29 minutes ago, Celestial Lizards said:

Played a game last night with an Upsilon, Defender, and Advanced. If only I had some GUNBOATS to use instead...

Oh, the woe.

I know the feeling... I keep playing with four Gamma Squadron Veterans with Cruise Missiles and no bombs... I’ll be like “yeah, these stink and I lost, but wouldn’t it be awesome if these were GUNBOATS?!?”

The Gunboat is on the Boat!

There sure is a lot riding on the shoulders of the Gunboat, the fate of the struggling Empire itself.

2 minutes ago, Eskandare said:

The Gunboat is on the Boat!

54 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

I know the feeling... I keep playing with four Gamma Squadron Veterans with Cruise Missiles and no bombs... I’ll be like “yeah, these stink and I lost, but wouldn’t it be awesome if these were GUNBOATS?!?”

Switch two of them to Scimitars, and switch all the missiles to Homing. Give the Scimis LRS, and the Gamma Vets GC and Deadeye. They all get EM. You now have the list I use to regularly wreak utter havoc against anything it meets. It's especially fun against Nym/Miranda, where there's a decent chance you'll end the game in 2-3 turns of firing.

Go forth and unload.

14 hours ago, Fractalsponge said:

You guys might like this:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/JGaeA
http://fractalsponge.net/?p=2763

The Avenger is amazing! Actually, they all are, but the avenger... it just looks so good with the engine glow!

But you shouldn't be posting screenshots from RotJ for the Lambda shuttle, an... Oh. Nice lambda!!

4 hours ago, clanofwolves said:

There sure is a lot riding on the shoulders of the Gunboat, the fate of the struggling Empire itself.

Do you doubt GUNBOAT and her abilities?

She’s a fine ship and she’s got it where it counts. GUNBOAT is the real Defender of the Empire.

16 minutes ago, GrimmyV said:

Do you doubt GUNBOAT and her abilities?

She’s a fine ship and she’s got it where it counts. GUNBOAT is the real Defender of the Empire.

It is a great hope; she'll be fun in pint games. But the rest of the FAQ 4.3.2 neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeds to be published by the slackers so 80 degree arced ships have a puncher's chance on top mats again mate.

21 hours ago, Odanan said:

But FFG forgot to give it missiles! Why FFG, why?

Actually I think the original X-Wing game had an Advanced with no missiles. I'm pretty sure they still tacked 4 lasers and shields on it though (I'd have to pull my Wingman out of the closet to make sure). Really though, all we need is a Mod card that tacks on a Missile to the Upgrade panel and we're golden. That's going to be a pretty expensive Avenger though.

20 hours ago, Eskandare said:

@Odanan, it's 1982... but yeh, if it isn't Kentaro Haneda, Kengi Kawi, Yoko Kanno, Nobuo Uematsu or Joe Hieshi, it can be a bit much.

On 10/9/2017 at 8:02 PM, DarthEnderX said:

Except it's twice the size and doesn't have missiles.

Which is why when they add the Avenger, it should be based on Fractalsponge's model. Which looks better anyway.

100% Agreed! If they're going to bring the venerable TIE Avenger back - please let it be the above version ^. She looks sleek, compact and ohh, so so deadly. There's a lot of hurt to be had from those four wingtip lasers. Hehe!!

On 10/9/2017 at 11:30 PM, GrimmyV said:

Why are we talking about the Avenger so much when there’s another ship that was the true companion of GUNBOAT:

Haha yeah! But why don't we have both??

DX-9 AND TIE Avenger??

Don't forget the Assault Transport too! Hehe.

Someone needs to track down FFG's cargo ship and stick some XX-23 Thread Tracers on there. Find out it's name. Find out it's location. I want daily progress reports.

On 10/9/2017 at 5:18 PM, Eskandare said:

The Gunboat is on the Boat!

Dear I say . . . . it's "On the GUN - boat!!"

I'll get my cloak . . . .

41 minutes ago, FTS Gecko said:

Someone needs to track down FFG's cargo ship and stick some XX-23 Thread Tracers on there. Find out it's name. Find out it's location. I want daily progress reports.

I mean, it's technically doable. The tricky part is knowing which ship it's on. I can get live reports after that.

2 hours ago, FTS Gecko said:

Someone needs to track down FFG's cargo ship and stick some XX-23 Thread Tracers on there. Find out it's name. Find out it's location. I want daily progress reports.

1 hour ago, NakedDex said:

I mean, it's technically doable. The tricky part is knowing which ship it's on. I can get live reports after that.

I can rephrase this thread a bit......

Darth Gecko: Track those ships Captain, no mater their position or speed. I want them located now.

Captain Dex: They are in route here and we have been told by the senate that they should arrive any day, Lord Gecko. Considering the amount of damage our faction has sustained from their absence, they must be making a hyperspace jump to our location.

Darth Gecko: No, Captain. They're out there, but perhaps they're not in route as quick as you assume they are. I want every ship available to sweep all areas until they are found.

.....

(time passes, force choke ensues)

.....

Darth Gecko: Apology accepted, Captain Dex.

Am I technically cannon now?

Where am I in that story?

The Last Jedi Gunboat?

Looks more like a drop shuttle to me.

1 hour ago, Dwing said:

The Last Jedi Gunboat?

Now that would make a blue screen in my mind.

I’m hoping the points work for 2 heavy hitting StarWings and a Silencer

2 minutes ago, Lobokai said:

I’m hoping the points work for 2 heavy hitting StarWings and a Silencer

Kylo, in most of his builds, seems to end up mid-40s in value.

What can you do with a 26-27 point gunboat?

I strongly suspect we're looking at Rho with manglers and EPT by that point.

1 hour ago, Dwing said:

The Last Jedi Gunboat?

Just checked the trailer, this isn't shopp'd. (1:39, blink and you miss it)

The fin angles and sizes certainty look familiar...

3 minutes ago, Rakaydos said:

Kylo, in most of his builds, seems to end up mid-40s in value.

What can you do with a 26-27 point gunboat?

I strongly suspect we're looking at Rho with manglers and EPT by that point.

Assuming Rho has an EPT, remember, we only tend to get EPT generics in "Aces" packs, not the original releases. If it does have an EPT though, then Crackshot would pair well with manglers and Kylo.

1 hour ago, Dwing said:

The Last Jedi Gunboat?

I hope so! It's about time the best Imperial ship in the history of time and space got some screen time!

1 minute ago, HolySorcerer said:

Assuming Rho has an EPT, remember, we only tend to get EPT generics in "Aces" packs, not the original releases. If it does have an EPT though, then Crackshot would pair well with manglers and Kylo.

I disagree. Tie SF elite had an EPT, and so did the TAP.

Tie Aggressor didn't, but I blame turreted Ruthlessness for that. And the Upsilon was a shuttle- we're lucky Kylo got an EPT.