Finis

The new cartel, Finis, is now live. So far, a handful of Knights have jumped over. In light of this new endgame cartel, I decided to create a blog for Finis. You can find us at our new base, here.

Remember, active players are encouraged to come and join us! Good hunting!

The Plan

While I realize my previous post expressed my desire to go down with the proverbial -- proverbail? -- ship, I also realize that Knights of Bail began as a cartel in a highly populated game with a bright future. Sadly, those days are over.

As I've also expressed in previous posts, I play Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, and I intend to start a guild in the near future, which is akin to a cartel in Uprising. Before a GoH guild goes live, however, we still have nearly 2 months of Uprising gameplay left.

So, I'd like to share my plan for the future:

1. Start a new endgame cartel in Uprising called Finis.

Anyone who wants to hang out, have fun, and crush Uprising until the bitter end is welcome to join. This includes those who read this blog and aren't currently KoB members. We'd love to make some new friends!

That said, join requests will require approval, only so that I can keep track of who jumps from KoB and, hopefully, who joins us from other cartels. The only requirement is that you equip Cartel Savvy as soon as possible. If memory serves, the cartel will receive Cartel Ops at level 20.

I plan to start this new cartel because, as I mention above, Uprising's bright future is over. Many KoB members will stop playing, if they haven't already. A new cartel gives us the opportunity to regroup -- both literally and figuratively. And maybe we'll find a few new friends along the way.

I'd like to leave Knights of Bail in the hands of Winter Vos, but cartel Mastership automatically falls to the next Officer in line, which is Zevish Wulf. Tag, you're it, Zev! Please keep the cartel message intact! Winter will stick around with KoB to ensure a smooth transition, then join us in Finis when the dust finally settles next week.

Finally, I thought to begin Finis on Monday, after the upcoming Sector Battle, Raid map refresh, and promised game changes. Real life sometimes gets in the way, though. I'm traveling all day on Monday. Spotty airport Wifi and major cartel changes don't play together well. So, I will begin Finis in the next 24 hours.

As for the KoB blog, I'll continue to post here regularly, even after Finis begins. This blog is our base.

2. When the Uprising lights finally go out, start a GoH guild.

Heroes is very different from Uprising. I suggest that you give it a try sometime soon. I only tinkered with the game for a few weeks before I started to play regularly, in fact.

As for a prospective name, I wanted to use Moof Milkers, which is my favorite Han Soloism in The Force Awakens.  Of course, that name is taken. That said, I haven't started anything yet, so if you've got a name suggestion, let me know!

As I mention above, I'll begin the GoH guild after we get Finis off the ground, and I'll certainly post an announcement here. My GoH username, by the way, is the same: Herodiade.

So. This is the gist, knights. Feel free to leave a comment or use my contact info in the sidebar! And, again, if you plan to stay active in Uprising, I encourage you to apply for Finis membership!

Update on Monday Changes

I've a few things brewing that I'll post about soon, but for now here's the latest update from Kevin Kabam about the changes scheduled for Monday:

Our Daily Login rewards on Monday had better be staggeringly awesome. There's already enough vitriol in the forums to poison Anoat all over again.

More soon.

Going Down With The Ship

I had an interesting convo with Nura today. Both distraught by the news about the Uprising shutdown, we came to the conclusion that a good captain goes down with the ship. So, as I mentioned in my previous post, I plan to continue playing. I'll do what I've always done in facing the Empire in Uprising: Fight'em till I can't.

On that note, here's Kevin Kabam's latest update on game changes that will take place this coming Monday, 9/25:

I still feel strongly that they should mail us all a package of event crystals to spend, but this is at least a step in the right direction.

More soon. Until then, good hunting.

Uprising Shutdown Imminent

Well, this is a fantastically enthusiastic message to receive when signing on today:

Here's the Kabam Q&A explanation, posted on the forums:

So, November 17th is the last day of Uprising. Despite some warning signs, this really does come as a surprise. I just posted on the forums, "Uprising Shutdown: A Parting Gift," that suggests Kabam issue every player 100 6* Event Crystals so that we can ALL have some real fun before the inevitable end. I highly doubt this will happen, but who knows?

In any event, I'd first and foremost like to say to everyone that it has been an absolute pleasure playing Uprising with you. You really did make the game worthwhile. Knights of Bail is a fantastic cartel with great people. I won't soon forget it.

That said, I'll still sign on every day until the end. Hopefully I have the opportunity to speak with each and every one of you before we sign off for good.

But this doesn't necessarily have to prove the end, so to speak.

I know that myself and Budder both play Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes. In fact, Budder is an absolute monster over there! Stay tuned for a switch to Heroes, which has Guilds rather than Cartels, but the premise is the same. I'll post about this switch soon.

Thank you, Knights.

Message of the Day

Despite a number of members on the shelf this SB -- myself included, for the most part -- we ranked 88th and secured Major Influence on BKonn once again. Great fight, everyone! As always, enjoy the buffs while you can.

Since the first IB of each cycle occurs on the previous SB planet, we'll have to defend our influence sooner rather than later. Consult the schedule in the sidebar and keep your eyes open. As it turns out, that schedule is, unfortunately, only a guesstimate.

The bad news is that we lost yet another SB. As per my previous posts about Raids, I'm fairly certain that Kabam doesn't have the resources at hand to do anything about these consistent losses, but one can at least hope that they've put the problem on their ever-growing To Do list. Member Slumpert -- sorry, Super  Member Slumpert -- recently posted on the forums that it will take 3 1/2 years to collect 10 8* event crystals. And that's at 31K PR. In other words, Kabam has to step up and make some changes to the game at some point. It's not like we can't do the math.

Speaking of which, in a late August post titled "Force Powers Update," I noted that Kabam Support said to keep "an eye out for in-game announcements as more information about changes to the game should be coming soon." This reply, given 3 weeks ago, was specifically about Kabam's review of abilities, although it does suggest that other broad based changes may occur with an update. Keep your eyes open for this, too.

So, you know, the message of the day is basically stay awake, people! 

Good hunting!

Taking a Break From All My Worries on BKonn

While the latest Battle of BKonn is well underway, I thought to take a break and check the General Discussion forum posts. So glad I did. When you need a breather, check out the "Uprising Confessions Thread." It's a doozie so far.

Good hunting!