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RogueRegault wrote:


If this show is bridging prequels and OT, I'd far prefer it if the Empire flew V-wings instead of TIEs.

Unless the show takes place right before OT instead of right after prequels.

TIEs were put into use in 19 BBY, the same year the Empire was formed. So technically, they should have been using TIEs at the end of Revenge(in fact, Rob Coleman originally wanted them to be, Lucas said no, show off the V-wings).

I think the Ghost seems reminiscent of the point Jedi fighters and pre-star destroyer capital ships... Just with a blunted nose and a cockpit more like the Revenge of the Sith Jedi fighters. I think the only section I dislike on it is the boxy part under the cockpit. It's very disruptive to the form and makes it look slow and ponderous while the rest of concept art gives the impression it's faster than that.

 Platuan4th wrote:

RogueRegault wrote:


If this show is bridging prequels and OT, I'd far prefer it if the Empire flew V-wings instead of TIEs.

Unless the show takes place right before OT instead of right after prequels.

TIEs were put into use in 19 BBY, the same year the Empire was formed. So technically, they should have been using TIEs at the end of Revenge(in fact, Rob Coleman originally wanted them to be, Lucas said no, show off the V-wings).

Well there is a bit of wiggle room for that.

In one of the "Republic Commando" novels taking place around the time of Order 66, you basically find out that Palpatine had an entire "hidden fleet" of capital ships ready for when the Separatists attacked Coruscant. If he could hide a fleet of capital ships, is it really so unbelievable that he would have the TIEs stashed in some facility somewhere for after he dissolved the Republic?

Played my first full game of X-wing finally. We did 100 points and I was Empire. I took:

Vader w/ Conc Missiles and Shield Upgrade
Soontir Fel w/ Squad Leader
Night Beast
Mauler Mithil w/ Elusiveness(I think?)

I didn't even know the rules for the game when I built the list, so obviously I had no plan at all when assembling the 'flight' of TIEs.

I did well in anticipating the movements of my enemy though, once I understood the game mechanics. Soontir was a bit of a let down, he got nuked early with a bad defense roll even with Evasion Action. Wedge manhandled him. Looking at Soontir Fel's ability, I'm trying to figure out good ways to utilize him. Any advice is welcome. I was thinking of running him with Push the Limit to allow more options to draw Stress for the Focus bonus. Ideas?

Vader nuked Wedge with Concussion Missiles, that was a nice exchange after losing the Baron. From there his Tycho and Luke just weren't up to dealing with the three remaining TIEs, I could simply outmanuever him with Barrel Rolls and 'Bait and Switch' tactics that I imagine TIEs using if coordinating....worked well.

 Farseer Faenyin wrote:
Played my first full game of X-wing finally. We did 100 points and I was Empire. I took:

Vader w/ Conc Missiles and Shield Upgrade
Soontir Fel w/ Squad Leader
Night Beast
Mauler Mithil w/ Elusiveness(I think?)

I didn't even know the rules for the game when I built the list, so obviously I had no plan at all when assembling the 'flight' of TIEs.

I did well in anticipating the movements of my enemy though, once I understood the game mechanics. Soontir was a bit of a let down, he got nuked early with a bad defense roll even with Evasion Action. Wedge manhandled him. Looking at Soontir Fel's ability, I'm trying to figure out good ways to utilize him. Any advice is welcome. I was thinking of running him with Push the Limit to allow more options to draw Stress for the Focus bonus. Ideas?

Vader nuked Wedge with Concussion Missiles, that was a nice exchange after losing the Baron. From there his Tycho and Luke just weren't up to dealing with the three remaining TIEs, I could simply outmanuever him with Barrel Rolls and 'Bait and Switch' tactics that I imagine TIEs using if coordinating....worked well.

When I use Baron Fel I always equip him with Push The Limit and a Stealth Device. Hard to kill but can happen with a bad roll. Another combo I want to try is an Exposed Mauler Mithel....think that could be a fun combo with 5 attack dice at range 1 if you can pull it off.

yeah,

FFG member = That Blasted Samophlange wrote:Also, for those who don't know Aurebesh, the layout says:

1. nose turret sunner station (there seems to be a typo with sunner - presume it should be gunner)
2. forward floodlights
3. main cockpit
4. crew quarters
5. port docking ring
6. starboard docking ring
7. dorsal laser cannon turret
8. main cargo hold
9. engine assembly

I still fracking love it!
Panic...

I'm fairly certain it's Nose Turret's Gunner Station as that little block next to the final letter in turret looks suspiciously like an apostrophe.

Seeing as the series is still two years out, it might be quite some time until we see it grace our table tops.

I can't wait untilXwing tabletop comes out on YouTube. I think I'm going to revise my earlier guesses and say their big announcement is related to this new TV show

All this talk of X-wing being available in Barnes & Nobles that I read on Dakka... and every time I go into a B&N, all I see is the starter set and nothing else!

I was in a Barnes and Noble in Parsippany, NJ on Monday and they had a ton of stuff.

I'm not particularity interested in investing in yet another gaming system, so I didn't buy any, but... there you are!

 Zathras wrote:


When I use Baron Fel I always equip him with Push The Limit and a Stealth Device. Hard to kill but can happen with a bad roll. Another combo I want to try is an Exposed Mauler Mithel....think that could be a fun combo with 5 attack dice at range 1 if you can pull it off.

Yeah, I saw this combination for Mithel as well and have it in my 'revised' build. I pulled Soontir Fel for Turr Phenir due to, what I believe, Phenir's ability being less situational and useful overall. I know it is a piloting skill hit as well....but figured it was worth the tradeoff in points/ability.

 RiTides wrote:
All this talk of X-wing being available in Barnes & Nobles that I read on Dakka... and every time I go into a B&N, all I see is the starter set and nothing else!

Depends on the store really, my local Books-A-Million (based a lot on B&N) only had the starter, because no one ever came in looking for more stuff until I came in.

 RiTides wrote:
All this talk of X-wing being available in Barnes & Nobles that I read on Dakka... and every time I go into a B&N, all I see is the starter set and nothing else!

They have it on the website as well.

 Alpharius wrote:
I was in a Barnes and Noble in Parsippany, NJ on Monday and they had a ton of stuff.

I'm not particularity interested in investing in yet another gaming system, so I didn't buy any, but... there you are!

Good to know! Did you see any tie fighters, tie advanced or y-wings?

I definitely remember seeing Tie Fighters, and the Falcon, and maybe Slave 1 too?

But rather than trust my memory, you should give them a call!

Alph, this is the game to get into. It's pretty cheap compared to most miniature games, everything is pre-painted to a high standard, and the game is easy to learn/hard to master.

 RiTides wrote:
All this talk of X-wing being available in Barnes & Nobles that I read on Dakka... and every time I go into a B&N, all I see is the starter set and nothing else!

The remaining stock likely depends on your local demand as well. My local demand is apparently pretty low but I did notice last week that they must have gotten a wave shipment in as for the very first time they had an A-wing. Prior to that, they only had the same three wave 1 boosters and one of each of the "big" ships for months.

Any idea where i can find y-wings/tie advanced locally? running out of ideas, found some ties online for $10 each the other day... decided to order this morning and they were gone >.< kickin myself on that one.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Any idea where i can find y-wings/tie advanced locally? running out of ideas, found some ties online for $10 each the other day... decided to order this morning and they were gone >.< kickin myself on that one.

Binghamton and Albany have game stores that have Tie advanced in stock. Beyond that, I don't have any suggestions. It depends on if you're willing to make a couple hour drive or not.

Yeah prefer to stick around the north jersey area, i would imagine due to the fact that i live in "farm country" there might be some local mom and pops that have excess inventory but i have no idea what kind of places i should try looking in

chaos0xomega wrote:
Yeah prefer to stick around the north jersey area, i would imagine due to the fact that i live in "farm country" there might be some local mom and pops that have excess inventory but i have no idea what kind of places i should try looking in

Do what I did this week when looking for places that sell Infinity. If they're a small time toy store, a hobby shop, a LGS, etc... Just say, "Hi do you have the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game?" If they say no, then you didn't waste any time. If they say yes, ask what they have, and ask if they can put it on hold for you.

 RiTides wrote:
All this talk of X-wing being available in Barnes & Nobles that I read on Dakka... and every time I go into a B&N, all I see is the starter set and nothing else!

When I bought some X-wing stuff at the local B&N around the start of the year, all they had out on display was the starter set. But I tried the "Order to the store" thing online, and it turns out that they had everything else in the back room--I clicked a button on the website, and an hour later (or quicker, I went to buy groceries at the time, so I wasn't paying attention) I got the message that the item was available for pickup.

So just because it's not on display doesn't mean it's not there.

B-Wing and Tie Bomber previews are up now: http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4284

I'm digging the price of those Scimitars.

Man Ten Numb is expensive.

31 points base
3 Marksmanship
4 Proton Torpedox1
2 Fire Control System

40 points for 1 ship . Not to mention you might actually want the Adv. Proton Torpedoes for 2 more points.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Man Ten Numb is expensive.

31 points base
3 Marksmanship
4 Proton Torpedox1
2 Fire Control System

40 points for 1 ship . Not to mention you might actually want the Adv. Proton Torpedoes for 2 more points.

But not out of the ballpark for other premium best of class ships like Luke/Wedge/Vader that also can take upgrades. I just used a Wedge yesterday with Engine Mod, PTL, R2, and Proton Torpedoes for about the same amount of points as with ADV proton torpedoes.

 warboss wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Man Ten Numb is expensive.

31 points base
3 Marksmanship
4 Proton Torpedox1
2 Fire Control System

40 points for 1 ship . Not to mention you might actually want the Adv. Proton Torpedoes for 2 more points.

But not out of the ballpark for other premium best of class ships like Luke/Wedge/Vader that also can take upgrades. I just used a Wedge yesterday with Engine Mod, PTL, R2, and Proton Torpedoes for about the same amount of points as with ADV proton torpedoes.

I never thought my vader was that close to 40 points, but I agree with Luke and Wedge. Though Marksman with Adv. Proton torpedo ensures at least 2 hits and 1 crit, with that crit die going through.

Edit: Can we get an update to the OP to let people know that there is a new X-wing Section in the Other Games Subforums?

 Alfndrate wrote:

 warboss wrote:
But not out of the ballpark for other premium best of class ships like Luke/Wedge/Vader that also can take upgrades. I just used a Wedge yesterday with Engine Mod, PTL, R2, and Proton Torpedoes for about the same amount of points as with ADV proton torpedoes.

I never thought my vader was that close to 40 points, but I agree with Luke and Wedge. Though Marksman with Adv. Proton torpedo ensures at least 2 hits and 1 crit, with that crit die going through.

Edit: Can we get an update to the OP to let people know that there is a new X-wing Section in the Other Games Subforums?

I pretty much always use engine modification on vader along with homing missiles plus a pilot card as well so that tends to bump up the points.

When did X-wing get a subforum? I'm subscribed to the nuts and bolt thread and didn't it pop up with an update.

edit: I guess a few hours ago from MT11's intro message. Cool, we've got a subforum and and hopefully just in time for the next wave (assuming it comes out in late august/early september).

Great news those ships are coming, can't wait to get some tie-bombers!

And good news with the sub-forum. What did the stats have X-wings sales figures as, 3rd behind 40k and warmachine or something? Absolutely makes sense that it had its own discussion area.