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    Haven’t thought on the details, but what if the Otana would be the first ship released to be playable by Rebels and Scum, where you have some restrictions while playing with one that don’t have with the other and vice versa, besides of course the upgrade cards that are already restricted to only a faction

    First ship apart from

    The z95

    The Y

    The HWK

    The fire spray

    Basically, most wanted

    So basically, different pilots at different PS + the addition or lack of illicit slot and a choice of Astro or salvaged

     

    I get it, there are others that can be played on both sides, but I mean a boxset that includes the "tools" for both factions

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    Haven’t thought on the details, but what if the Otana would be the first ship released to be playable by Rebels and Scum, where you have some restrictions while playing with one that don’t have with the other and vice versa, besides of course the upgrade cards that are already restricted to only a faction

  3. Posted · Edited by RodTheCid

    excellent post

     

    I've always thought that "Flying well" is a very vague advice and sometimes also misused

     

    Not that I completely disagree with all the comments above, but "Flying well" for me is a more basic term which refers to know your own ships maneuverability, if we set up a board with obstacles, most likely the path used by two different ships to go from point A to point B, should be also different in a way that is efficient for each one; then above that is Synergy handling, which means you use the pilot/ships abilities and upgrades on the right moment and then on top of those two you'll get the skill to predict your opponents maneuvers.

     

    This is the beauty of X-Wing, it is simple but has deep game mechanics that goes above winning with list building or just plain dice luck (sssshhh, :ph34r: don't tell my dice I said that or they might get angry :P )

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    I’ve been always a big Star Wars fan, like most people my age, but I wasn’t doing any hobby activity related to SW.

     

    Back in 2013 I was playing W40K and FoW consistently (very lucky to have a group of friends to play on weekly basis) and our FLGS have had FFG X-Wing core and expansions on the shelves for some time already, I picked up the dusty box a few times (almost every visit) but didn’t had the intention or money to start yet another game so I always put it back.

     

    Then the day came, I won a “best painted army” prize on a W40K tournament, it was a $30 gift card from our FLGS; it was “burning” my hands, so I had to use it quick  :P  so I went to the shelf, pick up the same dusty box and bought the X-wing Core set. The very next weekend I ran demos for my group and now most of them are hooked on X-Wing, pretty much everybody have at least one of each model.

     

    Ah, the irony… We haven’t played W40K in probably in more than a year, it just fade away and GW had made it very easy.

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    Ok, if there is no measuring except when explicitly stated I hope all of you play with blindfolds on.  You can see the board when you set up and I guess you'll need to take them off to maneuver but if everything is supposed to be "done in your head" then you shouldn't be able to look at the board either.

     

    Why is the stupid 'no-measuring' rule in the game anyway?  I believe it is there to avoid people wasting excessive time plotting each and every thing they do.  I can support that reasoning but if you can look at the board for however long to visually measure a move to determine if it will go you quickly get to a point where some form of measurement is perfectly reasonable.

     

    I really hope that you're trolling us, otherwise your argument is just completely lacking on any intelligent reasoning

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    Three pegs aren't enough... Stupid TIE fighters. Well, those are rare, right? What are the odds of running into TIE fighters?

    3720 to 1

     

    "Never tell me the odds"

     

    I respect all of you who like the ship but as soon as I have one, I'll chop it up and convert the heck out of it, only my procrastination could save it :)

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    hey guys, rudimentary question but, what paints do you use?  

     

    like I said, I've been doing this for a while, so I have a good paint collection, maybe excessive, but who's counting... I own some old Testors (enamels), lots of Citadel and recently start trying Battlefront paints too. by far Citadel paints are my favorites, especially the washes, although battlefront paints are growing on me too

  13. Posted · Edited by RodTheCid

    I've been painting miniatures for some years but so far I haven't been brave enough to re-paint my ships, :huh: so this is just my two cents

     

    - masking tape on this scale is tricky, make sure the edges are well applied so you don't get paint underneath it

    - red over blue might get you to a dark tone, I might do a light gray color first to create a base tone so you can get the red color on the card

    - yellow over the original paint should be fine, but yellow is one of the colors that take the more coats, be patient and resist the temptation of apply heavy coats, it will pay off

    - depending of what wash (brand/type) you're using, it can be also diluted (usually acrylics) and that will give you more control over the shade you want to reach by applying coats

    - Go easy on the dull cote spray, I would only apply one thin coat just to protect the paint job from gaming wear; if you use acrylic paints they will give you the dull finish once they’re dry

     

    Have fun painting and keep in mind that painting minis is also a hobby, not a chore. Good luck and I'll be looking forward to see your work ;)

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    That M3-As squad looks great, they all very different but at the same time with enough similar details that easily look as one squad of renegade pilots, nice paint jobs man!

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    Currently OC Games and Comics is doing very well. Mainly because of that dreaded nasty random pack of cards game called Magic the Gathering. Comic books are slowly rising to the number 2 spot, while pop candy and chips are taking the 3 seed. Then you have pokemon and yu gi oh. ( strangely random packs of cards gives my store money.) My clientele is mostly high school students and college student who do not have a pot to piss in, but somehow are able to spend 5-10 dollars every couple of days on new packs of magic.

     

    keep in mind that not all the sell models work for all products, you can't try to sell X-wing the same way as Magic or Pokemon or yu gi oh

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    Atkrull, I’m sorry that you’re having such a problem with your business, I experienced that and understand your pain; I’m sure everybody here would be glad to help with advice and although the comments might seem a little bit too hard, I’m sure they’re well intentioned.

     

    I don’t mean to add to your frustration, but I think your approach is not the best, I was also lucky to get into X-Wing during the first expansion and of course my collection is probably bigger than it should; I usually play at my FLGS, the owner is kind enough to have a small room for my Gamers club and we play in there in the weekends, every time a person asks and/or shows interest about the game we try our best to explain that the game can be perfectly played with even one core-set and even invite them to try it, also we explain that anybody can go as crazy as we are and buy at least two of every ship, but make sure that they understand that it is not necessary and that $70-$80 or even less is a good starting point to the game

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    I’m really surprised that the list doesn’t include Battlefront’s Flames of War, granted that it doesn’t have the best minis, although they’ve been releasing recently some awesome new plastic kits and it is a very good game, but then again it could be just my perspective based on my area and circle of friends.

     

    The gaming/miniatures share in my area has changed a lot in past few years, when I started in this back in 2002, GW had the sole control of the market, 40K and even Fantasy dominated the gaming tables for years and out of the blue Warmachine/Hordes came and started to gather players, then Flames of War did the same and now X-Wing; I don’t think I walked away from WHFB or 40K just from one day to the other, it was more like a divorce building up over years, prices had a lot to do with it, but I also got tired of the rules and its multiple interpretations; in the other hand I still love their minis, although I haven’t bought a single one in years, I drool for them every time I’m at my FLGS (I like to paint, a lot); from time to time I still get my GW fix with Mordheim with an on-going campaign we have in our club.

     

    In the past couple of years the owners of my hobby budget are definitely XWing and FoW, right in that order, FoW gets me with the historical part of it and X-Wing does it from the minis, the rules and of course it’s based on Star Wars (and the community rules!)

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  24. Posted · Edited by RodTheCid

    Thanks Swedge, appreciate the advice, my situation is more of the kind of full-time job, house expenses and a newborn :) hence cutting down on my hobby expenses is something that I'm gladly do, but at the sametime wanted to make sure I was doing the right purchase.

    Anyway, today i went to my LFGS and bought MW and the Starviper and managed to get out of there without going over budget, which is very hard for me to do :) In the other hand I'm having a blast with my new toys, MW boxset brings a lot to the game and enriched my collection greatly

    Thanks all for you kind answers. X-Wing community rules!

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