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I doubt that's it, the artist was probably told to use the T-70 so they made their deadline on time. IIRC, it's from a young adult book
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Eimi posted:That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Why invent a 'new' XWing only to say that's actually old and already outdated? Always remember the deeper EU you go the dumber it gets, it doesnt matter how old/new legends or not. Its just how it is.
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Knowing that makes the entire thing worse somehow.
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Eimi posted:That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Why invent a 'new' XWing only to say that's actually old and already outdated? I guess the idea was that the Resistance was an underfunded and small military group that was getting second-pickings, so that they would be more akin to the Rebellion from the OT. E: It's still pretty goofy though.
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FelixReynolds posted:I also love prockets on Jake and have two PTLs, so I can throw one on him. I do not have the HWK. Would dropping the VI or the Outmaneuver for PTL be the better idea? VI means I should hopefully be able to set up favorable arcs with the higher PS, but the bonus from OM I've found useful given the only 2 Attack. I pretty much always go VI and PTL with Jake. He's really as close to a Soontir level arc dodger you can get from the Rebels.
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FelixReynolds posted:So finally going to dive in and try a casual tournament day at my LGS this Sunday for father's day as I was in there buying an E-Wing today and the owner showed me the alt-art Luke Skywalker cards they're handing out. I'm putting together a list, I generally play Rebels while my gf plays Imps and the collection is still in its infancy - between the two of us we've got both cores, both aces, Falcon, Deci, Phantom, and now E-wing, so I am lacking in a bunch of stuff the internet tells me is awesome. Biggs is the best 25 points you can spend as a Rebel it seems. I don't entirely know how to get a list up there without Autos or other goodies, but Biggs is a great pick. Also if you have it, probably don't, but Chips are amazing on torpedo carrying B-Wings. And an odd rules question, does Poe work with Weapons Guidance? As in, can you use his pilot ability, then spend the focus for the hit?
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It recently struck me how hard it can be to put together a decent list if you aren't proxying and don't have a huge collection. Very few expansions are competitive right out of the box. I have to say taht stuff like Veteran's Instinct and Autothrusters are pretty egregious though, they really need to be in more sets.
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I got my alt art Luke/Vader double sided Father's Day card at the tournament last weekend. About 2 hours later it finally hit me why it was the prize support for a Father's Day event  edit: Improbable Lobster posted:It recently struck me how hard it can be to put together a decent list if you aren't proxying and don't have a huge collection. Very few expansions are competitive right out of the box. I have to say taht stuff like Veteran's Instinct and Autothrusters are pretty egregious though, they really need to be in more sets. Totally true, but it makes me feel good at least that C-3PO and VI were tournament cards recently, because a card as useful as C-3PO being gated behind the Tantive IV is just too much for me. canyoneer fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Jun 16, 2016 |
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alg posted:WH40K is a bad game with a bad universe The Star Wars EU is like 3x dumber than the 40k universe. And the 40k universe is pretty god damned dumb.
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canyoneer posted:I got my alt art Luke/Vader double sided Father's Day card at the tournament last weekend. About 2 hours later it finally hit me why it was the prize support for a Father's Day event Yeah but you have to play in a tourney to get them, and with 3p0 most people have probably given out their extras. I have a lot of the alt art VI, but I also bought a few off ebay because I thought the kit had just rotated out and wanted the Rebel art. It is a shame a useful card like Authtrusters is stuck on only the Viper. Thankfully you get two unlike Crackshot though. If only the Viper was good.
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https://teespring.com/never-tell-me-the-odds#pid=369&cid=6514&sid=front Peep this shirt. 
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canyoneer posted:https://teespring.com/never-tell-me-the-odds#pid=369&cid=6514&sid=front Last X-wing night someone at the next table called out "What's the odds of navigating an asteroid field again?" Of course I pulled up that section of ANH on you tube. 
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"Always alert me to the numerical odds of success!" -Malcolm Reynolds, at the battle of Wolf 359 (Battlestar Galactica)
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I played Star Wars: Rebellion tonight instead of X-Wing. I kinda wish I'd played X-Wing instead. Rebellion has a bazillion fiddly rules.
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Improbable Lobster posted:Apparently we aren't missing out on much with the T-85 i like how every single piece of this x wing is going off in a diff direction. Like the dude has no clue how to do perspective
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ghetto wormhole posted:The Star Wars EU is like 3x dumber than the 40k universe. And the 40k universe is pretty god damned dumb. Seconding this. We really don't want to start comparing stupid levels. *drinks a Sister of Battle's blood to ward off space magic*
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zVxTeflon posted:i like how every single piece of this x wing is going off in a diff direction. Like the dude has no clue how to do perspective This image really bothered me so I had to waste my time reverse image searching it. I can't find the original source, but it looks like a deviant art-style trace job of the tiny X-Wing illustrated on the back of the Before the Awakening book. 
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OK so I'm looking to learn some swarmage, and I have in mind the following two lists: Ryad with Crack Shot, Tractor Beam, TIE/D Howl with Crack Shot 3x Black Crack Or Ryad with Adaptability, Tractor Beam, TIE/D Howl with Swarm Tactics 3x Black Crack The former has the benefit of two more Crack Shots, and the possibility of Cracking the Tractor Beam through which was a whole thing in planning the list. The latter has the benefit of Ryad moving with the Black Squads, which can be very handy, and also of her shooting before Howl, which gets another gun on a Tractored target. But it loses two crack shots. It also has the advantage of not needing me to buy another Crack Shot on top of the 2 I have already and the 2 that are coming in Vets. So... what do people think?
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The first one is just nasty, and making me reconsider the list I've just started training with, which is howl + 3 black crack paired with Inky.
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ConfusedUs posted:I played Star Wars: Rebellion tonight instead of X-Wing. Yeah it's really tempting because of the CSI Father's Day sale but even at that price, I'd rather get the meaty twilight struggle game instead. The latter also has fiddly rules but it's hailed as one of if not the best heavy board game for 2 players.
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Tacopocalypse posted:This image really bothered me so I had to waste my time reverse image searching it. I can't find the original source, but it looks like a deviant art-style trace job of the tiny X-Wing illustrated on the back of the Before the Awakening book. Wookiepedia claims it's an illustration from Before The Awakening
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Rebellion at that price is tempting. How does it play?
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I played a couple of rounds at UKGE and it was FFG as gently caress but seemed interesting. Long and only 2-player though.
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Rebellion doesn't really have a ton of fiddly rules. Certainly less than X-Wing in its current state. Its a very simple game where most of the rules are introduced in card text, i.e. make an attack run, place a unit, or whatever. I don't think it's super deep, and combat needs some work, but its very thematic and much simpler than most FFG games.
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Hey, I want to make sure I'm understanding this right. So say I have IG-88C whose ability is: After you perform a boost action, you may perform a free evade action. Also he is equipped with advanced sensors: Immediately before you reveal your maneuver, you may perform 1 free action. If you use this ability, you must skip your "Perform Action" step during this round. Also Push the Limit: Once per round, after you perform an action, you may perform 1 free action shown in your action bar. Then receive 1 stress token. So the question is: Right before IG-88 reveals his maneuver can I use Advanced Sensors to Boost, his pilot ability lets me take an evade action, then I can use push the limit to also focus (with a stress). Then, if I reveal a green maneuver I can remove that stress that I just placed, correct? I'm pretty sure it works, I just want to make sure.
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Yep, that's correct.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Rebellion at that price is tempting. How does it play? Played one game, impression is that it would be really fun if it was a 2 hour game as opposed to a 4+ hour monstrosity
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Fritzler posted:So the question is: Yup this is how I use advanced sensors on the my PtL 4-Lom if I want to manage my stress differently. It's pretty effective.
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StashAugustine posted:Played one game, impression is that it would be really fun if it was a 2 hour game as opposed to a 4+ hour monstrosity
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Fritzler posted:Hey, I want to make sure I'm understanding this right. So say I have IG-88C whose ability is: AKA Hillbots run by former UK national champion Jesper Hills.
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Tekopo posted:I wasn't impressed by Rebellion. It has some interesting ideas marred by a poor combat system. Yeah that was my impression too. I think if the both the game and the combat went faster I'd be more willing to forgive it but if I'm going to dedicate that much money, time, space, and effort I want something better than what it is.
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thespaceinvader posted:AKA Hillbots run by former UK national champion Jesper Hills.
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Also RE: the t-70 and t-85, remember, TFA is set 30 years after the OT. It makes perfect sense that 1) The Republic has been through several fighter designs and updates and 2) the Resistance got ahold of older, technically outdated, designs and is using them. There's actually plenty of real world examples of decommissioned fighters being used elsewhere like this. The F-14 Tomcat, for example, is like 40 years old, was retired about 10 years ago from US service, and there's still some operational in Iran. I bet if you look into various types of MiG's you'd find even more examples. Expand your military from one planet to hundreds, and sure, I bet some poo poo goes "missing" and somehow ends up in the hands of your totally-not-the-Republic-we-swear Resistance group for use, and no one really cares since it's outdated crap anyway.
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$60 for a two player boardgame? Never mind.
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Tekopo posted:It's telling that I think I can handle any brobot list with trip aces/palp aces apart from hillbots. AS/PtL makes the brobots so slippery, it really isn't worth going the HLC route over making the IGs as unpredictable as possible. FCS brobots might have a lot more punching power but being able to do actions before sloops, or still have an action when you bump is so much better.
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Fritzler posted:Oh wow. I was just doing this cuz I don't have fire control systems yet. It sounded pretty good to me though. Where can I see a normal Hillbot set? Googling is giving me a lot of trump vs. Hillary stuff even with the X-wing modifier. Here ya go: 48 IG-88B, PTL, AdvS, Auto, Title, Mangler 51 IG-88C, PTL, AdvS, Auto, Title, HLC
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I think this is the current line of thinking: 100 points PILOTS IG88-B (52) Aggressor (36), Push the Limit (3), Advanced Sensors (3), Heavy Laser Cannon (7), Tractor beam (1), IG-2000 (0), Autothrusters (2) IG88-C (48) Aggressor (36), Push the Limit (3), Advanced Sensors (3), “Mangler” Cannon (4), IG-2000 (0), Autothrusters (2) You have the HLC/Tractor on the B so if C dies you still have the gunner ability. You use tractor beam beause you don't have anything else to use the point on and it means you can still use gunner ability even at range 1. This is probably the most competitive brobot list available atm.
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lazerus06 posted:Here ya go:
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Tekopo posted:Beaten but you don't usually place the HLC on the C afaik. Actually most DO put the HLC on C, so that B isn't the only real target. Seriously if HLC is on B, you kill that and you win.
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