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guts and bolts posted:My green dice were so bad at my last showing at GT's store champs that the manager literally offered to buy me a beer after watching the game. It was horrific. You never want to say someone doesn't deserve a win, but holy poo poo. I feel your pain. Haha yeah. I rolled an evade on the last turn of the game. Someone clapped! Ironically, I suppose. 
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ConfusedUs posted:Haha yeah. I rolled an evade on the last turn of the game. Someone clapped! Ironically, I suppose. Turn one of store champs round 3 this Saturday, I managed to screw up and get OL in range of Soontir turn one. He rolls two hits and a crit. To compound the issue I'd barrel rolled for some reason instead of depositing that Evade at First Comm Relay National Bank, like an idiot. Not to worry. OL is at range 3, with Stealth Device, through an obstruction. I'm rolling 6 dice. That's about the most dice you'll ever normally roll. I'm living the green dice dream. You know what happened. We all know what happened.
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Never trust green dice. Damage mitigating abilities like regenerating shields, Palpatine, free evades, etc. will always be powerful because the green dice will betray you. The only ship that had more than one agility in my list was the prototype A-Wing.
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Ojetor posted:Kath Scarlet (Scum) (38) I've run lists like this (I prefer 4x Binayre Pirate or 2x generic Y with Ion turret/Unhinged/BTL-A4 but I don't think you can go wrong with Kavil and some Binayre Pirates really) but my favourite Kath setup is Push the Limit, Engine Upgrade, and K4 Security Droid. Doing a green maneuver every turn and using Push the Limit to do two of Focus, Evade, and Boost depending on what needs to be done is great; usually I do Focus and Boost every turn which moves you essentially as far as a normal move but with the free target lock but you can do Focus and Evade if you don't have a good shot and are expecting some incoming fire. Focus and Target Lock every time you get in a 5-red tailgun shot is glorious. Don't charge Kath headlong into the enemy and instead try to work her around so she doesn't get focused and blown up instantly. That's why I've grown to like the 4x Binayre Pirates, because the enemy has to choose between dealing with one and ignoring the other and there's no good answer. Edit: 4 Binayre Pirates gives you 4 points to work with which can go towards say Conner Net on Kath or XX-23 S-Thread Tracers on the Pirates BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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Endman posted:Never trust green dice. Damage mitigating abilities like regenerating shields, Palpatine, free evades, etc. will always be powerful because the green dice will betray you. gently caress that. We go to zero agility and maximize our firepower. Posting since I guess other people had already guessed that this is maybe cute enough to play. I thought I was being sneaky and clever.  quote:Morbidly Obese Hera Syndulla Fan Art Since you get to FCS every shot after the first (it's "perform" and not "declare target of your attack" which is neat-o!) and you get your rear arc, you're paying pretty premium prices for a ship that has good discretionary movement, albeit at PS7, that can potentially hit you with a huge gently caress-off-and-die attack - since we can Chopper for Focuses after redmoves and we have TLs forever, a Focus + TL 4 dice primary + 2 TL'd TLT shots every turn until you chew up the sixteen health seems... not great, but cute enough?
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guts and bolts posted:gently caress that. We go to zero agility and maximize our firepower. That's why I like the Decimator lists, too. "Those green dice can't gently caress me over as bad THIS time," is what I think as I roll all blank red dice.
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The photoshop has been made flesh. Tremble and despair.
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Otisburg posted:The photoshop has been made flesh. Tremble and despair.  More newb questions: Am I correct in surmising that Wampa's ability takes affect during attacking dice modification and before defense dice are rolled? Therefore, if I use his ability and cancel a rolled crit, we skip defense dice rolling? Or can I wait until after defense dice are modified and use his ability during the compare results step? Basically, is there any wiggle room to optimize dice fiddling, like getting the opponent to commit evade/focus/TL tokens and then canceling the whole thing after the fact. I suspect not, but can't find a rule that clears things up for me.
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Finster Dexter posted:
No. Since it involves cancelling attack dice, Wampa's ability would resolve during "Step 4," meaning your opponent would have a chance to modify the result with his or her own effect first (a good reason to have Palpy guarantee the crit) and long before they pick up their own green dice.
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Otisburg posted:The photoshop has been made flesh. Tremble and despair. lol some dude got booted from the repaints facebook group because he wouldnt shut up about "its just southern pride/you dont understand the south/southern history" or some poo poo
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zVxTeflon posted:lol some dude got booted from the repaints facebook group because he wouldnt shut up about "its just southern pride/you dont understand the south/southern history" or some poo poo The Outer Rim shall rise again.
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Finster Dexter posted:
Wampa's pilot ability has been confirmed by the devs to trigger during the compare results step. You roll your reds, modify, opponent rolls greens, modify, and then once you see if the attack would hit or not you can choose to cancel the results. If you roll a hit + crit against a tokenless soontir who blanks out you can keep your result and mess him up. If instead he has an evade token and Palpatine then he has to use them to avoid the crit. After he spends the token etc you can trigger the pilot ability and deal a facedown damage anyway. e: This is the email that has been floating around: "When in the Attack sequence does Wampa's pilot ability happen? I've been assuming it's during the Compare Results step, because we used to have a rule saying that that was the step where Cancel Results effects happen, but the current Rules Reference doesn't say that any more. So, does Wampa trigger during Compare Results, or during Attacker Modifies Attack Dice? Is there a general rule about the timing of Cancel Die Results abilities when not otherwise specified? Thanks, both in advance and for previous questions! “Wampa's” ability happens at the start of the "Compare Results” step. Thanks for playing, Frank Brooks Associate Creative Content Developer Fantasy Flight Games fbrooks@fantasyflightgames.com" KongGeorgeVII fucked around with this message at 12:58 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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KongGeorgeVII posted:Wampa's pilot ability has been confirmed by the devs to trigger during the compare results step. You roll your reds, modify, opponent rolls greens, modify, and then once you see if the attack would hit or not you can choose to cancel the results. Whoa. That needs to be added to FAQ or something, no? No way to reference anything in RAW to back this up. My Internet Skepticism meter is going off the chart, here. e: here is the source of the email: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/198687-when-does-wampa-ability-happen/#entry1989059 Finster Dexter fucked around with this message at 13:16 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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Welp. Wampa was already pretty good in my book, and that puts him up another notch.
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Also, I'm a little annoyed that the FFG "Rules Questions" forum is not heavily moderated so that only official FFG rules lawyers can answer. That was something I always liked about AEG's L5R rules forum.
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Finster Dexter posted:Also, I'm a little annoyed that the FFG "Rules Questions" forum is not heavily moderated so that only official FFG rules lawyers can answer. That was something I always liked about AEG's L5R rules forum. I have seen it go too far in the other direction though. In Attack Wing it's so locked down even question posts don't show up unless approved. In practice they seem to memory hole anything they don't want to address. I think a clear badge showing who's official when they reply is enough. There is some value to leaving it open for community members, especially to jump in on gimmies like "can I do free actions while stressed?" or w/e.
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It will probably recieve an official FAQ but until then that is the best we have to go on.
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Otisburg posted:The photoshop has been made flesh. Tremble and despair. Yeah, I just saw this and it's awful. The stars are sloppy, the bars aren't straight. Just awful. But you have a bunch of guys hollering about having good memories of that show. It's almost as if they can't separate the fun shenanigans that occur in that show from the stars and bars. 
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Otisburg posted:I have seen it go too far in the other direction though. In Attack Wing it's so locked down even question posts don't show up unless approved. In practice they seem to memory hole anything they don't want to address. Nobody. Nobody official posts on the FFG official forums. HTH. If there's one bit of this game that I really find objectionable it's their slowness to FAQ. I mean, they've had months to realise that some of the questions that are coming up, are going to come up; especially WRT stuff like Wampa or IA/EPTDroid which have been out for months already, or stuff they previewed months ago like Tractor Beams, (and presumably these sorts of questions came up in playtesting) but they just don't seem to have a rigourous process for doing FAQs.
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thespaceinvader posted:Nobody. Nobody official posts on the FFG official forums. HTH. I swear it's like they're waiting on the rest of Wave 8 to FAQ the rest. I really wish they'd released a new FAQ before Store Championship season.
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Otisburg posted:The Outer Rim shall rise again.
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Otisburg posted:The photoshop has been made flesh. Tremble and despair.  Finally found the opportunity to bust this smilie out, thanks guys zVxTeflon posted:lol some dude got booted from the repaints facebook group because he wouldnt shut up about "its just southern pride/you dont understand the south/southern history" or some poo poo I'm glad of it. "Keep negative comments to yourself, I'm proud of it" is fuckin' lol
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I've been hating the x-wing repaints/mods page for a while now because of the lovely hugbox mentality. On more than one occasion, people and admins have chimed in to say it's a ~positive group~ and it's actually rare that people will criticize work. Rather, it's considered a faux pas to criticize work unless the creator asks for it. Even then you get thrown softballs like people suggesting drybrushing. Drybrushing lol. How else are you even supposed to get better? I no longer have it posting updates to my feed but I will check on it from time to time to look for designs I can spring from, but otherwise it has become a bad group. E: Oh yeah and there's been a tendency of new people just coming in to post "IT BEGINS...!" type posts where they might've painted a single panel on a ship. I always thought WIP shots should have significant amount of effort already done. Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Feb 22, 2016 |
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Otisburg posted:The photoshop has been made flesh. Tremble and despair. This is amazing. Now we just have to coat a Decimator in swastikas and Weimar flags, then throw in a "Keep negative comments to yourself" and a "pls no bully" while we're at it. Actually, let's cover all our rage bases and throw this on the side too: 
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Brunas posted:This is amazing. Now we just have to coat a Decimator in swastikas and Weimar flags, then throw in a "Keep negative comments to yourself" and a "pls no bully" while we're at it. Yeah I was actually thinking that. Do it in the same style as the infamous warhammer guy did it: don't actually paint the swastika, but use a healthy dose of crosses and norse and propaganda imagery and then claim it's not meant to be nazis. I wish I could find those photos again because he took it down from his commission site. Though I have been looking for some nice anime decals I can put on the decimator. 
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Chill la Chill posted:Yeah I was actually thinking that. Do it in the same style as the infamous warhammer guy did it: don't actually paint the swastika, but use a healthy dose of crosses and norse and propaganda imagery and then claim it's not meant to be nazis. I wish I could find those photos again because he took it down from his commission site. Gotta go all in, add the swastikas, and claim cultural heritage/honoring ancestors. Throw in a not all Nazis were evil while you're at it, because that's guaranteed to go over well. How do you get decals made? I really want a decal of just my favorite qt grill on my decimator, George Foreman. Can I just send this picture off to somewhere and they'll print it for me? 
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Brunas posted:Gotta go all in, add the swastikas, and claim cultural heritage/honoring ancestors. Throw in a not all Nazis were evil while you're at it, because that's guaranteed to go over well. I'm remembering the old commercials with him wearing an apron, holding a spatula punching the air saying "it's a real knockout!", and I hope you mime the same every time you roll something great
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I tried looking for an anime George foreman but I couldn't. The boxing anime Hajime no zippo is really good though.
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Brunas posted:Weimar flags Isn't this just the modern BRD flag? Or am I missing something?
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grassy gnoll posted:Isn't this just the modern BRD flag? Or am I missing something? Pretty much, though I was thinking with an iron cross/crest on there, that's sure to make some people mad.
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It's a good playmat. Played both RAC and Whisper for the first time tonight against 3 PTL+Juke Green Squadron A Wings and Wes Jansen. Lost Whisper earlier than I'd like but Goddamn the Decimator was just an unstoppable juggernaut in that match up. Rebel Captive kept him from getting too froggy blocking me and it didn't matter if I was predictible, I just moved, exposed, and swatted something harder than hard.
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I painted up some ships ready for store champs this weekend. Not sure if I'll have time to paint the accompanying lambda though unfortunately. 
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KongGeorgeVII posted:I painted up some ships ready for store champs this weekend. Not sure if I'll have time to paint the accompanying lambda though unfortunately. Wampa - O'Leader - Whisper - Palpy?
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I tried flying two Rookies with proton torps and two Bandits with concussion missiles to see if guidance chimps made generic ordnance carriers any good. Pretty hard to say, since I was up against two Phantoms and never got a shot off!
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KongGeorgeVII posted:I painted up some ships ready for store champs this weekend. Not sure if I'll have time to paint the accompanying lambda though unfortunately. What paints did you use? I want my Defenders in that scheme. Hell, what's your process, that poo poo is beautiful.
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KongGeorgeVII posted:I painted up some ships ready for store champs this weekend. Not sure if I'll have time to paint the accompanying lambda though unfortunately. Those looks great! I love the yellow windows and the Imperial logo on the TIE wing.
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Played some casual games tonight, had some fun. PEG versus Brobots was boring. POW is dynamic and fun. Here's hoping to fewer TLTs at AE store champs this Saturday. I hope you've had a good Monday, X-Wing Thread.
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