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Admiral Joeslop posted:I've magnetized some of my ships but I've been slacking. I'm not a fan of gluing ball bearings to the fiddly plastic pegs though. I have to cut the top off then drill a hole so the bb has more to hold on to, and drilling the small pegs is a real pain. I want to get metal pegs of some kind that would fit into the base snugly (probably not going to happen) then I can fan the top out a bit to really get the bb in there. If you're notin the x-wing mods/minis group, this might not show: https://www.facebook.com/xavi.guerrero.773/videos/10211504668840777/ Looks like a small ring magnet around the bottom peg, then another ring or flat plate on the peg, then another ring magnet on the top instead of just ball on ball. Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Dec 1, 2016 |
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Chill la Chill posted:If you're notin the x-wing mods/minis group, this might not show: https://www.facebook.com/xavi.guerrero.773/videos/10211504668840777/ Looks like a small ring magnet around the bottom peg, then another ring or flat plate on the peg, then another ring magnet on the top instead of just ball on ball. I am but I'm on mobile. He recorded the video in portrait and no matter how I rotate i can barely see it  I'll look when I get home.
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Dec 1, 2016 17:51
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So I'm gonna try out two lists today. Old Fennaroo and then this Ketsu/Kath list that was posted. If I can't make sense of them I'm just going to use dengaroo LOL
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Dec 1, 2016 18:41
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Admiral Joeslop posted:I've magnetized some of my ships but I've been slacking. I'm not a fan of gluing ball bearings to the fiddly plastic pegs though. I have to cut the top off then drill a hole so the bb has more to hold on to, and drilling the small pegs is a real pain. I want to get metal pegs of some kind that would fit into the base snugly (probably not going to happen) then I can fan the top out a bit to really get the bb in there. A recent suggestion I saw which sounded sensible was to use M4 cap nuts instead of bearings. They should screw straight on to the pegs if you clip the male part off.
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Dec 1, 2016 18:43
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thespaceinvader posted:A recent suggestion I saw which sounded sensible was to use M4 cap nuts instead of bearings. They should screw straight on to the pegs if you clip the male part off. Oh wow, I would have had no idea how to even search for those. Would they fit the pegs tightly enough or should I look for threaded rods as well, I wonder. Time to hit the hardware and hobby stores!
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Dec 1, 2016 19:09
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I ran Mindlinked Fen, Zuckuss (yes, the pilot), and Manaroo last night. It was based on the list someone posted here a couple weeks ago. I won 4 out of 5 games, only losing the last when it went to time against a sensor cluster Poe. I hate Poe. I smashed a Dengaroo, trounced Old Man Fen twice, and slogged through some Palp Defenders. Turns out that when you're rolling 4-5 highly accurate attack dice, it doesn't matter how many tokens something has.
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Dec 1, 2016 19:12
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Oh wow, I would have had no idea how to even search for those. Would they fit the pegs tightly enough or should I look for threaded rods as well, I wonder. Time to hit the hardware and hobby stores! THe poster suggested that they would cut threads onto the top of the pegs if you clip the male part off. Small pegs that is. You're looking for the ones with the dome top and hex bottom per https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=c...iw=1600&bih=737
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ConfusedUs posted:I ran Mindlinked Fen, Zuckuss (yes, the pilot), and Manaroo last night. It was based on the list someone posted here a couple weeks ago. Dish, girl. What else is on it? EPTs for all and titles on Fenn and Zuckuss bring the list to 88 points.
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ConfusedUs posted:I ran Mindlinked Fen, Zuckuss (yes, the pilot), and Manaroo last night. It was based on the list someone posted here a couple weeks ago. Yeah, the Old Teroch/Fenn Rau/Manaroo list I'm going to try out is an Attani Mindlink list. I hope it hits that sweet spot of being competitive but still fun to fly. Dengaroo and Defenders are borderline for me, because I know I can win matches with those lists, but they're not as much fun.
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Dec 1, 2016 19:24
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canyoneer posted:Dish, girl. What else is on it? EPTs for all and titles on Fenn and Zuckuss bring the list to 88 points. https://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f...:&sn=FenZuckMan I gotta say that I rarely found the K4 security droid to be useful. Zuckuss didn't need the locks and Fen usually took his own if it was safe or did boost/roll/focus/whatever instead if it wasn't. Half the time, when I passed tokens with Manaroo, it would just replace a lock I already had. Not sure what I'd take in its place.
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ConfusedUs posted:https://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f...:&sn=FenZuckMan I wonder if you swap Adv. Sens + Dengar for FCS+Gunner, and make up the points on Manaroo with R4 Agromech and BSMT?
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Finster Dexter posted:Yeah, the Old Teroch/Fenn Rau/Manaroo list I'm going to try out is an Attani Mindlink list. I hope it hits that sweet spot of being competitive but still fun to fly. Dengaroo and Defenders are borderline for me, because I know I can win matches with those lists, but they're not as much fun. I think that Old Man Fen is on the borderline of being competitive. It's good against assorted Imperial ace lists (especially Defenders) because you can strip their tokens, but Carnor Jax does more or less the same thing (and is rarely seen at top tables). I consider Old Teroch a straight side-grade from Jax. Maybe a bit better since his effect lasts after he's dead (the stripped tokens don't come back if he dies) and he has one more hull. Against almost anything else, I feel it's slightly worse than Palp Aces. You have a ton of focus tokens, but no evades and no Palp to help you against blanks. In both of the Old Man Fen lists I faced last night, my opponent lost a ship in a single shot from rolling blanks. In the end, if I were to fly a support ship + 2 list, it'd be Palp Aces of some variant. Swapping Zuckuss for Teroch gives you some body; you have a ship that can't be killed in one shot. Advanced Sensors lets you play some amazing maneuvering games and you DGAF about rocks because you get all your actions first. AdvSens a barrel roll, then just go straight through a rock: no one expects it and you'll probably get a range 1 shot out of arc out of the deal. I'm not sure if Fen Man Zuck is competitive either, but my early playtesting shows that it's probably slightly better against everything except Palp Defenders while not being significantly worse against those. ConfusedUs fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Dec 1, 2016 |
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canyoneer posted:I wonder if you swap Adv. Sens + Dengar for FCS+Gunner, and make up the points on Manaroo with R4 Agromech and BSMT? No way am I dropping Advanced Sensors. That poo poo was worth its weight in gold. -Pre-movement barrel rolls let you do all sorts of janky moves, enabling you to arc dodge and/or block. -You can take a red move (Zuck has a lot of those) and still get your action + a focus from Mindlink. -You DGAF about rocks; as long as you don't land on them, you can just fly right over and still have all your actions.
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ConfusedUs posted:Not sure what I'd take in its place. What about Feedback Array or APL/Ion Projector?
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Some Numbers posted:What about Feedback Array or APL/Ion Projector? Yeah I was thinking about that. Bring in some combo of Feedback, APL/Ion, and BMST
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Dec 1, 2016 19:52
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Taking red moves with Mindlink seems real ballsy, unless you know Fenn gas a green dialed in
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Dec 1, 2016 19:53
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Some Numbers posted:Taking red moves with Mindlink seems real ballsy, unless you know Fenn gas a green dialed in Yeah just gotta plan right. Both fen and manaroo have so many greens it doesn't matter much.
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Dec 1, 2016 19:57
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ConfusedUs posted:-Pre-movement barrel rolls let you do all sorts of janky moves, enabling you to arc dodge and/or block. This is huge and one of the reasons I love SuperNorra (BB8/Kyle/Ptl/EU). Those BB8 BR+Boost are hilarious.
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Finster Dexter posted:This is huge and one of the reasons I love SuperNorra (BB8/Kyle/Ptl/EU). Those BB8 BR+Boost are hilarious. Bb8 Poe has similar movement possibilities but regen is just flat better on him.
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ConfusedUs posted:Bb8 Poe has similar movement possibilities but regen is just flat better on him. Yeah, totally. And SuperNorra lacks a bit, too. It's fun as hell to fly, though. I'm definitely gonna try this Zuckuss build.
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Dec 1, 2016 21:21
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Suddenly I feel an urge to play F-Zero. (these are great btw)
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Here's a neat 3-night league formatquote:Pilot & Ship Building Rules: Seems like a neat format.
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Ridiculous turtle spaceship taking shape! Let's play a game of identify the random parts. (I need to do a proper pull from the master for the fin bits, and swap them round as they look a lot better the other sides. I'll also probably remove the front facing window from the grey bit.) I'll be running this as a shadowcaster, it's awaiting a gun which will mount behind the middle window. Possibly the ridiculously huge one I made for my current 'caster, or possibly the gun off the Outrider if I can acquire one - a mate has promised his. thespaceinvader fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Dec 1, 2016 |
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I see Decimator, Falcon, Outrider, and Ghost pieces.
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Strobe posted:I see Decimator, Falcon, Outrider, and Ghost pieces. You got two out of two and added two extra somehow o_O
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The Falcon has the same part behind the Decimator's contribution (or at least the Micro Machine playset I had when I was six had that part), and the Ghost's airlocks look reeeeeeeeally similar to those pieces on the back. I also didn't remember seeing any yellow on an Outrider.
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It's pure Falcon and Decimator plus plasticard and found objects. The docking tubes are the Falcon's.
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thespaceinvader posted:It's pure Falcon and Decimator plus plasticard and found objects. The docking tubes are the Falcon's. I've heard that turtles don't respond well to plastic
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I did repaints on Protectorate aces too because these things are the best.  I've only played X Wing a few months, but jumping into a big ol regionals this weekend in Michigan. Anyone else going to be there?
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Slandible posted:I did repaints on Protectorate aces too because these things are the best. Pretty sure im going Also nice work
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Bossk and Kath lost to Chirpie and Vader. Chirpie has two hull left, Vader was full. He saw my Bossk build and ran the hell away from my Homing Missile, and I never got a chance to use it. I don't know how to fly Satan boats. We did do the Homing Missile attack after to make me feel better and I one shot Vader 
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banned from Starbucks posted:Pretty sure im going  to both
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Bossk and Kath lost to Chirpie and Vader. Chirpie has two hull left, Vader was full. He saw my Bossk build and ran the hell away from my Homing Missile, and I never got a chance to use it. I don't know how to fly Satan boats. Hellbus is a little tricky in my experience. The most success I've had with it was when I just focused on getting that fat firing arc covering as much board area as possible. Well, I ran Ketsu/Kath and tried out the FenZuckMan list. I like both of them, but I think I'm going to use FenZuckMan this weekend. The mindlink shenanigans are hilarious and way too much fun. That being said, Ketsu might be one of my favorite pilots, now.
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thespaceinvader posted:Let's play a game of identify the random parts. I see plasticard 
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thespaceinvader posted:Ridiculous turtle spaceship taking shape! Homeworld? Looks great!
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Chill la Chill posted:Excellent Honu! You going to put Hawaiian/Polynesian tribal designs on it? Wasnt planning to, but I might be persuaded if I think I can pull it off. And yeah those fangs are neat. Nice work.
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Just curious, but which large ship do you guys think paisley would work best on?
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Chill la Chill posted:Just curious, but which large ship do you guys think paisley would work best on? Decimator. The two front protuberances are sort of tie-shaped. Necktie, that is.
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Kath with Tailgunner has been kicking my rear end all week. She's annoying on her own but with TLT Kavil at her side? My regular Wang friend uses Predator on both and there's only so many rerolls I can watch before I feel the call to the dark side! Then I have to remind myself I'm playing with toys and to fly casual and to not give into the hate or flip the table.
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AndyElusive posted:Kath with Tailgunner has been kicking my rear end all week. She's annoying on her own but with TLT Kavil at her side? Tailgunner Kath is tough. Tail her with a Ghost or Decimator, who cares if she penalises your attacks, you kill her more quickly than she kills you.
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