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Yeah thats what I meant.

yeah,
do we have photos? (edit - yes we do !)
Tie bomber


b-Wing


Lambda


Moldy Crow - HWK 290



Panic...

That's a nice line up:

TIE-Bomber and B-Wing were certainly expected, and they balance each other out.
The Lambda was also expected.
HWK-290 was very unexpected, but cool.

@FFG, you really need to release a 'Fringer' faction for the game. It would really amount to a token and card pack. PLEASE... please?

I don't know, I certainly hoped the Moldy Crow might make it I guess. To me it feels more "core" than goofy looking TIE Defenders, but maybe I just played a lot of Jedi Knight growing up.

yeah,
I played the Millenium Falcon escaping the DeathStar scenario and did a BatRep <- check it out.



Panic...

Kind of sad we didn't get Headhunters.

The fact that they were willing to make something as obscure as the Moldy Crow (and let's face it, it's obscure - it was in two video games from over a decade ago!) and the fact that it's an EU ship means that they're willing to branch out into other areas of SW and not confine themselves to the movies.

IIRC, didn't they mention at the start that they'd be doing EU, they just wanted the "official" ships first?

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
they're willing to branch out into other areas of SW and not confine themselves to the movies

Well, I hope Z-95s are on the way next.

 Manchu wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
they're willing to branch out into other areas of SW and not confine themselves to the movies

Well, I hope Z-95s are on the way next.

Agreed.

For those interested, I put up a battle report using a corellian corvette scenario I borrowed and modified from BGG. Enjoy!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/525249.page

Is there someplace that is collecting missions? I'd rather not have to sort through a dozen forums if I don't have to...

Eh, I don't see what the big deal about Z-95s is. They seem pretty lame to me.

It's true that Z-95's aren't very good, but it would give a cheaper sorta-X-Wing alternative to the Rebels.

X-Wings are A3 D2 H3 S2, have Focus and Target Lock, and can equip torps and astromechs. The tightest turn it can make is a 1-inch wide turn (green) and at its fastest can move 4 inches straight (white). A Rookie Pilot (PS 2) brings that to 21 points.

I'm thinking a Z-95 should be A2 D2 H3 S1, also with Focus and Target Lock, with missiles upgrades but obviously no droid. It should have a tighter 1-inch bank (white) and its 4-inch straight movement should be red. A PS 2 Pilot should bring it to about 14-15 points.

Yeah, I'd agree with the above except maybe the red 4 forward and tighter turn (I don't recall them being slower but more maneuverable in the old PC games). Rebels do have a need for a cheap fighter. Currently, the cheapest you can get is a prototype a-wing and IIRC it's more costly (for obvious reasons) than half the TIE fighter special characters. It's not that the z-95 was so awesome in either stats, history, or looks but rather that it fills an obvious void that currently exists in the rebel ship lineup.

I don't know about the games but in the X-Wing novels, Z-95s are definitely slower but can hit tighter turns.

The Z-95 could also be the basis for a Fringer faction (even if such a faction was purely homebrew).

I'd like to see it in a wave along with the E-Wing and TIE/D -- two fighters that would take the existing Rebel and Imp metas to their logical conclusions.

E-Wings with advanced R7 astromechs, and TIE/d's with various beam weapon upgrades (tractor beam would be an interesting game mechanic for dog fights).

Did they have tractor beams??

Yep.

They had a 'beam weapon', which was an energy-intensive weapon of some type. One of those types was a small-scale tractor beam. It was a real power hog, but it made dog-fights against really fast things (A-Wings, TIE/Int's other TIE/d's) much easier if you could get behind them for a couple of seconds.

How about, in lieu of firing, you get to place a beam token on an enemy ship in your firing arc (range 2). If said enemy ship attempts any non-green maneuver on its next move phase, it trades the beam token for a stress token?


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EDIT: Oh, haha -- I think we've crossed wires. When I said TIE/D I meant the droid fighter not the Defender. That's why I was surprised when you said it had beam weapons.

What I meant by the E-Wing and TIE/D taking the respective Reb Imp existing metas to their logical conclusion is you can't (or probably shouldn't) get much cheaper than a TIE/D or much mor expensive than an E-Wing.

I envision a TIE/D (droid/drone) as follows:

- A2 D2 H3 S0
- Barrel Role, Evasion
- maneuver dial as TIE/LN except all white (cannot take stress)
- 10 pts at PS1

So FFG's official announcement has a few details, including a few of the upgrade cards like advanced proton torpedoes, proton bombs, sensor jammers, and rebel captives.


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If you look really closely at the pictures, it looks like the HWK-290's upgrade cards are Ion Cannon Turret, Blaster Turret, the Moldy Crow title of course, and three crewmembers? Intelligence Agent, Saboteur, and something Specialist.

The shuttle has a ton of upgrade cards that look new but I can't really make out what they are, except ST-361 which must be a unique shuttle title.

The B-wing has a Proton Torpedo, Advanced Proton Torpedo, Ion Cannon, Autoblaster (a new cannon?), and some other new thing.

TIE Bomber has Advanced Proton Torpedo, Assault Missile, Seismic Charge, Proton Bomb, and...Adrenaline Rush?

The Shuttle also seems to come with a LOT of Ion tokens.

Do you think they've thought about selling POD card packs for new upgrades/abilities/pilots and so on?

 azreal13 wrote:
The Shuttle also seems to come with a LOT of Ion tokens.

Well it is an FFG game. I'm pretty sure that one day they'll release Tokens: The Game, and it'll be nothing but tokens!

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Well it is an FFG game. I'm pretty sure that one day they'll release Tokens: The Game, and it'll be nothing but tokens!

I'm waiting for FFG Custom dice: The Game

robertsjf wrote:

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Well it is an FFG game. I'm pretty sure that one day they'll release Tokens: The Game, and it'll be nothing but tokens!

I'm waiting for FFG Custom dice: The Game

Pretty sure that's out on IOS already

And android as well. Sadly, they're not $1 apps but at least they don't have microtransactions. Your x-wing is at point blank range with expose? 50 cents extra to roll that many dice!

Fun noises:

http://starwars.com/play/online-activities/soundboards/#/?theme=04

Hey guys, just picked up the started box for this game and am still learning the rules. Awesome looking models are out and coming out, but do any of you know if there is going to be any releases of a star destroyer or anything large like that or any ships from the first 3 movies?