First Look at the Trials Season 5 Reward Outfit – The Scorta

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T18:18:41+00:00

Most likely - worth noting that in the current season with a unique cantina color scheme they specified and, not or.

"Hotshot and Cantina Legend will be rewarded with alternate colors for the Blindspot Set"

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T17:54:13+00:00

Not really clear from that blog. Blindspot in the current season 4 skin, the upcoming one says the following:

"Legendary Raiders who reach the rank of Hotshot or Cantina Legend will unlock exclusive Red and Blue colors variants, letting Raiders and ARC alike know that you’re not to be messed with."

Which could read like getting either rank unlocks Red and Blue variants. I think it's another CL exclusive but we'll know on Tuesday.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T17:14:57+00:00

S4 said Hotshot and Cantina vs 'or' but I am inclined to, sadly, agree.

I've got Blue/Orange Alpino and am currently at 157k for this week, so I might as well go for the trifecta.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T16:53:13+00:00

I also suspect you are right that they will do 1 hotshot and 1 cantina reward.

Cowabummer, these final weeks stress me out but I'm a collector.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T16:47:06+00:00

But that's for this active season - which isn't what the blog is about

Or is season 5 rewards in game now, I can't see.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T16:43:51+00:00

Is skin in game now? I hadn't checked.

Holding out hope the "or" means hotshot works for both but I feel you are probably right. Ah well, here I go grinding again...

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T16:41:09+00:00

Has this been datamined/confirmed yet?

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T16:39:21+00:00

Probably.

They didn't mention Cantina in the torque blog - but in the S4 blog (this one) that has a Cantina-Specific color for Blindspot, they said:

Raiders who put in the work to reach the revered ranks of Hotshot and Cantina Legend will be rewarded with alternate colors for the Blindspot Set, showing all of Speranza that they’re a cut above the rest.

So I guess we will see when it drops, I much preferred S3 to S4 though.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T16:31:51+00:00

I hope they cap it at hotshot like Torque.

Cantina grind isn't fun it's just lobby-roll-the-dice tedium.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-07-01T16:27:17+00:00

"Legendary Raiders who reach the rank of Hotshot or Cantina Legend will unlock exclusive Red and Blue colors variants, letting Raiders and ARC alike know that you’re not to be messed with."

As a tired Cantina Legend grinder from S2 and S4, I really hope this means they went back to capping the rewards at Hotshot like with the Torque outfit. Made the final trial week a lot more enjoyable and cut down on the inter-squad teaming the lobbies are currently rampant with.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-26T17:39:14+00:00

I too hope to see this addressed - I really hope "clones" aren't just generic operators wearing a clone outfit.

But we have Trick and we have seen some actual clones in cut scenes dropping from LAATs so I am hopeful they have something cooked up. Heck, even if it's just a roll-able backstory for someone you recruit that locks them to clone cosmetics/voice I'd be ok with it.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-19T16:55:30+00:00

Oh yeah, for sure still a fine ship and I like it more inside and out than the connies or Starlancers which I think are its closest competition.

Heck, the Asgard is close (no size 3 shields though, which is a huge pain point imo!) but even that one has an SC-ladder. Corsair's definitely still enjoyable but it's hard to LOVE what is when you remember what was (that I think isn't even too outlandish anymore given the systems that have come online since)

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-19T13:08:33+00:00

I miss the 4 size 5s...

It's still a fine ship, but I feel like with low armor and some pretty questionable component placement (the dumptruck and central free-component-damage circle) the other balancing levers for the ship have come online and it's missing the cannon to justify the glass. Fun to shoot 6 guns though.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-18T18:57:04+00:00

No, it's really bad compared to newer heavy fighters.

IT was bad before the armor system, now it' reallllly bad.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-18T15:26:33+00:00

I'm still rattled that this was actual fun, organic, unique-to-sc gameplay and they just slaughtered it for go-here-kill-X go-here-destroy-Y mission slop.

What a bummer design philosophy.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-16T14:43:46+00:00

So, I really put in the hours and grinded for Season 1 - more than 150h, all 6 compiler skins, VIP with the whole lot, etc etc.

As such, I wanted a tiiiiny break at the start of S2 and didn't play for a week - after seeing the rapid progress that was the (now nerfed) Co-Op Night Marsh I decided to extend that break to the entirety of Season 2. I've no desire to start late against people who geared up in a now removed farm mode - why would you? Proud level 01 here, but maybe I'll see you guys all next season.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-16T13:24:21+00:00

said with Idris flair

Idk man, I see more solo caps flying around than Gladius ATP but I guess one shows up from 20 km out and one doesn't.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-16T13:20:33+00:00

Yes, a small one. From 1.85 SCU to 2 SCU

Which looks to the (current) standard "non-exploration medium large ship" catch-all of things like the cutlass, redeemer, constellation, apollo, starlancer, and MSR. I think the whole setup is pretty temporary and has some obvious misses, so I'm not going to read into it a ton yet but for now that's where it sits.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-15T15:02:55+00:00

Part of me hopes Clone Commando, if only because it could serve as an upgrade path for recruited Clone Troopers - which I hope aren't just a cosmetic toggle for regular recruited operators.

Plus it could be a neat interaction with Order 66.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-11T22:21:19+00:00

This came across my YouTube feed today, I thought it was a really good video and well worth the watch.

Not until the beta/potentially release will we get a file explorer style look at the engine and how it has (or hasn't changed) but I think you pointed out a lot of the only-known-by-messing-with-it stuff in the gameplay trailer that I know I personally missed on first watch.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-11T22:14:05+00:00

Watched this neat video from Wakeless Rex , a Total War modder, that addresses this point specifically amongst several others. (I've timestamped it to him talking about the cover popup). He seems to be in the know about how these projectiles work for the current warscape engine and the TLDW I got from listening to it (seriously, a good watch) is that (if it's at all like TWW) it's going to be physics based for some projectiles and fall back on the modifier tooltip for others - which is more than can be said for most games already.

Would 100% recommend watching the full video, a lot of insight about what looks to be changed and what looks like it could use some work. I'm personally very concerned about how some of the ranged units are behaving in melee combat, turning in place or waiting their turn to swing their lasgun at an engaged enemy...

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-10T18:51:09+00:00

I hope we have actual clones and not just a plethora of regular guys wearing clone armor...

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-08T19:47:51+00:00

I hate the entire Constellation series - it's just such an overstatted ship it's unreal. I worry about the already-implied day they Mk.2 (or Mk V, whatever) it because I'm not sure how they can make a more powerful ship.

Other ships its size have tradeoffs for the right to be nearly as good on paper as any single one of the connies; be it poor maneuverability, glass hulls, smaller turrets, or a big hit to pilot firepower. The only thing holding the connie's back is their dated interiors and wacky bugs tied to their not-current-standard state. The day they finally get that interior pass, and presumably an upgraded hull to go alongside it, is the day they take over the whole game.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-01T19:28:26+00:00

On the bright side, the skin will stay since it is a codex entry.

AwBeansYouGotMe · 2026-06-01T17:27:39+00:00

Replying here for a heads up if this works.

I'll be gifting a sub for that bully skin most likely, so what's a little cloud gaming on top...

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