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See this post I made at the end of the last era about the MK VI Besh Ability Module bottleneck CG appears to have intentionally created to incentivize us to buy the episode pass: FTP WARNING: Those Who Use Crystals To Get Era Units to 5 Stars Might NOT Be Able To Obtain G13 Next Era : r/SWGalaxyOfHeroes.

The TLDR is that you seem to get only enough MK VI Besh Ability Modules to level all your era units to 105, even when you use crystals to take the era's legendary unit up to 5 stars. You can level some units past 105. And in fact, I think doing so is optimal strategy. But you do so at the expense of your other units. So choose wisely.

One thing I did not predict: You can buy MK VI Besh Ability Modules with crystals. This might actually be a change to the system. I only recall being able to purchase MK VI Besh Ability Modules with cash last era. But you would have to spend a lot of crystals to clear this bottleneck.

Just venting here, but man I’m so tired of this mode. Especially at the end of the era, it’s so tiresome and repetitive. The same teams at the same levels playing against the same bosses over and over and over again. I really wish it wasn’t daily.

Edit: To those who say just auto, I’m the type of player where that would diminish my enjoyment even further. The point of this game for a player like me is to always maximize whatever reward is available. That maximization itself is what I play the game for—full stop. If I leave something on the table one day, it leaves me more dissatisfied than if I do something repetitive and boring.

Most of the focus this past era was on the removal of Mk VII Aurek Ability Modules and Mk VII Masterwork Performance Cores (the mats that get you from 110 to 116). Rightfully so. I am glad CG is restoring those materials going forward (and I wish CG would also restore them for the current era).

What has received less attention is that CG also reduced the MK VI Besh Ability Modules available without spending money. If you purchased the episode pass, the paid portion of the episode track gave you enough MK VI Besh Ability Modules to take all your characters up to 110. But if you were FTP, you received only enough materials to take all the units to 105--even if you used crystals to take your units up to 5 stars.

This bottleneck might persist in the next era. CG's post from today does not note any increase to the MK VI Besh Ability Modules available in marquee and journey guide rewards going forward. If this bottleneck does persist, those who use crystals to get their characters up to 5 stars will again have their units stuck at 105 at the end of the era, despite the increase to Mk VII Aurek Ability Modules and Mk VII Masterwork Performance Cores. (Such players will, though, have the option to "over" level some of their units past 105 by "under" leveling their other era units.)

CG seems to have successfully switched our collective focus to the new era characters. Now seems like a good time to give up hope for any change—this era or going forward.