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My pilot/upgrades binder is already ready to pop. I'm going to have to divide stuff up, especially once more factions come up. May end up switching my dial/base binder to another system; I don't particularly like how loose the bases are in the card slots, and it will be hard to put dividers in for the dials without using way too much empty space.
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Strobe posted:I just realized that E-wings have red 1 hards and can take R4 Astromechs. You know R4s only make them white, not blue, right? E Wings are made for R3 astros and FCS. Which is a shame because canon E Wings only take R7s. E: Admiral Joeslop posted:My pilot/upgrades binder is already ready to pop. I'm going to have to divide stuff up, especially once more factions come up. I ran out of 9-card binder pages 
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thespaceinvader posted:You know R4s only make them white, not blue, right? You say that like a white 1-hard isn't still really drat good. I'm toying with some high-skill E-wings with R4 and Collision Detectors, because those seem like they can be used to hilarious effect.
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Strobe has pointed out to me how ridiculous Thane is. Jake Farrell (40) Composure (2) Ten Numb (50) Squad Leader (4) Thane Kyrell (48) Trick Shot (1) "Dutch" Vander (42) Trick Shot (1) Dorsal Turret (4) Veteran Turret Gunner (8) Total: 200 View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0
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Sep 15, 2018 22:25
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Strobe posted:You say that like a white 1-hard isn't still really drat good. It's good but it's not wildly more good than a 2 hard, to the point where you want to pay points to get it when you have the 2 hard already, and you get get two locks from long range then spend the rest of the game with rerolls. E: though i do have an unhealthy love of collision detector. So good on Phantoms, especially when you no longer have the option to redo your decloak if you clip a rock. SO fun on Guri. But in both cases, I find myself horribly missing the rerolls. All the mobility in the world doesn't make blank reds have paint.
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Sep 15, 2018 22:46
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I'm fine with one lock at a time, honestly. I realized that Collision Detector also lets you ignore the "skip your attack" part of asteroids, so you can park on a rock, still get your action (my personal favorite is evade with Juke), and get cover from return fire. The list I was fiddling with included Jake, too, to spread out focuses for a fully modded joust with Juke.
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Sep 15, 2018 23:15
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Only 6 people at my FLGS launch tourney, but I went 3-0 and you won’t take that away from me. Threat level 8 quick builds. I brought Luke/Wedge/Dutch and torpedoed the poo poo out of everyone.
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Sep 15, 2018 23:27
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I won today's launch tournament at Covenant Tulsa with a mismatched Scum swarm. Torkil Mux: Moldy Crow and 0-0-0 Drea Renthal: Dorsal Turret and Expert Handling L3-37: nothing Baby Quadjumper: Tobias Beckett Binyare Pirate: Homing Missile Binyare Pirate: Nothing I love this list because every single ship, except the one naked Z, is dangerous somehow beyond just its red dice. It gives other lists complete fits about target priority. I had people go after Torkil first, Drea first, and the quadjumper first. Every one of them, after the game, said their choice was the wrong move, because one of the other ships ruined their day. That's a pretty good sign. Beckett was well worth his two points. In all of the games I was able to move a rock to clear an area where I'd have a favorable engagement, then force the engagement to happen there. That Homing Missile Z was the star of the drat tournament. That Z shot last most turns (well, except the person who got zeroed out by Torkil), and usually his target had 1hp left. He got the finishing blow on four ships across three games. If I were to change anything, I'd either switch Beckett and 0-0-0's ships, or I'd drop 0-0-0 entirely for a second homing missile.
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Sep 15, 2018 23:30
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I wanna run so many variations on a Drea list. I think Drea, 3 cluster Zs and a Generic firespray with 0-0-0 would be nice to try. Or maybe swapping the firespray for a tooled up Talonbane, as a flanker. Did it matter you weren't getting any Drea benefits from L337 and Torkil?
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hoiyes posted:I wanna run so many variations on a Drea list. I think Drea, 3 cluster Zs and a Generic firespray with 0-0-0 would be nice to try. Or maybe swapping the firespray for a tooled up Talonbane, as a flanker. Torkil builds up enough focuses he can just lock when he gets to combat. If there were an Init1 generic escape craft that DIDN'T EXPLODE I would 100% be using it instead of L337, both for the re-roll and for the opportunity to coordinate my other generics before they move. However, the choice is between L3 and another Z and that coordinate is nice.
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Sep 16, 2018 00:15
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Took the Ace of Legend™ and some bomby bois to a tournament and got first. There were like 2 large ships total out of all lists, Boba and an Imp shuttle. I feel bad for 3 ship builds (esp rebel lists) they seem to get rocked by everything.
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Sep 16, 2018 00:42
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Admiral Joeslop posted:Strobe has pointed out to me how ridiculous Thane is. I am new to X-wing (only played 1 game of 1.0). Can someone example to me how all this works together like I'm an Academy recruit? I have a ABXY-wing to do it. Comstar fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Sep 16, 2018 |
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Sep 16, 2018 01:55
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Comstar posted:I am new to X-wing (only played 1 game of 1.0). Can someone example to me how all this works together like I'm an Academy recruit? I have a ABXY-wing to do it. Basically, it's heavy on sharing focus and TL to allow for good action economy. Ten Numb can coordinate, thanks to Squad Leader, another ship to take an action, which stresses him. But he can then use that stress like a focus token, so he's effectively giving an action to a ship for free, as long as he has a target to shoot or is shot at. Dutch target locks himself and gives a lock to another ship. Jake can boost or barrel roll to reposition, which creates a focus for either himself or another ship. Thanks to composure and the way failed actions work, if he ends up in a spot where he can use the A-Wing ability to boost, and that boost fails, he will then get a focus token for himself. So he can say, Barrel Roll into a nice shot, pass a focus to another nearby ship with the pilot ability, attempt to boost and fail, and then gain a focus for himself from composure. Thane is just a solid but relatively cheap I5 ace, who can effectively turn normal damage into crits, which is really good.
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Sep 16, 2018 02:25
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Just keep in mind you have to buy the Lando Falcon to get Composure.
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Sep 16, 2018 02:36
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Comstar posted:I am new to X-wing (only played 1 game of 1.0). Can someone example to me how all this works together like I'm an Academy recruit? I have a ABXY-wing to do it. All of the ships are individually effective but have a little extra something that helps with support.
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Sep 16, 2018 03:33
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Funzo posted:Only 6 people at my FLGS launch tourney, but I went 3-0 and you won’t take that away from me. Threat level 8 quick builds. I brought Luke/Wedge/Dutch and torpedoed the poo poo out of everyone. Thanks for making it out duder (I’m the dork running events at I’m Board now), and while I know it’s a limited sample size torpedoes sure looked legit this afternoon. Kinda wish we had another player so I could have gotten games in, I’m enjoying 2.0 a fair bit so far.
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Devlan Mud posted:Thanks for making it out duder (I’m the dork running events at I’m Board now), and while I know it’s a limited sample size torpedoes sure looked legit this afternoon. Kinda wish we had another player so I could have gotten games in, I’m enjoying 2.0 a fair bit so far. Ha! I no idea that was you. Yeah, triple torpedos was pretty viscous in that setting.
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Comstar posted:I am new to X-wing (only played 1 game of 1.0). Can someone example to me how all this works together like I'm an Academy recruit? I have a ABXY-wing to do it. The Gate explained most of it. If you're curious, the Trick Shot on Dutch is there because I had a spare point, and Thane has his to maximize the use of his ability. He won't always get use out of it but if Ten is nearby, Thane can park his rear end behind a rock then BR out of it next turn with Ten's Coordinate. Jake isn't going to light the world on fire with 2 dice base but he'll almost always be modding those dice, as well as providing Focus to someone that needs it. Dutch is his usual support self, handing out Target Locks. He can also bring in severe damage with a combined Primary/Ion Turret shot, setting his target up for the killing blow next round. Thane has his ability to turn over nasty crits on an enemy for basically nothing, while being in a particularly solid ship as well. Ten can operate on his own, activating his ability with certain maneuvers if need be; otherwise he's going to be staying in range 2 of someone to give them an action, while enabling his own free dice mods. Nothing in the list particularly stands out as the primary target while simultaneously being very dangerous if left alone. It will make target priority a living hell. Admiral Joeslop fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Sep 16, 2018 |
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Kind of want to give this a try. Having no bombs feels like sacrilege but that alpha at initiative 5....geez Captain Jonus (36) Swarm Tactics (3) Barrage Rockets (6) Tomax Bren (34) Swarm Tactics (3) Cluster Missiles (5) Gamma Squadron Ace (30) Swarm Tactics (3) Barrage Rockets (6) Gamma Squadron Ace (30) Swarm Tactics (3) Barrage Rockets (6) Scimitar Squadron Pilot (28) Barrage Rockets (6) Total: 199 View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0
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Strobe posted:I'm fine with one lock at a time, honestly. I realized that Collision Detector also lets you ignore the "skip your attack" part of asteroids, so you can park on a rock, still get your action (my personal favorite is evade with Juke), and get cover from return fire. Yup. It also lets you ignore obstruction, but not them. If you get it perfect, it gets you bonus defence as well as everything else. It's super good, but it has a high opportunity cost.
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Raged posted:Kind of want to give this a try. Having no bombs feels like sacrilege but that alpha at initiative 5....geez I expect there'll be some kind of nerf coming for this. Simply because there's so many other cool mixed swarm things to be doing but it feels like none of them really stack up to this. That said, it's got some weaknesses: high ps hotshot gunner turns off a rocket, Palob, jam actions, just sending in a bumper to wreak havoc. Actually, the main 'weakness' is probably that it's pretty boring to use when there's still so much new stuff to fly.
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Ack I slept on this and didn't realize 2.0 was out. Is there someone in the California Bay Area to Modesto / Merced regions who'd be interested in splitting Rebel and Imperial conversion kits with me? I'd be uninterested in essentially all ship cards and parts pertaining to EU ships.
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SuperKlaus posted:Ack I slept on this and didn't realize 2.0 was out. Is there someone in the California Bay Area to Modesto / Merced regions who'd be interested in splitting Rebel and Imperial conversion kits with me? I'd be uninterested in essentially all ship cards and parts pertaining to EU ships. There will be a very good ebay market for anything you don't want. I'd take a Moldy Crow title off your hands if I wasn't across the pond.
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I just purchased TTS, aiming to get in some more wangs practice. Currently going through a guide to get started, but it seems pretty outdated. Is it correct that in order to import squads you need it written in clear text separated with plus and slashes? So it's not possible to import from YASB?
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uncle blog posted:I just purchased TTS, aiming to get in some more wangs practice. Currently going through a guide to get started, but it seems pretty outdated. Is it correct that in order to import squads you need it written in clear text separated with plus and slashes? So it's not possible to import from YASB? I'm pretty sure TTS has list URL import, at least for 1e, I don't know about 2e, I don't think the XWS guys have agreed a final formal for URL import yet. XWS works in Vassal though.
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Once the Republic faction drops, if there isn't an alt-art composure with Obi-Wan I will Lose My poo poo.
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So I've been tinkering with so much X-Wing lately (and I took a brief break to start painting up a Daqan Runewars army!) that I haven't posted much, buuuuut the FLGS is doing a launch event on this upcoming Tuesday and I'm considering what to bring. I believe I'm going to stay away from Whisper/Fel/Sai because that feels like it'd be annoying and unsatisfying to play against if you're brand new, with a ton of action economy and memorization and managing your enemy de-cloaking while you're still learning the ropes of the game; I'm thinking Luke + Wedge + Norra just for something basic? Don't know yet. Either way, the more I've played around online and in person, the more I think I actually prefer 2.0 Wave 1 Only formats to including the conversion kits, despite the fact that I really love my Empire 3-ships list (and have been winning with it very frequently). The stuff in 2.0's wave 1 feels much more tightly balanced; the stuff in conversion kits feel like it was tested less thoroughly and some guesswork was done, and some of the guesses (lots of Empire crew, Phantoms, bowtie large base ships) were wrong.
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The Wave 1 only tourney format is a good way for new people to get into the game, but as new ships get released it should go away. I would be miffed if I could not use all of my ships when other could use brand new ships in new waves. Thankfully it looks like trials and the other big events will include everything.
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Newbie with 2.0 but I played at a small event using a friend's fleet. Squad was Howlrunner, Iden Versio and 5 Academy pilots. Had a blast and managed to not lose a single ship on my second game against a very experienced player.
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Got to play 3 games this weekend. I think I'm in love with that Boba/Dengar/L3 list. Gobbled up a 4 X-Wing list (3 Blue escorts with Proton Torpedoes and Thane), and also won a game against a Rebel grab bag list. It was Magva Yarro in a U-Wing with Hera, Dutch Vander with Proton Torpedoes+Saturation Salvo and Thane Kyrell. I blew the positioning on the joust of that badly, but still pulled out a win with a nearly full health Boba left vs. Thane with 2 hull. I liked the idea behind that Rebel list. The U Wing, using the title, always has a shot every round. Restricting offensive rerolls to just 1 per attack was pretty mean, and it made life much harder for me. L3 did some good work keeping Dengar in actions while still letting him bump or pull off K turns. And in case you were wondering how the coin storage boxes work for dials, this is how. 
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canyoneer posted:And in case you were wondering how the coin storage boxes work for dials, this is how. I just spent a solid and very satisfying chunk of my evening reorganizing my Arkham LCG collection with freshly printed dividers, and this dial storage solution is making me hotter under the collar than that did. Woof.
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Starting to look like variants of Jonus Bombers, Punishers + Barrage swarm lists have a real chance of being the meta here in AU. Quite a few people buying extra Imp kits and selling off everything but those 2 and plenty of people trying to buy them. Never mind the people who can just borrow from friends. So many in fact I may not fly it. Heck the 3 shops near me have sold out of bombers/punishers in the last 2 weeks What are some hard counters to this soon to be menace? Guess the best bet would be to nuke Jonus, but he can be as high at initiative 5 with the tactics variant. The only list I can think of is this one Confused posted a while back. Please forgive the cheesy name I gave it. Anyone else have any ideas one a good counter? Trickle Down Alphanomics Wedge Antilles (52) Swarm Tactics (3) Proton Torpedoes (9) Servomotor S-Foils (0) Garven Dreis (X-Wing) (47) Swarm Tactics (3) Proton Torpedoes (9) Servomotor S-Foils (0) Airen Cracken (36) Swarm Tactics (3) Cluster Missiles (5) Bandit Squadron Pilot (23) Cluster Missiles (5) Total: 195 View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0
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That list has a bit of a “house of cards” problem. A canny opponent will approach at an oblique angle or send in a speedy blocker to deny actions or arcs. When it works it murders things. When it doesn’t... Biggest counters to jousting lists like bombers are dedicated arc dodgers, like always. I’ve been experimenting with Maarak with FCS, Soontir with Juke, duchess with outmaneuver, and <something>. A nu squadron is great for getting blocks to deny those focus tokens. A Reaper isn’t as fast but can Jam their tokens away. Move last, prioritize avoiding shots, bump them up, and generally play the long game.
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If I coordinate a ship, and that ship fails its action, do I get to select a new ship to coordinate? The rules are a bit fuzzy. "While a ship coordinates, the coordinate fails if no friendly ship can be chosen. ◊ If the chosen ship attempts to perform an action but that action fails, the coordinate does not fail."
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uncle blog posted:If I coordinate a ship, and that ship fails its action, do I get to select a new ship to coordinate? The rules are a bit fuzzy. No you can't. The coordinate has not failed, so it succeeded. it's perfectly clear. You chose a ship. That's your coordinate done. WHat happens now is up to it.
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canyoneer posted:Got to play 3 games this weekend. I think I'm in love with that Boba/Dengar/L3 list. what upgrades you run?
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I really want to use Boba Fett with Han Solo. The list I came up with tries to get Fett super aggressive at range 1 to trigger his ability and 0-0-0 to get the calculate or if they take a stress, sets up Han to get an extra dice. If obstructed, he can get two additional dice: Han Solo (73) -Trick shot -Chewbacca -L337 -Shield Upgrade -Landos Falcon Title Boba Fett (95) -Fearless -0-0-0 -Marauder Title -Dengar -Lando (26) I may change 0-0-0 and L337. Put 0-0-0 on Han and L337 on Fett. lazerus06 fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Sep 17, 2018 |
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Raged posted:Starting to look like variants of Jonus Bombers, Punishers + Barrage swarm lists have a real chance of being the meta here in AU. Quite a few people buying extra Imp kits and selling off everything but those 2 and plenty of people trying to buy them. Never mind the people who can just borrow from friends. So many in fact I may not fly it. Heck the 3 shops near me have sold out of bombers/punishers in the last 2 weeks Wow I never thought we'd ever be in a state where the TIE Punisher would be a sought-after ship. 
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