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I finally found a place in Mississippi that does X-Wing (only 90 minutes from me!) so I just pulled the trigger on ordering Scum. Gets here Friday! My wallet...  e: I want to run this: IG-88C Veteran Instincts Advanced Sensors Autothrusters Inertial Dampers IG-2000 Heavy Laser Cannon IG-88D Veteran Instincts Advanced Sensors Autothrusters Inertial Dampers IG-2000 Heavy Laser Cannon overdesigned fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Mar 4, 2015 18:15
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My other thought was swapping the Inertial Dampers for a Hot Shot Blaster and then dropping the HLC for...something? Proton Bombs? Go full-on knife-fighter and take Autoblaster? Playing in close means I get slightly less benefit from Autothrusters but I'm more able to arc-dodge with the hard-3 Segnors and boosts so it probably balances out.
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Mar 4, 2015 20:58
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Chance II posted:You're probably down in the Gulf but we have the Starkville Hobby Club that I go to and Tupelo Sports Cards has a pretty big x-wing following. Starkville is about the same distance as the place I found in Hattiesburg--I'm in Meridian. I couldn't find anything in Jackson or Tuscaloosa, but maybe I need to look harder. Meridian appears to be essentially a gaming ghost town.
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Mar 5, 2015 02:14
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At least the tournament rules state that TOs have final say for any rules interpretations and have the ability to override the FAQ. Solution: TO makes an announcement prior to the tournament stating that Scum firesprays can use their rear arcs. Whiny pissbaby players can shut the gently caress up and deal.
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Mar 9, 2015 17:47
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AndyElusive posted:Has anybody here ever played a game with moving asteroids using some kind of scatter die and moving them using the speed 1 template in between turns? The idea kind of intrigues me and brings to mind images of TIEs getting smashed to smithereens in Empire. We did this at my LGS, one problem we ran into was when the asteroids hit edges they'd clump up. We fixed that by having them wrap around the board i.e. if the scatter die takes one off the left edge it reappears on the right edge at range 1 from it. It was a neat change, kind of a pain in the butt, but neat. If you're not a sadist, roll the scatter die for asteroid movement before setting dials. If you ARE a sadist, make the roll once all the dials are down 
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Mar 10, 2015 05:52
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I'd buy one at 1:270 scale just to have it sit in the middle of the play area and be the biggest, bulk-freighteriest pain in the rear end. Also you could probably make scenarios with it?
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Mar 11, 2015 22:43
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Man, the EU got ~weird~
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Mar 12, 2015 05:35
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Super-slippery lists are fun, but I have a hard time taking any 3-ship list where one of them has 2-dice attack...then again I also want to run this: "Lucky Sevens" Scum, 100 points Kath Scarlet + Heavy Laser Cannon Kavil + Push the Limit + Unhinged Astromech + BTL-A4 Y-wing + Blaster Turret + Engine Upgrade N'dru Suhlak + Lone Wolf which would probably die to a Whisper list pretty fast.
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Mar 13, 2015 04:31
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There's over a year of "HWKs suck balls" thinking to re-educate out of the playerbase. Myself included.
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Mar 17, 2015 15:53
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~rumors abound~ that wave 7 might be announced tomorrow at GAMA 
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Mar 18, 2015 04:11
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I like the ion cannon turret, range 2 attacks without needing the focus is nice. 4x Syndicate Thug with Ion Cannon and R4 Agromech would be fun as heck (not very tournament-workable though, high-PS opponents would wreck it). I have a weakness for gimmick builds. overdesigned fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Mar 18, 2015 |
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Mar 18, 2015 16:01
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I cannot wait for the TIE/a buff with the Raider.  is right
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Tekopo, after shamelessly copying your list into a squadron builder I replaced Vessery with Soontir + PtL + Royal Guard TIE + Autothrusters + Stealth Device for maximum high-PS screw-everybody-and-also-turret-ships fun. Might have to proxy run that this weekend if I can find an opponent.
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Orvin posted:How good is the TIE Defender? Is it useful enough long term to get one now just for the predator pilot ability? 1) It's...okay. I don't see it used much in the meta these days, it's a little overcosted IMO and the white K-turn is cool but also really predictable since your 1 and 2-hard turns are red. 2) Autothrusters, PTL, then Test Pilot for Expert Handling or Outmaneuver or whatever you like. Chardaan to keep it cheap, or Proton Rockets to add punch. 3) Nope! Model paint doesn't matter.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Question. Nera Dantels, give her dead eye, b2, recon specialist, and two torps? At least one better be Advanced torps. Hell, go both. Just get into range one of somebody.
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AndyElusive posted:I think I'm buying a second Phantom today. This is why I have three TIE Bombers. Although to my credit I did fly a 3x bomber list a few times, eventually.
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Mar 25, 2015 23:31
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This was way back, like pre-wave-5, so not TERRIBLY but not that well, either. I think it was Captain Jonus and then two Scimitars with ordnance. e: maybe Jonus and 3x Scimitars? I don't remember. It was definitely all-bombers. Maybe I have four bombers. I have too many ships. overdesigned fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Mar 25, 2015 |
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Chill la Chill posted:I am looking forward to regionals since I'll be the only one flying Fat Han once again. Been flying it for a year now. I won't be looking forward to people asking if it's paul's list, blah blah or asking why there's no R2 when it's painfully obvious why. It's funny that R2 is considered the must-have fat han nowadays when I recall gunner and predator was the good choice and everyone assumed I must've copied my list from someone online. I've been testing with both Corran and the classic 3Z. The problem with Corran remains the loss in the jousting strength that Zs gave. Now, the meta has much more arc dodging but both the decimator and double aggressor will give the list a hard time if I don't use the Zs. As always, I"m fine with them killing the Zs early since every shot used isn't hitting Han and the opponent needs to take down all 3 anyway. That means Soontir or Vader gets killed first and the other interceptors aren't as difficult to kill. I did Fat Han + Corran at the 2014 Atlanta Regionals and went 3-3 (but I am bad). It was a fun as heck list though. I'm interested to see how it'd go if I flew it today when the meta's different and I'm slightly less bad.
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Corran was doing the Marksman double-tap thing. It worked okay-ish but yeah it was very weak in the joust, I had to be super careful, and PS trends have inched upward so VI is definitely something to consider. Still super satisfying to manage get a Phantom or somebody else high-PS in arc and unload the double-tap though.
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Mar 26, 2015 00:17
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That smacks of lovely cash-grabbing. Is a featureless piece of black neoprene I got for $20 considered a "playmat" for purposes of this rule?
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Mar 27, 2015 03:06
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They're 3-D printing money by making you buy the ships too. 
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Mar 30, 2015 16:46
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There really aren't. Predator, Tie Advanced /x1, Advanced Targeting Computer...maybe Advanced Sensors back when it only came in Lambdas? Accuracy Corrector, except it comes in 2 of the 4 Scum ships? Also, yeah, let's turn X-wing into M:TG, that sounds awesome. Can't wait.
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Mar 30, 2015 17:58
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Biaga posted:I am new to the game, and while this thread has given me a lot of really good advice I am still struggling to get my imperial fleet up and running. Aces is good if you're enjoying the Interceptor. Buying an Advanced is probably not a great idea unless you know for sure you're going to buy the upcoming Imperial Raider huge ship (MSRP $100) which contains the cards you'll need to make it really viable for any kind of use. Buying another TIE Fighter is good because it has some nice pilots in the box. Firesprays are also good (and usable should you decide to play Scum later on as well).
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Mar 30, 2015 19:13
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I want an Uglies wave. I want it so bad.
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Apr 18, 2015 02:48
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I know the game is balanced for 100 points but I'd like to start playing more 150 point games, especially as the library of available ships and upgrades keeps growing.
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Spitballing with my old FLGS group, my ordnance fix is a modification (cost 0-2, not sure what's "right") that lets you take a target lock and a focus as a single action, but if you don't use the target lock this turn it's discarded during the end phase. Call it Munitions Guidance Array or something suitably fluffy. As another balance point, possibly also require you to use the focus and target lock on the same attack, i.e. if you use the granted focus for defense you can't use the TL and it gets discarded.
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Madurai posted:Ordnance shouldn't be viable as fighter-to-fighter weapons, really. They were only used that way twice in all the movies, and never in the OT. Your avatar would disagree 
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Apr 21, 2015 15:33
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It's better (or at least, has more varied use cases) if you fly it with the Scum pilots.
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Apr 28, 2015 02:38
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:They've already introduced the Star Destroyer from the Droids Cartoon to Armada, so I wonder when they'll get around to putting this in X-Wing 
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Major Isoor posted:I too have a list that I'd like some input on: I used to do 2x Bounty Hunter and 2x Black Sqd with Predator, but that was a long time ago and I don't know how it'd fare these days. Low-PS probably hurts more now than it used to.
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I have an unnatural love for single-ship-type lists, so I might have to try that
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I've had a hankering to use Omega Ace in an aces list lately. Omega Ace + PTL + Engine Upgrade Soontir Fel + PTL + Royal Guard TIE + Autothrusters + Stealth Device Darth Vader + Predator + TIE/x1 + Engine Upgrade + Adv. Targeting Computer 99 points. It's at least something different than the Carnor Jax I see everybody else running.
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Played four games today! Went 3-1, played two with the Omega Ace/Soontir/Vader list I mentioned earlier (went 1-1), one with 4x TLT Y-wings + Unhinged Astro, and one with this crazy-rear end list: 100 points: Nera Dantels B-Wing/E2 Recon Specialist Deadeye Advanced Proton Torpedoes Extra Munitions Tycho Celchu A-Wing Test Pilot Push the Limit Expert Handling Autothrusters Proton Rockets Tarn Mison R7 Astromech I got to unload both APT's into Poe Dameron in successive turns and it was awesome
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Nov 8, 2015 02:10
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"But seriously guys, THIS time we'll get it right!"
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They could give it a Tech slot if they don't want to introduce beam weapons.
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I went 2-2 at a tournament yesterday with my Nera Dantels APT-extravaganza build. Turns out when you don't get to fire the APTs (or Tycho's PRockets) it's hard to win. Several really great matches though, I'm glad I went. The guy who took first place has only been playing for a couple weeks, it was a good time. I got the fellowship/sportsman/popularity prize so now I have a 3rd Phantom. (was hoping for an Advanced but they were out) Time to try running 3x TLT Tactician K-Wings e: or 3x Shadow Sqd + Intel Agent + Stygium + Adv. Sensors for 99pts overdesigned fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Nov 22, 2015 |
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