They do, they really do!

played a 150 point game last night, I took 2 tooled up TIE Bombers, and 3 Squints (fel with targeting, stealth and ptl. royal guard ptl stealth. and nude low skill one can't remember what it was!)

Playing against a Y wing (ion cannon), 2 B wings (torps, missiles sensors you name it) and Wedge (r2d2 torps).

Bombers with 2 evade dice one one of them got hit all game even when being focus fired on, for 2 damage

Squint, with stealth device, at range 3, through a damned asteroid, 3 attack dice all hits. roll my 6! yes 6 evade dice, can you guess what happened??? oh yeah rolling total blanks! blew the poor fella up, so yeah they have favourites for sure... can you guess my next list based on this? oh yeah all bombers baby! lol

I have to say it was funny, and I still managed to blow the rebel scum to hell so all good in the end :-)

those custom dice really help don't they...lol

yeah my dice have had issues with me for the last few matches...

Most recently during a 200 pt epic match... Granted I setup a list that sort of was depending on assault missiles, I thought I had hedged my bets but apparently not enough...

Had 2 green a-wings with assault missiles, even setup my alpha almost perfect... range 3 from everyone. Sadly 2 of their interceptors shot first (At range 3) and took one out... really? 6 v 8 dice. I knew it would get pounded and have 1-2 hull left, but 2 20% shots... arrrrgggg.

I still had BBXXA left but my luck was pretty much the same the rest of the match.

I didn't take stats but I swear I have been rolling native hits about 33% the last few matches.

My evade dice LOVE 1 Agility ships. Roll 3 dice against a single attack. 1 Evade. Roll 1 Dice against 3 attacks. 3 Evades. ALL THE TIME!

Especially the GR-75 at range 3. The thing can bunny hop lasers like nobodys business.

My mate in a recent tournie got his Tie Fighter one shotted through an asteroid by an A wing at range three....Failed all evade rolls and pulled a double damage crit!!!! We were so taking the p~ss outa him!

the same thing happens in that old classic board game "hero quest". Not sure if anyone has noticed but the dice systems are just about the same = luck. sometimes you roll great, other times you can't roll one evade to save your life (or ship).

My mate in a recent tournie got his Tie Fighter one shotted through an asteroid by an A wing at range three....Failed all evade rolls and pulled a double damage crit!!!! We were so taking the p~ss outa him!

Lol gotta love that... happened to 2 of my ships a few matches back.

the same thing happens in that old classic board game "hero quest". Not sure if anyone has noticed but the dice systems are just about the same = luck. sometimes you roll great, other times you can't roll one evade to save your life (or ship).

It is truly the one thing about this game that frustrates the crap out of me.

The randomness of the evade dice makes me want to throw things. And it seems like I never get to be the one who benefits from the randomness.

It's always my ships rolling none while being fully evaded while taking a B-Wing R1 shot.

Curse you dice!

please everyone who always rolls blanks on their evade dice check if they haven't accidentally polished all symbols away - don't polish your dice with sandpaper.

I generally like the meta humour connected with ridiculous dice rolls (good and bad) in dice/board/war/rollplaying games, it usually adds positively to a friendly game evening - and creates memorable stories where you only can blame the dice god or perhaps the game developer. That's why I'm usually against it when someone suggests to reduce the amount of randomness in games - a bit of unpredictability spices things up.

It is also somewhat of a memory trick. If you roll great, you will attribute it to good strategy and or "normal" rolling. So you move on happily and forget about that roll 5 minutes later. But if you roll HORRIBLY you will remember it for many a sleepless night. Its like they say, it takes 10 good experiences to nullify 1 bad one.

I am not immune to this phenomenon. I still remember the day wedge was shot at 3 range through an asteroid and rolled blanks on all 4 dice to take the hit-hit-crit (console fire). There was a very angry press of the http://nooooooooooooooo.com/ button that day.

Definitely agree that it is what makes this game fun, losing a ship when odds are in your favour is either really annoying or funny. I prefer to laugh and get on with it!

sometimes you know things are gonna go badly you just have to have fun with it.

I got a friend who lost Carnor Jax and Soonfir Fel turn 2 to a trio of y wings at range 3

The randomness of the evade dice makes me want to throw things.

They're red, octahedral and make your opponents blow up.

I kept winning against a specific friend of mine, and it kept seeming as if a good part of the reason, was that I was rolling way more evades.

It became a running joke, and eventually we decided to write down all our throws, just so I could prove I won with my superior skills, and not just being lucky.

We have only had 2 games since then, but in both games, I rolled way more evades than I should have, and he rolled less than he should have.

If this trend continues, I'll start considering going to tournaments and rent out my hand to players struggling in the defensive department.

I kept winning against a specific friend of mine, and it kept seeming as if a good part of the reason, was that I was rolling way more evades.

It became a running joke, and eventually we decided to write down all our throws, just so I could prove I won with my superior skills, and not just being lucky.

We have only had 2 games since then, but in both games, I rolled way more evades than I should have, and he rolled less than he should have.

If this trend continues, I'll start considering going to tournaments and rent out my hand to players struggling in the defensive department.

How much are you charging? I could definitely use this service.

My boba fett loves to do this. This one time i managed to get him to range 1 of a 1hp Bwing, and made boba do a TL. I rolled 3 focus and 1 blank. Spend TL to reroll into 3 blanks and 1 focus. I ask my boba " why? Why?"

My Boba said to me "he's no good to me dead"

Yep. My Boba Fett consistently deals insane amounts of damage to his targets, but is never able to kill them.

My boba fett loves to do this. This one time i managed to get him to range 1 of a 1hp Bwing, and made boba do a TL. I rolled 3 focus and 1 blank. Spend TL to reroll into 3 blanks and 1 focus. I ask my boba " why? Why?"

My Boba said to me "he's no good to me dead"

Yep. My Boba Fett consistently deals insane amounts of damage to his targets, but is never able to kill them.

Put an ion cannon on him for the kill shot. That way he has just "disabled" the ship to the point that it's safe to board it!