Fantasy Flight Games: X-Wing.

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Tawa

Discussion Starter · Oct 22, 2013 (Edited)

So I've heard a few people talking about this game here and there, and I was wondering, is there anybody here on Heresy that plays this?

It's something that I think looks like an interesting game, and I know that @Jezlad is considering a purchase but being a tight-arse Scotsman I'll be damned if I'm going to spend money on something if I may not like it :laugh:

So, if there is anybody could you please share your opinions etc of the game with me - and Heresy as a whole. What are the mini's like? How's the gameplay? What is the quality of the gaming materials involved?

Any and all information is welcome

EDIT: Squadron Builder

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ChaosRedCorsairLord

· #181 · Apr 13, 2015

Tawa said:
Nope, not yet. The Tantive is on my (huge!) to buy list :laugh:

Im sure you can just proxy it in friendly games.

Tawa

Discussion Starter · #182 · Apr 13, 2015

Don't tempt me..... :laugh:

Fallen

· #183 · Apr 13, 2015

Here @Tawa, a tantive...

*Handed Tawa a corvette from Armada*

Tawa

Discussion Starter · #184 · Apr 13, 2015

Fallen said:
*Handed Tawa a corvette from Armada*

Whoo-Hoo! :good:

Khorne's Fist

· #185 · May 6, 2015

So, last week I put a stop on my hobby spending until the end of the summer. Then a mate sent me a link for a Millennium Falcon and Slave 1 on Amazon. The internal battle that raged within about whether to buy both was frantic, but I finally settled on just the Falcon. Should be here by Monday! Considering over the last few days I've watched all but Return of the Jedi, that was one of the longest, hardest fights I ever had with myself.

LazyG

· #186 · May 7, 2015

I preordered the Raider... freaking hell it looks pretty... plus it makes the TIE Advanced go from pathetic to hilariously awesome.

Tawa

Discussion Starter · #187 · May 7, 2015

I have both the Falcon and the Outrider now.
@Logaan discovered how nasty the Outrider with a Mangler Cannon can be last week...... :laugh:

mrknify

· #188 · May 7, 2015

Tawa said:
I have both the Falcon and the Outrider now.

@Logaan discovered how nasty the Outrider with a Mangler Cannon can be last week...... :laugh:

I still have not tried my outrider, having too much fun with vader echo and friends.(2x acadamy ties)

LazyG said:
I preordered the Raider... freaking hell it looks pretty... plus it makes the TIE Advanced go from pathetic to hilariously awesome.

I so wanna get the raider, if just for the tie advanced pilots and title.

Tawa

Discussion Starter · #189 · May 7, 2015

I've spent the last couple of months being violated by every man and his dog taking the Outrider of the Decimator.

Now it's my fucking turn! :laugh:

mrknify

· #190 · May 7, 2015

Tawa said:
I've spent the last couple of months being violated by every man and his dog taking the Outrider of the Decimator.

Now it's my fucking turn! :laugh:

I have yet to play against the outrider, I am confident I can kill it hard and fast though. My list has the potential of sounds 10 damage in a turn. (4 echo, 5 vader,4 ties) rockets on vader. If they have biggs that slows it down a bit.

ntaw

· #191 · May 7, 2015

Tawa said:
the Outrider with a Mangler Cannon

With Dash flying this is one of my favourite ships!! It's almost an arc-dodging turret

mrknify

· #192 · May 7, 2015

ntaw said:
With Dash flying this is one of my favourite ships!! It's almost an arc-dodging turret

Whats your build?

Sethis

· #193 · May 7, 2015

The Raider will improve the Advanced, no doubt, however it doesn't address the big weakness, which is the dial. I'm not convinced that they will become the new "power" Imperial ship. What it does, instead, is give us a viable ship in the mid-20s point range, which we've previously lacked - you essentially had to run two TIEs, or a pretty basic Interceptor.

Dash is, to my mind, better than the Falcon, especially since he no longer has to burn 12pts on a HLC to get some kind of damage output. Having a large ship able to boost and barrel roll off asteroids (often behind them) with 2 green dice means you've very frequently got a 10hp ship rolling 3 evade dice at attackers, to say nothing of arc dodging like a pro. That makes it massively more survivable than the Falcon, who relies on not being focused and tanking the few hits it does take on a couple of evade tokens.

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ntaw

· #194 · May 7, 2015 (Edited)

mrknify said:
Whats your build?

Dash in the 2400 with the Mangler Cannon and Outrider title. You can add more, but honestly this by itself has worked well for me and leaves more space for other ships.

Sethis said:
The Raider will improve the Advanced, no doubt, however it doesn't address the big weakness, which is the dial.

Check out this article, which shows us all the new Advanced pilots....one of whom does exactly what you need:

The above image should say Standard on the left and Juno Eclipse on the right.

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Sethis

· #195 · May 7, 2015

I've seen it, and I'll certainly give her a try, but I'm not convinced she'll replace my beloved Defenders at the 30pt+ mark, or for that matter Fel/Vader.

Dash suits VI, if you have it, to ramp him up to PS9 for a single point. Lets him outshoot almost anything, esp if you have initiative.

Fallen

· #196 · May 7, 2015

Juno is like "F*ck it! Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything Better than you!"

mrknify

· #197 · May 7, 2015

Sethis said:
I've seen it, and I'll certainly give her a try, but I'm not convinced she'll replace my beloved Defenders at the 30pt+ mark, or for that matter Fel/Vader.

Dash suits VI, if you have it, to ramp him up to PS9 for a single point. Lets him outshoot almost anything, esp if you have initiative.

I'm looking at a vader juno echo list now

downside could be fat han lists. Will have to playtest.

ntaw

· #198 · May 7, 2015

If you gave Juno: Engine Upgrade, Push The Limit, Tie 1x/Advanced Sensors you would have an exceptionally maneuverable ship. The biggest issue I see is 2 attacks, but surviving to shooting matters.

VI on Dash is good times, just haven't played many games where I've needed him out-shooting much. To be honest I play Chewie in the Falcon more often if I'm using a large ship for the Rebels at 100 points.

Sethis

· #199 · May 7, 2015 (Edited)

It's not so much about the shooting (although with a Mangler getting crits in before they attack is sweet) and more about knowing where to barrel roll to! But then I haven't played the Rebel big ships much, they're a bit too... popular... for me to really want to use them.

That loadout is maneuverable, it's true, but then you're spending 35pts on a ship that averages a single hit per unmodified attack, which isn't enough to damage a TIE fighter. 5pts more buys you a very decent Echo, which throws double the red dice, has more green dice, and is even more maneuverable than Juno with a FCS for free target locks. I think the best use of the x1 is going to be generics with Acc Corrector to be "like an X-Wing, but Imperial".

Tawa

Discussion Starter · #200 · May 7, 2015

ntaw said:
With Dash flying this is one of my favourite ships!! It's almost an arc-dodging turret

Indeedy! See below :wink:

mrknify said:
Whats your build?

Dash, Outrider, Mangler and VI. That's about it

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