinson1;84744" wrote:

First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.

Two? What two? All that the empire got from Rogue One was ShoreTrooper. TIE Fighter Pilot was not released with Rogue One. He isn't even a Rogue One character. Sure there were some TIE fighters in Rogue One, but the only time we actually see TIE pilots is in the original trilogy. The Rogue One pack doesn't have TIE fighter Pilot in it, the only dark side character from Rogue One is Shore Trooper. When The Force Awakens was released it was at least balanced 5 and 5 resistance and first order, and obviously we saw more resistance characters in person, but they still gave us 5 first order characters. Like just have a little balance when you release new characters. There are 7 rebels from Rogue One released and one Empire character. Like seriously? 7:1 is not an ok ratio.
Zair_Zetross
8 years ago
Before Jyn and Cassian I'd have said a two turn cool down on AoE TM reduction, that's OP. Well Jyn removes all turn meter and gains that much, as well as stunning on a crit with her 2 turn cool down. And Cassian applies ablitly block, defense down, heal immunity, offense down, and speed down (once each) on random enemies with his 2 turn cool down.

So yeah 2 turn cool downs are par for the course with new toons, so re-working his AoE to 2 turns would be balancing more than a buff, lol. I love the idea of him inflicting DoT's with his basic. That would synergize with Vader's zeta upgrade, and makes sense. It implies that his rifle is a flamethrower of sorts, so inflicting DoT's works for it.

As for Stormtrooper I'm waiting for his zeta to come out before asking for a re-work. It'll be on his unique since that's his only ability still at level 7. And having it on a unique rather than an attack or taunt, opens up a lot of potential.
Zathrack
8 years ago
"Thor_Odinson1;84744" wrote:
I have been invested in Imperials essentially since I first unlocked Vader, and except for the weeks following the release of Palpatine, Empire has mostly struggled to achieve dominance, particularly in the face of Rebel superteams.

I have a few (nonspecific) suggestions for Empire reworks and additions to help combat this.

First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.

Another idea would be to rework Veers and Snowtrooper and convert them into a powerduo. Veers is most well known in SW for his command of the assault on Hoth, which is also the only time we see Snowtroopers (in canon). These two are clear choices for reworks since they are both underpowered and underused.

Magmatrooper - aside from drastically increasing his damage, he should apply some sort of debuff (maybe dots on his basic?) so he could gain a greater advantage from a palp lead. He should also have the cooldown of his special reduced to 2 turns so he can use it every other turn. That would make him an actual threat.

Stormtrooper - oh where do I begin? Stormtrooper is among the worst toons in this game. His basic is fine conceptually, but he needs so much more from his other abilities. If he is to remain a tank. He needs his health and protection numbers to be MASSIVELY increased, and his UA needs to give him remarkable advantages from being paired with Empire allies. The defense increases are negligible, and defense is a near worthless stat to begin with. As with Magmatrooper, I am of the opinion that ST should apply a debuff. The Empire synergies are based upon controlling their enemies with debuffs like ability block, stun, shock, DOT, speed down, offense down, and tm reduction. Stormtrooper should contribute to this synergy by applying another debuff (daze, health down, healing immunity: I don't really care).

These are the most important internal issues (IMO) facing the Empire faction in this game. Discuss below!

*Also feel free to visit the Galactic Empire Players Discussion in the squad section.*

What about Grand Moff Tarkin? He proves to be the most pragmatic and ruthless non-user of the force human the entire saga has ever seen. He deserves a rework and be more powerful than Krennic.
VertigoBeast
8 years ago
StormTrooper's Basic should hit a random character. And deal 10% more damage for each living enemy if it happens to also be the one you targeted. (50% more when all enemies are alive, 10% more when its the last living character on their team, but then again, stormtrooper would have to be alive still)
And then give him like a legitimate unique buff, defense is useless.
FatherTime1001
8 years ago
"Zathrack;824224" wrote:
"Thor_Odinson1;84744" wrote:
I have been invested in Imperials essentially since I first unlocked Vader, and except for the weeks following the release of Palpatine, Empire has mostly struggled to achieve dominance, particularly in the face of Rebel superteams.

I have a few (nonspecific) suggestions for Empire reworks and additions to help combat this.

First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.

Another idea would be to rework Veers and Snowtrooper and convert them into a powerduo. Veers is most well known in SW for his command of the assault on Hoth, which is also the only time we see Snowtroopers (in canon). These two are clear choices for reworks since they are both underpowered and underused.

Magmatrooper - aside from drastically increasing his damage, he should apply some sort of debuff (maybe dots on his basic?) so he could gain a greater advantage from a palp lead. He should also have the cooldown of his special reduced to 2 turns so he can use it every other turn. That would make him an actual threat.

Stormtrooper - oh where do I begin? Stormtrooper is among the worst toons in this game. His basic is fine conceptually, but he needs so much more from his other abilities. If he is to remain a tank. He needs his health and protection numbers to be MASSIVELY increased, and his UA needs to give him remarkable advantages from being paired with Empire allies. The defense increases are negligible, and defense is a near worthless stat to begin with. As with Magmatrooper, I am of the opinion that ST should apply a debuff. The Empire synergies are based upon controlling their enemies with debuffs like ability block, stun, shock, DOT, speed down, offense down, and tm reduction. Stormtrooper should contribute to this synergy by applying another debuff (daze, health down, healing immunity: I don't really care).

These are the most important internal issues (IMO) facing the Empire faction in this game. Discuss below!

*Also feel free to visit the Galactic Empire Players Discussion in the squad section.*

What about Grand Moff Tarkin? He proves to be the most pragmatic and ruthless non-user of the force human the entire saga has ever seen. He deserves a rework and be more powerful than Krennic.

I don't have much of a problem with Tarkin. Traditionally his problems have been trifold: speed, health/protection, and potency. Since the addition of new gear, Tarkin gains about 12 speed, about 20% potency, and a fair amount of health with an extra 5% health steal to boot. The devs have done a good job shoring up his weaknesses here.

Further, since Tarkin is also typically run underneath a Palpatine lead, he also gains an additional 32% potency and health.

As for his kit, he actually has one of the best basic attacks in the game, though it doesn't compare to those of the super rebels like Wiggs. If another % increase per living ally were added to it, that would go a long way.

His intimidation tactics ability is very strong especially since it adds speed down against rebels in addition to the offense down. Under palpatine, he has the ability to use both this ability and Ultimate Firepower in immediate succession because the debuffs inflicted give him max turn meter most of the time (unfortunately the AI uses his AOE first).

Ultimate Firepower is my main complaint, as although it gives a powerful tm reduction, it needs a slightly higher chance to hit as well as much greater damage. About 6k or 7k on a crit would suffice for me.

His leader ability also seems a little lackluster in light of Palpatine and Zeta Vader leads, but I'm sure a zeta of his own could make Tarkin a viable Empire leader.
FatherTime1001
8 years ago
"Vertigo;824212" wrote:
"Thor_Odinson1;84744" wrote:

First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.

Two? What two? All that the empire got from Rogue One was ShoreTrooper. TIE Fighter Pilot was not released with Rogue One. He isn't even a Rogue One character. Sure there were some TIE fighters in Rogue One, but the only time we actually see TIE pilots is in the original trilogy. The Rogue One pack doesn't have TIE fighter Pilot in it, the only dark side character from Rogue One is Shore Trooper. When The Force Awakens was released it was at least balanced 5 and 5 resistance and first order, and obviously we saw more resistance characters in person, but they still gave us 5 first order characters. Like just have a little balance when you release new characters. There are 7 rebels from Rogue One released and one Empire character. Like seriously? 7:1 is not an ok ratio.

TFP and ShT were announced at the same time. TFP is not strictly a Rogue One toon, but he was released in the same time frame as the other Rogue One toons.
FatherTime1001
8 years ago
"War;824223" wrote:
Before Jyn and Cassian I'd have said a two turn cool down on AoE TM reduction, that's OP. Well Jyn removes all turn meter and gains that much, as well as stunning on a crit with her 2 turn cool down. And Cassian applies ablitly block, defense down, heal immunity, offense down, and speed down (once each) on random enemies with his 2 turn cool down.

So yeah 2 turn cool downs are par for the course with new toons, so re-working his AoE to 2 turns would be balancing more than a buff, lol. I love the idea of him inflicting DoT's with his basic. That would synergize with Vader's zeta upgrade, and makes sense. It implies that his rifle is a flamethrower of sorts, so inflicting DoT's works for it.

As for Stormtrooper I'm waiting for his zeta to come out before asking for a re-work. It'll be on his unique since that's his only ability still at level 7. And having it on a unique rather than an attack or taunt, opens up a lot of potential.

Absolutely about Magma. I would have cried foul on a suggestion like mine a month ago, but the new toons are so incredibly strong that it no longer seems ridiculous for Magma's special to be on a short CD. His special is really his only redeeming factor, though he would certainly be better on a Vader Zeta team if he inflicted dots and did a little more damage.

--heck, he might even be good for the rancor raid if he had a short CD--
Poxx70
8 years ago
I, as much as anyone, desire some empire love. I see the route they have taken thus far, the OP synergy for 1 faction and keeping empire on the fringe of being good but not quite there.

I would bet that the next toons to be released will not be empire, they will be 1st order. Why ? Bcuz that is what I least want to see and somehow EA/CG can read my mind and provide what I least desire. My apologies to everyone.
VertigoBeast
8 years ago
"Thor_Odinson1;824382" wrote:
"Vertigo;824212" wrote:
"Thor_Odinson1;84744" wrote:

First and most importantly: RELEASE KRENNIC AND DEATHTROOPER. It's completely absurd that the entire Rogue One team has been released AS WELL AS a basic SRP and an ugly, discount Chewbacca who had 10 seconds of screen time in the movie while the Empire has gotten only two stock toons. Everyone agrees that the Rebels are the most overpowered faction in the game, and it's about time that the Empire receives some help. Krennic and Deathtrooper would make fantastic additions to this game and would have potential to be the Empire's own power duo to counter Chaze, Wiggs, and CasSo. Please add these toons, we forumites have requested this frequently in the last month.

Two? What two? All that the empire got from Rogue One was ShoreTrooper. TIE Fighter Pilot was not released with Rogue One. He isn't even a Rogue One character. Sure there were some TIE fighters in Rogue One, but the only time we actually see TIE pilots is in the original trilogy. The Rogue One pack doesn't have TIE fighter Pilot in it, the only dark side character from Rogue One is Shore Trooper. When The Force Awakens was released it was at least balanced 5 and 5 resistance and first order, and obviously we saw more resistance characters in person, but they still gave us 5 first order characters. Like just have a little balance when you release new characters. There are 7 rebels from Rogue One released and one Empire character. Like seriously? 7:1 is not an ok ratio.

TFP and ShT were announced at the same time. TFP is not strictly a Rogue One toon, but he was released in the same time frame as the other Rogue One toons.

I know, but he's not in the Rogue One pack, and hasn't been associated with any of the Rogue One promotions and whatnot. Yes they released another empire character, but they only really released one empire character from Rogue One.