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Can someone clarify an order of operations question? Is this correct? 1. Roll attack dice. 1.a. Apply modifiers to attack dice. 2. Defense dice are rolled. 2.a. Apply modifiers to defense dice.
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Feb 18, 2014 20:40
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Super 3 posted:Can someone clarify an order of operations question? Yes.
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Feb 18, 2014 20:59
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Right
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Feb 18, 2014 20:59
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQvcrdDZ2Oo World Championship Finals. This game is pretty amazing.
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Feb 19, 2014 21:27
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I don't usually watch stuff like that but that was an awesome hour of game stuff. Truly a nail biter.
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Feb 19, 2014 21:42
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I just watched that game and it was awesome and super tense! I also learned something about the game that I had taken for granted: apparently you can fire through ship bases with no penalty? I had assumed ships would be treated like asteroids,(thereby giving the defender an extra dice) but, I didn't see any evidence of that in the video. It makes sense to me now why TIE swarms are so popular. Edit: Are any of the other Worlds X-Wing games anywhere close to being that good?
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Feb 20, 2014 02:13
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I just watched this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J-R2-u7Na4 It was pretty good. Showed a TIE Swarm against a 3 X-Wing list with some good piloting going on. I'm trying to find a good match showing a Falcon being taken down as that's currently my greatest bane, but haven't seen anything yet.
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Feb 20, 2014 02:34
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The US National tournament videos are pretty good- really all of the Team Covenant ones. I actually picked up the game originally because I'd watched a couple of the video battle reports.
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Feb 20, 2014 16:43
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Jonas Albrecht posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQvcrdDZ2Oo That was pretty awesome. As a player that CONSTANTLY hits my own ships, watching that tie swarm was a thing of beauty.
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Feb 20, 2014 20:19
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I'm having so much trouble playing against TIE swarms. I took Wedge along with different variations of the Falcon and A-Wing, but I don't think that's going to cut it against swarms. I chock a lot of this up to being a card gamer at heart and not ever dealing with positioning. I probably shouldn't charge towards the line of advancing TIEs like it's American Civil War tactics.
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Feb 21, 2014 01:39
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Yeah the last thing you want to do vs a swarm is attack it head on. Asteroid placement is key. Try to lump your 3 asteroids together in a tight triangle either in the middle or closer to your side and abuse the hell out of them to try and break up their formation.
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Feb 21, 2014 01:45
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I got drawn in by this finally and I'm building a small fleet: currently have 1 X-Wing, 1 Y-Wing, 2 A-Wings and 2 TIE Fighters. I'm mostly going for looks and getting the ships I used to love in TIE Fighter/X-Wing videogames, but are TIE Interceptors any good at all? They were really my favourite ship and I'll probably get at least one, but was wondering if they were worth their points in comparison to TIE Fighters. What about Bombers?
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Feb 21, 2014 20:53
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^^^^ Interceptors own, may as well pick up the Imperial Aces pack when it comes out Pix from BGG of upcoming ships              
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Feb 21, 2014 20:58
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alg posted:^^^^ Interceptors own, may as well pick up the Imperial Aces pack when it comes out  A friend got me into this game and I love it. I can't wait to repaint one of these things!
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Feb 21, 2014 21:41
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I don't understand why I want those big ships so much. I don't care what rules they come up with, they're way too large to be practical as anything more than gimmicks and yet for some reason that doesn't matter to me at all. I can feel my wallet getting lighter already.
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Feb 21, 2014 21:43
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That E-wing is the ugliest thing I've ever laid my eyes on 
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Feb 21, 2014 21:51
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http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4663 
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Feb 22, 2014 00:08
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 But seriously, those things are amazing. I am really looking forward to the CR-90. e: Look I though the Millenium Falcon was bad, this thing will be a beast with all those Turbolasers. Thankfully it should be vulnerable to TIE Bombers to potentially load up those Adv. Proton Torpedoes. Also that Container token from X-Wing series games. Beautiful. Recoome fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 00:11
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HOLY poo poo RANGE BAND 5?!
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Feb 22, 2014 00:31
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Think I've settled on a list for Store Championships: Kyle Katarn Blaster Turret, Recon Specialist, Moldy Crow 31 points Blue Squadron Pilot Advanced Sensors 25 points Gold Squadron Pilot Ion Cannon Turret 23 points Rookie Pilot 21 points Kyle keeps the B-Wing supplied with Focus to go with a Target Lock every turn, while the Y-Wing runs interference and X-Wing helps out with firepower where needed.
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Feb 22, 2014 01:42
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The C3PO upgrade is terrible and great at the same time.
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Feb 22, 2014 03:25
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Swagger Dagger posted:The C3PO upgrade is terrible and great at the same time. The R2D2 seems a pretty lousy sidegrade from the original.
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Feb 22, 2014 05:50
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R2 as crew loving owns.
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Feb 22, 2014 05:55
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Leo Showers posted:Also that Container token from X-Wing series games. Beautiful. I kind of wish it had been an A type container--those were more iconic due to being in all the games. 
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Feb 22, 2014 06:08
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PJOmega posted:The R2D2 seems a pretty lousy sidegrade from the original. Original R2D2 on something like the Falcon would be absurd though.
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Feb 22, 2014 06:17
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I finally won! And by won, I mean I managed to blow up one TIE Fighter before losing all the rest of my ships: Luke, a Red Squadron X-Wing, a B-Wing, and an A-Wing. This time I started in the opposite corner of the map and then spent the first two turns maneuvering, but kind of panicked when the big melee happened and started accidentally slamming my ships into things. Howlrunner's ability is pretty broken. I took so much damage from those rerolls. I hate running ships with one agility, because I'll get into a position where I'll have a ship with four attack dice coming at me, and I have a single defense die to maybe roll a dodge, but if I don't then I'm taking 2-3 damage. I'm so bad miniatures games that I should be playing Empire so I can have all of the defense dice, many more attacks per round, and all of the cheap ships so I'm not sweating when I gently caress up and lose one, but damnit, I'm going to make Rebels work.
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Feb 22, 2014 07:57
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I don't know if I noticed it before, but the primary attack of the CR90 is range 3-5, which means if you were good enough you should be able to close the distance to they have to use the QLC to hit you, which uses energy. I really think this ship, while extremely cool, will be prohibitive in points even if you boost the games to 150 points. Han shoots first was a good build because it took advantage of the meta at the time, with the TIE Bomber squads build around a god-ship really aren't going to fly, even if it's a capital ship. If it's expending energy to regain shields, then it isn't supporting their squad and it sure as hell isn't shooting at you with QLC's so 
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Feb 22, 2014 08:06
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The corvette is completely bogus if there isn't a valid tactic involving sitting in its blind spot and slowly killing it with laser cannons. 
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Feb 22, 2014 08:19
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JerryLee posted:The corvette is completely bogus if there isn't a valid tactic involving sitting in its blind spot and slowly killing it with laser cannons. Ah, the lack of engine backwash was lovely.
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Feb 22, 2014 09:26
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Swagger Dagger posted:The C3PO upgrade is terrible and great at the same time. He actually seems excellent on a ship with 1 evasion like the Falcon. Guess zero and he's the equivalent of a permanent evade token, and if need be you can go for broke trying to roll big and get more. Also, do we know how ships gain energy back? Those laser upgrades on the Corvette can't be one shot weapons for their point cost, can they?
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Feb 22, 2014 09:44
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Ionization reactor is hilarious. Especially if there are rules with regards to collision with the corvette.
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Feb 22, 2014 13:18
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smashthedean posted:I just watched this one: This is a really good video, and has me excited to go play again.
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Feb 23, 2014 01:56
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Rogue 7 posted:He actually seems excellent on a ship with 1 evasion like the Falcon. Guess zero and he's the equivalent of a permanent evade token, and if need be you can go for broke trying to roll big and get more. Rogue 7 posted:Also, do we know how ships gain energy back? Those laser upgrades on the Corvette can't be one shot weapons for their point cost, can they? EDIT: No that's wrong. They haven't stated how energy works yet. Jonas Albrecht fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Feb 23, 2014 |
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Feb 23, 2014 04:33
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Are there any good list utilizing the Falcon? I think the last time I played I ran a heavily upgraded Falcon with a Red Squadron X-Wing and a Green Squadron A-Wing.
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Feb 23, 2014 04:59
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I'd upload the Fore and Aft sections of the CR90 but Imgur is crashing and showing up error messages so I'll have to do it later. Looks like the CR90 has 5 energy base which doesn't really allow for much shooting with the auxillary turbolasers or Quad Laser Cannons. I'm going to draw a pretty long bow here and say that the Primary attack of the CR90 is a turret, which can hit regardless of arcs. I think the hardpoint weapons such as the Single Turbolasers and the Quad Laser Cannons will only be able to fire out of the printed arcs on the base, as they don't specify anything to do with firing outside of arcs like the Ion Cannon Turret can. This makes the most sense in my opinion and would allow for ships such as Backstabber so still get the out of arc bonus by attacking head on or directly behind. Also it'd be pretty stupid if it can't shoot in front of itself. Also because there is a fore and an aft section, I suppose the ship itself will be 90 points base, which means even with 150 points or whatever you aren't getting much.
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Feb 23, 2014 05:14
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I also bought an extra TIE Bomber today, because if they are increasing the points I want to take a full flight of Bombers loaded with torpedoes. It's an addiction 
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Feb 25, 2014 13:15
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I've been thinking about getting one more TIE bomber to try out Fuamatu's list on http://teamcovenant.com/theorist/2014/02/20/x-wing-hilo-round-six-sweet-16/ You are correct though. It will also be useful for taking out transports and corvettes.
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Feb 25, 2014 15:24
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I've been reading around looking for a fun list and found one that looks fun. Bounty Hunter w/ Recon x2 Shuttle w/ Vader Anyone have any experience playing with or against this list? I'd like to know if it's worth it to buy the second Firespray and a Shuttle.
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Feb 25, 2014 17:43
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Arrgytehpirate posted:I've been reading around looking for a fun list and found one that looks fun. Iv done two BH with gunner and Shuttle/Vader before. You're not going to win tournaments with the list but they are fun to play. Two BH also have lists like: Double Bounty Hunter with Cannons BH + HLC x2 Howlrunner + Swarm tactics Double Bounty Hunter Splash Damage BH + Assault Missile + Seismic Charge x2 Howlrunner + Swarm tactics The shuttle isnt that great of a ship and comes down to playing it Omicron with vader and using it to deny actions. You do however get probably the best add on card in the game, advanced sensor. Its the reason anyone owns more than one shuttle.
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Feb 25, 2014 20:43
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Tournaments really should go to a WYSIWYG format for what is on the play field, and a codex format for the god damned cards. The card bloat in this is getting retarded. I have a stack of dupe pilots that can't be used as big as my rebel stack. It's just wasteful. But I guess it forces people to buy multiple "shuttles" even though they will never use more than the first one.
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