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Galaga Galaxian posted:Not surprising, given how much "Fans" decried the prequels. I mean...they were poo poo movies. They wouldn't even be considered worth mentioning if the Star Wars name hadn't been on them.
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The Gate posted:I mean...they were poo poo movies. They wouldn't even be considered worth mentioning if the Star Wars name hadn't been on them. Yeah, the prequels stank by any metric. You don't need to spend 50 hours deconstructing them frame by frame on YouTube to come to that opinion. I just think its kind of funny (and maybe a bad sign) that Episode 7 is trying so hard to be like an unending parade of callbacks to A New Hope. X-Wings versus TIE Fighters! The Millennium Falcon! Han Solo and Chewbacca and Luke and Leia and sweeping desert vistas and a cute droid and stormtroopers and a guy in dark armor with a lightsaber and a Death Star and Oh and some new characters or something, I guess.
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it's actually pretty cool that a black man was the first character seen in the first teaser. and the other main character is a woman. that's a pretty cool thing for an old franchise with hundreds of millions of fans.
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Chill la Chill posted:People said there was supposed to be a new trailer too. Any idea when? Also you guys should get star wars card trader so we could trade cards @ each other. I've been playing it to satisfy my magic card pack cravings for free. Trailer hits tomorrow during Monday Night Football. There's a teaser for the trailer because that's what happens these days. This is relevant to this thread because Poe is an X-Wing pilot and the new Handsomest Man In Star Wars. Edit: Here is the OTHER teaser-for-the-trailer EDIT: There's a THIRD one, and it has lots of TIEs jivjov fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Oct 18, 2015 |
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alg posted:it's actually pretty cool that a black man was the first character seen in the first teaser. and the other main character is a woman. that's a pretty cool thing for an old franchise with hundreds of millions of fans. And you should see the number of assholes who have been freaking out about it on the internet.
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alg posted:it's actually pretty cool that a black man was the first character seen in the first teaser. and the other main character is a woman. that's a pretty cool thing for an old franchise with hundreds of millions of fans. Yeah; the "big three" of this trilogy are all Hollywood Minorities. A woman is front-and-center on the official poster, a black guy was (as you said) the first person we saw in the first teaser, and Poe is played by a Guatemalan American.
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So how does the firing arc on a decimator work? 360 because of the arrow? Also what's the difference between green/red/yellow firing arcs? Is that based on faction?
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Yes and yes. Green for Imperial, red for Rebels, yellow for Scum.
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Deviant posted:So how does the firing arc on a decimator work? 360 because of the arrow? Yeah, the circular arrow lets you fire 360 degrees around the ship, although the 90 degree firing arc on the front of the base is still used for a few things that need it, like Tactician or triggering/avoiding autothrusters. The colours are just rebel (red) imp (green) and scum (yellow).
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e: Wow, I completely misread that poster for a moment.
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ro5s posted:Yeah, the circular arrow lets you fire 360 degrees around the ship, although the 90 degree firing arc on the front of the base is still used for a few things that need it, like Tactician or triggering/avoiding autothrusters. This is super important and bears repeating. There are no ships with 360° firing arcs. The phrase "360° firing arc" leads to unnecessary confusion. There are ships with turret weapons which can fire at ships outside their firing arcs, but they still have their standard firing arc which is used for ordnance, cannons, card abilities, etc. Also, less importantly, the standard firing arc isn't quite 90°. It's more like 80°.
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Poopy Palpy posted:This is super important and bears repeating. There are no ships with 360° firing arcs. The phrase "360° firing arc" leads to unnecessary confusion. There are ships with turret weapons which can fire at ships outside their firing arcs, but they still have their standard firing arc which is used for ordnance, cannons, card abilities, etc. This is very true and it's an important distinction when people try to tell you auxiliary arcs aren't 'real' firing arcs for things like outmaneuver and autothrusters.
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Kai Tave posted:Yeah, the prequels stank by any metric. You don't need to spend 50 hours deconstructing them frame by frame on YouTube to come to that opinion. Ep 3 was pretty decent. The stupid "Noooooo" scene really ruins it though. Honestly, someone gets decapitated in the first 10 minutes. Ep 3 gave no fucks.
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waah posted:Ep 3 was pretty decent. The stupid "Noooooo" scene really ruins it though. Honestly, someone gets decapitated in the first 10 minutes. Ep 3 gave no fucks. Ep 3 was the least bad of the three prequels - Because it's really really hard to completely gently caress up a story that has as much potential as Darth Vader's fall to the dark side. George really, really tried, though, and Hayden Christianssen's acting didn't help, either. It's not a terrible movie like Phantom and Clone Wars, but nor is it a good one. It even managed to make Obi Wan and Vader's duel tedious. Geisladisk fucked around with this message at 11:36 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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That bit fails for me because of the fad for the way lightsaber duels were fought. Yes, the 'big Templar Broadsword' method that we got in RotJ makes no sense in a world where the swords are made of light, but it just looked way cooler. Contrast the fight between Luke & Vader at the end of RotJ and Anakin and Obi-Wan at the end of RotS, especially the very final section after Vader taunts Luke. It's actually the saving grace for me of the Kylo Ren crossguard nonsense; It implies the fighting style might swing back towards that kind of swordplay.
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Shockeh posted:That bit fails for me because of the fad for the way lightsaber duels were fought. Yes, the 'big Templar Broadsword' method that we got in RotJ makes no sense in a world where the swords are made of light, but it just looked way cooler. Contrast the fight between Luke & Vader at the end of RotJ and Anakin and Obi-Wan at the end of RotS, especially the very final section after Vader taunts Luke. Honestly I find all the star wars movies to be hokey and have bad dialogue(the dialogue kills me in all the movies, ESB felt like the least bad of the lot in this regard). The prequels felt more indulgent but then they did have more complex plots and ideas going on. I came to x-wang for the game, not the star wars.
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Shockeh posted:That bit fails for me because of the fad for the way lightsaber duels were fought. Yes, the 'big Templar Broadsword' method that we got in RotJ makes no sense in a world where the swords are made of light, but it just looked way cooler. Contrast the fight between Luke & Vader at the end of RotJ and Anakin and Obi-Wan at the end of RotS, especially the very final section after Vader taunts Luke. There's kind of a in-universe explanation that makes sense - All the duels in the OT are fought between a old, crippled man (Vader) and either a even older (but less crippled) man (Obi-Wan) or a teenager with very little formal training who has no idea what he's doing (Luke). All the duels in the prequels are fought between serious fuckin' Jedi and Sith at the top of their game. But yes, they look dumb and tedious. I do like Maul vs Obi and Qui-Gon, because it's just so different from the rest of them, and that super-fast acrobatic style was new at the time. But like everything else in the prequels, any enjoyment is quickly strangled by excess. One fast, acrobatic duel would have been cool. But then George goes and force-feeds them to us like we're a duck in a foie gras factory until we absolutely hate them.
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Even The Old Republic cinematics work out that 'big swings' are better than the fast super-acrobatic system. Hell, even Ryan vs Dorkman worked this out.
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alg posted:it's actually pretty cool that a black man was the first character seen in the first teaser. and the other main character is a woman. that's a pretty cool thing for an old franchise with hundreds of millions of fans. I look forward to much more diverse wooden acting and bad dialogue 
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I personally cannot wait to play more of Star Wars Movie Critic: The Miniatures Game. I hear the second wave will feature Youtube videos and Angry Blogs! I'm thinking of taking this to a store tournament this weekend. Had moderate success with the 666 lately, and having one barrel roll around the board is a funny image. Bossk (35) Expert Handling (2) "Mangler" Cannon (4) K4 Security Droid (3) Intelligence Agent (1) Anti-Pursuit Lasers (2) Syndicate Thug (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) R4 Agromech (2) Syndicate Thug (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) R4 Agromech (2) Total: 99
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So I ran that list I mentioned before:quote:Redline + FCS + Cluster Missiles + Ion Torpedoes + Extra Munitions And it is getting work done. Throwing the ion missiles out first seems to derail the "Well I'll just kill the Punisher before it fires" plan somewhat.
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enigmahfc posted:and having one barrel roll around the board is a funny image. Wait...is there anything to prevent a large ship from using BB-8?
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Kai Tave posted:Man, Episode 7 really is just "boy the original Star Wars really was great wasn't it?" This is the exact same thing JJ did for the Star Trek movies, so why would you assume any different.
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This Post Sucks posted:Wait...is there anything to prevent a large ship from using BB-8? None have Astromech slots so far
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This Post Sucks posted:Wait...is there anything to prevent a large ship from using BB-8? The lack of large ships with Astromech slots is a big hurdle here.
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quote:Guri (30) Had some success with this, A+++ would fly again Irom fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Oct 20, 2015 |
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You can put BB-8 on anything, as long as you have a stapler and determination.
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Panzeh posted:
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alg posted:None have Astromech slots so far Poopy Palpy posted:The lack of large ships with Astromech slots is a big hurdle here. Ah, that would do it! Sorry for the silly question, I've just started playing. Thanks for the answers!
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Wow, looks like Imperials dominated NZ nationals thanks to Darth Vader. Wonder if folks will stop whining about TLT now. Lots of Emperor too. Here's hoping the Ghost's crew is excellent quote:New Zealand 2015 National Champion: Imperial- : 99pts 36 points: Darth Vader TIE Advanced, TIE/x1, Lone Wolf, Engine Upgrade, Advanced Targeting Computer. 39 points: “Whisper” TIE Phantom, Fire-Control System, Veteran Instincts, Advanced Cloaking Device. 24 points: Lieutenant Colzet TIE Advanced, TIE/x1, Advanced Targeting Computer. alg fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Oct 19, 2015 |
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Someone was saying that there were no 4x TLT lists in the event, or something like that, and very few with 2-3. May our may not mean anything for the US meta. There was a video of Paul Heaver playing an event against Doug Kinney, though, and neither had TLTs in their lists, so who knows. Paul's list was Poe, Green Squadron, and 3 Talas. Doug had Crack Shot, HLC, FCS brobots. Two really odd lists.
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The Gate posted:Someone was saying that there were no 4x TLT lists in the event, or something like that, and very few with 2-3. May our may not mean anything for the US meta. My guess is those guys not wanting to tip their hand for their Worlds lists, though I always find it bizarre that people do that. I'm successful in my local tournaments and everybody knows what I do.
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alg posted:Wow, looks like Imperials dominated NZ nationals thanks to Darth Vader. Wonder if folks will stop whining about TLT now. Lots of Emperor too. Here's hoping the Ghost's crew is excellent I never thought to try a swarm with Crack Shot before, how did it work out for you?
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Kai Tave posted:I never thought to try a swarm with Crack Shot before, how did it work out for you? I'm not that guy, but I'm a guy who has run swarms with Crack Shot. It's really good. Each crack shot is basically one free damage. 6 free damage is pretty huge. The basic setup is Howlrunner + 5 Black Squadrons, all with crack shot. You have a few extra points leftover from that to either upgrade some of the Blacks to TIE Fighter aces, put some modifications on them, or upgrade two of them to TIE F/O Omega Squadrons with Crack Shot.
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Geisladisk posted:I'm not that guy, but I'm a guy who has run swarms with Crack Shot. Yeah, crack shot is amazing on cheap EPT carriers- the problem is there's not many of those in the game.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE The only new ships I saw (besides the T-70 and the TIE-F/O) is Kylo Ren's black shuttle
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