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Lump Shaker posted:I'm impressed you are playing IG! I really wanted to like him because he is just so badass, but I haven't come up with a good deck for him yet. Pair him with FN and go weapon heavy. IG will scoop up what FN discards. There are better decks, but 8s and 9s is fun as hell.
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I've been toying around with a mono yellow deck with IG-88 that focuses on shields and armor plating. It's been doing alright. The biggest key is to hold disarms to get rid of vibroknife if you are playing against a melee deck. With personal shield/armor plating/ammo belt IG-88 can take a lot of damage before going down.
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i think i'll be piloting ejabba/eJango triple threat at store champs
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mostly because crime lording palps is hilarious
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Tourney tomorrow at 11 AM do I bring eLuke Maz or ePalp, thread
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Jun 3, 2017 06:49
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eLuke Max all day err day
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Jun 3, 2017 06:54
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ELuke and Maz. Although if you must bring the Emperor call your deck "Palpate the region"
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I call mine Palp Smear.
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Well store champs went poorly for me. I attribute it all to one very stupid mistake in my second game that probably cost me the game and put me on tilt. We were about 6 turns into the second round and I decided to claim and turn babby Vader to a special. It was almost immediately then that I realized my opponent hadn't rolled in his Han yet. I had a hand full of removal and I felt god drat stupid. I really need to slow down and think before making rash decisions like that. That being said, our top 4 was very interesting: 1st: eJabba/eDooku 2nd: eHan/eRey 3rd/4th: eDooku/eVentress 3rd/4th: ePalpatine The eJabba/eDooku deck is disgusting and I've played against it a few times now. He ended the final game with 3 specials on mind probe and cunning in two rounds with only Jabba alive.
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Had a store champs today as well. 14 players. I apparently tested long enough to become the villain, as I settled on just playing Poe/Maz instead of something cute. I was one of three P/M players, and the worst of the bunch. Ended with a sad 2-2, that should have EASILY been a 3-1 at least, if not for the worst dice luck ever. Game 1 - mirror match vs Poe/Maz - Loss He wins the roll, opts to go first, opens with Hit and Run into double-special with Poe. Rolls Maz, then resolves both specials with a Detonator and U-Wing for 5 to both characters on round 1 turn 1. Gross. I proceeded to roll average, and he outraced me. Eh, fine. Tie breakers will be good when he goes on, not worried. Game 2 - Jango/2199 (I'm enjoying calling this deck Cash & Guns) - Win Fairly unremarkable game. I killed Jango first which let them get my Poe down, and I ended up in a position where I actually played a U-Wing to the table which kept me going. Game 3 - Apprentice Vader/Kylo - Win Had a rough first round, but some smart plays in discarding upgrades for rerolls to ensure Kylo specials would hit 0 kept me in it and I proceeded to run nuts on Poe, and with a Rocket Launcher on Maz was able to have a hugely explosive turn on round 3 to seal it. Game 4 - Vader/Raider - Loss Sigh. This went so badly. I try not to get too bent out of shape over it because this game has inherently more variance than other TCGs because of the dice, so sometimes you just lose to randomness. But goddamnit. I mulligan into Detonator/Detonator/U-Wing/Falcon/Uprising. Feeling pretty good that I'm going to just blow this game out in a few rounds. Then, lose the roll off, end up playing without Throne Room. Eh, sucks, but with that hand, not huge, just need to hit at least one Special a turn. NBD right? Three rounds later, including one discard>reroll action, I've rolled zero Poe specials, and every Maz roll was Blank + Shield or Resource; zero Focus. I've been stacking resources at this point, so I find myself playing U-Wing to the table for the second time today, partially because Poe is at 9/12 and not likely to survive another round. Sure enough round 4 Poe dies before he can resolve anything, and I'm left trying to do damage with Maz + U. Got 2 UWing specials off, and Maz ends at 7/8 going into round 6; both opponents characters were still alive and well. I have the choice of Dug In, or Field Medic. Figure saving 3 damage is better than healing 2, right? Oh what's that, I forgot to mention the Backup Muscle sitting there? Maybe that's because I forgot it was there too. GG. Probably didn't matter, but was just clear at that point that I was tilting over the bad rolls and not paying attention. Just a really frustrating end to a match up that should have been pretty favorable to me. But hey, dice. It happens. Final table was ePalp vs Jango/2199 (not the person I played round 2). Palp won the game, but conceded some prizes to the Jango player. Other players in the top 4 included a unique eHan/eSnap deck in 3rd and a Poe/Maz in 4th (also not the guy I played). Other notables was an Aurra Sing deck, other Vader/Kylo decks, other Jango/2199s.
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Jun 4, 2017 02:24
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Two local stores had store champs today too. I couldn't go, but the top decks were: ePhasma/Bala/Trooper ePoe/eMaz Unkar/Nines/Royal Guard eVader/Raider They guys who were there said that 10 players out of 30 had either Poe/Maz or ePalp. The other store (with, candidly, a less skilled player base) had these in their top 4: ePalp eJango/eFN2199 eVader/Raider eLuke/Maz
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2-3 with Luke Maz owing to some terrible dice luck, but that's the game when you play these decks. Highlight of the day was rolling Force Speed and Vibroknife Luke in and getting four blanks at which point we both laughed. Even with horrendous rolls, only one game felt like a bad loss - eKylo eAnakin where he rolled max available damage and played two lightsaber throws in round 1, when I had no removal. Rough stuff. I'm sticking with the deck, though, and I got some alt art cards to go with it so hell yeah. Beat Poe Maz and Baze Chewie, lost to Anakin Kylo twice and a weirder Poe Maz
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bowmore posted:mostly because crime lording palps is hilarious My friends been doing Jabba/Vader and crime lord palp is in fact hilarious. We've been calling the deck the fat and the furious.
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guts and bolts posted:2-3 with Luke Maz owing to some terrible dice luck, but that's the game when you play these decks. Highlight of the day was rolling Force Speed and Vibroknife Luke in and getting four blanks at which point we both laughed. Even with horrendous rolls, only one game felt like a bad loss - eKylo eAnakin where he rolled max available damage and played two lightsaber throws in round 1, when I had no removal. Rough stuff.
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A while ago during the halcyon days of Awakenings only I posted my bad take on Han Rey. Here's the update. Somebody Who Appreciates The Falcon (Rogue//Force) Han Solo, Scoundrel (18) Rey, Force Prodigy (12) Starship Graveyard, Jakku Upgrades (15 cards//10 dice) Ammo Belt x1 DL-44 Heavy Blaster Pistol x2 Fast Hands x2 Force Speed x2 Holdout Blaster x2 Maz's Goggles x2 Second Chance x2 Vibroknife x2 Supports (2 cards) Infamous x2 Events (13 cards) Caution x1 Deflect x2 Electroshock x2 Loth-Cat And Mouse x2 Negotiate x1 New Orders x1 Riposte x2 Unpredictable x2 I built this to kill Palp and hopefully other stuff, and it does its job. Action cheat to avoid removal. Make Han immortal. Save Rey with a clutch Caution if you like, or play it with Riposte to turn any die into 3 damage from hand. New Orders isn't just there for Sheev, who rarely gives a poo poo about the battlefield, but Poe sure does and this is a good way to gently caress him up. Plus you can punt on Sheev matchups, take the shields, and New Orders to get Graveyard back, since it's cheaper than Hyperspace Jump (RIP). Lots of control oriented around small dice pools, which several of the popular decks run, with an emphasis on controlling ranged results because that's the way the meta's shaking out locally. I wish Hero had access to HDLY but we don't. Infamous could potentially be cut for Swiftness if you don't want a tempo hit. Maz's Goggles are excellent for fixing bad rolls and giving you more dosh, but there's only six damage-oriented upgrades in this deck, which sometimes feels too low. Still, Goggles can also eat removal cards or find No Mercy before it fires, which is nice. A Rey's Staff probably wouldn't hurt you here. OWTF is too slow in this meta imo, so I omitted it. Rey will always die first, just roll with it. You get four dice for the rolloff which is nice - two of them are even kinda good dice. 20 HP and a two-char deck seems rough but Second Chance Belt makes Han into a monster. Probably suffers against 4-character decks. If you wanna add Lightsabers or something to make the Vibroknifes punch harder, go for it, but you'll probably cut Goggles for 'em.
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https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/6/16/empire-at-war/ Daggum Mace Windu and Master of the Council  Mace Windu is going to be the chase legendary of this cycle. Look at those damage sides!
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Pretty insane ability as well. Can kill a character with 3 shields. Couple him with Vibroknife for lots of fun.
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Depending on how the resources work out, I might have to drop eLuke/Maz for eMace/Maz.
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I'm feeling eThrawn/eKylo next set. Use Thrawn to make them throw their cost 0 events and make it easier to hit their costed cards with a focus-double Kylo special
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So I put this to one side after christmas because I couldn't get any cards from anywhere and promptly forgot about it. I dusted it off today and want to buy some cards - I assume I've missed the boat on awakenings? I really wouldn't mind a second Rey's Staff but I'm guessing I'd have to buy a second starter for that, yeah? A box of rebellion boosters is £82 on amazon, is that about the going rate or should I be hitting up specialist sites? Apologies for all the daft questions, all my previous forays into TCGs has just been buying the odd pack here and there in shops. 
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Pilchenstein posted:So I put this to one side after christmas because I couldn't get any cards from anywhere and promptly forgot about it. I dusted it off today and want to buy some cards - I assume I've missed the boat on awakenings? I really wouldn't mind a second Rey's Staff but I'm guessing I'd have to buy a second starter for that, yeah? You are in luck. The Awakenings reprint is set to hit (US) stores this Thursday. Check with your local store to see if they have any allocations. Also, you should be able to get a second copy of Rey's Staff very cheaply as a single.
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Lump Shaker posted:You are in luck. The Awakenings reprint is set to hit (US) stores this Thursday. Check with your local store to see if they have any allocations. Also, you should be able to get a second copy of Rey's Staff very cheaply as a single.
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Hauki posted:Here's hoping the awakenings reprint sticks around long enough for me to get some after work today. Mildly excited for it. I think I might try out Obi/Rey tonight, since I haven't gotten a chance to actually play it yet at all. Welp, apparently their inventory got hosed up somehow and they simply can't find 10+ boxes, so I missed out there. Everywhere online seems to be out of stock again, so much for availability on this run. Hauki fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Jun 23, 2017 |
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So when Destiny first came out I hopped on it, really enjoyed it, but didn't buy a ton of cards to begin with because I didn't realize stock would be an issue. I ended up selling my small collection for nearly quadruple what I paid for it. Does it seem stock has stabilized a little? I'm a more casual player, and a big part of it for me would be being able to buy a pack or two everyweek for fun. Is this possible, or just the wrong game for that?
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Cobaltshift posted:Does it seem stock has stabilized a little? I'm a more casual player, and a big part of it for me would be being able to buy a pack or two everyweek for fun. Is this possible, or just the wrong game for that? It might depend on where you live and who your FLGS has as a distributor. I split my time between a big city with 4-5 great games stores and a small college town with one pretty great store that is still a small town store. The guy at the small store was able to get 3 boxes of SoR to start and another 2 later (he sold me one), 1 of the Awakenings reprint, and doesn't know for sure how much more he'll be able to get. Meanwhile, in the big city, the stores are getting 20 boxes at a time. I think going forward you'll be able to get packs for a couple weeks after release but not indefinitely.
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heckyeahpathy posted:It might depend on where you live and who your FLGS has as a distributor. I split my time between a big city with 4-5 great games stores and a small college town with one pretty great store that is still a small town store. The guy at the small store was able to get 3 boxes of SoR to start and another 2 later (he sold me one), 1 of the Awakenings reprint, and doesn't know for sure how much more he'll be able to get. Meanwhile, in the big city, the stores are getting 20 boxes at a time. I am really wondering if you are one of my customers, since the small town store I own is in that same boat, heh. It's pretty frustrating.
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bowmore posted:the current meta is toxic and I would hesitate to recommend Destiny to a new player until changes are made Forms of cancer: Carcinoma (adeno and squamous) Sarcoma Blastoma Poe/Maz
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Benthalus posted:Forms of cancer: I'm someone who just started to play and am still in the "Block is a cool card, I should put 2 of them in this deck!" phase of newbish stupidity and relative card poverty. I've gone out of my way NOT to learn anything about the meta or what's cool/good in tournaments and just made some decks I thought were fun and thematic. I got a Poe and a Maz yesterday in packs and having read in this thread about Poe/Maz I decided to go watch a Poe/Maz game. It reminded me of nothing more than Type I M:tG from 20 years ago, where the only actual drama every game was, "Which of these players will luck out and get the first turn kill combo in their draw?" It immediately made me sort of mentally throw my hands up and say, "Welp, so much for this!" I dunno, my newb games of "Oh, so you rolled a bunch of melee damage with Kylo and Assajj? SURPRISE MOTHERFUCKER I SPEND TWO FOR A BLOCK!" that last eighteen turns and feature twelve "lead changes" seem much more like a fun Star Wars battle than "I'll do this, this, and this, and now I'll resolve these six dice, and now I'll take nineteen unopposed actions, and deal 24 damage to your characters, go ahead." The good news is, I don't care about tournaments and I'll be happy to keep occasionally buying a pack here and there and tinkering with my monocolor decks but yeeesh, that Poe/Maz looks like it's about as much fun as an enema to play or play against.
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Yeah that's how I play Destiny. Spend a bit of money on boosters to go with the starters, put some decks together with a friend, play good dice and cards game where you have interesting decisions to make every turn. Don't even consider spending hundreds and hundreds of the currency of your choice on collecting top tier decks or whatever.
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Seeing that a few people out there seem to be doing some casual playing similar to what I want to do, I decided to get back in. Bought one of each starter and 6 awakenings packs. Pulled both Vader and Poe, which I'm told are currently worth about as much as I've already spent, so that's nice.
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Yeah, I got lucky with my boxes (3 of Awakenings, 2 of Spirit) and some good trading. I have enough cards that I just play casually with my wife and friends now with decks that are mid-level but fun. I don't need to spend $5-$15 at a tournament to lose to Poe/Maz in over 3/4 of the matches.
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My girlfriend managed to scrounge up a box of awakenings from somewhere as a gift, I was pretty psyched until I opened 10 starter rares in short order. Literally 3 BB8s, 3 Rey's Staff, 2 Storm Troopers, a Tie Fighter and something else (Immobilize?). Like what the gently caress.
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I just found out about this game through Tabletop Simulator. What's a good netdeck to practice with?
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CJ posted:I just found out about this game through Tabletop Simulator. What's a good netdeck to practice with? Apprentice Darth Vader / Kylo Ren is a great, strong deck that isn't utter poison to play with/against (see: Poe/Maz). Another great high performing deck is Unkar Plutt / FN-2199 / Stormtrooper. Much more dynamic deck than the former (which is mostly just aggro hitting stuff).
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Merauder posted:Apprentice Darth Vader / Kylo Ren is a great, strong deck that isn't utter poison to play with/against (see: Poe/Maz). Baby Anakin and Kylo have the advantage also of not costing a fortune to buy the cards for
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