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Wapole Languray posted:I've been obsessed with making First Order Only lists recently, had fun with several and just came up with one I think would be disgustingly fun: If you’re running Stridan and Hux, shave enough points to go with VI Backdraft instead of OL. TIE/SFs don’t like being stressed, doubly so if you don’t have any TIE mk2s to give them.
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Wapole Languray posted:I've been obsessed with making First Order Only lists recently, had fun with several and just came up with one I think would be disgustingly fun: FO lists are fun times. Here's my take on Upsilon, SF, FO squad: Major Stridan (32) Collision Detector (0) Inspiring Recruit (1) General Hux (5) Pattern Analyzer (2) "Omega Leader" (21) Juke (2) Comm Relay (3) "Backdraft" (27) Veteran Instincts (1) Fire-Control System (2) Pattern Analyzer (2) Lightweight Frame (2) Special Ops Training (0) Total: 100 View in Yet Another Squad Builder You really want to have pattern analyzers on both SF and Upsilon. Having FCS on Upsilon is tempting, but it's kinda hard to keep track on a single target. With pattern analyzer you can do stop + hux, while inspiring recruit helps you to not drown in stress. FCS can work with this kind of stop'n'go shuttle, but you'd need to downgrade Hux to Fleet Officer. There's a lot of play here. Dump the recruit and replace Backdraft with raging QD? Sure, but be careful with that stop on Upsilon. Alternatively, if you really want to go hog wild with Hux and Stridan, and still stay in the FO theme try this. Omega Squadron Pilot (17) Snap Shot (2) Omega Squadron Pilot (17) Snap Shot (2) Omega Squadron Pilot (17) Snap Shot (2) Major Stridan (32) Operations Specialist (3) General Hux (5) Countermeasures (3) Total: 100 View in Yet Another Squad Builder Every missed snapshot and shot generates focus, and if you're too accurate, Hux is making it rain. Your TIE/FOs can mostly focus on evading and rolling. Be careful not to lose the Upsilon right away.
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Curious if I'll ever be able to fire two (4 or 5 dice) missiles/rockets at first engagement... Green Squadron Pilot (19) Deadeye (1) Cruise Missiles (3) Snap Shot (2) Guidance Chips (0) A-Wing Test Pilot (0) Green Squadron Pilot (19) Deadeye (1) Cruise Missiles (3) Snap Shot (2) Guidance Chips (0) A-Wing Test Pilot (0) Green Squadron Pilot (19) Crack Shot (1) Proton Rockets (3) Snap Shot (2) Guidance Chips (0) A-Wing Test Pilot (0) Green Squadron Pilot (19) Crack Shot (1) Proton Rockets (3) Snap Shot (2) Guidance Chips (0) A-Wing Test Pilot (0) Total: 100 polynominal-c fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Dec 24, 2017 |
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canyoneer posted:I have a feeling that X Wings or TIE fighters would smoke a squadron of actual planes. Well, no--Star Wars starfighters have WW2 levels performance and fire control. Maybe Korean War, but only for the go-fastest of scenes.
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Dec 26, 2017 06:39
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Madurai posted:Well, no--Star Wars starfighters have WW2 levels performance and fire control. Maybe Korean War, but only for the go-fastest of scenes. I didn't know that we could fly out of the atmosphere and make reentry back then
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But they still can't go high enough to catch the point flying over your head :P
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Dec 26, 2017 10:22
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Or straight into the ground, as the case may be.
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Gold Squadron Pilot (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) Flight-Assist Astromech (1) BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0) Gold Squadron Pilot (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) Flight-Assist Astromech (1) BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0) Gold Squadron Pilot (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) Flight-Assist Astromech (1) BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0) Gold Squadron Pilot (18) Twin Laser Turret (6) Flight-Assist Astromech (1) BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0) Total: 100 View in Yet Another Squad Builder 
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Improbable Lobster posted:Gold Squadron Pilot (18) This build is always so boring to fly, I'm glad that we can finally have a bit of fun with FAstromechs. Ran this yesterday as a gimmick with ions instead of TLTs, and happily ran my opponent off the map
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Got a few matches in with this yesterday. Starting to have some special feelings for Dalan. I was constantly barrel rolling him for the Bullseye Arc. It's an absolute murder machine against large based ships. Fenn Rau (28) Push the Limit (3) Autothrusters (2) Concord Dawn Protector (1) Thweek (28) Fire-Control System (2) Autothrusters (2) StarViper Mk. II (-3) Virago (1) Dalan Oberos (Kimogila) (25) Expertise (4) Plasma Torpedoes (3) Unhinged Astromech (1) Guidance Chips (0) Enforcer (1) Total: 98 View in Yet Another Squad Builder
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Dec 29, 2017 00:50
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Wow, yeah, Dalan with Expertise getting someone into the bullseye arc is going to HURT, jeez. I like that a lot, especially with Unhinged Astromech.
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Ya i was listening to some pre-release analysis about the Kimogila and everyone was acting like the bullseye would be really difficult to use considering the Kimos less than stellar dial but the whole time I'm thinking, "goddamn, large base ships gonna be in for the pain" since rolling raw green dice is nearly always terrible regardless of how many you throw.
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I was gifted a StarViper. Now I can finally get some autothruster going. Though I guess I want to try it I should pick Hired Guns and the other ship in it solo pack. Is the Mist Hunter any good? I have it since a long time and never played with it.
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Zuckuss in the Mist Hunter is like tier 2. Not great, not trash. In the right list he is better. The rest are just bad.
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Iceclaw posted:I was gifted a StarViper. Now I can finally get some autothruster going. Though I guess I want to try it I should pick Hired Guns and the other ship in it solo pack. Is the Mist Hunter any good? I have it since a long time and never played with it. Tweek out of guns for hire is really good in the right hands.
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I got a copy of Tabletop Simulator for Christmas. A friend of mine and I ran a quick game using the Unified X-wing Mod and it was pretty fun. He was interested in checking out Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, and I saw a few mods on the Workshop that cover it. One was flat broken, refusing to load assets. Another seemed to look pretty good but I guess wasn't updated for quite some time. I followed a link to another Workshop mod from that one to a HOTAC mod with AI/automated movement and I'm not sure if it was just broken in the first place or if I'm loving it up, but I can't even figure out how to change the pilots in it and there's zero help on the Steam forums for it  Have any of you ran this mod or something similar? At the very least, is there documentation I can read to find out how I'm supposed to start up missions?
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Iceclaw posted:I was gifted a StarViper. Now I can finally get some autothruster going. Though I guess I want to try it I should pick Hired Guns and the other ship in it solo pack. Is the Mist Hunter any good? I have it since a long time and never played with it. Guri is the best SV pilot by far. Intensity/Virago/Mk2/Fire Control/Autothrusters, and Glitterstim if you can afford it. The Mist Hunter just sucks. Especially now that the Kimo has come out and is by and large Just Better.
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Holybat posted:I got a copy of Tabletop Simulator for Christmas. A friend of mine and I ran a quick game using the Unified X-wing Mod and it was pretty fun. He was interested in checking out Heroes of the Aturi Cluster, and I saw a few mods on the Workshop that cover it. One was flat broken, refusing to load assets. Another seemed to look pretty good but I guess wasn't updated for quite some time. I ran a full HOTAS campaign on TTS using the automated AI mod and even ended up going elbow deep in the mod scripting to add more AI ships, so I can try to field any questions you have. However, I'm out of town so it'll probably be tomorrow night before I can check out the issue you're having.
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Woah that rules, I'd love to hear more about making that work too.
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Regionals are a week away and I still have no clue what I'm flying. Are harpoon SFs good? Don't really feel like buying 3 gunboats and I remember some sort of SF missile build with that one tech upgrade being good like a year ago.
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banned from Starbucks posted:Regionals are a week away and I still have no clue what I'm flying. Are harpoon SFs good? Don't really feel like buying 3 gunboats and I remember some sort of SF missile build with that one tech upgrade being good like a year ago. Harpoon VI QD is good. Harpoon VI Vader is good. Add a mediocre third ship (a harpoon nu, a bomber buddy, omega ace with crack shot and optics) and you've got one of the best lists in the game right now.
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I'm thinking about a two Gunboat alpha list, since it sounds like it could be fun. Am I on the right track here? 99 points Nu Squadron Pilot (30) x 2 Alpha-class Star Wing (18), XG-1 Assault Configuration (1), Extra Munitions (2), Harpoon Missiles (4), Guidance Chips (0), Autoblaster (5), Ion Cannon (3) “Quickdraw” (39) Special Forces TIE (29), Veteran Instincts (1), Fire-Control System (2), Cruise Missiles (3), Pattern Analyzer (2), Special Ops Training (0), Lightweight Frame (2)
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Funzo posted:I'm thinking about a two Gunboat alpha list, since it sounds like it could be fun. Am I on the right track here? Quickdraw is fine (might want Harpoon instead of Cruise), but your gunboats are way too heavily loaded. You'll never use autoblaster, ion, AND the missiles in the same game. You either want three Nu Squads with Harpoons/chips/title, or you want to go up to Rhos with Harpoons/chips/maybe extra munitions, and an EPT like predator or deadeye.
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Hello all! I'm looking to get into X Wing and I have a Warmachine Khador army that I don't currently play. This post recently appeared on the Warmachine Trades Facebook group. I have about $1150 MSRP in Khador models which typically sell for 50% MSRP. So $675 approximately. I really like the Imperial / First Order and Alliance / Rebel ships. Not so interested in Scum ships. Is this a good lot to trade for, or should I look for another lot, or try to sell my models and buy more targeted ships that I actually want? I realize the answer is probably, " Do what's best for you.", but i'm asking for your opinions. What would you do in the same position? Thank you very much!
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Ysera posted:Hello all! I'm looking to get into X Wing and I have a Warmachine Khador army that I don't currently play. This post recently appeared on the Warmachine Trades Facebook group. If you are going to be playing in tournaments, the scum ships come with some decent upgrades that can be used on ships of other factions. This person seems to have only 1 of most of the ships, so you are not buying too much dead weight in ships. Pricing it out though, it is still about 1/3 of the total price is scum. It also comes to a decision on how complete you want your collection to be. There is a lot of dead weight in ships from early waves. In a lot of cases, maybe one named pilot is worth flying, the rest is over costed or just weak. See TIE Advanceds that are not Vader, E-Wings that are not Corran Horn, and B-Wings for examples. So it might be cheaper to just get the more recent waves of ships, and backfill in upgrade cards using eBay vendors. This will let you start dipping your toes into the local scene and make sure you are having fun before you sink $1000+ into the hobby.
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That person is selling everything at MSRP (minus tax), but almost any online retailer will sell ships at a decent discount, ie those $14.95 ships for about $11.
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My recommendation for people starting is always to buy things in this order, until you are tired of spending money. 1. Always start with the blue Core set 2. If you like it, flesh out the factions to get to 100 point lists. That's easily doable with a core plus Heroes of the Resistance and Imperial Veterans 3. If you still REALLY like the game, the following will set you up for basic level tournament play: A second core set (with a slight preference to the red core just because it's different stuff from the blue) Either the Ghost OR any two of K-Wing, Azituck, Y-Wing, or YT-2400 for Rebels Any two of TIE Phantom, TIE/sf, TIE/fo, TIE Silencer, or Gunboat if you want more Imps 3a. Or branch into the Scum faction by buying any three of: Jumpmaster, Protectorate Starfighter, Shadowcaster, or Guns for Hire. From here you are either well-acquainted enough with the game to know what you want/need, or you're well into the "I'm just buying stuff that looks cool" mindset.
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Also I got an Azituck for christmas and I feel dirty because now I have no excuse not to fly Rey + Low or Corran+Rex+Low.
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I made a guide to setting up the first mission for Heroes of the Aturi Cluster in the Tabletop Simulator mod. If you're interested in that sort of thing, check it out here. If you have any other questions, just let me know.
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Moose King posted:I made a guide to setting up the first mission for Heroes of the Aturi Cluster in the Tabletop Simulator mod. If you're interested in that sort of thing, check it out here. If you have any other questions, just let me know. Awesome thank you for the walkthrough, I appreciate it!
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Some Numbers posted:That person is selling everything at MSRP (minus tax), but almost any online retailer will sell ships at a decent discount, ie those $14.95 ships for about $11. I should amend that he's trading for msrp. Warmachine models are also often purchased for 30% off. So MSRP is the only way to approximately value two collections for trading. I've already decided to not do the trade. Thank you all very much.
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As someone who's only played the Core Set like two years after Force Awakens hype for the new core set, I'm quite looking to get into X-Wing. Is it worth getting into in 2018? Is the Most Wanted pack under-powered these days?
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Paranoid Dude posted:As someone who's only played the Core Set like two years after Force Awakens hype for the new core set, I'm quite looking to get into X-Wing. Is it worth getting into in 2018? Is the Most Wanted pack under-powered these days? Game owns. Most Wanted is pretty basic and really only worth it for the scum Y-Wing stuff (which are still a solid workhorse with a twin laser turret) I posted a buying guide up above a few posts.
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Recoome posted:The TIE Bomber is actually PS2 for 16 points and the Omicron Group Pilot for the Shuttle is also PS2. But you do make some pretty good points, as the Empire is generally lacking a Y-Wing equivalent ship. found this from 2014, haha jokes the Gunboat is 18 points for the PS2 generic Also this is still the best artwork in-game 
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Stopped playing X-wing around November of last year. Looking to get back on the wagon this week by visiting the FLGS on X-wing night.
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oh yes oh god yes form the head FORM THE HEAD unghhhh...
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IronSaber posted:Stopped playing X-wing around November of last year. Looking to get back on the wagon this week by visiting the FLGS on X-wing night. Xongrats
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What ships from the new wave are cool and good? I want to start painting again and not have my efforts wasted
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The Gunboat appears to be fantastic.
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Chill la Chill posted:What ships from the new wave are cool and good? I want to start painting again and not have my efforts wasted I like the Resistance Bomber, which happens to have some nice large, flat panels
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Improbable Lobster posted:I like the Resistance Bomber, which happens to have some nice large, flat panels Hm, it does have the bonus of being able to glue a set of dangling balls underneath and have them be canon Some Numbers posted:The Gunboat appears to be fantastic.  At least it's the one that looks like a mini lambda and not the Ye-4 or the missile boat. Still looks like a dumb generic 90s ship though. It belongs in BSG!
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