Any time a game developer references opportunity cost as part of balance, it makes me happy.

As for the Interceptor upgrade, I'm expecting Autothrusters to be the magic bullet. Maybe it's something to do with reducing enemy attack dice when out of their primary arc.

Their mention of titles specifically, in the context of the Advanced, made me happy. Titles seem like the perfect way to make the Advanced a super interesting ship. There's potential for three or four distinct titles that each would give their own special flavor to the Advanced, and would be a great thing to include in an Imperial Prototypes box set.

I'm gonna say it's something like a defensive Outmaneuver. When defending from outside an attacker's primary firing arc you may roll one additional defense dice.

Well I am one happy bunny now. I want to meet those guys, shake their hands, and give them money.

They said the Star Viper expansion pack for that magic interceptor lover upgrade.

The only one i think i don't know what it is, is the "Calcu..."

Cool stuff:

Scyk= seek

Awareness of the lameness of Milenium Fortress

Stop the blocking debate. Finally.

Good to hear faction identity. S&V get tricks, traps, combos, and less PS "than the rebels". I hope traps= deployment tricks and battle field manipulation.

Ships:

Advanced- we already knew they were fixing it...still don't have a time frame. I'm betting on titles to fix it (they mentioned titles a few times).

Hwk- stealing is very villainous. Less Scumy (that's still the rebels). They also me toon jamming...hoping that's not literal.

Star Viper- tricky. My bet is someway to manipulate facing/arcs, the whole upright flight thing...I worry about an upgrade that comes with it for interceptors... If its not a mod then it's just as good for phantoms and 2-3 other ships and not really an interceptor fix.

M4-A- sounds awesome. Sounds like it's everything the z was supposed to be: customizable. An awing with a cannon sounds pretty **** fun. Also makes me think it will have a new cannon with it (they mention "other" upgrades that help the defender).

Firespray- same value. Good to hear. Boba the Beast! Also good to hear. Confirms they will reprint pilots. I'm betting on a free TL acquire during placement and a free reroll attacking or defending when he has a TL.

Great Video. Would love to see more.

The interceptor one is an EPT.

The interceptor one is an EPT.

They could be talking about bodyguard.

Could be, i just don't see that bodyguard EPT that good with an interceptor with the range 1 requirement, so i directly ruled it out.

at around 16:37, did they just drop a little hintette that they will be improving the TIE Advanced with a Title card?

Firespray- same value. Good to hear. Boba the Beast! Also good to hear. Confirms they will reprint pilots. I'm betting on a free TL acquire during placement and a free reroll attacking or defending when he has a TL.

How are you reading this and haven't seen what the new boba is?

Here's the card:

I just realized those s-foils or whatever they are happen to be in landing mode...

based on art alone in guessing the card got interceptors is inertial dampners.

Inertial dampeners is an illegal upgrade, so not fittable in interceptors.

It must be the other upgrade:

"AUTOTH---", presumably "autothrusters" or something like that.

that was my second guess. The dampners show a ship that can fire a direction other than forward getting hit from behind.

This is a great, great interview throughout.

But I particularly love Alex's extended comments about turrets… mostly because it's what KineticOperator and I have already both said at length.

Nvm , you are right guys, i am dumb!

The interceptor one is an EPT.

They could be talking about bodyguard.

Could be, i just don't see that bodyguard EPT that good with an interceptor with the range 1 requirement, so i directly ruled it out.

Bodyguard is scum only EPT.

What I think they mean is those 2x "Autoth..." cards. I'm guessing "Autothrusters".

And if I am seeing right, Autothrusters are modification cards. Italic "M" below the card name.

I speculate the Scum HWKs can jam the turrets to to be forward arc only.

Wow great interview... They really seem to be taking note of the community, paying attention to tournaments and general play as well... just overall doing a pretty great job with this game imho. After being a GW fan for most of my life, this particular game is a real breath of fresh air.

Glad to hear the Advanced is getting fixed.... I am hoping, based on nothing but hoping, that they will release a Tie Avenger model that contains the upgrade cards that could all be cross compatible with Tie Advanced while still leaving something unique to the Avenger too. To me, that would be the most awesome solution

I think everything they have been doing so far is great for the most part, but my overall wishlist would be -

1. (As mentioned) Tie Avenger with advanced compatible upgrades

2. Imperial Epic ship or two

3. start releasing accesories, especially a bag of spare flight stems in particular, but also bases, ability to buy cards either individually or by pack.

Anyways... very cool and encouraging interview!

This is a great, great interview throughout.

But I particularly love Alex's extended comments about turrets… mostly because it's what KineticOperator and I have already both said at length.

It sounds like they read the forums so they were probably just regurgitating what you wrote.

I wouldn't presume that far, actually; those are clearly bright guys who are thinking a lot about the game and how elements fit with one another.

They said that mod in the StarViper will be a fix for the interceptor. Glad to hear that.

that's what I was thinking as well

This is a great, great interview throughout.

But I particularly love Alex's extended comments about turrets… mostly because it's what KineticOperator and I have already both said at length.

It sounds like they read the forums so they were probably just regurgitating what you wrote.

I wouldn't presume that far, actually; those are clearly bright guys who are thinking a lot about the game and how elements fit with one another.

Part of these guy's job is to play X-wing every day, and so I remain mystified every time I see threads that purport to inform the designers of the "issues" in X-wing, whether it's the perceived dominance of certain builds/ships, or the brokenness of others. Hopefully this can put to rest some of the harsher criticisms which use words like "dumb," "lazy," or "cash grab."

You don't have to think that everything is perfect in X-wing to see that the game is in good hands, and that they are doing their best to make it better and better.

Maybe. But I thought it was interesting that the IG-2000 will have the same dual cannon slots and systems upgrade as my homebrew version. And the Scyk is simmilar to a TIE fighter but uses a title to add secondardy weapons as I've posted several times, although My idea was 3 seperate titles.

Plus the whole IG-88A,B,C,D thing you did. They blaterz copied you.

That comment about the HWK....

HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE

That comment about the HWK....

HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYPE

Yeah, I'm pretty psyched about Scum HWKs.

The commments on the Advanced and Title upgrades bode well, I think ... I'm more of a Defender-kind of guy when it comes to my Imperial elites but to get it back out there will be good (despite that I'm hoping its not getting a merger of the TIE Advanced and TIE Avenger, though I don't need another Imperial starfighter per se)

I'm also excited on how they are going to buff the T/I via the Star Viper without closing an opening on the Phantom...

Speculating here: imperial epic with tie advanced "aces" like the rebel transport and x wing.

1. (As mentioned) Tie Avenger with advanced compatible upgrades

What would be cool is a model for the Avenger and a model for the Inquisitors Advanced that both count as tie Advanceds, along with unique Avenger Title, Inquisitor Title and X1 title that each change the ship in a different way

Ya! That is pretty much exactly what I meant... though I was unaware the Inquisitor flew an advanced... *sounds of googling*, I think it would be a great solution that would make the Extra ships worth buying on multiple levels...