SWGOH news: patch

Adjustments have been made to the Naboo Raid. The Command Droid's special ability now starts on cooldown, with its cooldown reduced to 2 turns. The Command Droid can no longer gain bonus turns from the Charged modifier, and a status effect now tracks its special ability cooldown.

This update introduces the kit for Omega (Fugitive) and information on the Era of the Cavalry. Padawan Sabine's shards are now farmable from Dark Side 6-E Hard. Several bug fixes were implemented, and two known issues with Hondo and Omega's leader ability were noted for a future fix.

A hotfix was deployed on December 17. It addresses an issue where Scythe did not apply Marked to Imperial TIE Fighters. The hotfix also resolves a performance issue impacting devices and PCs.

Today's update announces the new Galactic Legend Ahsoka Tano, Datacron set 19, a new monthly calendar, and changes to the Hyperdrive Bundle. It also fixes multiple bugs, including issues with The Scimitar, Master Qui-Gon, General Syndulla, and Queen Amidala. Bo-Katan (Mand'alor)'s Journey Guide is now permanently available.

The Hyperdrive Bundle will be available for a reduced price of $9.99 for a limited time. This offer begins after the December 16th, 2024 update and concludes on January 13, 2025.

Meathead confirmed what replaces the New Marquee shard rewards on the Episode 2 Pass. The pass will instead grant 20 shards each of Night Trooper, Death Trooper (Peridea), and Captain Enoch. Some Zinbiddle Cards and Impulse Detectors were rearranged to fit, but their totals are unchanged.

Responding to praise on a forum announcement, Meathead said improvements to Eras are an ongoing team effort, not a solo push. He credited the civility of community-to-CG conversations for making it easier to drive these conversations internally and signaled more iteration to come.

The upcoming Episode 2 update will increase the Episode Currency cap to 100,000 and reduce the Episode Point requirements for the first four milestones. Recurring Episode Quests will be rescheduled, and new shipments will add more Omicron materials and Micro Attenuators. Galactic Challenges will revert to five feats, including the "Complete the battle" feat, with adjusted Episode Point rewards. Episode 2 character shards will focus on Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Echo, Omega, Ahsoka Tano (Fulcrum), Saw Gerrera, Nightsister Zombie, and Ezra Bridger.

A player flagged that the Aphra and Jabba pack prices appeared to have been swapped in the store. Meathead asked if the player wanted him to have them changed, then immediately answered DENIED, indicating he would leave the swap in place if it benefited players.

A new update for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has resolved a bug where Hera Syndulla's Tenacity was not correctly contributing to Perfect Defense Lightspeed Bundle requirements. Additionally, Lightspeed Bundles are scheduled to go live tomorrow.

Meathead told players they would hit the 600M mark by the end of the current Conquest. When asked if 600M was the final goal, he confirmed it was the goal for this round, suggesting the community event was scoped to that target.

A player asked about Datacron QoL changes such as the ability to name them. Meathead said he had built quite a list of feedback since Datacrons were introduced. He did not commit to a date but signaled the request was already captured for the team.

Meathead confirmed an update was coming on Thursday December 5. A player asked directly whether an update was on the way, and the answer was simply yes. No further details were given in the channel about the update's contents at that point.

Today's hotfix has addressed the Dispel bug that appeared yesterday. Players are thanked for their reports concerning the issue.

MeatheadMilitia confirmed a hotfix landed on December 4 to address the dispel bug reported the previous day. After the patch dropped he ran three test fights and reported the bug as fixed.

A bug preventing certain characters from dispelling debuffs was acknowledged. A hotfix to address this issue was deployed today.

MeatheadMilitia told the channel he will be largely absent for about three weeks, including no streaming during that window unless he converts his Steam Deck into a Windows machine. Context suggests holiday travel. Useful as a heads-up for anyone expecting his usual content cadence.

MeatheadMilitia reports that during a call covering the latest update, three people on the call hit an issue at the same time. All three restarted their clients and the problem cleared. He shares this in response to other players reporting trouble after the patch.

MeatheadMilitia announced that he just updated the Conquest Milestone, apologizing for the delay. No further detail was given about what changed, but it indicates fresh Conquest milestone reference content is now live.

This update changes Episode Point quantities from Grand Arena feats and Daily Quests. Marrok's Shards are now farmable from Light-Side 8-A Hard. Padawan Sabine Wren is available in Chromium Packs and Shipments. The General Syndulla event starts tomorrow. Several bugs were fixed, including issues with Peridea Patrol, Huyang's SFX, Gungan Protection Disruption Immunity, and missing Squad Arena Currency.