Some Star Wars Battlefront II updates were loud because they added giant headline content. Others were quieter, but did a lot of the dirty work that made the game better to actually play. The Hero Starfighters Update, released on this day in 2018, sits somewhere in the middle. It added a new hero ship mode, brought in Sullustan appearances for Rebel and Resistance Assault troopers, and pushed through a bundle of quality-of-life changes that helped smooth out some of the rough edges around the game. Not the flashiest update in Battlefront II history. Still important. Hero Starfighters Was the Big Addition The headline feature was Hero Starfighters, an 8-player mode focused on hero ships battling each other in elimination-style rounds. It was a neat idea, especially because Battlefront II always had some excellent starfighter work hiding in plain sight. Criterion’s space combat felt fast, heavy, and cinematic in the right…
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Battlefront II’s Siege of Kamino Update Still Feels Like a Turning Point
Seven years ago, Star Wars Battlefront II got one of those updates that quietly says a lot about where the game was heading. The Siege of Kamino Update did not add a giant new era, a headline-grabbing hero, or a cinematic trailer that made everyone lose their minds for three days. Instead, it did something more important for the actual people still playing: it made the game feel more complete, more social, and more tuned to what the community had been asking for. Released in May 2019, the update brought Kamino – Cloning Facility to Capital Supremacy, added the in-game Voice Lines Wheel for heroes, raised the level cap for all units to 1000, and adjusted Heroes vs. Villains after removing the old target system. That may sound like patch-note soup. It was not. It was one of the updates that helped turn Battlefront II from a game people argued…
On This Day in Battlefront History: The Droidekas Arrived
June 26, 2019 marked one of Battlefront II’s most vibrant content drops: the “Where are those Droidekas?” update, which rolled in a trio of ground-shaking features: New Clone Wars–era Trooper and Hero skins including General Skywalker, 212th Recon and 41st Scout Battalion Droideka Enforcers for the Separatists (reinforcement units with rolling shields) TX‑130 Saber‑class Fighter Tank for the Galactic Republic Capital Supremacy on Naboo (Theed) map Let’s roll back the years and relive the moment the meta shifted into full siege mode. 📅 Timeline: June 2019 Update Highlights Date Update Highlights June 26, 2019 Droideka Enforcer, TX‑130 tank, Naboo Supremacy & Clone Wars skins added March 2019 Launch of Capital Supremacy mode June 21, 2019 Naboo included in Capital Supremacy alongside Droideka & TX‑130 🚨 Droidekas: The Meme, the Myth, the Meta Droidekas (or Destroyer Droids, for the lore-committed) had been requested since Battlefront II launched in 2017. With their twin repeating blasters, energy…