The Rebel Alliance is too well equipped, they're more dangerous than you realize.

 FFG have finally dropped the RRG and points update for Star Wars Legion and Ohh boy this is a spicy meatball. 

There are so many changes to go though in the rules including the removal of standby sharing from clone troopers. However I want to focus on the points changes.

Starting with neutral upgrades. Aggressive Tactics increased to 15pts, this needed to happen AT was taken by so many lists especially Imperial lists to improve red defence dice and droids who need surges to have a chance. Thumbs up.

Improvised Orders down to 5pts. 10 was to high for alot of lists at 5 it should be seen more.

Force Guidance and Force Reflexes down to 5pts. Considering how good Force Push is, this need to happen to allow this upgrades to have a hope.

Emergency Stims dropped to 10pts after being 12pts. Not sure how much this will help but atleast it will put into contention.

All the grenades expect frags and EMPs went down. I don't see this helping much but will help those people who like no bid.

Lets start with the losers on this list. Phase 2 clones, R2D2 and ARC Troopers.

R2 up to 45pts. This just needed to happen he was way to cheap for what he did. 

Phase 2 base squad raised to 62pts. A slight adjustment but it means that it will be much harder to get 4-5 of them in. It is still not impossible because the Phase 2 mortar is not 20pts and the extra Phase 2 is 10 pts. So leave the Z6 at home on a unit or 2.

ARC Strike teams are 27pts that is a 6pts increase per team those 18pts in a triple strike team list is a massive loss combined with loss of aim tokens off scout moves really hurts the strike team. 

Full ARC squads are up to 78pts also an increase of 6pts. This one I am not sure about full squads, are ARCs better than Death Troopers base? I don't think so. Death Troopers also require an 8pt armament to fully unlock and there heavy is more expensive (30 for the ARC Sniper vs 34 for the DT DLT) Now Death Troopers if you take the points away are better on a one v one basis but that is not how Legion works. My hot take is that this adjustment will be atleast be reversed in the next points adjustment.

Good news for the Grand Army of the Republic though, every upgrade on Phase 1s dropped. The most expensive being the DC-15 at 27pts and 3 points across the board for the phase 1 personnel. AT-RT Laser Cannon is down to 10pts. Not sure if it will help in the Republic.

The BARC has had some major help, Base down to 60pts and weapons down aswell. The Twin Laser Gunner all the way down at 15pts means that for the original cost you can get a weapon on. Reduction on the RPS gunner aswell gives a cheap anti armour option.

Obi Wan has had a 5pt diet coming down to 170pts. To quote a great man. "A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one"

The droids have had a interesting adjustment aswell. Dooku down 5 to 200pts and Grievous down 5 to 170. This is reflected in all the saber welders in this adjustment (Expect Commander Luke and the new releases.)  Characters are clearly a priority. 

B2 down to 45pts and Droidekas down to 80. Both of these are great moves, I am all for more B2s being on the field. B2 heavies when down aswell ACM is 24 and the HA is 30 and the extra B2 to 13pts. B1 personnel dropped OOM 9pts, B1 Security 7pts and the extra B1 now only 5pts. so 7 B1 for the low price of 41pts before a heavy weapon. Overall some good changes around the edges of the droids but the big change for droids is what has happened to Field Commander which allows the AAT to count as the minimum required commander when the T series is piloting. This allows for Operative AAT list to exist right now and when CIS specialist pack comes at just AAT lists. 

The Imperials received alot of love. Boba Fett dropped to 125pts. I hope this brings him back into the game from the Tatooine desert. Commander Vader 175pts and Operative Vader 155, this makes OP Vader the cheapest saber wielder in the game. Commander Vader came down again to 175pts and Emperor down to 200pts. Both Vaders have dropped the most of the sabre wielders. Imperial Officer dropped to 45pts as did the Rebel Officer which makes them both 10pts less than the Clones and Droids counterparts which have not been released yet.

Alot of units got massive drops, the ATST is down to 160pts, Occupier Combat Tank down to 145pts and Dewback down to 75pts. O boy this opens up alot of list building options for the Empire. Scout Troopers dropped to 48pts and Snowtroopers down to 44pts. So Snows are now starting the same point as the Stormtroopers. Combined with another drop on the T-7 Ion to 20pts. This will bring Snows back into the meta in a bigger way. The only increase for units is the DF-90 Mortar Trooper going up to 38pts the other increase was the Shoretrooper T-21B increased to 35pts. Both needed to happen to give everything else space to breathe.

Every Stormtrooper upgrade has dropped various amounts. Notably the DLT came down 2pts. The HH-12 down to 20pts aswell. Dewback weapons are down aswell. You can now get the Flame rifle on a Dewback for the same as its previous starting cost.. 

The final bit I want to point out which is more of meme than something useful is General Weiss is 1pt. I am sure someone will have successful with Weiss but I can not see it. 

I can't speak to the Rebel changes because I do not play them but overall it looks good. 

Overall this looks like a great change and the Version number being 2.0 fits well because it really does feel like a different game.