The circle is now complete....

Ya know, I'm thinking... A lot of fighters get "fixes" in the form of title cards that add abilities. You can fly a StarViper without Mk. II, or a Khirakz without Vaksai, or a TIE Defender without TIE/D or x7, but you'd just be handicapping yourself. But we're starting out with 2 Title cards, meaning they're not fixes. That means we could very well have 3 viable versions of this ship. As the game evolves, we'll have 3 different variants to synergize with new upgrades and abilities. I think FFG is doing things the way they are doing specifically because they want us to be able to enjoy the XG-1 for years to come, and they're not sure if Disney will let them do many more releases of non-TIE ships.

Hopefully we'll get a lot of pilot options like with the TIE Striker and Protectorate Fighter, too. I'm willing to pay extra for more cards.

1 hour ago, Knightcrawler said:

Hopefully we'll get a lot of pilot options like with the TIE Striker and Protectorate Fighter, too. I'm willing to pay extra for more cards.

4 pilots. Nu Squadron (PS 2), Rho Squadron (PS4), Lieutenant ... (PS5) and Major Vynder (PS7) .

EDIT: here are the other cards:

• Sa(lvo?) ... = elite with something about torpedoes.
• Cruise Missile
• Jamm(ing) Bea(m) = cannon
• Lin(ked) Bat(teries) = cannon, but looks like it adds some effect for another cannon equipped (maybe allow you to fire the primary weapon + cannon?).
• Advanced SLAM
• OS-1 ... Lo(adout) = title (or modification, most likely title), looks like it adds a torpedo (or missile?) slot and allows you to shoot it with a weapons disabled token.
• XG-1 Assault Configuration = title looks like it adds a cannon slot and allows you to shoot it with a weapons disabled token.

It's.. glorious! (and somewhat familiar...)

I wouldn't mind of these "Gunboats MKII" being canonized with SLAM.

In the next season of Rebels:

- Grand Admiral Thrawn, we just received a flight of updated XG-1s.

- Are they equipped with SLAMs as requested?

- Yes, sir! I made sure of that.

- Excellent.

Or in Han Solo movie:

- WUUAHAHHHAAAAAAAAAA!

- Imperial Customs? Don't worry Chewie, this is the fastest ship in the Galaxy.

- WUAHAHHAAA WUUAHAHAAAAAA!

- Gunboats? Man the turret, Chewie. We'll need to fight our way out of this.

41 minutes ago, Odanan said:

I wouldn't mind of these "Gstnboats MKII" being canonized with SLAM.

In the next season of Rebels:

- Grand Admiral Thrawn, we just received a flight of updated XG-1s.

- Are they equipped with SLAMs as requested?

- Yes, sir! I made sure of that.

Sir, the... hardware you requested has arrived.

And The Sublight Linear Accelerator Drives?

Installed as ordered, sir.

Excelent.

Sir, If I may ask...

Yes?

Arnt these older craft? Obsolete?

Thats what the records show, do they not?

Then why...?

Raith Sienar has the ear of the emperor, and the Tie project put a priority on logistics over one on one combat power. With the Rebel T65s Outflanking us, and the... situation on lothal, I feel It Is time to explore other alternatives.

5 hours ago, Rakaydos said:

Sir, the... hardware you requested has arrived.

And The Sublight Linear Accelerator Drives?

Installed as ordered, sir.

Excelent.

Sir, If I may ask...

Yes?

Arnt these older craft? Obsolete?

Thats what the records show, do they not?

Then why...?

Raith Sienar has the ear of the emperor, and the Tie project put a priority on logistics over one on one combat power. With the Rebel T65s Outflanking us, and the... situation on lothal, I feel It Is time to explore other alternatives.

I read that with Thrawn'voice in my head.

Do we think the models do the ship justice?

20 hours ago, stegocent said:

Now just bring back the old dark background for the forum....

13 hours ago, DarthEnderX said:

Back in the days of the EU, the standard compliment of Gunboats for an ISD was 5.

So...get 5 if you want a full star destroyer's worth.

And...you know. Also get 36 TIE Fighters, 24 Interceptors, 12 Bombers and 8 Lambda shuttles.

Looks very much like the Fractalsponge version of the fighter, which is hardly a bad thing. The only way this could be more on-point to canon is if they offered up the low-poly gouraud shading version of the model... which nobody but weird die-hard purists like myself would possibly want.

Would really love to see XG-1s trying to bring down the Falcon. The RPG from FFG lists the Assault Gunboat being often used by customs enforcement. Since the TIE/D just upstaged the XG-1 as the Empire's debut hyperspace-capable fighter, the Gunboat could at least perform that role.

@Odanan

thank you for being one of the caretakers of this thread (may it live on until we have our veteran pack and at least two repaints).

Has anyone found a clear high res shot of the preview screen yet? So pumped for this. The question isn't if I run pure gunboat lists from here out, but how I build them.

I agree with many, I hope we see this on the big screen on silver screen soon.

1 minute ago, Lobokai said:

@Odanan

thank you for being one of the caretakers of this thread (may it live on until we have our veteran pack and at least two repaints).

Has anyone found a clear high res shot of the preview screen yet? So pumped for this. The question isn't if I run pure gunboat lists from here out, but how I build them.

This is what I've been working off:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DHhkTnDXcAAOKpF?format=jpg

It let me make this:

1 hour ago, Norsehound said:

Looks very much like the Fractalsponge version of the fighter, which is hardly a bad thing. The only way this could be more on-point to canon is if they offered up the low-poly gouraud shading version of the model... which nobody but weird die-hard purists like myself would possibly want.

I'm literally in awe of this expansion. The model looks like one of the most popular designs, the stats are pretty much what the community came to agreement on, it looks like it's got an interesting mix of mechanics for both ordnance and cannons, and it still manages to surprise us with things like Jam and SLAM. Literally more than I ever imagined...

1 hour ago, FTS Gecko said:

I'm literally in awe of this expansion. The model looks like one of the most popular designs, the stats are pretty much what the community came to agreement on, it looks like it's got an interesting mix of mechanics for both ordnance and cannons, and it still manages to surprise us with things like Jam and SLAM. Literally more than I ever imagined...

This.

And yes, it looks gorgeous. Now if it has folding wings...

I am really confused with the gunboat. The assault config allows you to fit on a cannon at 2 points or lower.. but the ion cannon is 3 points, so I guess you can't use it.

Really odd as they have modelled the ion cannon onto the ship too. I hope it doesn't turn out like the lambada shuttle where you have the rear guns as decoration only.

6 minutes ago, william1134 said:

I am really confused with the gunboat. The assault config allows you to fit on a cannon at 2 points or lower.. but the ion cannon is 3 points, so I guess you can't use it.

Really odd as they have modelled the ion cannon onto the ship too. I hope it doesn't turn out like the lambada shuttle where you have the rear guns as decoration only.

2 points? What photo are you looking at? (can't see anything)

Assault config allows a 1-2 pt cannon to be fired with Weapon Disabled.

10 hours ago, Odanan said:

I wouldn't mind of these "Gunboats MKII" being canonized with SLAM.

In the next season of Rebels:

- Grand Admiral Thrawn, we just received a flight of updated XG-1s.

- Are they equipped with SLAMs as requested?

- Yes, sir! I made sure of that.

- Excellent.

Or in Han Solo movie:

- WUUAHAHHHAAAAAAAAAA!

- Imperial Customs? Don't worry Chewie, this is the fastest ship in the Galaxy.

- WUAHAHHAAA WUUAHAHAAAAAA!

- Gunboats? Man the turret, Chewie. We'll need to fight our way out of this.

How about a DLC for Battlefront so we can fly the **** thing again?

15 minutes ago, Stevey86 said:

How about a DLC for Battlefront so we can fly the **** thing again?

I'm undecided of what would make me happier...

• Han Solo saying "Gunboat";
• Thrawn piloting the ship;
• or flying it myself in Battlefront II.

Nu squadron (21 points presumably)

Long range sensors (0 points)

Plasma torpedo (3 points)

Alpha striker, SLAM blocker, and can rechage another 4 die counterpunch if ignored, for (presumably) 24 points.

38 minutes ago, Stevey86 said:

How about a DLC for Battlefront so we can fly the **** thing again?

Well, Pablo Hidalgo was at GenCon, and at FFG's In Flight report... no doubt he heard that reaction when the Gunboat was announced!

29 minutes ago, DarkHorse said:

Assault config allows a 1-2 pt cannon to be fired with Weapon Disabled.

That doesn't mean you have to necessarily mount a 2pt cannon, just that you can use a 1-2pt cannon when you're otherwise disabled. You can still stick an ion cannon on it and use it when you're not disabled.

Remember the title cards seem to be configuration cards, so you may prefer the ion cannon in one configuration, or a Flechette cannon in another. Either way, I wouldn't complain about a free shot when you're otherwise weapons disabled.

got 4 of Mel's so I'm picking up 4 of the new ones to run 4 nu 4 rho in friendly epic games.

Finally finally finally finally finally finally

I'm going to get at least three

2 minutes ago, Ziusdra said:

Finally finally finally finally finally finally

I'm going to get at least three

I'm preordering 4 when I can.

I don't care if I can only fit three, I WILL MAKE IT WORK, I HAVE OPTIONS.