KTS posted:

Yeah, that's the truth. I'm an ex 40k player, and I just sold a bunch of magic cards cause I can't make most magic events at my lgs with the baby & work schedules, but I can make x-wing night so bought into this. Without even playing a game I have so far bought:
2 x Core
2 x X-Wing
2 x A-Wing
2 x Y-Wing
2 x B-Wing
2 x Falcon
1 x HWK
2 x TIE Fighter
1 x TIE Advanced
2 x TIE Interceptor
2 x TIE Bomber
1 x Slave 1
1 x Lambda Shuttle
I'll be buying at least 2ea of the wave 4 ships as well. Getting the sweet sweet magic moneys helped ease the pain of buying everything in one hit, but it's nothing compared to what I've spent on 40k or magic over the years.

Shoeless posted:

Because years ago, as it was getting big, home computers and certainly the internet weren't as widespread or prosperous. Lack of information on better alternatives meant that the game with the big store presence, 40k/fantasy/other GW stuff was what people played. You generally wanted to get into a game that there was a supply of, and that other people around would be playing too. That's why 40k is still going, though it does seem to be reporting some sales drops over the past bit; even though there's better games out there, if you can't get anyone interested in playing it then there's not much point in buying it.

I think that as time goes on and more and more new people grow and get into the wargame/minis hobby with access to the internet and a better picture of what options they have for games to play, and more and more of the older 40k diehards and people who are continuing to play because of sunk cost fallacy finally leave or get fed up as well and open up to other games, we're going to see people going for other games, and that's gonna hit GW hard.

And there's also 3D printing which I think is going to be big-ish. It's got a ways to go, but I'll be surprised if in ~2025 most people in the minis wargaming hobby don't have their own 3D printer that they use to make their own models.

Poopy Palpy posted:

Not even "I don't want to have to find somewhere to keep the hunk of plastic that comes with that $30 card"?

pbpancho posted:

Once my CR-90, second transport, and Wave 4 preorder arrives, I'll be at ~$1150 spent on X-wing so far. That includes a Battlefoam case, acrylic maneuver templates from Applied Perspectives, and a bunch of their tokens as well. It's also at LEAST two of everything, including 4 core sets, and 3-4 of many ships. What's more, with the stuff I sold from last weekend's regional, and the two more regionals I'll be hitting plus potential Imdaar Alpha winnings, that number is already down to $775, with potential to be much lower if I can make top 4/8 or win and ebay some Wave 4 ships prerelease. I think that's pretty reasonable for two more than complete armies!

pbpancho posted:

Explaination

Commissar Canuck posted:

Crossposting from the terrain thread, I still need to sand the edges square, but the Death Star terrain I've been painting for X-wing is basically done

overdesigned posted:

Leo Showers posted:

I have a Shuttle

koreban posted:

The closest local shop that stocks X-Wing had two for $22 each. I went home and checked Amazon and was able to get one for $8.38. I guess I was lucky or something.

drgnvale posted:

I got to play a full game today after work, still with the core box set. We did 32 points each, I ended up with the x-wing and a co-worker did tie fighters. I want to say he had Dark Curse and another pilot; his abilities were free focus on green moves and denying of rerolls when attacking. I took Luke Skywalker and R2D2.

We both had a lot of fun, but either I was cheating with R2D2 or that card is not fun to use at the 30ish points level. He never managed to do any hull damage on me despite getting behind me fairly often, and whenever I felt like he'd be able to get some free shots off on me I'd just do a short green move and tank him. Eventually he'd get fed up and made mistakes, then I'd blast him and then we'd repeat that for a while...

The game took over 2 hours, which seems really long for a game with three models. Hopefully it'll go faster once we've played a bit more and don't need to think quite so hard about the movement phase. And having more ships might help to kill things more quickly.

Edit: Lots of words, just to say that I am digging this game and looking forward to playing a lot more.

drgnvale posted:

Can you explain what you mean by bump? Do you mean try to get his tie where he expect my xwing to go so I stop while touching him? Or do you mean crash into my stationary xwing? If it is the latter, wouldn't the xwing still be able to move since you can pass through ships freely?

And if he does block me from completing a full move by guessing where I'd stop, does R2D2's power still work?

TouchToneDialing posted:

My girlfriend and I hit up two tournaments and did very well. I went 4-0 at both and she went 3-1 only losing games to me. We got first and second at both, got one of each ship and got a bonus vinyl mat!

We planned to hit up another one Sunday but I think we are going to skip it and take a break.

It was a very fun two days.

enri posted:

To be honest, it wouldn't surprise me if they were limited by the physical space available, there's a reason I stopped going to the local club when they changed venue to the LGS (paying £2 a week for the privilege of playing the same people I can play at my house, without the cramped conditions and excessive noise of 40k players diving around tables )

It does say on their site that every player will get the promo card too, what ship is it for?

Shockeh posted:

Didn't even consider Predator, which got me theorycrafting for my weekly game!

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Arcs? What Arcs?
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Han Solo (53)
YT-1300 (46), Predator (3), C3-PO (3), Millennium Falcon (1)

Lando Calrissian (47)
YT-1300 (44), Outmaneuver (3)

Theory - Every turn, you use C3-PO to guess '0' so either way you get 1 Evade, boosted to two by the Action fed to you by Lando.

Strobe posted:

How sure are you of that? Outmaneuver as printed just says "when attacking a ship inside your firing arc". The Falcon's firing arc is 360 degrees (as helpfully designated with that circular arrow). This sets it apart from ships that are capable of mounting turreted weapons that specifically mention "outside your firing arc".

Lemon Curdistan posted:

e; in other news, I caved and bought a Firespray-31 today. I don't know how I'll fit it in a 100 point list but some of the stuff you can do with it and Krassis/Kath with a Merc Copilot look really, really fun.

Lemon Curdistan posted:

Yeah, I'd be tempted to run something like that if I want to use it at 100 points, but I find mini TIE swarms kind of boring.

I was mulling over Boba + Navigator last night,

midge posted:

My final list for regionals tomorrow. Gulp.

http://xwing-builder.co.uk/view/98673/binayre-consignment

Lunatic Pathos posted:

edit: To be clear, he doesn't roll them funny or anything, but he is the one that has publicly made the claim that those dice work better for certain results. If he really thinks that, I think he should abstain from their use in a serious tournament for fairness sake. If he wants to use his own dice and just not use those two at all, that would be fine with me. Basically, he's the one claiming their weight is off, not me.

SageNytell posted:

Fixed that for you.

So I finally got a friend to play a game with me, ran Baron Fel+PTL, Delta Squadron+Ion Cannon, and two Alpha Squadron pilots. My friend threw together some weirdness with Tycho, Etahn, and two rookies.
I smoked Etahn by turn 2 and lost a total of one squint the whole game. He folded after Rookie 2 was his only ship remaining, and that sort of killed his desire to continue.

And I was really hoping for an Xwing buddy.

SageNytell posted:

This was the third game I had played, total. All three games have been, over the span of the last year, with this same guy.

I am not at all an educated player, most of my knowledge comes from this thread and I have no practical knowledge of how these ships play. I have bought the ships as they've been released in the hopes of playing. I was not aware this was a dominating build, I just liked the way Fel is described by reputation from the Xwing books.

poo poo, I thought Etahn was supposed to be really good. I thought I was screwed taking only one ship with shields. I suppose that was mistaken.

Edit:
Aren't the game-breaking builds Phantoms and Falcons? I don't see lists of squints being tossed around a lot in the thread. I wish I could get a better feel of the meta for this game, I was not trying to stomp my buddy.

SageNytell posted:

Since evidently my ability to gauge strength is off, does a tricked-out Vader with Engine Upgrade, Outmaneuver, and Cluster Missiles provide a similarly overpowering ship, or is that more in the realm of defeatable?

Rulebook Heavily posted:

A guaranteed 1-evade on every defense roll with a B-wing is hardly a waste, but objectively speaking I'd probably be better off with a merc copilot on that build.

Poopy Palpy posted:

That's how I would read it too, if Fettigator wasn't a thing.

Tippis posted:

Han Solo (2pt) — You may spend your target lock to change all eyes to a hit when attacking a locked-on target.

Strobe posted:

You know what else does that?

Focus.