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M9-G8 and Weapons Engineer: can I have two target locks on the same friendly ship? Rules as written, the restriction on Weapons Engineer only applies to enemy ships, and there's nothing in the FAQ about this specific interaction.
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Apr 8, 2017 05:41
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Baron Fuzzlewhack posted:M9-G8 and Weapons Engineer: can I have two target locks on the same friendly ship? I don't think you could maintain 2 on the same friendly but it wouldn't do anything even if you could. M9-G8 doesn't require you to spend the lock.
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Apr 8, 2017 05:47
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Improbable Lobster posted:I don't think you could maintain 2 on the same friendly but it wouldn't do anything even if you could. M9-G8 doesn't require you to spend the lock. Ah, good point. I wasn't reading M9-G8 correctly. I was reading it as, "for each target lock," with modifying both dice from Snap Shot in mind. No go on that one, sadly.
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Apr 8, 2017 05:52
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I had matchups in my favor, but ran this tonight and cleaned up on MOV hard. Tons of damage output all around and trickery with Asajj. R4 TLTs are dirty. Y-Wing: Syndicate Thug (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) R4 Agromech (2) Y-Wing: Syndicate Thug (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) R4 Agromech (2) Lancer-class Pursuit Craft: · Asajj Ventress (37) Push The Limit (3) · Latts Razzi (2) · Shadow Caster (3) Black Market Slicer Tools (1) Feedback Array (2)
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Apr 8, 2017 05:52
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Baron Fuzzlewhack posted:M9-G8 and Weapons Engineer: can I have two target locks on the same friendly ship? The overall rules only let you have one lock per ship; Weapons Engineer simply reinforces that. Nothing about that combo changes the one-lock-per-ship rule. But that's a moot argument. A ship you have locked with M9 re-rolls a die. It doesn't say "re roll one per target lock you have on the target." So you'd only get one re-roll even if you had five hundred locks on the same ship.  You could, however, lock onto any combination of friendlies and enemies. One of each, or two of either.
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Apr 8, 2017 05:56
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Slandible posted:I had matchups in my favor, but ran this tonight and cleaned up on MOV hard. Tons of damage output all around and trickery with Asajj. R4 TLTs are dirty. Paul Heaver ran something very similar at Worlds last year, and I experimented with it myself. It's really good and really consistent. I've often wondered if it'd be worth switching to Ketsu instead to further gently caress with high-agility ships. If you manage to catch an ace in your arc, you're probably going to be able to kill it that turn.
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Apr 8, 2017 05:58
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Final round starting still undefeated. Pray for mojo
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Apr 8, 2017 06:13
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I hope future Star Wars films and X-Wing expansions continue to give astromech names that don't begin with R#.
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Apr 8, 2017 06:19
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Raged posted:Final round starting still undefeated. Pray for mojo Welp, RauBoats owns bones. Went undefeated for the whole tourney. Started out each round using Fenn as bait and it worked like a charm All but one of matches was 100-0. The one match was close due to me flying loving Fenn off the board. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT If you magnetize your ships always double check that your ships are pointed in the right direction otherwise you are gonna get embrassaed. Good day except for one guy who got grumpy that I beat him and spent the rest of his day bitching that Jumpmasters were "Bullshit" to anyone who would listen.
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Apr 8, 2017 10:56
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Raged posted:Welp, RauBoats owns bones. Went undefeated for the whole tourney. Started out each round using Fenn as bait and it worked like a charm All but one of matches was 100-0. The one match was close due to me flying loving Fenn off the board. TBF Jumpmasters *are* bullshit.
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Apr 8, 2017 12:10
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Last night at my FLGS we just randomly decided to put two mats together and do a five person free for all. We put out 15 obstacles and used a 100 point list. It was a fun madness type of game and we decided the next time we do it, it'll be kept to 50 points on one mat. It did allow me to try out trip 70s tho: S-Foils (100) Nien Nunb (40) - T-70 X-Wing Push The Limit (3), R2-D2 (4), Pattern Analyzer (2), Vectored Thrusters (2) "Snap" Wexley (33) - T-70 X-Wing Adaptability (0), R2 Astromech (1), Pattern Analyzer (2), Vectored Thrusters (2) Blue Squadron Novice (27) - T-70 X-Wing BB-8 (2), Primed Thrusters (1), Integrated Astromech (0)
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Apr 8, 2017 13:57
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Raged posted:PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT This is definitely true.
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Apr 8, 2017 15:46
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I don't magnetize but I still sometimes orient the direction of the dial with the direction the ship is facing to make sure I'm turning the way I want.
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Apr 8, 2017 16:48
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:I don't magnetize but I still sometimes orient the direction of the dial with the direction the ship is facing to make sure I'm turning the way I want. I do this even when I am going straight to avoid giving a tell because I am a very serious tournament level player.
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Apr 8, 2017 17:07
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Poopy Palpy posted:I do this even when I am going straight to avoid giving a tell because I am a very serious tournament level player. When I am performing the same maneuver as last turn I give my dial a good spin in each direction and study it intently.
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Apr 8, 2017 17:16
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:When I am performing the same maneuver as last turn I give my dial a good spin in each direction and study it intently. I miss Soontir Fel.
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Apr 8, 2017 17:35
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Pac-Manioc Root posted:When I am performing the same maneuver as last turn I give my dial a good spin in each direction and study it intently. I do too.
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Apr 8, 2017 21:28
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I routinely declare "I believe a Two Bank to the Left would be the best course of action" whenever placing my dials, even when I don't intend to do a two bank. Edit: Sometimes I do a two bank... to the right
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Apr 8, 2017 22:13
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Holy poo poo the mind games in this thread atm! 
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Apr 8, 2017 22:20
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I frequently forget what maneuver I placed, thereby surprising both myself AND my opponent. They can't play mind games if your mind is blank!
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Apr 8, 2017 22:35
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I sometimes stare at a spot on the board that is in the opposite direction from where I am going to turn. Make it look like I'm really considering the move then dial it up. About half the time my opponent in the tournament will pick up a dial or two and change it. I would feel.bad but half of this game is predicting manuvers.
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Apr 8, 2017 22:36
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Also I sacrifice a rubber chicken before each match and say "The power of Fenn Rau compels you" when Fenn gets to roll 5 attack dice. Only one of these is true
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Apr 8, 2017 22:45
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Admiral Joeslop posted:I frequently forget what maneuver I placed, thereby surprising both myself AND my opponent. They can't play mind games if your mind is blank! My preference is to consider long and hard between two manoeuvres, one of which conflicts with the rest of the manoeuvres I've selected for my squad, knowing that I can change the rest of the squad. Then pick the conflicting one, and then immediately forget I needed to change the rest of the squad and let my opponent start moving. It really fucks with them OMG
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Apr 8, 2017 23:39
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Does anyone actually believe their opponents are watching them so closely that planning phase mind games are worth it? The best mind game is calling out their dial just before they reveal it
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Apr 8, 2017 23:42
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thespaceinvader posted:My preference is to consider long and hard between two manoeuvres, one of which conflicts with the rest of the manoeuvres I've selected for my squad, knowing that I can change the rest of the squad. Then pick the conflicting one, and then immediately forget I needed to change the rest of the squad and let my opponent start moving. Yeah this so hard it hurts. Doubly so when you're playing Adv sensor brobots and you boost.
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Apr 8, 2017 23:43
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hoiyes posted:Does anyone actually believe their opponents are watching them so closely that planning phase mind games are worth it? In general? No. But picking up the dial and slapping it down unchanged doesn't require KGB levels of surveillance to notice.
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Apr 9, 2017 00:03
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hoiyes posted:Does anyone actually believe their opponents are watching them so closely that planning phase mind games are worth it? In tournaments after the first few turns you can easily tell the players that are watching where you are looking at on the board when you dial up. It's not everyone but when they do that when you start playing the mind games.
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Apr 9, 2017 00:08
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So at Stele open i had a game where i flew off the board because i forgot which way my shadowcaster was facing.
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Apr 9, 2017 00:38
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Panzeh posted:So at Stele open i had a game where i flew off the board because i forgot which way my shadowcaster was facing. We have all been there. How did you go overall?
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Apr 9, 2017 01:51
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Saw this played on the Steele Open stream and I really like it Chewbacca(New) — YT-1300 42 Expertise 4 "Chopper" 0 Inspiring Recruit 1 Millennium Falcon 1 Ship Total: 48 Gold Squadron Pilot — Y-Wing 18 Twin Laser Turret 6 R3-A2 2 BTL-A4 Y-Wing 0 Ship Total: 26 Biggs Darklighter — X-Wing 25 R4-D6 1 Integrated Astromech 0 Ship Total: 26
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Apr 9, 2017 02:13
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Raged posted:We have all been there. How did you go overall? 2-2 and dropped. The event ran really late and my energy level was shot. Still, I played some great guys and had a great time. If I had realized the taco bar was actually happening I probably would've stayed in, but you have to choose whether you drop when you turn in the slip.
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Apr 9, 2017 02:15
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Panzeh posted:2-2 and dropped. The event ran really late and my energy level was shot. Still, I played some great guys and had a great time. Sorry to hear that. Aaron doesn't kid about the taco bar.
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Apr 9, 2017 02:49
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Taco bar? Fuuuuck that would be nice. We had meat pies and sausage rolls at ours yesterday.
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Apr 9, 2017 02:55
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Yeah someone better explain this taco bar thing to me, because I've literally never been to an X-Wing tournament that had anything other than soda/chips/candy type food available.
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Apr 9, 2017 04:30
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Who's playing Taco-Wing?
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Apr 9, 2017 05:45
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ConfusedUs posted:Yeah someone better explain this taco bar thing to me, because I've literally never been to an X-Wing tournament that had anything other than soda/chips/candy type food available. Stele Open isn't exactly a small tournament- Aaron takes care of ya. They did a wonderful job with it. I will say they could do a bit better with reducing the downtime between rounds. They ran really late, and bigger events have been able to move more quickly. Panzeh fucked around with this message at 09:20 on Apr 9, 2017 |
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Apr 9, 2017 09:16
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ConfusedUs posted:Yeah someone better explain this taco bar thing to me, because I've literally never been to an X-Wing tournament that had anything other than soda/chips/candy type food available. So in short, Aaron Utley always did the online tournament coverage for the nova area. He enjoyed it more than playing and in 2014 started asking around if anyone was interested in a small, private x-wing tournament and created the Stele Open. The history is here: http://www.steleopen.com/about/ . But, in short, it's a laid back event and I'm surprised at how much international recognition it's gotten. People were flying in from all over. He's always taken care of the players and you get your money's worth in promos and food. Aaron does not joke about the tacos. There really was a taco bar and a food truck, all covered by the entry fee. I think it was chipotle last year but this was the huge jump and might get bigger from here. There's a bunch of downtime in between rounds but I think a lot of that was the giveaways and the more laid-back nature of the thing. I actually liked it since I could go and look at the models on display, chat with the artists on hand, and check out what the nearby LGS brought over. Craig deserved to win the mustache contest and he promised a video of him shaving it off with the prizes in view. Also, yo, btw guys, vote for the fan favorite model. Not saying you should vote for anyone in particular but there's only like 30 votes on that sheet 
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Apr 9, 2017 12:36
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I usually don't like fanmade promos and feel like I'm the one kid who sees the Emperor's Dong through the new clothes with the sophomoric draftsmanship of Paul La Rue cards that everyone goes ape over. But I really like some of the Steele promos Aaron commissions. I would love to have a whole set of pilot cards done up like the bubblegum baseball card Marek promo.
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Apr 9, 2017 13:30
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Imagine....Stele 2018...tacos topped with Mulan Szechuan dipping sauce. e: Pac-Manioc Root posted:I usually don't like fanmade promos and feel like I'm the one kid who sees the Emperor's Dong through the new clothes with the sophomoric draftsmanship of Paul La Rue cards that everyone goes ape over. I don't like PLR cards at all. I imagine the reason why its huge with the x-wing crowd is that the style looks like early 90s so it was probably when many players were in their teens and devoured the EU comics. The ones I've liked were kinda similar but not from him, specifically the graffiti Ahsoka Tano handed out by the SJ-PA guys. PLR markets it well with his limited printings and all. Now what I really want is this digital set done on cards: http://starwarscardtraderapp.com/art-of-the-rebellion/ It's a full set of cards with saturated colors even though that's just a basic layer with brush stroke patterns. e: it isn't even that one, just google "star wars card trader hypercolor" and you get the more colorful variety. Chill la Chill fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Apr 9, 2017 |
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Chill la Chill posted:Also, yo, btw guys, vote for the fan favorite model. Not saying you should vote for anyone in particular but there's only like 30 votes on that sheet Pick the license plate.
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