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gently caress, out of stock. If I put it on my wish list or whatever would I still get the discount or am I poo poo out of luck?
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today I played at an x wing tournament and discussed with my friend the different pilots in terms of boxing styles so we could both better play with and against them. I didn't know how to play as Corran but him being explained as a peekaboo mike Tyson with guards up and incredible distance coverage improved my game.
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Jul 16, 2015 05:18
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Purely defensive IG88 with push and sensors that seeks to deal and receive one damage every turn is mayweather which explains all the bullshit. 
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Jul 16, 2015 05:19
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I would like to know more of the X-Wang/boxing analogies.
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There's some sort of tournament around here in a couple weeks. The idea is to bring two lists, and your opponent picks which one to fight. I'll be using my trademark XXX list, but for the second list (the lists can't share unique pilots) I'm thinking: Corran Horn (35) Fire Control System (2) R2-D2 (4) Outmaneuver (3) Horton Salm (25) Ion Cannon Turret (5) R2 Astromech (1) BTL-A4 (0) [maybe?] Gold Sq. Pilot (18) Ion Cannon Turret (5) R2 Astromech (1) BTL-A4 (0) [maybe?] Total: 99 Pretty sure the idea there is self-explanatory. And then, the other list to pick from: Wedge Antilles (29) Opportunist (4) R2 Astromech (1) Luke Skywalker (28) Veteran Instincts (1) R2-D2 (4) Wes Jansen (29) Veteran Instincts (1) Total: 97 This list in particular has worked well for me. Mostly recently, it flat out eviscerated a decent Brobots list when Wedge landed an Opportunist enhanced nine hits over two turns to blow one out of space before the merge even finished. It was pretty sweet.
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Jul 16, 2015 07:20
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I have a feeling most people are going to pick the Triple-X list either out of curiosity or because they figure it for an easy win, so I'd plan on getting more play with that one and I hope you wreck house. Man, I wish someone ran X-Wing tournaments around here, I feel like I'm missing out.
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Jul 16, 2015 07:42
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Kai Tave posted:I have a feeling most people are going to pick the Triple-X list either out of curiosity or because they figure it for an easy win, so I'd plan on getting more play with that one and I hope you wreck house. This is exactly the idea, and I'm pretty sure it'll work because Corran is scary and mean. X-wing players in Kansas City have gotten fat and stupid against X-wings (irony meter approaching dangerous levels) because they don't have reposition options and mediocre dials. They completely forget that 9/10/10 PS means gently caress your arc dodgers you better guess drat good where I'm going and also 13 red dice with focus on the merge is loving painful.
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Jul 16, 2015 07:45
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Post a trip report and tell us if you make any Fat Han players cry.
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Jul 16, 2015 07:53
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Where do you guys get images of cards to use for proxying?
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Jul 16, 2015 08:38
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Man RAC with VI, Vader and Gunner is ridiculous. Played an Echo + Soontir list and killed them both before they could fire.
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Jul 16, 2015 09:15
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fadam posted:Where do you guys get images of cards to use for proxying? The X-Wing Wiki has an image of pretty much every card up for grabs, it's where some of the local players I know get theirs.
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Jul 16, 2015 09:22
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Kai Tave posted:The X-Wing Wiki has an image of pretty much every card up for grabs, it's where some of the local players I know get theirs. This is perfect, thanks dude. If I buy a Star Viper for the Auto thruster card (I proxied it on SF and I loved it), will my buddy who wants to play Scum get any value out of it?
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Jul 16, 2015 11:02
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The Starviper is in a weird place and it is likely to lose its slot within the scum roster to the khriziazziz fighter. The best comparison to the Starviper is the E-Wing, in that the low PS pilots aren't worth it and the high PS pilots are almost entirely dependent on their special ability. Guri is pretty good, you just have to be careful about not loading her up with too many upgrades.
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Jul 16, 2015 11:05
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fadam posted:Where do you guys get images of cards to use for proxying? When I was replacing all the art in the vassal module I just googled up card names and got a high res picture, was very convenient. ElBrak fucked around with this message at 12:03 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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Jul 16, 2015 11:59
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Tekopo posted:The Starviper is in a weird place and it is likely to lose its slot within the scum roster to the khriziazziz fighter. The best comparison to the Starviper is the E-Wing, in that the low PS pilots aren't worth it and the high PS pilots are almost entirely dependent on their special ability. Guri is pretty good, you just have to be careful about not loading her up with too many upgrades. Unfortunately there's no one Corran Horn good in the starviper, though the dial is nice. If you could run 4 starvipers with autothrusters it would be a really good ship. What you'll probably see with K fighters are either Talonbane Cobra with other things or 3 aces with predator and then something else. I don't think the K fighter is survivable enough for KKKKK to work.
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Kai Tave posted:I would like to know more of the X-Wang/boxing analogies. Well it was more using style and combo favorites of lists and ships and sometimes tying them into boxers. Jabs, hooks, uppers are all p relatable. Like I feel super aggressive EI+expose Oicunn (we call him perverted Oicunn due to his propensity to expose himself and ram the closest ships) and phantom would be someone like Foreman who would die to a swarm fighter (and list) like Pacquiao given the same weight class. But it just takes a couple well placed hits. I hesitate to name it but we thought classic Chiraneau and phantom/Baron is Ali. Though Corran and super dash is also a good comparison. Fat Han with Zs feels like James Toney to me cuz of the screening and counter punching Han's right shovel and lol he's fat. BBBY/BZ is the golden boy cuz of mean crosses and that constant drowning style pressure. Stuff like that. My friend and I both box and play Go and we were trying to better understand the game on our own terms. Thinking of the game as capturing areas for Go is much easier for us to think about while the turn by turn moving and circling is like boxing. I might paint up some gloves on a big ship. Or a left and right glove on each of the two Zs that I won last night. Hmm Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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Jul 16, 2015 14:56
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Also a big problem with the StarViper is that you desperately need to win the PS bid with them and not even VI gets you past PS9.
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Kai Tave posted:I have a feeling most people are going to pick the Triple-X list either out of curiosity or because they figure it for an easy win, so I'd plan on getting more play with that one and I hope you wreck house. Vassal beckons.. fadam posted:Where do you guys get images of cards to use for proxying? http://www.afewmaneuvers.com/topic/573-full-card-list-by-expansion/ fadam posted:If I buy a Star Viper for the Auto thruster card (I proxied it on SF and I loved it), will my buddy who wants to play Scum get any value out of it? Yes, the Star Viper rules. Xizor swarm is very fun to fly-- if an opponent focuses on him you can spread out the damage and usually get him out of there, or just let him die and keep trucking the swarm forward and blocking them till they [edit:the other guys] die. If they focus on the swarm first then Xizor is an excellent late-game ace. The key is to avoid the pitfall of comparing him ship-to-ship-- Xizor is a dickhole that never fights a fair fight  Chill la Chill posted:Thinking of the game as capturing areas for Go is much easier for us to think about Go on... mellowjournalism fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Jul 16, 2015 |
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Jul 16, 2015 19:45
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Regarding Vassal, I am not sure how to work it but I'd be down to play.
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Jul 16, 2015 21:53
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I'd love to play this on Vassal to see if, you know, I like it and it's worth buying. If anyone wants to give me an intro game on there I'd kill a small baby for the chance.
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The cool thing about Vassal is that not only can you play live online or via email, you can switch between both methods in the same game. I dug up my old posts and added a little (and corrected the 2013 sample squad link):yellowjournalism posted:I wrote a little reference thingy for email vassal games that I use with friends. Vassal is really intimidating at first but once you get used to it it's really really convenient and fast. At this point I don't even use tokens any more, I just click on a ship and cycle thru action tokens with Ctrl+A. Shift+A if you need to add another token. I don't mess with shield tokens either any more, I just decrease the shield/hull stats on the ship base itself (but of course draw cards when actually dealing damage). yellowjournalism posted:Oh and if you were to start an email game with a friend using that vsav file, just load the vsav, then do File > Begin Logfile, name it something like Game1Turn1Planning1.vlog, place your first asteroid or whatever, do your thing, and then do File > End logfile. Email the vlog to your opponent with the email template and you should be able to get email spacechess going in no time. I'm playing right now through email and Wedge is about to blow Bossk out of the Hound's Tooth and into the Nashtah Pup but not before taking a range 1 from Talonbane McGraw. Luke is sitting blind in a debris cloud with 2 stress but... he's got the force
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ShineDog posted:I'd love to play this on Vassal to see if, you know, I like it and it's worth buying. If anyone wants to give me an intro game on there I'd kill a small baby for the chance. Spoiler Alert: It is
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I wanted to thank the people for giving me feedback on Kavil a while back , I just never got around to posting. I'm introducing a friend to X-Wing tonight and beside the intro scenario what kind of list should I give a newer player that is both decently powerful and something that will not confuse a newer player. I find I keep going to the tried and true stuff and the I think that stuff is something a newer player might find intimidating.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Spoiler Alert: It is £10 for one of the plastic spaceships and I don't know anyone who plays though.
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ShineDog posted:£10 for one of the plastic spaceships and I don't know anyone who plays though. $10 in weird funny money is a small price to pay for an awesome, pre-painted ship that ONE DAY you could actually play with 
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Jul 17, 2015 03:15
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Played my first game ever with a phantom, went with echo. First game, brobots both with VI instincts(ps8). Lost initiative.  Next game, next guy pulls out Han and Wedge. 
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Jul 17, 2015 04:45
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High PS fucks with arc dodgers so good. Can't get enough.
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Jul 17, 2015 05:15
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Dang, Whisper was a lot more fun before I learned they changed how decloak functions.
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Jul 17, 2015 07:16
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ShineDog posted:£10 for one of the plastic spaceships and I don't know anyone who plays though. If you don't have anyone to play with, no wargame is ever worth even considering buying into. If you're in a major city in the UK, you have people to play with (just check your FLGS).
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So since the 1st of July, the Imperial Raider has a status of 'on the boat' on FFGs website, which means that a likely release date is late July/early August, using FFGs estimates. One of my friends is gonna get one thanks to winning a tourney as well
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Looking at how some swarm games have played out, I'm thinking 7 Zs with feedback arrays might actually be a workable build against your typical Fel-Chir builds, brobots, and others.
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Lemon Curdistan posted:If you don't have anyone to play with, no wargame is ever worth even considering buying into. Hmm. The FLGS is travelling man, so it doesn't really have tables as it's more of a comic shop with a board game and RPG bit downstairs. Theres a wargames club locally, but they seem a little... groggy? I dunno, any goons in Leeds?
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Jul 17, 2015 11:42
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I'm in Manchester, and we play (whenever we get chance) in Rochdale, but there are quite a few goons in Leeds.
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fadam posted:Dang, Whisper was a lot more fun before I learned they changed how decloak functions. I'm thinking of running whisper and two lambdas, one with hlc/expose and one with vader, and both with intelligence agent. Just like old times! Edit: no lambdas have EPT, duh. hoiyes fucked around with this message at 12:52 on Jul 17, 2015 |
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Shockeh posted:I'm in Manchester, and we play (whenever we get chance) in Rochdale, but there are quite a few goons in Leeds. I miss Leeds, great city. I'm pretty sure there's an X-wing scene in the city, have you tried looking on Facebook? There are a tonne of groups.
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hoiyes posted:I'm thinking of running whisper and two lambdas, one with hlc/expose and one with vader, and both with intelligence agent. Just like old times! It's OK, focus increases your offensive output more than Expose.
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Jul 17, 2015 13:10
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Also it's pointless to have HLC and Expose, since they don't interact.
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Tekopo posted:Also it's pointless to have HLC and Expose, since they don't interact. Yeah youd see a lot more expose if it worked on HLC.
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Tekopo posted:Also it's pointless to have HLC and Expose, since they don't interact. Ah, I need to read better. This is why no-one at my league believed me that the rear firespray arc counts for tactician and neutralises backstabber. OTOH five dice range 1  The idea behind expose was more to offer a juicer target if whisper was out of position, maybe get them to split their fire. And the way I roll green, one = none. hoiyes fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Jul 17, 2015 |
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ShineDog posted:I'd love to play this on Vassal to see if, you know, I like it and it's worth buying. If anyone wants to give me an intro game on there I'd kill a small baby for the chance. Hit me at mellowjournalism @ gentleman male if you want a vassal demo. Panzeh posted:Looking at how some swarm games have played out, I'm thinking 7 Zs with feedback arrays might actually be a workable build against your typical Fel-Chir builds, brobots, and others. Bugzapper swarms can WRECK poo poo, do it
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