https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/7/28/adjust-squad-specs/

Not all changes, but some of the big changes are below:

Rebel

Dash = 85pts

Ewings drop. Knaves now 49pts

named YT1300 pilots drop

Kanan, Hera, Kallus VCX now hyper legal. Kanan 76pts, Kallus, 68pts

Imperial

Whisper = 60pts

Fifth Bro crew = 12pts

7th sis & 5th bro ships are hyperspace legal

Inquisitor up to 36pts

Named defenders drop, Rex to 79pts

Soontir up to 54pts

Dutchess up to 44pts

Scum

Brobots drop A=66,B=63,C & D = 62

Boba up to 86, Slave 1 to 5pts

Lancers drop, Asajj to 69pts

Quadjumpers drop, Jakkus 29pts

Bossk (now 60) and Latts Razzi (now 56) drop in pts and hyper legal

Slaver drop in pts as well to 51pts

Z95 except Binayre are all hyperspace legal

First Order

TIE/Ba all drop. Generic 41pts, Ember 48pts, Holo 51pts, Vonreg 55pts

Quickdraw up to 47pts

Sienar Jaemus Silencer = 48pts!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Special Forces Gunner drops to 9pts from 10

Resistance

All Star fortresses drop

All YT1300 drop, Rey to 68pts!!!

Poe drops to 67pts

Ello is hyper legal

Joph drop to 49pts

BB astro hyper legal

Galactic Republic

All Ywings drop except Broadside and Matchstick. Anakin now 55pts!!!!

Obi, Mace, Plo Aethersprites up 1pt each.

Delta 7B was 17/18/19/20, now 15/18/21/24

Ric Olie to 45pts

All named v19s drop, Oddball now 31pts. Most named v19s hyper legal. Not GST

CIS

Bellyrubs except Sear are hyper legal

All nantex drop.

Ensnare: I0: 21 / I1: 21/ I2: 21 / I3: 21 / I4: 21 / I5: 24 / I6: 28

0-66 drops to 49pts!!

Trade Fed Drone back up to 20pts. Sep Drones to 22pts

Kraken and TA-175 to 11pts

Generic Upgrades

Cluster missiles, Ion missiles, Proton Rockets all drop 1pt

ConnerNets and Ion Bombs are 5pts. Conners are hyper legal

Crackshot up to 2pts

All torps except proton drop. APT now 5pts

Dorsel now 2pts and hyper legal

Veteran Turret Gunner base sized costed, small=12, medium =10, large = 7

Passive Sensors is initiative costed: (I0: 2 / I1: 2 / I2: 2 / I3: 2 / I4: 2 / I5: 4 / I6: 6)

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That is all.

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A number of ships and upgrades that have struggled competitively through the life of the game are similarly seeing decreases, most small and a few more substantial. Large ships have struggled throughout all of Second Edition, and a number of large ships such as the VCX-100 and YT-2400 are receiving significant points cost reductions in this update. Additionally, certain upgrades that could help large ships but have never been popular on them, such as Veteran Turret Gunner, will now scale inversely with base size, helping large ships get value out of them while discouraging use in spam lists.

This was the most interesting thing in my opinion about the changes. Unfortunately though Hera in the VCX stays the same. Ezra gunner drops two points though and Dorsal Turret is down to 2. Agile gunner (7;6;5;4 small to huge) and Veteran Turret Gunner (12;9;7;7 small to huge) both get the inverse scale with ship size treatment.

(づ｡◕‿◕｡)づ thanks ffg!

This is great, if only to have them, and not have to speculate anymore.

There are, as expected, really minimal changes, though the inverse scaling on base size for the VTG is pretty neat.

I notice that a few missiles and payloads received drops while every torpedo not Proton Torpedoes dropped.

And they put some of the V-19s in Hyperspace and most received a points drop.

I was excited to run generic nantexs again when the article said they went down but with the PS3 ensnare at 21 points its even more unplayable for me 😢

The Dace Bonearm meta

4x Silencers now a possibility. Also happy to see Dash and his 2400 buddies come down a nice chunk.

@Rich P - Vennie list buffs...?

6 minutes ago, FriendofYoda said:

4x Silencers now a possibility. Also happy to see Dash and his 2400 buddies come down a nice chunk.

I didn't think this would happen... and certainly never saw the Silencer as worth fewer points than an E-Wing.

However, as the owner of four Chonky Silencers, I know the first list I'm going to play if I'm ever able to play in person again.

2 minutes ago, theBitterFig said:

I didn't think this would happen... and certainly never saw the Silencer as worth fewer points than an E-Wing.

However, as the owner of four Chonky Silencers, I know the first list I'm going to play if I'm ever able to play in person again.

4 vs 4E?

Anyone else catch that Extended Legality has a column now?

torrents have been added to hyperspace!

ATTENTION: Ello Asty has come to Hyperspace.

The sky is falling, Crack Shot is now 2 points.

Advanced Optics are still 4 and only Zizi went up by 1. FFG likes that combo. I do too.

They are still doing my guy Old Teroch dirty by not letting him play in Hyperspace.

Slave 1 at 5 points feels better. May need more work, we'll see.

Scum Z95s are now HS legal.

1 minute ago, Hiemfire said:

Anyone else catch that Extended Legality has a column now?

Yes! One of the best changes!

2 minutes ago, GreenDragoon said:

4 vs 4E?

Not sure what my opponent would fly, but Silencers.

Yeah, 48 for SJE and 49 for a Knave feels really wrong to me. SJE is a far better ship.

FFG really is trying to make the Odd Ball meta happen. I'm all for it.

And small base VTurG has been nuked even further out of existence..

Passive sensors cost is now init based (I0: 2 / I1: 2 / I2: 2 / I3: 2 / I4: 2 / I5: 4 / I6: 6). Crackshot is now 2 pts. Dorsal turret is back down to 2.

14 minutes ago, theBitterFig said:

I didn't think this would happen... and certainly never saw the Silencer as worth fewer points than an E-Wing.

However, as the owner of four Chonky Silencers, I know the first list I'm going to play if I'm ever able to play in person again.

I had been slowly amassing 4 Silencers in the hope that they would drop from 51 to 50. I'm not sure what extra utility comes from a drop to 48 - maybe 2 Optics? Or 2 Targeting Synchronizers. The 8 point bid seems unnecessary, so I'd like to do something with it.

Sadly, I don't think that when the Xi-shuttle comes out, it would work to have Hux plus 3 Silencers, because I think the Shuttle's coordinate is red. Hux in an Upsilon doesn't allow 3 Silencers either.

3 minutes ago, Hiemfire said:

Passive sensors cost is now init based (I0: 2 / I1: 2 / I2: 2 / I3: 2 / I4: 2 / I5: 4 / I6: 6). Crackshot is now 2 pts. Dorsal turret is back down to 2.

Maybe more important is that passive went down for i1-4!

Just now, GreenDragoon said:

Maybe more important is that passive went down for i1-4!

It could be nice.

Belbullab minus sear are in hyperspace too!

Other stray thoughts:

• 3 Torpedo Rogues seems plausible. 2 Proton/1 Plasma with R3s on each leaves 4 points to spare (FCS on Proton ones? Failsafes? Marksmanship?). At Init 2, you'd just die too often before shooting, but Init 4 is where you can start to get kills on stuff before it attacks.
• Barons of the Empire at 28 make 29 point Phoenix A-Wings look really pathetic. Generic RZ-1s are just so badly priced.
• BB Asrtromechs legal in HS. @gennataos rejoice with Poe + 3.
• Cheaper missiles and Passive Sensors seems... interesting. Ion Missiles + Passives is a 5 point package. 37 points on a TIE/sf, 33 on a BotE.
• Scum Han with Missiles might be solid. I already kinda liked him, and he got a lot cheaper.
• I really like that Marksmanship is in Hyperspace as a cheap talent. If it's the only real option, it'll probably see some experimentation, and we'll see how good it is or isn't.
• Are Shadow Bomber Y-Wings good now? 31 with Dorsal, 33 with R4 or R4-P (I like that this is now the same as R4!). I could see that being an OK list, or just a nice little ship to bring a few of, along side aces.