Recent posts from the SWGOH community summarized for quick reading. Source links to Reddit, Capital Games developer accounts, and Discord channels are always preserved on each item.
A Community Conquest Milestone event, "Beat up Your Bosses!", was announced to help celebrate the upcoming 10-year anniversary. Players will work together to hit milestones, and an update on November 5 confirmed the final milestone was achieved.
Smuggler's Run III launches in November. Cadence shifts so SR I runs every other Monday, SR II every other Wednesday, and SR III every other Friday. Per-run rewards increase across all tiers, and a TBD R9 Bonus Tier is added. Update changed 6d mods to 5d and raised mod counts.
Today's Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes update includes new character kits for 4-LOM and The Stranger, additive drops for Taron Malicos and Admiral Trench, and Brutus joining Fleet. Baylan Skoll becomes permanent in the Journey Guide on October 28th. Several bugs were also fixed.
A new Dark Side Attacker and Leader unit, The Stranger, is revealed for Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, unlockable via Conquest. His kit focuses on instant defeats, bonus turns, and a new Cortosis Armor buff. His abilities scale with Speed, Max Health, and Defense Penetration, emphasizing an Acolyte-tagged team composition.
4-LOM is a Dark Side Bounty Hunter Support Leader Droid Scoundrel built around a new debuff, Corrupted Translation, that stacks up to three times. He synergizes with Zuckuss and assist-heavy Bounty Hunters, and unlocks via a Marquee event starting Tuesday October 21st at 11am Pacific.
Capital Games will be testing a new tool over the next week. Players may receive an unusual inbox message, most likely containing 1 credit. The announcement will be updated once testing concludes.
A new blog post from Capital Games titled "Soon" has been published. The post contains only the text "TM". No further information or details were provided.
Capital Games removed several bundles from the store due to a bug causing failed purchases and players receiving crystals instead of the bundle's contents. Affected players will receive the correct bundles once the issue is resolved.
A hotfix was deployed to address an issue preventing players from signing up for Grand Arena Championships (GAC). The team was aware of and investigated the problem, implementing the fix approximately 30 minutes after announcing its imminent release.
Today's update introduces the Rebel B-Wing, makes Kix shards farmable, and adds Vane to Chromium Packs. Captain Drogan will have limited-time additive drops, and Marrok is now an Accelerated Character. Several bugs and adjustments were also implemented for Rogue One, Dark Side Vision Rey, and Leia's event.
Capital Games has acknowledged issues with the Jedi Master Mace Windu (JMMW) event. A fix will not be ready for the current run, but a rerun of the event is planned for the next game update.
A new Light Side Attacker ship, the B-wing, is revealed. It is designed to enhance the Home One Rebel fleet, reducing cooldowns and synergizing with Home One's Master Plan ability. The B-wing unlocks via a Marquee event starting October 7, and its pilot is Captain Drogan.
Relic Delta is an upcoming system designed to address vertical progression in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. It modifies damage based on the relic level difference between characters. The system will be applied to all relic levels and aims to reward investment, protect new content, and speed up older content. Relic 10 will also be introduced with new Signal Data.
The developers are investigating the balance between the Profundity and Leviathan capital ships. They acknowledge Profundity's rise over Executor and the intended continued superiority of Leviathan. Future adjustments to Profundity and/or Leviathan may occur to align with the intended meta, but no hotfix is planned for this issue currently.
A closed playtest is underway for a new feature internally called "Relic Delta," focusing on how Relic Amplifier levels scale power differentials in matchups. The playtesters will openly discuss their feedback, but cannot stream or record placeholder assets. More details will be shared closer to release.
A hotfix was issued to address an issue where the Era battle did not recognize R9 GL Hondo. An additional run of the event has been scheduled for September 22nd.
This update introduces Galactic Legend Hondo Ohnaka and makes Brutus available in Chromium Packs and Shipments. Shin Hati is now Accelerated, and Quiggold shards are farmable from Fleet Battles 3-D (Hard). Several bugs were fixed, including issues with Bad Batch Riposte, SEE's Linked effect, and Crosshair (Scarred) recovery while Captive.
The Era of Deadly Pursuit introduces The Stranger as a new Conquest character, with 4-LOM and Zuckuss as additional characters. The event features a new Era Battle called ANALYSIS / PARALYSIS set in Empire Strikes Back environments. The post details the rewards for both the Free and Episode Pass tracks, as well as the available items in the Episode Shipment.
The Leviathan capital ship is receiving an update to its kit. The unique ability will now prevent Galactic Republic, Jedi, and Rebel enemies from assisting or attacking again if their attack targets a Sith unit. This change aims to reinforce Leviathan's position in the fleet meta while preserving the strength of the updated Profundity fleet.
A new Support, Cargo Ship, Rebel, Rogue One unit, Rogue One, is being released. It is designed to be a lifter for the Profundity fleet, especially against Executor. The unit provides fleet benefits from Reinforcements and has strong synergy against Empire enemies. It will be unlocked through a Marquee Event starting September 23.