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Hi Holotable Heroes,

You may have seen the announcement last Friday that Mace Windu will be reworked with an all new kit and Omicron ability tiers! We will be posting a Kit Rework Reveal for Mace soon so stay tuned to the forums! In the meantime you can find the kit and an interview with the designer of Mace's rework here. We also have a few reminders and corrections about the release of Mace’s updated kit.

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First off, the kit that was revealed Friday had one important change since the preview was recorded:

Basic Ability: Invincible Assault:
Deal Special damage to target enemy and inflict Ability Block for 1 turn. This attack deals bonus damage equal to 5% of Mace's ... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are relaunching the second half of this Grand Arena Championships tomorrow (2/9) at 2 PM Pacific (22:00 UTC). Last week, we paused Grand Arena due to an issue with manually set defenses providing additional banners to their opponent. The issue will be fixed in an update tomorrow and prior to the start of Grand Arena Championships.

Since two of this season's Grand Arena events have already occurred and skill ratings have been adjusted (Skill Rating changes were frozen f... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are charging into this year with more characters, ships and the new Inquisitorius faction. Our team has put together an ambitious plan for 2022 that seeks to keep this game exciting for many more years. We will have more to share about some of the larger changes coming this year in future updates but in this month’s State of the Galaxy, I want to give you an update on what’s coming in the near future for Galaxy of Heroes, discuss the current meta, and the team’s goals for shaping the meta over the future. Conquest 13 has begun and we want to provide an update on where the Conquest characters are moving to. As always, there are a ton of things to cover so let's dive in!

UPCOMING UNITS AND THEMES
As we move on from our Legends characters in celebration of LucasFilm’s 50th anniversary, we have another thrilling group of characters to explore, the Inquisitors. If you have played Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order or watched ... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are investigating an issue with Grand Arena Championships where some players are granted extra Banners at the start of the Attack Phase. Please follow this thread for any updates on this issue.

Thank you for your understanding.

Hi Holotable Heroes,

The Grand Arena Championship returns next week!

We are very excited about the participation and outcome of the first run of our new Skill Rating based system, and hope that you all have enjoyed it as much as we have. In order to maintain health and balance of this new system, each Season will begin with a "Skill Squish" of sorts. This will ensure that the range of Skill Rating numbers won’t massively expand over time, and keeps the ladders competitive.

In general, this will not have any impact on your Grand Arena experience. This will not change what Division or League are in. It will not impact your ability to reach the next Division (IE if you could win your next round and move up to the division you will still do so). It will not affect your daily rewards payouts.

There’s really not much it will change, but when you see your Skill Rating slightly change next week, now you know why.

Thanks for reading and see you ... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

The Grand Arena Championship returns next week!

We are very excited about the participation and outcome of the first run of our new Skill Rating based system, and hope that you all have enjoyed it as much as we have. In order to maintain health and balance of this new system, each Season will begin with a "Skill Squish" of sorts. This will ensure that the range of Skill Rating numbers won’t massively expand over time, and keeps the ladders competitive.

In general, this will not have any impact on your Grand Arena experience. This will not change what Division or League are in. It will not impact your ability to reach the next Division (IE if you could win your next round and move up to the division you will still do so). It will not affect your daily rewards payouts.

There’s really not much it will change, but when you see your Skill Rating slightly change next week, now you know why.

Thanks for reading and see you ... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are aware of an issue with the Booby Traps Conquest modifier for Ewok squads that can cause a soft lock during battle. We are working to fix this as soon as possible and in the meantime, players should avoid these nodes if possible. We believe this soft lock is related to triggering the stun from the modifier but are still investigating.

Thank you for understanding.

Hi Holotable Heroes,

Today's Server Update changes how scoring for empty Defensive slots works for all upcoming Grand Arena Championships. These changes were detailed in a previous post here.

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CHANGES

• EVENT - Empty Defense slots will immediately award score when the Attack phase starts.

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Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are currently investigating an interaction that allows Lord Vader + Maul squads to be consistently countered by an undersized Supreme Leader Kylo Ren squad with Nightsisters. This may require some balance changes in the future. We are currently examining if this is significant enough to warrant changes and if so, how to potentially address this issue. We will let you know of any upcoming changes in advance.

Thank you for understanding.

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are aware that Grand Arena Championship scoring is currently only awarding Banners for un-filled defenses if that Sector is completely cleared. This is not intended. In this updated format, Grand Arena is designed to give Players a reason to deploy their roster. Unfilled defenses should count as victories for the Attacker at the end of Round in order to prevent Banner denial via all-or-nothing defenses.

We are investigating a fix to update Banner calculations, and will let you know in advance when this will be occurring. In the interim, Players can deploy squads as they choose given the current (unintended) behavior -- it is not an exploit and will not be punished. The current season will continue to ensure all Players have access to their rewards, as well continue gathering information to ensure the rest of GAC is working as intended.

Thank you for your understanding.

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are aware of an issue with Qui-Gon Jinn in Grand Arena where his Omicron upgrade is providing more Offense than intended. Currently when Qui-Gon Jinn is defeated, he is providing Jedi allies with excessive Offense on top of the 400% Offense boost based on his stats he is supposed to provide.

We are also aware of an issue that allows Mara Jade to take advantage of a particular character's AI (Jedi Knight Revan) on defense and perform better than intended against Jedi Master Luke squads. We are looking at potentially adjusting the AI of the impacted character or Mara Jade and would prefer this over changing the kit directly if possible.

We are currently investigating how to address both of these issues and will let you know of any upcoming changes in advance.

Hi Holotable Heroes!
Today’s Update adjusts the Starkiller event's start time. This event will go live with the Update on December 15. (Prior to today's update, it was scheduled to start 12 hours earlier than intended)

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FIXES

• EVENT - Starkiller's event timer has been adjusted

Hi Holotable Heroes,

Some players may be experiencing issues with receiving the Grand Arena Crystal payout at their chosen payout time. This is separate from the 500 Crystals sent out earlier for the transition from Squad Arena payouts to Grand Arenas payouts. We are currently investigating the issue and it does not appear to be widespread but it is impacting a specific group of players. We are working to resolve this as soon as possible and all players negatively impacted by this issue will be sent a make good for any lost Crystals (to be determined once this issue is resolved).

Hi Holotable Heroes,
The changes to Grand Arena Championship have launched and we are monitoring for any issues. Most changes seem to have launched smoothly and all players will now start receiving their Crystal payouts based on their initial Grand Arena placement at their usual payout time. You can find more details in the November State of the Galaxy and the ... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

Today’s update brings Darth Talon to the holotables! Alongside Darth Talon’s arrival, we’ve got Omicron ability upgrades for two characters, additive drops, and more.

You can find the December Events Calendar here. December's daily login unit will be Cara Dune.

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NEWS
Additive Drops
For a limited time, Embo has been added to Light Side Battles in Hard mode as bonus drops! During this event, the character's dro... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We will be hosting a Q&A this coming Thursday to answer questions regarding the changes coming to Grand Arena Championships. You can either ask your questions in the form at the bottom of this post or we will answer as many questions as we can in the Q&A forum post at the time below.

Check out the forum post on what's changing for Grand Arena here

• What: Developer Q&A with the SWGOH Dev Team on the upcoming Grand Arena Championship changes
• When: 12/02 starting at 2:00pm Pacific (22:00 UTC)
• Where: General Discussion Section of the Official Forums

... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

In this State of the Galaxy we will be covering some of the biggest changes coming to Grand Arena Championships and Squad Arena since their launch. As a character collection game, our emphasis is on rewarding players for cultivating a broad set of unique squads and enabling players to use those squads against many different matchups in order to create a compelling long-term experience. Reaching new ranks after winning a challenging battle against your true peers should feel like a fun and exciting moment. The best place for this experience in our game is Grand Arena Championships and the changes we’re announcing today are to continue to reinforce Grand Arena as the ideal mode to challenge a player’s roster and skill in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes.

As we continue to expand on the foundation we laid down years ago, we want to give Grand Ar... Read more

Hi Holotable Heroes,

A small update today. This release extends Kyle Katarn's event to 7 days instead of 2 days as we mentioned here. Thank you for your understanding and see you on the holotables!

Hi Holotable Heroes,

Kyle Katarn's event is currently scheduled to last for 2 days but should be running for a full week. We will be extending the current event with a hotfix tomorrow.

Thank you for your understanding.

Hi Holotable Heroes,

We are excited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lucasfilm with five characters from Star Wars Legends. These units will be released in a series of four Marquee events and culminating in a special Legacy event for Starkiller! The first unit required for Starkiller’s Legacy event is Dash Rendar.

Dash Rendar


This Scoundrel might be best known for the hefty 19-96 Kinetic Absorption Panels on his shoulders but Dash has done everything from training to be an officer at the Imperial Academy when he was younger to becoming a master pilot while exploring the Outer Rim of the galaxy to even helping the Rebellion overthrow the Empire.

As a Scoundrel leader, Dash enhances his squad when they have the Prepared buff. His Leader ability, Prepared for Anything, grants his Scoundrel allies additional bonuses based on th... Read more