The Galactic war podcast broke some news!

These are my rough notes so please listen yourself for the full context.

Jesse mentioned that one of the new ewoks will have a leader ability. So 7 ewoks and 3 leaders among them. Plenty of combos.

For commander Luke they mentioned that they want to make this event more EPIC in scale than the legendary events like EP and Yoda. Sooo difficulty ramp? non linear path to unlock?

-Still not sure if he's a Jedi. Argument for not being one. He can use a lightsaber but hasn't underwent his jedi training. Money's on him being just a rebel. Just a guess but Bespin Luke will be a jedi/rebel. How epic would it be to have the final stage when Luke is against Vader out on the platform

Territory battles
-Certain characters will get bonuses on hoth.
Hoth rebel soldier! Snowtrooper. Veers!
-When you light up an area of the map that will unlock a certain part of your collection to use!!
- Strategic areas>>Certain areas may have things like ion cannons or shield generators which will bonuses to your forces as one would expect ( imo ion cannon increases power against ships
-Guild Vs Environment!
-Earn territory battle specific currency
Going to give players time to prepare for territory battle not rush it out like thrawn.


Bonuses
They are thinking about guild Vs guild for the future. Get your design ideas into CG! Maybe get a job out of it!

Wow, territory battles looks fun. Thanks.

Thanks for the cliff notes.

Commander Luke Skywalker is a Jedi Padawan but not a Jedi Knight yet, so assuming it's a new toon and not a reskin/rework of farm luke, he'll have the same tags (no Jedi tag) but will have Anakins lightsaber. I'm also assuming he'll have synergy with Hoth Han, Leia, Soldier & Scout.

Also, I think by epic they probably mean the sheer volume and length of the event. EP, Yoda, R2 & Thrawn were all 7 battles. I'm assuming Heroes Journey will be more then just 7 battles.

Calling it now you will need 5 legendaries to unlock jedi luke

Luke needs wiggs synergies!

Thanks for the notes. Excited for the new game mode. I think Jedi Luke/luke with a light saber is the last Luke we will be able to get. What I want to know is - Jedi luke toon morphing into all these different lukes or will we have 5+ Lukes when it's all said and done.

It wasn't perfect, but before I uninstalled Pixxel's 'Dragons' game I thought the guild v guild mode was very clever.
You were matched against a guild and you then chose which of your players would battle their players, you could use your top players to zerg mid or lower lvls, but would then fall short on taking out there top players, was quite strategic to assign who fights who. As I said not perfect, but I am sure EA/CG have better dev resources then Pixxel to throw at refining something like that.

Thanks for posting this. Really good info.

My guild v guild suggestion is a space battle, with no assigned match times but rather a system that gives you the ability to start matchmaking when it's convenient for you. Something like this:

1) Guild starts matchmaking

2) Match achieved, battle in 1 hour

3) Phase 1 begins. Guild starships send out boarding parties. Members choose whether to attack a defending team. Any units lost on either side are permanent losses for the battle (lose GK in boarding party, you don't have him later).

4) Members also choose what locations to repel boarders from on their own ship, and what squad to use there.

5) Both sides may also launch a starfighter squadron. Starfighters dogfight (think space battle on auto) while boarding actions happen. The victor of the dogfight will assault the enemy ship

6) The officers of the guild have control over starship systems. Shields, turbolaser banks, and anti-starfighter lasers, as well as engines. These systems can have power distributed between them ranging from 400% power to one, to 100% on each. Turbolasers steadily attack the enemy shields and armor. Lasers diminish starfighter runs that attack. Shields protect against damage. And engines provide maneuverability and a chance to evade some damage.

7) Boarding parties that are victorious against defenders of their system can temporarily disable that system. While the immediate effects of that are obvious (no turbo = no damage to my ship), the power can be redirected by officers to other areas. In addition, officers can issue an order to fix a system. If the attacker left their squad there, a battle will ensue with a PvE squad, upgradable over time for its owners. If not, the system will be repaired in a set amount of time.

8) Attackers may also attempt to breach the reactor. Doing so successfully will cause total system loss to the ship. This is still repairable, but obviously has bigger ramifications. Reaching the defenders of this system will require a progression of fights against upgradable PvE teams that will cause lasting damage to attackers.

9) Officers may direct turbolaser fire at certain other systems, including shields, turbolasers, and the bridge. Any system destroyed this way will be lost for the remainder of the battle. A bridge loss will prevent further issuing of orders from officers.

10) After either side loses their starship, the battle is over.

Ideally, this would be worked out in a way similar to raids in top guilds, where there is an agreed upon time to start the battles, and everyone makes it.

"Krayden_Phogg;c-1166762" wrote:
Thanks for the cliff notes.

Commander Luke Skywalker is a Jedi Padawan but not a Jedi Knight yet, so assuming it's a new toon and not a reskin/rework of farm luke, he'll have the same tags (no Jedi tag) but will have Anakins lightsaber. I'm also assuming he'll have synergy with Hoth Han, Leia, Soldier & Scout.

Also, I think by epic they probably mean the sheer volume and length of the event. EP, Yoda, R2 & Thrawn were all 7 battles. I'm assuming Heroes Journey will be more then just 7 battles.

Why not a jedi tag? Ahsoka Tano (non-fulcrum) has a Jedi tag, and she was never above padawan, same with Barriss (unless Barriss got secretly promoted before she went to jail). Ezra and Kanan are also tagged as Jedi but I don't think there is mention as to whether Kanan was still a padawan or was a knight when Order 66 hit. Also does not mention if Ezra has up to this point become a Jedi Knight or is still a Padawan (I'd lean toward padawan)