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We’re back for
another Community Transmission and this time around, we’re going to be
talking about the Elite Corps Update, which is due to arrive on August
29th.
Let’s dive straight into what’s coming.
The 41st Elite Corps, or Elite Corps as they came to be
known, were a division of the Republic Army that were involved in many
iconic battles during the Clone Wars.
Toward the end of the Clone Wars, Elite Corps were present at the
Battle of Kashyyyk. Alongside Jedi Master Yoda, they came to the aid of
the Wookiees on their home world. Other notable appearances were on
Geonosis, where the Elite Corps were sent to assist Anakin Skywalker in
retaking the planet.
The 327th Star Corps were known for their distinctive
yellow markings on their armor. Led by Jedi General Aayla Secura, they
would take part in multiple battles across the Clone Wars. Notably, they
were part of the Republic force that were defeated on Quell, despite
the arrival of Anakin Skywalker.
The new Clone Trooper Appearances will be priced at 20,000 credits or
500 Crystals each and available for Assault, Heavy and Specialist
classes for the Galactic Republic. If you’re looking to pick up all
three appearances for each corp, then you’ll be able to take advantage
of a bundle that costs 40,000 credits.
In the next update, you’ll be able to purchase Emotes and Victory
Poses for both Heroes and Troopers alike. This has been an often
requested feature, so we’re really pleased to see it’s release into the
game and look forward to seeing what you get up to with your new Emotes.
Hero Emotes and Victory Poses will cost 2,000 Credits or 50 Crystals
each. Trooper Emotes and Victory Poses will cost 1,000 credits or 25
Crystals each.
The Theed Hangar on Naboo is a bit of a favorite amongst the
community, so we’re pleased to confirm that we’ll be making it available
to both Blast and Custom Arcade.
Ewok Hunt has been a favorite amongst the community since its
inclusion with the Night on Endor update, and there’s been a lot of talk
surrounding its temporary nature.
As part of the next update, Ewok Hunt will be here to stay as a permanent game mode within the operations menu.
You’ll now be given a breakdown of your score, eliminations, assists,
deaths, your longest kills streak as well as overall placement on
scoreboard, your combat placement and your objective score placement and
weather or not you’re on the winning team. Remember, always play the
objective.
A new tile in the Home menu will allow for quicker matchmaking into
Clone Wars related maps on Galactic Assault. By selecting that tile, you
can prioritize matchmaking for Clone Wars - era maps. However, if a
match is not currently running on any of those maps, you will get to
play into any other Galactic Assault map. This is our first steps to
help improve matchmaking in the game. We are constantly working on
improving our systems, and strive to achieve progressively better
matchmaking going forward.
Back at EA Play when we announced that Obi-Wan Kenobi, General Grievous, Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku were set to arrive in Star Wars Battlefront II, one of the common questions we received revolved around their pricing.
Today, we can confirm that we are targeting a price of 35,000 Credits for each of the new heroes.
We came to this price by using our in-game telemetry data to
determine the speed in which players are earning credits, as well as the
average amount of credits that each player has saved up. What this
tells us is that for newcomers, or players with a credit balance of 0,
it shouldn’t take too long to earn the credits needed and for veteran
players, you most likely have enough credits already or are very close
to reaching that amount.
You will notice in the release notes that a fix for the x2 Bonus
Multiplier is not listed. This is because the x2 multiplier will be
removed in an upcoming update as part of the Squad System.
Because of this, we will be lowering the Battlepoint costs for all
Heroes and Units across Galactic Assault. Below you’ll find the old
costs and the new costs.
These new costs will be active once the Elite Corps update releases on August 29th.
In terms of balancing, we have addressed multiple issues in this update.
Extraction in Jabba’s Palace will have some changes. While playing as
a Rebel, you will now notice that the spawn positions have been
adjusted.
On Death Star II, we have fixed an issue that allowed players to reach an area behind the armor racks.
On Bespin, players were able to jump onto one of the buildings while
playing as a force hero or Boba Fett. A change has been implemented to
stop this. A similar issue was present on Kashyyyk, with players able to
use Boba Fett’s jetpack to reach places other players could not. This
will no longer be possible once the update arrives on August 29th.
There was also an issue at Jabba’s Palace where Boba Fett could stand
on one of the ledges and was not easily accessible to other players.
This has also been fixed. Sorry, Boba! There’s nowhere to hide now.
We'll be releasing the full release notes in the coming days, stay tuned for those.
The next Roadmap update will arrive next week. In this update, we’ll
break down the seasons (Fall, Winter) and provide details on future
content to expect month by month.
Battlefront Captures is a community over on Reddit that pride themselves on the creation of some of the best Star Wars Battlefront related content that you will find.
It is a great place to visit if you’re searching for a new desktop wallpaper. Check out their recent Clone Capture Contest to see what they are all about.
Also, With the Elite Corps update going live today (August 29), I wanted to
let you know the deployment timings and information that we're
currently aiming for.
Deployment Timings
08:00 UTC - PC Patch Goes Live
09:00 UTC - PS4 Patch Goes Live
10:00 UTC - XB1 Patch Goes Live
Patch Size
All the sizes below are estimates only.
PC - 1.5GB
PS4 - 650mb
Xbox One - 650mb
Clone Trooper Appearances
The Clone Trooper Appearances will be available in the game from 10:00 UTC.
If, after this time you do not see them in the game, a simple reboot
should fix this. There may be a slight delay as the changes through our
system propagate across all servers.
Downtime
There will be no downtime for this update.
Time Zones
To help with your time zone calculations, head on over here
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