7 hours ago, Joe Censored said:

What if the unspoiled Gunboat cards have to do with a First Order refit, and that is why they can't release the full preview yet due to The Mouse wanting to keep some details of the new movie secret squirrel for now.....................................

What if the reason we're getting the Gunboat is to tie in with the new movie in the first place...............

Nay.

1 hour ago, FTS Gecko said:

Some one did that when the Force Awkaens trailer hit, so it's probably lost somewhere around the May/June 2015 mark in this topic, unless it fell victim to The Great Photobucket Debacle of 2017. It was more a case of wishful thinking than anything else, unlike the still from The Last Jedi which is, quite frankly, amazeballs.

What still?

7 minutes ago, Suriel said:

What still?

The one on the previous page.

8 hours ago, Alpha Xg1 said:

Hrmm...can't see it?

Help me!!

Can someone 'outline' where the wreckage is? I can partially see the solar panel from a TIE Fighter but I'm unable to see where this mysterious Five Winged Angel wreckage relic is?

It's in the bottom right half of the screen. A lambda lying on it's side

34 minutes ago, RufusDaMan said:

It's in the bottom right half of the screen. A lambda lying on it's side

Actually IIRC the part of the image which had been highlighted wasn't the Lambda at the bottom of the image, but a dark shape at the back of the hangar (top right). I can't remember who posted it when the trailer originally came out, but they zoomed & highlighted the area. Like I said, it was pretty wishful thinking.

Just now, FTS Gecko said:

Actually IIRC the part of the image which had been highlighted wasn't the Lambda at the bottom of the image, but a dark shape at the back of the hangar (top right). I can't remember who posted it when the trailer originally came out, but they zoomed & highlighted the area. Like I said, it was pretty wishful thinking.

Ah well.. we got a gunboat now. Its time for the FUNBOAT

1 hour ago, FTS Gecko said:

The one on the previous page.

OMG OMG OMG. I did not notice that earlier.

As much as I doubt it's the Five Winged Savior, hopes are built on GUNBOATS

54 minutes ago, Suriel said:

OMG OMG OMG. I did not notice that earlier.

As much as I doubt it's the Five Winged Savior, hopes are built on GUNBOATS

So rebellions are built on gunboats with the intermediary of Hope?

Yeah in the force awakens it is a shuttle.. but in that new film.. I dunno, it really does look like a GUNBOAT.

3 hours ago, RufusDaMan said:

So rebellions are built on gunboats with the intermediary of Hope?

Ironic, isn't it?

8 hours ago, FTS Gecko said:

...The Great Photobucket Debacle of 2017.

Isn't that every year, month, week, day? There is a reason I stick to imgur.

I just realized, ... yeh... just... that there has been a resurgence of art direction, with movies/tv, in honor of Ralph McQuarrie.

4 hours ago, RufusDaMan said:

So rebellions are built on gunboats with the intermediary of Hope?

So rebellions EMPIRES are built on gunboats with the intermediary of Hope?

(FTFY)

XW newbie here - been fun reading through this thread, but I have a question. I have a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket, and I wanted to pre-order Wave 12 (along with some other stuff).

How many Gunboats are folks planning on picking up? I know it's hard to say for sure without seeing everything in the pack, but was curious to hear what people are planning as it stands now. I was thinking of picking up two Gunboats, two Kimogilas and one Phantom II.

23 minutes ago, Maizrim said:

XW newbie here - been fun reading through this thread, but I have a question. I have a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket, and I wanted to pre-order Wave 12 (along with some other stuff).

How many Gunboats are folks planning on picking up? I know it's hard to say for sure without seeing everything in the pack, but was curious to hear what people are planning as it stands now. I was thinking of picking up two Gunboats, two Kimogilas and one Phantom II.

Glad you asked! One thing to note is that most of the people here are rabid Gunboat fans. Most of the people on this thread would likely show up to an X-Wing tournament with no shirts on, each one having a different letter painted on his chest, spelling out “GUNBOAT!!!”

I personally will buy four, for example, because I want to fly a Gunboat swarm. Some people here will probably buy twelve, to fly in Epic-sized games.

I’m pretty sure two will be fine, but it depends on the other cards in there (maybe we’ll get a spoiler article here soon). Cruise Missiles are great, and each Gunboat comes with one. Jamming beams are kinda meh, in my opinion, but if you want a ton of those, you’ll want more Gunboats. It’s unclear whether there’s any modifications in there that work on other stuff.

16 minutes ago, Maizrim said:

XW newbie here - been fun reading through this thread, but I have a question. I have a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket, and I wanted to pre-order Wave 12 (along with some other stuff).

How many Gunboats are folks planning on picking up? I know it's hard to say for sure without seeing everything in the pack, but was curious to hear what people are planning as it stands now. I was thinking of picking up two Gunboats, two Kimogilas and one Phantom II.

Hello, and welcome to the thread. I personally preordered four Alpha-class Star Wings, but it is really up to you. The reasoning behind my deployment is that Star Wings are often deployed in two groups of two, and I am hoping to do something with that. The Alpha-class Star Wing (aka. the Assault Gunboat), so far as I have seen, is a remarkable ship that will hopefully shift Empire meta toward better plays. Empire has been suffering much due its focus on power and less synergy, unlike Rebellion and Scum & Villainy factions.

3 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

Glad you asked! One thing to note is that most of the people here are rabid Gunboat fans. Most of the people on this thread would likely show up to an X-Wing tournament with no shirts on, each one having a different letter painted on his chest, spelling out “GUNBOAT!!!”

I personally will buy four, for example, because I want to fly a Gunboat swarm. Some people here will probably buy twelve, to fly in Epic-sized games.

I’m pretty sure two will be fine, but it depends on the other cards in there (maybe we’ll get a spoiler article here soon). Cruise Missiles are great, and each Gunboat comes with one. Jamming beams are kinda meh, in my opinion, but if you want a ton of those, you’ll want more Gunboats. It’s unclear whether there’s any modifications in there that work on other stuff.

Here, here, I'd be the "A" in Assault... okay... I may be a bit fanatical. @Maizrim, realistically speaking in the terms of game play, the Gunboat comes with some good cards, however, it depends on your play style and strategy that would determine what you plan on running with it. The Alpha-class Star Wing can be combined with a lot of different cards from other sets and often depends on play style. My play style is swarms and Ion missile/torpedo trickery along with thread tracers to get target locks. I do this with my TIE Advanceds. Two big actions the Gunboat have is SLAM and Reload. Making good use of that is key to some of the success of Alpha-class Star Wing.

1 hour ago, Maizrim said:

XW newbie here - been fun reading through this thread, but I have a question. I have a gift certificate burning a hole in my pocket, and I wanted to pre-order Wave 12 (along with some other stuff).

How many Gunboats are folks planning on picking up? I know it's hard to say for sure without seeing everything in the pack, but was curious to hear what people are planning as it stands now. I was thinking of picking up two Gunboats, two Kimogilas and one Phantom II.

I'm getting two.

1 hour ago, Eskandare said:

So rebellions EMPIRES are built on gunboats with the intermediary of Hope?

(FTFY)

Rebellions are built on hope. And the Empire is built on our strength.

Me and my sister came up with that, we're both mostly Empire players :3

@Maizrim what do you have already? In broad terms I’d say get two (I’m getting four, of course) and then run with RAC or some point fortress Ace... but a TIE/D or a Kylo could work too.

Just now, Lobokai said:

@Maizrim what do you have already? In broad terms I’d say get two (I’m getting four, of course) and then run with RAC or some point fortress Ace... but a TIE/D or a Kylo could work too.

Thanks for the replies! My question was my first ever post in the FFG forums, but it's been fun to read about the excitement of this ship. I appreciate the input - I may up it to 3 for now and get another at my FLGS. (they usually get one of each - it's mostly a MTG store)

As for my collection, I started playing this past May and through trades, some nice deals (eBay/B&N clearance), I now have everything but the Tantive IV. (it helped that I got out of Malifaux to jump start the collection funds)

As for what I've run so far, I have enjoyed playing Scum at first since they remind me of fleet building in Star Trek Attack Wing (long time STAW player, but that game is starting to tailspin with staggered release dates as they release new rulebook later this month) I enjoyed Scum because there's a lot of fun combos to be had - which is about 60% of your build usually in STAW.

I don't really have a favorite faction yet, and will try anything at least once - flew a fun Chopper/Ion Projector/Enhanced Scopes/Zeb/BoShek build over the weekend. Not sure I'd run it in our tournament next week though. (I'm in Krayt country, so it's been fun flying with some advanced players - best way to learn)

I'm looking like the majority of sorts in this bag of crazies @Maizrim, I too have four pre-ordered, though one is a gift...Three will be the only way to swarm these as they need their munitions and upgrades, I think.

Two is reasonable. I only need two so I can use them as new escorts for my Frankenstein Upsilon builds.

Welcome to the forums @Maizrim. Good choice of thread for your first post, too! I think I'll get 2 gunboats - I'm not quite as fanatical as some people here, and I only have a (rather tight) student budget. Enjoy playing this game, and don't forget to fly casual! and remember: Long Live the Emperor!

I ordered 3, and have 3 shapeways gunboats being painted.

One, because my second will be when they rerelease it in another pack with necessary fixes, mechanical or fluff, when they realize it is wrong/weak.