4 hours ago, Odanan said:Maybe video games are too mainstream to add the Gunboat (EA&Dice lost that opportunity when they added the TIE Defender to Battlefront 1, instead of a more fitting Gunboat). But there is a book coming: Battlefront II - Inferno Squad that has plenty of room for the Gunboat. They just need one line with "Assault Gunboat" on it and *boom*, it's canon.
See, I like to believe it was canonized when FFG added it to their LCG. 
The new leaked LEGO sets clearly show: Kylo Rens Starfighter is sooooo TIE Avenger.
Even with the squished Cockpit.
Edited by RogueLeader421 hour ago, RogueLeader42 said:The new leaked LEGO sets clearly show: Kylo Rens Starfighter is sooooo TIE Avenger.
Even with the squished Cockpit.
Where is this leak?
2 hours ago, FTS Gecko said:See, I like to believe it was canonized when FFG added it to their LCG.
I wish!
1 hour ago, Odanan said:Where is this leak?
On 7/11/2017 at 4:03 AM, Eskandare said:Whelp, we've made it to 255 pages! That's like 16 bits! FFG, where is our Gunboat?!
I heard a rumor they are just sitting on the product in a warehouse and the announcement for whenever this thread reaches 319 pages on December 1st 2017 because that is when the ascii value of the word gunboat divided by the year divided by the month equals the thread pages. If you go over 319 or do not reach 319 by then Disney scraps the whole thing.
27 minutes ago, Suriel said:
Ugh. Episode VIII looks even more like a copy of the battle of Hoth! Also, that First Order walker is a total strandbeest ripoff.
But Kylo's Interceptor is cool.
Edited by Kieransi52 minutes ago, Suriel said:
SO here it is. Ohhh it actually looks very cool.
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/7/13/new-approaches-to-battle/
MB: "As always, the decision involved a lot of people. We proposed a number various ships, and got the go-ahead to move forward on some of them."
That quote concerns me. I feel a disturbance in the Force...
Did you guys hear OCX Radio mention this thread on their most recent episode (#8)? I think we're making waves. Of course, they don't think we'll get this ship until we reach 1000 pages. I'm still holding onto hope!
34 minutes ago, FTS Gecko said:https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/7/13/new-approaches-to-battle/
MB: "As always, the decision involved a lot of people. We proposed a number various ships, and got the go-ahead to move forward on some of them."
That quote concerns me. I feel a disturbance in the Force...
Yeah. There was the earlier article that mentioned all the Empire ships being SFS TIE variants too.
Fingers crossed they're deliberately throwing out red herrings to make us think it'll never happen, then bam! Gunboat! ?
22 minutes ago, Parakitor said:Of course, they don't think we'll get this ship until we reach 1000 pages...
2 hours ago, FTS Gecko said:https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/7/13/new-approaches-to-battle/
MB: "As always, the decision involved a lot of people. We proposed a number various ships, and got the go-ahead to move forward on some of them."
That quote concerns me. I feel a disturbance in the Force...
I would be really interested to see what the proposed ships actually were, how many options they had and if they already had stat-lines made up at this point. Maybe FFG should have a poll for what ships we want to see for a future wave, letting the community (for just one wave) choose what ships we see.
23 minutes ago, Quadjumper King said:I would be really interested to see what the proposed ships actually were, how many options they had and if they already had stat-lines made up at this point. Maybe FFG should have a poll for what ships we want to see for a future wave, letting the community (for just one wave) choose what ships we see.
If they did that, they wouldn't include the glorious Gunboat as a choice 
4 minutes ago, Joe Censored said:If they did that, they wouldn't include the glorious Gunboat as a choice
Not if we got to choose the choices 
If they did release the Gunboat, I would purchase enough to fly a 100 point list of Gunboat glory.
1 minute ago, rubberduck said:If they did release the Gunboat, I would purchase enough to fly a 100 point list of Gunboat glory.
Same here. And most likely everybody in this thread.
Just now, RogueLeader42 said:Same here. And most likely everybody in this thread.
Hear that FFG, garenteed income! If you build it, they will come!
46 minutes ago, rubberduck said:If they did release the Gunboat, I would purchase enough to fly a 100 point list of Gunboat glory.
44 minutes ago, RogueLeader42 said:Same here. And most likely everybody in this thread.
41 minutes ago, rubberduck said:Hear that FFG, garenteed income! If you build it, they will come!
This ^
6 hours ago, rubberduck said:If they did release the Gunboat, I would purchase enough to fly a 100 point list of Gunboat glory.
100?
I'd buy 300 points worth, take up playing epic, and laugh maniacally as Rho Squadron erases a huge ship in a single turn!
1 hour ago, Stevey86 said:100?
I'd buy 300 points worth, take up playing epic, and laugh maniacally as Rho Squadron erases a huge ship in a single turn!
Definitely. Stand by to deploy gunboats!
on a related note; what do people think would be a decent gunboat proxy list? I'm thinking cluster missile/Lightweight frame laden TIE punishers....
4 minutes ago, Magnus Grendel said:Definitely. Stand by to deploy gunboats!
on a related note; what do people think would be a decent gunboat proxy list? I'm thinking cluster missile/Lightweight frame laden TIE punishers....
Nothing is worthy enough to even think of proxying as a Gunboat. Only the glorious Gunboat can proxy as a Gunboat.
2 hours ago, Stevey86 said:100?
I'd buy 300 points worth, take up playing epic, and laugh maniacally as Rho Squadron erases a huge ship in a single turn!
Yep, I want enough to fill out 300 points alongside two Assault Carriers in an Epic list. So a minimum of four, I'd imagine...
50 minutes ago, Magnus Grendel said:On a related note; what do people think would be a decent gunboat proxy list? I'm thinking cluster missile/Lightweight frame laden TIE punishers...
The closest I've managed to produce was a Gold Squadron Pilot with BTL-A4, Ion Cannon Turret, Proton Torpedo, Extra Munitions, Targeting Astromech and Guidance Chimps. Totally the wrong faction, but it replicates the Gunboat's abilities about as well as you possibly can at the moment.
Lightweight Frame Punisher would work as well, though - you'd just be missing the Ion Cannons. I'd probably go Punisher, LWF, FCS, Cluster/Concussion Missiles, EM, Chimps
Edited by FTS GeckoNice thought on the Y-wings!
Hmm....
Might be able to get a nice 4-ship squad, thinking about that.
"Rho Squadron" proxy:
You've got the 'head on' firepower of the Y-wings, but can throw a few stress-causing flechette torps in there too if you've either got a range 3 shot or an already-ionised target.
Edited by Magnus Grendel
2 hours ago, Magnus Grendel said:on a related note; what do people think would be a decent gunboat proxy list? I'm thinking cluster missile/Lightweight frame laden TIE punishers....
If the Gunboat could be just proxied by an existing ship in the game, I wouldn't think it would have any reason to be added, then.
I would proxy it, though, by combining some disparate existing ship, token, dial, and upgrades even when they do not really fulfill their requirements: