Here is the latest Star changes to the Sith Raid Rewards. 6r104f
The devs are implementing the rewards on the various levels and factors in the new cadence of the Sith Raid alongside The Pit and AAT.
Given the difficulty of the raid, we will be increasing the rewards a bit. Skip down to the meat of the post for this info, along with a Q&A based on expected questions we think you may have. The credit for all of this information goes to our data & analytics specialists who are too shy to introduce themselves in the forums…for now.
Also, we’ll be adding it to the calendar, but in the spirit of the Character Cadence post that Live Producer Nick posted on Friday, we will be adding Mythic Thrawn to the return of the Thrawn event, which will occur mid-next week (currently slotted for 4/11, but any number of factors mean it could end up +/- 1-2 days).
As for our communication moving forward, we will work to settle into a regular cadence. I’d like to say weekly, but I don’t want to promise that and then not meet expectations. So for now, I’ll say that it is my hope to do it weekly, but depending on how much information there is to share, we may do it biweekly (using the every two weeks definition, not the twice a week one :P). Also, did I mention we are hiring a coming.
Finally, we have a couple more intended announcements this week.
And again, thank you so much for your dedication to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. We will do our best to be worthy of it.
Thank you, and I’ll see you on the holotables,
-Carrie
P.S. Today’s in-game reward will be coming a little later today and will be available for people to grab inside of the next five days. It will be granted directly to the inbox so as to ensure nobody will miss it.
Sith Raid Reward Changes
Raid Rewards are an important part of the overall changes to increase the overall rewards, as well as reduce certain aspects of frustration (challenge gear in higher tiers). We will continue to monitor the experience, both quantitatively and qualitatively.
After monitoring how guilds are progressing through the challenging next content update, which is intended to launch inside of the next two weeks.
1. Improved Underlying Quality of Gear Drops
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Across all Sith Raid Tiers, and especially beginning in Tier 4, the underlying contents of the Sith Raid mystery boxes have been revamped.
- Mystery boxes at Tier 4 & above are now overwhelmingly focused on more difficult-to-obtain gear salvage, and are more narrowly focused on the gear needs of guilds working towards completing the tier in question, 1-2x a week.
- Mystery boxes at Tier 4 & above have removed all challenge gear and other gear likely to be highly stockpiled by experienced L85 players from the Salvage rewards.
- A handful of extremely difficult challenge gear pieces (such as the Mk 3 Carbanti) remain in the chance for fully crafted pieces.
- When released, the next set of gear will enter circulation at first exclusively through the Tier 7 (Heroic) mystery box.
2. “Flattening” of Gear Drops
- All players within a guild will receive raid gear mystery boxes of the same quality, regardless of their rank in the raid.
- These mystery boxes consist of:
- A uniform chance (varies by tier) of dropping a complete piece of gear
- A separate, uniform chance (varies by tier) at dropping a complete gear prototype (at Tier 4 & up)
- A guaranteed amount (varies by tier) of salvage of difficult, relevant gear
- To compensate for this “flattening” of the gear side of rewards, the curve of the guild currency and guild event token rewards has been made more steep (see #3), although the value of ALL raid shipment currency drops have been increased for ALL tiers / ranks.
3. Increase & Rescaling of Guild Currency and Guild Event Token Payouts
- All Guild Currency drops have been increased, and the curve “steepened” as mentioned above.
- Increases vary by tier & rank, but all players’ rewards are up an average of ~20%, and #1-5ranked players’ rewards are up significantly more than that.
- Special attention has been paid to increasing the rewards to better fit the difficulty of the Sith Raid Tiers 5 & 6 for the population of guilds currently running those Tiers, and to rewarding guilds for “moving up” to, and performing well in, those challenging Tiers.
- Guild Event Token payouts have been increased and are now more broadly available.
- Players will receive Guild Event Tokens beginning in Tier 3 (down from Tier 5).
Q&A
Here are some questions we are expecting you may have along with their answers. We’ll be monitoring the megathread for this post (linked below) and will add additional relevant questions if needed.
Q: Is the overall increase in rewards meaningful?
A: Yes. We’ve intentionally scaled both quantity and quality as players move up the non-Heroic tiers, to fit players be happy with the normalization of gear Mystery Boxes?
A: We think so. At higher tiers, the change.
Q: Why haven’t you removed all challenge gear from all tiers?
A: Guilds rewarded in early tiers are in demand for players in guilds who are currently completing Tier 3, but unable to graduate to Tier 4 anytime soon. That said, the raid is still relatively new, and if it settles in a place where even those players are clearly not being adequately rewarded, we will revisit those earlier tiers.
Q: Can I still get Carbantis/Stun Cuffs/[insert gear here]?
A: The main benefit of reallocating some rewards from the mystery box to the guild currency / Guild Event Token payout is to provide players with agency around what gear they need. Some extremely high-demand Guild Currency & Guild Event Token store selection to increase availability of that gear.
Q: By placing Top 3, I helped lead my guild to a Heroic victory and Darth Traya shards. Why aren’t I being more rewarded for my top position?
A: Heroic raid rewards represent some of the most epic rewards in the endgame, and top performers will be handsomely rewarded across all categories. Some Han Solo, General Kenobi, and Darth Traya), will continue to reinforce that high-ranking players will still be rewarded for their standout performance.
