Veers update incoming... What else?

I'd also go with a leadership ability that allows all ally's to ignore taunt. It would cause chaos and huge forum backlash but would be fun lol

I think they should go by groups. Do empire characters now, then seperatist, geonosian, nightsisters, clones etc... Better then spotty updates here and there imho.

Best way to make money, no? Bring out a couple of new X faction toons -> update others from same faction -> profit!

If they truly are crafting a full rework of Veers, then it's entirely feasible that they could eliminate his leader ability entirely (it's absolutely redundant in light of Vader's) and replace it with a second unique. If they buff his Basic and his AOE, give him a Zeta on his existing Unique, and maybe give him another Special, he'll be a genuinely viable character. Particularly if he receives a synergy with somebody else, like (hopefully also reworked and buffed) Snowtrooper.

The two fan favorite characters to be released are not necessarily going to happen at the same time as the Empire faction pass. In fact, I think the DEVs might have even said at one point that the two characters aren't even coming at the same time as each other and will be gotten in very different ways. I think R2-D2 is the most likely. That being said, one of the DEVs did say that at some point we might well be getting Astra's two droids from the Darth Vader comics. They really want to get those in the game, and it sounded like a fairly good chance of happening relatively soon.

"Parableman;c-1025462" wrote:
The two fan favorite characters to be released are not necessarily going to happen at the same time as the Empire faction pass. In fact, I think the DEVs might have even said at one point that the two characters aren't even coming at the same time as each other and will be gotten in very different ways. I think R2-D2 is the most likely. That being said, one of the DEVs did say that at some point we might well be getting Astra's two droids from the Darth Vader comics. They really want to get those in the game, and it sounded like a fairly good chance of happening relatively soon.

They changed fan favorite, to iconic at some point. Probably because fan favorite can range from Luke, to Revan, to even General Veers. I also believe the two iconic characters, and second Empire update, are separate entities. So we might end up with a number of new characters coming up. From more Rebels Empire toons like Thrawn, to the two iconic characters in May/June.

"Big_Boss;c-1025506" wrote:

"Aero;c-1024716" wrote:

"Parableman;c-1024714" wrote:
Wait, there was an actual hint about Veers? I didn't see that. I thought people were just assuming Veers was the most deserving of a rework among the Empire characters that need a rework, so they figured he'd be part of it. Nothing in the DEV post actually hinted specifically at him, did it?

They said, "The Empire goes on the offensive, veering their forces for second pass." The use of the word "veering" is where everyone is drawing conclusions, because that's not a very commonly used word.

I still say they purposely used that word as misdirection so you don't know its thrwan or something

That'd be a mean move of them. They know there's a handful of us that want a General Veers rework, and Kozi commented on a thread pointing out the wording of it, it'd be a real low blow to pull something like that.

"CUFCfan616;c-1025535" wrote:
I'm hoping that the Executrix gets a bit of a buff and that the Imperial Assault special will no longer be able to be buffed and does proper damage like it should. Deals physical damage 12 times to random enemy ships...except sometimes the damage dealt is less than a normal attack by a single ship (when it's not completely dodged). I've seen a single ship survive it with barely a scratch far too many times, compared to Mace being able to make a whole squad invincible guaranteed

I really feel they should make the attack unavoidable. The concept of a move you have to wait 5 turns to use, can simply be dodged, is ridiculous.

"Juex777;c-1025589" wrote:
What level is your Executrix? That has everything to do with the dodge dynamic.

How does level play into the dodge chance? I've got a maxed Executrix by the way, I main an Empire fleet. Well not exactly Empire, too few Empire ships for that claim at the moment.

I wonder why everyone is talking about Veers and completely ignoring the second character tease...


WHAT’S AHEAD:
- The Empire goes on the offensive, veering their forces for second pass
- Beep beep, boop, beeeeep


Would the Devs release R2D2 during an Empire rework, or might this be a different droid? R2D2, an Imperial Viper Probe Droid, and Ashoka's droids from a Darth Vader comic (Is that even cannon?) have been the only suggestions as to what this might be. Are there any other suggestions as to what this could mean?

"Spyda;c-1026088" wrote:
I wonder why everyone is talking about Veers and completely ignoring the second character tease...


WHAT’S AHEAD:
- The Empire goes on the offensive, veering their forces for second pass
- Beep beep, boop, beeeeep


Would the Devs release R2D2 during an Empire rework, or might this be a different droid? R2D2, an Imperial Viper Probe Droid, and Ashoka's droids from a Darth Vader comic (Is that even cannon?) have been the only suggestions as to what this might be. Are there any other suggestions as to what this could mean?

I see them as two completely different things. Veers and other empire characters get a rework and R2D2 coming later,