I’m very excited to announce the details of the DB’s newest form of vendetta! The Council has been talking about this for a very long time, and today is the day we can finally share our plans. Without further ado, I present to you DB Seasons!

A Dossier for Every Season

Seasons will differ from our traditional vendettas in many ways, but perhaps the most significant is that at the start of each Season, all active DB members will have their dossiers reset to Novitiate 1. XP will be set to zero, all medals will be removed, as will society progress and all possessions. You will spend the Season working to re-earn as much as you can, and those who make the most progress will place highly on our very rewarding Seasonal Leaderboard.

Don’t worry, though–your years of work in the DB won’t be lost. All current dossiers will be marked as “Eternal Dossiers” and preserved so that in between Seasons, you can revert back to that rank you’ve worked so hard for. And everything that you earn on your Seasonal Dossier will be rolled up into your Eternal Dossier as well, meaning that all of your Seasonal XP, medals, etc. will be added to your Eternal Dossier.

Seasonal Challenges

But the fun doesn’t stop with resetting progress every season. In addition, we’re pleased to reveal some information on upcoming Seasonal Challenges: special competitions and events that will offer exciting Seasonal awards. Among the possible Seasonal Challenges are:

• Puzzle Rifts: Think you’re good at puzzles? What about a puzzle that does not end? Puzzle Rifts are a new, engaging form of Seasonal activity that will put your puzzle mastery to the test. Puzzle Rifts are a timed challenge to complete as much of an ever-expanding puzzle as possible. Whoever completes the most of the puzzle by the end of the Season wins!

• Uber Button: Everyone’s favorite button game, but MORE. The button is now a purely individual challenge. As a PvP competition, you’ll earn the most points for denying them to your opponents. The button will run continuously for the entire duration of a Season. Can you keep up?

• Perm-a-Death ACC: To make ACC battles have more character driven implications, we’re introducing perm-a-death for the season. If your character dies (e.g., loses the match) they will only be able to battle as a Force Ghost for the remainder of the season. For all the non-Force sensitive members, you’d appear like Han Solo in Rise of Skywalker as a ‘fully formed’ spirit.

Seasonal Rewards

Seasons aren’t just about special challenges and the thrill of starting all over again every few months–they’re also about time-limited rewards and the fear of missing out! Some of the exciting new rewards you can look forward to maybe earning (if you’re good enough) include:

• Seasonal footwear: For the first time ever, the Herald’s Office will be offering our top overall placers custom footwear for their dossiers! If your enemies see you coming, at least they’ll be impressed!

• Exclusive Species: Any member who manages to reach the rank of EQ4 in a Season will earn the ability to unlock special, exclusive species including but not limited to Hutts! Note that this exclusive reward can also be purchased as an add-on to the DB Battle Pass discussed below.

DB Battle Pass

Last but certainly not least, every Season will launch with a purchasable Battle Pass full of goodies and pay-to-win upgrades like XP accelerators and free medals. Although the Battle Pass will not be free, we will offer three tiers of Battle Pass (with correspondingly better loot at higher tiers) based on the average credit balance of our three main rank tiers:

• Journeyman Pass: Aimed at our lowly Journeymen, this Battle Pass will only set you back a mere 50k credits. It includes a small number of XP accelerators and a free backup battery pack for your training lightsaber!

• Equite Pass: For our mighty Equites, we offer a Battle Pass tier full of granted possessions that will make you feel like an Elder even though you aren’t! This can be yours for the low price of 150k credits.

• Elder Pass: Our Elders have worked hard enough. They get all of the rewards of the Journeymen and Equite Battle Passes, plus exclusive new CS Feats, a free ED, and a sticker that says “I’ve done all the things already.” All for just 300k credits!

A New Recruitment Initiative: Multi-Level Recruiter XP

As you’re all aware, having a steady flow of new members is imperative for the Brotherhood’s long-term success. Thus, to encourage recruitment, the Emissary and Master at Arms are implementing a new policy: Multi-Level Recruitment XP.

All recruiters will now receive bonus XP equal to 10% of the XP their recruits earn. In addition, if your recruit brings their own recruit into the Brotherhood, you’ll earn 10% of they XP they earn from their recruits (or 1% of your grand-recruits’ XP). You can earn from up to five tiers of your downline, getting bonuses totalling 0.1% of your great grand-recruits’ earned XP, 0.01% of your great-great grand-recruits’ XP, and 0.001% of your thrice-great grand-recruits’ XP.

This bonus will persist throughout both members’ careers, allowing recruiters to benefit from their efforts for years (or even decades) to come. And to answer one of the most likely questions up front: yes, the bonus XP earned from this policy WILL be retroactive. Ensuring that members are awarded for past tangential contributions to the Brotherhood, no matter how flimsy their claim to credit, is a key part of our engagement strategy.

So, what are you waiting for? Recruit today and set up the long-term passive XP stream to ensure your recognition freedom!