Worlds prizes, WTF are they?

[Worlds prizes, WTF are they?]

They have also failed to announce anything about the Store Championship kits. They must be very busy on a super secret project that will bring peace to the galaxy.

[Would all of us refusing to reply to "would nerf blank blah blah save x-wing wah wah" threads save these forums?]

Why does everything need "saving" all of the sudden? Save Star Wars... Save X-wing... Save the forums... These threads just keep popping up like bad acne.

[To the amazing game design experts of this forum: What happened to the Kylo-will-ruin-everything prophecy?]

I think players look at Kylo crew like this. He is not at all fun to play with or against and he doesn't give enough of a competitive edge to make people ignore the fact that he sucks the fun out of a game. I for one am glad because I hate that **** condition.

[FFG please Stream your events!]

5 hours ago, sozin said:

Sadly not going to happen again, since the podcast alliance was denied casting/recording privileges at Worlds this year.

I know Gold Squad had plans to stream from Worlds even if they had to go out of pocket again this year. Are you saying that FFG is not even going to allow them to do that?

[Picking up an opponent 's dial and looking at it should result in a game loss.]

1 minute ago, Turbo Toker said:

I would take a damage on a ship to see what my opponent was doing.

There are certain situations where trading dial information would benefit one player.

So you are saying you would purposely cheat to win? I really hope I never play against you. Basically every suggestion I made was intended to have "and you can choose a new maneuver." 

[Picking up an opponent 's dial and looking at it should result in a game loss.]

Looking at the wrong dial absolutely should not result in a game loss. Mistakes can be made. There does have to be some kind of punishment however. I can think of plenty of ways to discourage people from doing this on purpose but I am personally not a fan of getting to change an opponents dial. I don't like being in a situation where I feel like a **** for flying their ship off the board but would be stupid not to. So here are a few simple solutions. The offended player gets to deal one face up damage card to a ship of his choice. Offended player gets to look at all unrevealed opponents dials then choose a new maneuver on his dial. There probably does need to be set guidelines on what to do in that situation though.

[Is Was there any invitational coverage?]

Why is Zack Bunn even playing? He didn't even make a final at a system open iirc

[FFG please Stream your events!]

2 minutes ago, sozin said:

Hoth streaming still a thing. And worlds last year. And tons of other events. OP had systematically demonstrated lack of interest in this area. Maybe they have become spoiled by the community here.

Yeah I am very glad we have an awesome community or we wouldn't get to see any of these games. I guess FFG OP figures why do it themselves when they can get people to do it for them for free. Mentioning Hoth reminded me I need to go track down Gold Squadron's go fun me page and donate to their worlds coverage. 

[FFG please Stream your events!]

FFG I hope you read these forums because the lack of streaming at your large events is just ridiculous. We are interested in seeing this great game played as much as possible. No Celebration stream? System opens being streamed out of pocket by your customers? Please help grow your game by letting us see great players complete.

[Prequel ships more likely?]

51 minutes ago, Sithborg said:

I don't understand the "canon" aspects for people. The "what if" possibilities of these games has always been a great part of them. 

I feel the same way. If you want to play thematic with no era mixing then more power to you but don't restrict everyone else to that.

[Loose Stabilizer Crit twice]

I agree. Since there are two instances of the card both will trigger.

[Clone Wars Era Ships]

I'm fine with whatever ships they pull from the Cone Wars era but we do not need new factions. If they introduced two new factions then every wave would have to have at minimum 5 ships. It's best to divide them between the current factions. As long as they don't make a **** Jar Jar crew card or a Midiclorian count EPT!

[when are we getting wave11?]

I'm still curious why wave Xl has not shown up in the upcoming section yet. Anyone have any ideas?

[Future Alt Arts you'd like to see]

Porkins and Wes movie stills would be great! Kallus and Wampa would be cool just so I don't have to buy the Gozanti

[Scum Z-95 Headhunter and Scum Y-Wing]

2 hours ago, StevenO said:

If you did that you'd probably want to use it on a named pilot anyway as the HWK uniques are already some of the most support oriented ships in the game.

The unique bit was to prevent the lowest generics from breaking the 12 point barrier.

[Scum Z-95 Headhunter and Scum Y-Wing]

I would love to see a Hwk only mod that drops the turret slot in exchange for a big discount and maybe another crew.

Lightly Armed Transport -5 points.     Hwk only. Your upgrade bar loses the (turret) and gains an additional (crew). This upgrade may only be equipped to unique pilots.

 

[Scum Z-95 Headhunter and Scum Y-Wing]

I really hope as they start to run out of ships to release they will just revisit some of the older ships instead. Most would rather see a new X-wing, Y-wing, TIE fighter, TIE interceptor and Z-95 expansions than increasingly obscure new ships.

[My problem with dice...]

I would have loved for X-wing to have different dice like in Armada but that ship has long past sailed. The dice system we have is not bad just to limited by the low numbers. With higher numbers each ship could feel a little different.

[How do you 'Git gud'?]

19 minutes ago, Stay On The Leader said:

Ignoring Dice Modification

You've pulled off a great move and outflanked your opponent so you've got an easy shot.  The only thing that could have gone better is that you're just outside Range 1 for that fourth dice to throw.  But your T-70 X-Wing has a Boost action, and you put the hammer down to close to point blank range and give him all four red dice!

Congratulations, by boosting instead of focusing you just made your attack worse.

This is spot on. There is a guy in my area that just doesn't get it. He keeps ignoring dice mods then whines when he rolls hit,focus,focus,focus. He then rage quits after the first round of combat because he "can't win with these dice"

[Distributor Cost Increase - One Year Debrief]

28 minutes ago, Turbo Toker said:

Yeah. I heard Louis C.K. on the Opie & Anthony Show complain about how Americans would rather support a place like Walmart than pay a few extra cents/dollars to support a local business. I'd link to it here, but it's probably very profane (justifiably so) so if you want to hear it, I'll PM it to you.

If people continue to stop supporting their FLGS', we'll be left with nothing. In 5 years, do you want your FLGS to be another CVS, or do you want it to be a place to hang out with like minded people and game?

I wish I could like this comment a hundred more times. Once the first FLGS here closed I went from playing a couple nights a week to once a month. I know I would MUCH rather pay a little more to play a LOT more.

[77 Plus Lists and Predictions]

43 minutes ago, Reiver said:

/D also has some bonus utility when you know people are only bringing 77 points worth of ship plus a random(ish) small - Ion cannons work much better when the opponent isn't Large.

I have found the Ion to be greatly effective even against large bases. Hit the large based ship with one ion shot then they become very conservative with their maneuvers. They will not go anywhere near range 2 of any board edge for fear of that second Ion making them fly off.

[77 Plus Lists and Predictions]

2 minutes ago, VanderLegion said:

I've been running these two alongside pure sabacc with adaptability/lwf/ailerons lately.  Been a great squad.  Could even take the expertise striker in the mini squads to have close t the same list :P.

I have been running /D ion Vessery with backdraft(same build except CS instead of expertise) and TS Sabaac. I love that list and had forgotten how powerful that ion cannon can be! Backdraft is the ideal spotter for Vess.

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3 minutes ago, KommanderKeldoth said:

Here here!

I only Buy Where I Fly.  Support local game stores!

Since I was without a store for 6+ months I am much more mindful of where my hobby money goes. I even try to buy something every time I go even if it is small like a pack of sleeves.

[77 Plus Lists and Predictions]

4 minutes ago, VanderLegion said:

"Quickdraw" (29)
Expertise (4)
Fire-Control System (2)
Sensor Cluster (2)
Lightweight Frame (2)
Special Ops Training (0)

"Backdraft" (27)
Expertise (4)
Fire-Control System (2)
Sensor Cluster (2)
Lightweight Frame (2)
Special Ops Training (0)

Total: 76

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Exactly what I was thinking. I think empire will probably have the best variety because they have so many good options at the 25-35 point level.

[Distributor Cost Increase - One Year Debrief]

I buy all my ships from the FLGS so it has not affected me at all. Got to keep the place to play open and profitable. Our previous game store closed party because everyone bought online.