15 hours ago, Rakaydos said:

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

11 hours 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.

22 hours ago, Odanan said:

Assault Configuration = title looks like it adds a cannon slot and allows you to shoot it with a weapons disabled token.

Look really closely on the Xg-1 Assault Retrofit on the image @Rakaydos posted. With it, the Alpha-Class Star Wing gets 2 cannons!

11 hours ago, DarkHorse said:

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

so you can still flechette cannon someone or tractor beam them. Not bad since the weapons disable token will most likely come from SLAM-ING. A fair safety net IMO.

Hi all! I just stopped by to approve all the recent - !

OMG OMG WOW!!!!

IT happened!!!!

I deliberately stayed away from the forums over the weekend - hoping, just hoping that our collective dream would come true - AND IT HAS!!!!!

Oprah: GUNBOATS!!!! YOU GET GUNBOATS!!!! EVERYONE GETS GUNBOATS!!!!!!

Benny: GUNBOAT! GUNBOAT!! GUNBOAT!!!

Holy Moly!!!

THANK you SO much FFG!!! You NEVER cease to amaze me! First the Interdictor and Liberty Cruisers for Armada, now THIS! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

So, far, I've only bought into Armada! But now, I will make good my promise to FFG and will now join the ranks of X-Wing Players!

A special thank you to all of you Gunboateers on this truly massive thread! It's been so long...so so long.

And can I say a HUGE thank you to:

FTS Gecko and Odanan for their guiding light and to the Bothans ISB people that sent us this information from GenCon 2017!

Uhh...the only bad thing out of this I have to say is...I'VE JUST STARTED WORK!!! Ohh lord, I feel a wasted day week coming on!

Now, where do I get my Gunboat? Hahhaa.

"Killing rebels sure (is going to be) fun, isn't it Mu 1?"

11 minutes ago, Alpha Xg1 said:

"Killing rebels sure (is going to be) fun, isn't it Mu 1?"

Generics are Nu squadron and Rho Squadron.

40 minutes ago, Phoenix5454 said:

so you can still flechette cannon someone or tractor beam them. Not bad since the weapons disable token will most likely come from SLAM-ING. A fair safety net IMO.

And the new Jamming Beam

49 minutes ago, AwesomeJedi said:

Look really closely on the Xg-1 Assault Retrofit on the image @Rakaydos posted. With it, the Alpha-Class Star Wing gets 2 cannons!

Time for a double slot cannon upgrade. Too bad Iggy would get to share it tho.

my vote is for Heavy Ion Cannon dealing out two Ion tokens and a crit on a hit, 4 dice attack.

an interesting option would be Twin Laser Cannons, similar to TLTs. Probably much cheaper tho.

oh and keep this monster thread open for all those other unfortunates that FFG hasn't immortalized in plastic yet. Dorean gunship and Hammerhead corvette for next two Rebel Huge ships. TIE Avenger, because. That's why. V-wing...really criminal this hasn't showed up. And of course the one that will be the object of my new crusade:

V-19 TORRENT BABY!!!!!!!!

47 minutes ago, Rakaydos said:

Generics are Nu squadron and Rho Squadron.

Hah hah hah.

Rakaydos!

When it comes to FFG! Anything's possible, friend!

Although, really, I modified a quote from one of the missions in TIE Fighter.

Might've been the "Attack on Light Cruiser Lulsla one. Hehe.

The Gunboat doesn't get two cannon slots. The upgrades it comes with natively are torpedo and missile. The title only adds one cannon slot.

This wave is the first time I'll be more excited about the imperial ship than any other! I usually play rebels, but I'm going to have to play some more imps now that I can fly GUNBOAT!!!!

2 hours ago, Alpha Xg1 said:

FTS Gecko and Odanan for their guiding light and to the Bothans ISB people that sent us this information from GenCon 2017!

This thread was started by the Great Prophet and kept alive by many men.

But the fight is not over. Now. To canon!

1 hour ago, defkhan1 said:

The Gunboat doesn't get two cannon slots. The upgrades it comes with natively are torpedo and missile. The title only adds one cannon slot.

The symbol immediately before the cannon slot (on the title) is as tall as a capital letter, suggesting a numeral.

10 minutes ago, Rakaydos said:

The symbol Immediately before the cannon slot IS as tall As a capital letter, suggesing a numeral.

I agree, it definitely looks like there's a 2 there to me.

3 hours ago, GrimmyV said:

V-19 TORRENT BABY!!!!!!!!

Now, I gotta agree that that's a pretty ship. But its only use I can remember was early Clone Wars, and was then quickly phased out in favor of Y-Wings and ARC-170s and, later, V-Wings. Did the V-19 ever even see Galactic Civil War use? It was slow and so hard to maneuver, even compared to the Z-95 Headhunter. BUT... it is a really pretty ship... I would love to have the model, but help me see how it fits in a Galactic Civil War game...

1 hour ago, Rakaydos said:

The symbol immediately before the cannon slot (on the title) is as tall as a capital letter, suggesting a numeral.

Missed that. Interesting!

So a few thoughts on the gunboat getting added to the game.

First of all I didn't really care much either way if they added it. I wasn't against it really, but wasn't exactly eager for it either. I prefer adding canon ships to the game, however for "legends" ships it would be near the top of my list for ships not in the game yet.

Second, I'm curious on the timing of it. Considering how strong the players wanted it for so long, it's strange they just added it now. The fact they added the tie punisher before the gunboat really made it seem like they had no intention to add it to the game. I'm wondering if they have hit the bottom of the well for imperial ships, or at least small imperial ships, and they decided hey might as well add the gunboat.

11 minutes ago, markcsoul said:

I prefer adding canon ships to the game

Canon is just one Rebels episode or novel hardly anyone will read away.

31 minutes ago, markcsoul said:

So a few thoughts on the gunboat getting added to the game.

First of all I didn't really care much either way if they added it. I wasn't against it really, but wasn't exactly eager for it either. I prefer adding canon ships to the game, however for "legends" ships it would be near the top of my list for ships not in the game yet.

Second, I'm curious on the timing of it. Considering how strong the players wanted it for so long, it's strange they just added it now. The fact they added the tie punisher before the gunboat really made it seem like they had no intention to add it to the game. I'm wondering if they have hit the bottom of the well for imperial ships, or at least small imperial ships, and they decided hey might as well add the gunboat.

thing about the poor punisher v the gunboat is just one glance at the gunboat tells you they put FAR more effort making it a unique entity as opposed to an overweight bomber with no real distinguishing feature outside of a system slot and Deathrain

they could've just wanted the time to make it worth the wait

7 hours ago, Phoenix5454 said:

so you can still flechette cannon someone or tractor beam them.

Yeah, but not the thing that it was actually equipped with.

5 hours ago, Ziusdra said:

Now, I gotta agree that that's a pretty ship. But its only use I can remember was early Clone Wars, and was then quickly phased out in favor of Y-Wings and ARC-170s and, later, V-Wings. Did the V-19 ever even see Galactic Civil War use? It was slow and so hard to maneuver, even compared to the Z-95 Headhunter. BUT... it is a really pretty ship... I would love to have the model, but help me see how it fits in a Galactic Civil War game...

In the comics "Darth Vader and the cry of shadows", rebel V-19 Torrent fight against imperial V-Wings and ARC-170s, and Vader's black Eta-2 Actis Interceptor.

So, why ugly Gunboats instead of cannon pretty ships ?

This comic is not cannon anymore

Now this topic can die, it served its purpose.

Prepare for more Avenger topics.

2 minutes ago, SEApocalypse said:

Now this topic can die, it served its purpose.

Nope. Now we get to wait for, discuss and dissect the announcement article, the preview article and the release article, discuss abilities, builds and tactics...

...let's face it. The Crates are never catching up. Not until the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Not until the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves...

35 minutes ago, Foxtr0t said:

This comic is not cannon anymore

But the ships seen in it are. Moreover imperial ARCs, V-Wings and Eta-2 Actis are cannon since Tarkin novel.

And no source mentions rebel ARCs but FFG did it anyway...

Still no cannon rebel V-19 but i'd like to get them in X-Wing, particularly if they can enter play on turn X with hyperspace rings.

5 hours ago, markcsoul said:

I'm wondering if they have hit the bottom of the well for imperial ships, or at least small imperial ships, and they decided hey might as well add the gunboat.

I've got a couple more I think would be nice, no particular order:

TIE Predator

TIE Sentinel

TIE Hunter (probably first)

TIE Reaper

TIE Oppressor (just scrapes in - probably last if this list was in order)

Missile Boat (unlikely now. Also not very pretty, more so it and Gunboat can be buddies)

TIE Avenger (unlikely with TIE/vn incoming)

Edit: (some more less likely ones I thought of)

TIE/M1 (I know...)

TIE Scimitar Bomber