CC-2224 “Cody”Clone Attacker that Stuns and calls tons of Assists.Unlocks at 3 Stars (50 Shards)Available from: Chromium PacksAbilitiesBASIC Attack – Alpha Strike: Deal Physical damage to target enemy and gain 5% Turn Meter. Gain an additional 5% Turn Meter if that enemy has more than 50% Health, and an additional 5% Turn Meter if that enemy has less than 50% Turn Meter. SPECIAL Attacks AT-TE Mass-Driver Cannon Deal Special damage to target enemy and 65% less damage to all other enemies. If this attack scores at least 2 Critical Hits, Stun the primary target for 1 turn. The 212th Attack - Call all Clone allies and one random ally to assist. These Assists deal 70% less damage. Each time an Assist scores a Critical Hit, reduce the Cooldown of this ability by 1 Leader Ability: Ghost Company Commander Clone allies gain 10% Critical Chance, and other allies gain half that amount. Cody gains 5% Defense for each living Clone ally General StrategyCommander Cody is a clone leader with a lot of Attack Synergy and Utility. His basic grants him Turn Meter, his special attacks have a chance to stun and he can call in a full team of allies to assist him. His relatively low health will be partially offset by the defense advantage he gains from Clone allies.Hero Synergies Commander Cody, as a Clone Trooper Commander is a natural fit for a clone team. His leader ability offers Clones up to 25% Crit Chance and the presence of Clone Allies will boost his own survivability through Defense. His leader ability also opens the clones up to a hybrid synergy due to his leader ability offering half of its benefit to non-clones and his assist call will call one non-clone as well. This allows for experimentation to maximize your team and/or fill in gaps in your team while you build your own clone army.Where to UseThe clones are a valid team throughout the game, from Arena to Raid. Each PvP Ladder is a bit different, but the clones are definitely worth a shot in PvP arena. In raid, their Turn-Meter synergy is very strong and will allow you to get off many extra attacks throughout the encounter. Due to the amount of self-healing and turn meter gain that the Clones offer, they can be successful in pretty much any game play mode. You have your choice of 3 clone leaders now with Rex, Fives, and now Cody to adapt the Clone Party to your personal play style.

Low hp keeps him and clones from breaking the meta... Excellent in raids and GW bit I drop a lot in arena cause he and darth maul share a similar "Rey food" issue

His hp and protection are absurdly low. He basically needs to modded completely for hp/protection to be remotely viable in arena. It feels like he had been tuned based on flat bonuses via mods initially but seeing that flat bonuses are no longer available on primary, this is looking like a design flaw. I'm assuming the gifs above are from the dev testing done. You can clearly see that this (and presumably most of the testing for cody) is pre-nerfs on mods. The number of health pips on those clones are no longer possible to attain.He is basically a slow glass cannon without any survival skills. Every other toon that falls into this category has been proven to be useless in arena (think darth maul). Without mods, he easily gets 1 shot by rey. With mods, u get him to turn 2 if you are lucky.Also, defense on his leader skill seems like an afterthought. This could have been something more useful to increase survivability overall which is a recurring deficiency of most clones. Again, this could have worked with flat defense bonuses (secondary flat defense bonuses are too marginal to have much of an impact). An interesting idea I had was to swap his defense bonus (which is largely ineffective) out for a revive chance based on the number of clone allies alive. Something in the ballpark of ~60% revive would require opponents to choose to focus cody or the other clones first, indirectly making him more survivable. Unlike other self revive toons (HK, Boba), Cody actually can do some damage and poses a real threat if not dealt with. In raids, he does reasonably well, having almost cleared P1 as leader in a full clone team. Considering the cost to attain Cody (and full clones), it feels like he is missing a key piece to bring everyone together. He needs something to give them a bit of sustain. Lately it feels like there is no advantage to buying a p2p character. They seem to be held back too much and often featuring unnecessarily complicated mechanics.I have a maxed clone team which I have been playing for some time now, usually with JKA and I have thoroughly tested many different team combinations. JKA lead is the most arena viable with the correct mods, and Cody lead is the best raid set up. @CG_Kozispoon, please consider this feedback on this iconic SW character. I sincerely hope that some tweaks will be made here.

"The clones are a valid team throughout the game"Except that 3 of these 5 are under a pay wall impossible to breach for 99% of the playerbase.

At the end of the day, players paying to access premium content should be getting their money's worth. People pay to have access to exclusive content and that is completely understandable. This does not suggest that p2p characters should be inherently better than f2p characters. In fact, the trend over the last few months has shown a large number of p2p toons having limited effectiveness in many of the game modes. Exceptions to this trend are sun fac, rex and possibly B2, with rex truly being the only one that shines in every game mode.Now at the very least, p2p toons should be competitive with the current meta of f2p. In this example of Cody, he frequently dies before he gets to move in arena. He is designed to work with 4 clones at least, looking at this skill set and sub-optimal if not (meaning you might as well sub him out for rey, the universal replacement for failed synergy). The only remote chance of getting Cody to move before Rey/QGJ/GS pound him to death is if Rex is able to use Squad discipline. He is just that slow. Now, the AI never uses squad discipline unless a debuff is present. Low to zero chance of this happening on defense.Now you could argue that mods can fix this. However, game balance should be based on end game viability and any mods I place on this clone team will arguably work better on a meta team which is inherently faster and stronger.So I put this question to you, $1000 to get a clone team going. Pretty cool as you fire up the battle. How do you now feel as the opposing Rey proceeds to 1 shot Cody on the first move? This has nothing to do with making p2p toons overpowered, everything to do with creating competitive balance.

By the time he is farmable he will be neefed to the ground. Smh

Character Strategy- CC-2224 “Cody”

Vyrefire
9 years ago
Low hp keeps him and clones from breaking the meta... Excellent in raids and GW bit I drop a lot in arena cause he and darth maul share a similar "Rey food" issue
x0797mjs3
9 years ago
His hp and protection are absurdly low. He basically needs to modded completely for hp/protection to be remotely viable in arena. It feels like he had been tuned based on flat bonuses via mods initially but seeing that flat bonuses are no longer available on primary, this is looking like a design flaw. I'm assuming the gifs above are from the dev testing done. You can clearly see that this (and presumably most of the testing for cody) is pre-nerfs on mods. The number of health pips on those clones are no longer possible to attain.

He is basically a slow glass cannon without any survival skills. Every other toon that falls into this category has been proven to be useless in arena (think darth maul). Without mods, he easily gets 1 shot by rey. With mods, u get him to turn 2 if you are lucky.

Also, defense on his leader skill seems like an afterthought. This could have been something more useful to increase survivability overall which is a recurring deficiency of most clones. Again, this could have worked with flat defense bonuses (secondary flat defense bonuses are too marginal to have much of an impact). An interesting idea I had was to swap his defense bonus (which is largely ineffective) out for a revive chance based on the number of clone allies alive. Something in the ballpark of ~60% revive would require opponents to choose to focus cody or the other clones first, indirectly making him more survivable. Unlike other self revive toons (HK, Boba), Cody actually can do some damage and poses a real threat if not dealt with.

In raids, he does reasonably well, having almost cleared P1 as leader in a full clone team.

Considering the cost to attain Cody (and full clones), it feels like he is missing a key piece to bring everyone together. He needs something to give them a bit of sustain. Lately it feels like there is no advantage to buying a p2p character. They seem to be held back too much and often featuring unnecessarily complicated mechanics.

I have a maxed clone team which I have been playing for some time now, usually with JKA and I have thoroughly tested many different team combinations. JKA lead is the most arena viable with the correct mods, and Cody lead is the best raid set up.

@CG_Kozispoon, please consider this feedback on this iconic SW character. I sincerely hope that some tweaks will be made here.
NotSikho
9 years ago
"The clones are a valid team throughout the game"
Except that 3 of these 5 are under a pay wall impossible to breach for 99% of the playerbase.
x0797mjs3
9 years ago
At the end of the day, players paying to access premium content should be getting their money's worth. People pay to have access to exclusive content and that is completely understandable. This does not suggest that p2p characters should be inherently better than f2p characters.

In fact, the trend over the last few months has shown a large number of p2p toons having limited effectiveness in many of the game modes. Exceptions to this trend are sun fac, rex and possibly B2, with rex truly being the only one that shines in every game mode.

Now at the very least, p2p toons should be competitive with the current meta of f2p. In this example of Cody, he frequently dies before he gets to move in arena. He is designed to work with 4 clones at least, looking at this skill set and sub-optimal if not (meaning you might as well sub him out for rey, the universal replacement for failed synergy). The only remote chance of getting Cody to move before Rey/QGJ/GS pound him to death is if Rex is able to use Squad discipline. He is just that slow. Now, the AI never uses squad discipline unless a debuff is present. Low to zero chance of this happening on defense.

Now you could argue that mods can fix this. However, game balance should be based on end game viability and any mods I place on this clone team will arguably work better on a meta team which is inherently faster and stronger.

So I put this question to you, $1000 to get a clone team going. Pretty cool as you fire up the battle. How do you now feel as the opposing Rey proceeds to 1 shot Cody on the first move? This has nothing to do with making p2p toons overpowered, everything to do with creating competitive balance.
robbymac27
9 years ago
By the time he is farmable he will be neefed to the ground. Smh
KnightG8
9 years ago
I've put probably $300+ to try to get Echo, got him but only 3*, I may not be the mastermind behind this game but I think putting a rotation on the shard shop for grevious and some of the harder to get characters would make for a lot more time put in the game for lots of ppl or just make it a bit simpler and just put Echo, Rex, and Cody in the shops maybe put Cody in a bit later, yeah it would make the clones easier to get but ppl would still have to put a lot of time to get decent clone team
ARC-CaptainRex
9 years ago
I don't care how good premium toons are, as long as they are made available to ftp.
Hybridplug
9 years ago
F2p can't expect access to the same toons as p2w, that's the whole business concept. Why pay for a character if everyone can get them for free?
Donisshane
9 years ago
"Josh_K;573525" wrote:
His hp and protection are absurdly low. He basically needs to modded completely for hp/protection to be remotely viable in arena. It feels like he had been tuned based on flat bonuses via mods initially but seeing that flat bonuses are no longer available on primary, this is looking like a design flaw. I'm assuming the gifs above are from the dev testing done. You can clearly see that this (and presumably most of the testing for cody) is pre-nerfs on mods. The number of health pips on those clones are no longer possible to attain.

He is basically a slow glass cannon without any survival skills. Every other toon that falls into this category has been proven to be useless in arena (think darth maul). Without mods, he easily gets 1 shot by rey. With mods, u get him to turn 2 if you are lucky.

Also, defense on his leader skill seems like an afterthought. This could have been something more useful to increase survivability overall which is a recurring deficiency of most clones. Again, this could have worked with flat defense bonuses (secondary flat defense bonuses are too marginal to have much of an impact). An interesting idea I had was to swap his defense bonus (which is largely ineffective) out for a revive chance based on the number of clone allies alive. Something in the ballpark of ~60% revive would require opponents to choose to focus cody or the other clones first, indirectly making him more survivable. Unlike other self revive toons (HK, Boba), Cody actually can do some damage and poses a real threat if not dealt with.

In raids, he does reasonably well, having almost cleared P1 as leader in a full clone team.

Considering the cost to attain Cody (and full clones), it feels like he is missing a key piece to bring everyone together. He needs something to give them a bit of sustain. Lately it feels like there is no advantage to buying a p2p character. They seem to be held back too much and often featuring unnecessarily complicated mechanics.

I have a maxed clone team which I have been playing for some time now, usually with JKA and I have thoroughly tested many different team combinations. JKA lead is the most arena viable with the correct mods, and Cody lead is the best raid set up.

@CG_Kozispoon, please consider this feedback on this iconic SW character. I sincerely hope that some tweaks will be made here.

Josh,

Thank you for putting this feedback together and I have to tell you I couldn't agree more. I've tested every single squad comp for clones and can't scratch the top twenty. All my clones are maxed gear and maxed mods (Tested about a hundred of these too :/ ) All I've seen so far from the devs is they are fixing the broken Echo issue which by the way is the only thing that even gives me a chance against the current meta. I love your idea for the revive chance and might be able to live with how much of a wet tissue he is if there were something like that to keep him around a little longer. Heck Id even go for a crappy % dodge chance like the current old bearded white men leaders have that litter my server.

Great write up again. Thank you!
ARC-CaptainRex
9 years ago
"Hybridplug;579271" wrote:
F2p can't expect access to the same toons as p2w, that's the whole business concept. Why pay for a character if everyone can get them for free?

But this is a free game. Everyone should get access to all the toons eventually.