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Sadly, at this point you have every right to be frustrated. It really, really should not take this long to get wave 1 out. I can only guess how far off fulfilling wave 2 is.  But hey, at least you have a good game to look forwards to when it does eventually reach you. I think I had a dream last night that Hawk announced their next kickstarter. Can't remember what it was but I facepalmed. In my dreams.
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So I've got a couple problems related to Dropzone rather than Dropfleet. First, I was looking through my backlog of models and noticed that the plastic UCM Condors I had all have the same slight bend in the spine. Is this a common thing? Given that I assembled them without noticing it, is there anything I can do about it? Second, the points change on the Overseer has messed with my list a bit. Currently, I have: quote:Clash: 1492/1500 points FFoR has the old points value for the Overseer, so I'm actually 7 points over. I'm not really sure what to do here. quote:Clash: 1485/1500 points I'd need to buy and paint an extra Marauder, which I'm not sure I want to do. I'm fine with picking up some prowlers though, they're cute little guys. If I need to play before I pick some stuff up I'll just use a lower CV most likely.
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Feb 6, 2017 22:41
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What about putting your warriors into light dropships? That usually shaves a few points off.
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Feb 6, 2017 23:54
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Ugleb posted:What about putting your warriors into light dropships? That usually shaves a few points off. I'm certain it would, but I have a tremendous fear of being light dropship sniped that's probably unjustified, since the one player who uses air-to-air fast movers is heading to a different country soon.
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Feb 6, 2017 23:59
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The main thing is to keep your dropships protected by your AA until the troops are landed. Plus you will typically get free reign for the first turn against fast movers as your opponent needs to roll a 6 for reserves.
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Feb 7, 2017 00:10
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you mean there's a ground version of this game??? *knocks phoenix off desk* I'm actually kinda keen on getting a 'Zone game in, haven't played it in ages.
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Feb 7, 2017 00:17
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I don't have five light dropships for troops, so I'd have to grab another set. Hmm. Also I'm trying to decide if I want to paint my remaining four Scourge cruisers or my KS battlecruisers for my oath this month. I'm really not sure which.
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Feb 7, 2017 07:09
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Ugleb posted:The main thing is to keep your dropships protected by your AA until the troops are landed. Plus you will typically get free reign for the first turn against fast movers as your opponent needs to roll a 6 for reserves. Lessons to learn yourself.......
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Feb 7, 2017 09:59
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Grey Hunter posted:Lessons to learn yourself....... There is a difference between knowing what you did wrong and resisting temptation to try it again. Plus it is the durability of medium dropships I overestimate.
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Feb 7, 2017 11:48
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Ugleb posted:The main thing is to keep your dropships protected by your AA until the troops are landed. Plus you will typically get free reign for the first turn against fast movers as your opponent needs to roll a 6 for reserves. It's pretty fun shooting down a dropship and murdering everything it was carrying. It's weird going from the Reaper AAGT to the Gunwagons as AA, I realise now that I play extremely aggressively because Scourge was my first army and now I'm obessed with charging around with a lot of fast vehicles because it's great.
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Feb 7, 2017 12:04
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Recoome posted:It's pretty fun shooting down a dropship and murdering everything it was carrying. It breaks my shrivelled heart to not put an Athena in all my lists.
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Feb 7, 2017 14:00
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Ugleb posted:It breaks my shrivelled heart to not put an Athena in all my lists. That's funny, I've been unable to build a list without a warspear recently.
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Feb 7, 2017 14:07
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Mad Max gibbering horde resistance is best resistance.
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Feb 7, 2017 17:41
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Got a response from Hawk. Apparently all Commander pledges have been shipped, so they will have to look into why I don't have mine. I don't know if I'll be the last to receive their pledge, but I'll be the last commander.
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Feb 8, 2017 14:35
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YF19pilot posted:Got a response from Hawk. Apparently all Commander pledges have been shipped, so they will have to look into why I don't have mine. I don't know if I'll be the last to receive their pledge, but I'll be the last commander. Yikes. Probably they sent it to your old address or something. Anyway, I've become less sure about Shaltari ships work after re-reading the rulebook. The top save value is what I use when the shields are down, right?
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Feb 8, 2017 18:00
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wdarkk posted:Yikes. Probably they sent it to your old address or something. When shields are down you have a 5+ save, when they are up you have a 4+ save assuming I have the numbers right. I don't think there is a case where the worse save is when shields are up.
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Feb 8, 2017 18:31
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wdarkk posted:Yikes. Probably they sent it to your old address or something. If the shields are Up, you can use the passive countermeasures - but don't have to - the example on page 47 has the ship taking 3+ armour saves against normal hits, and 4+ passive saves against critical hits that normally ignore armour - in the same attack.
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Feb 8, 2017 19:08
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Loxbourne posted:Mad Max gibbering horde resistance is best resistance. The Lifthawk Berserkerbox looks loving sick e: The problem I have with my current list is actually fitting the Lifthawk Bezerkers in (at the Clash level). This is my current list code:Recoome fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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Feb 9, 2017 01:56
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wdarkk posted:Yikes. Probably they sent it to your old address or something. I've got like two sets of eyes on my old address, and there's been no sign. I'll go down and visit next weekend, but I've got no faith in it being there.
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Feb 9, 2017 16:24
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I just got my shipping notice today so make of that what you will. I had to write them a few times, and first response was a generic email saying all pledges were shipped. They seriously need to work on communications if they do anything like this again.
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Feb 9, 2017 17:56
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Yay, my Dropfleet pledge JUST showed up today. Hopefully it has everything in it that its supposed to. If you haven't gotten anything from them yet definitely email them again.
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Feb 13, 2017 20:44
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Huzzah! I wonder if wave 1 might be finally done by March 1st...
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Feb 14, 2017 14:12
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Well, which year are we talking about? 
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Feb 14, 2017 14:21
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Another KS update. Apparently Wave 2 will be shipping soon (which is good, because goddamn those third party maps jump in price when I say I'm not in the UK).
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Feb 14, 2017 23:13
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I still have my kickstarter bonus shaltari sprues (1 cruiser and 2 frigate sprues total) that I will never use. Anyone interested in a trade? Preferably for UCM, but I could do PHR or just money as well.
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Feb 14, 2017 23:17
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wdarkk posted:Another KS update. Apparently Wave 2 will be shipping soon (which is good, because goddamn those third party maps jump in price when I say I'm not in the UK). Well, here's hoping the paper mats don't suck! I was really starting to think they just weren't going to happen.
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Feb 15, 2017 00:16
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If you can stomach spending that much on a mat, get one of the deep cut mousemat ones. They ship from the Baltic states so could be convenient, or inconvenient depending on where you are.
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Feb 15, 2017 00:37
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Ugleb posted:Huzzah! I wonder if wave 1 might be finally done by March 1st... We'll see. I got a response from my last email, but no shipping info yet.
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Feb 15, 2017 04:54
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Ugleb posted:Well, here's hoping the paper mats don't suck! I was really starting to think they just weren't going to happen. The paper mat in the starter set is getting a little worn on the folds after like four games with it. Here's hoping they can do better.
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Feb 15, 2017 05:54
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wdarkk posted:The paper mat in the starter set is getting a little worn on the folds after like four games with it. Here's hoping they can do better. That's the worry, they may not be durable enough - the card tiles for Dropzone are fine, as they are stored flat, but once you start folding stuff, it wears out faster. We'll see, but a deepcut mat may well be the way to go.
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wdarkk posted:Another KS update. Apparently Wave 2 will be shipping soon (which is good, because goddamn those third party maps jump in price when I say I'm not in the UK). I will believe they are shipping soon when they start actually shipping. Last time they told us they were shipping soon it took like 4 months for them even to start... They are still waiting for something...
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Feb 15, 2017 16:28
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I asked a while back, but what's the faction calculus like for this? Lookswise I dig the UCM and PHR stuff, but what's the playstyle breakdown like?
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spectralent posted:I asked a while back, but what's the faction calculus like for this? Lookswise I dig the UCM and PHR stuff, but what's the playstyle breakdown like? UCM has great burn through lasers, are are generally decent at everything. PHR is supposed to be about broadsides, but turns out that did not work well. Therefore the faction is about having awesome bombers and maybe just spamming some burnthroughs. Scourge is amazing at close action, thats about all I know, their carriers seem pretty good. Someone else will have to help you will Shaltari.
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I am kinda saddened that PHR Broadsides need a little help. Thematically its my favorite faction gimmick. Their bombers are rad, and they can easily cap out their launch asset limit. Cyborg bombers for life!
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PHR broadsides are perfectly capable so long as you point the right ones at the right targets. They need their calibre bonus to shine. Shaltari are dependable damage that can hit you anywhere. They whittle targets down with 3 or 4 guaranteed damage every turn, whilst playing keep-away. The infuriatingly gittish faction.
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Loxbourne posted:PHR broadsides are perfectly capable so long as you point the right ones at the right targets. They need their calibre bonus to shine. There's a few ships that have trouble getting their weapons on target, like the Hector and its maximal slow-assedness.
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Close action being boarding? What's the role of carriers? I admit I missed that bit.
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Feb 16, 2017 20:05
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spectralent posted:Close action being boarding? Close action is basically "things that have an actual maximum range" like missiles and plasma cannons. Carriers use bombers to hit things that are too sneaky/far away to hit normally, or just to pile a lot of damage on something. They can also use fighters to protect against other carriers' bombers or the close-action weapons of enemies.
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Feb 16, 2017 20:07
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Close Action is a catch-all term for short ranged weapons, depending on the faction it can be missiles, drones, weird plasma clouds or microwave cannon and things like that. The only boarding that happens in the game is that as Scourge you can launch giant torpedoes full of razorworms from one of your battleships. Carriers can either send out bombers that do damage and aren't bound by the usual sensor range rules or they can launch fighters that defend against bombers and close action weapons.
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Got around to watching this 'interview' from Orbital Bombardment with Hawk Sean today. Had I realised it is less than 2 minutes long I would not have put it off! [video type="youtu"]M2onUWCSOm8[/video] That sounded like Sean was trying really hard not to say 'Dropzone Commander 2nd Edition'! Pointing out that the game is 4 years old and due for "a bit of a lift" strongly suggests it to me. The only other thing I can think of is the introduction of a new faction. Or both? Although it was previously suggested that the next faction would likely come to Dropfleet first. So, my 2017 prediction is that we will see Dropzone 2.0 launching in the second half of the year with a Dropfleet expansion early 2018 introducing a new faction that will then arrive in Dropzone later on in 2018. Dropzone 2.0 will be a general rules clean up and rebalancing aiming to make the few dud units (Menchit A1, all apcs) viable options while laying groundwork for the new faction.
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