Hey guys, finally finished the article. Sorry if I took too long. I had a busy day and Word Press was being stupid. Thanks for your patience.

LINK TO THE ARTICLE HERE

Nice work! I do like knowing that they envisioned tournaments as being objective-based, or being something other than the 100 point death match.

I also like knowing that Alex Davey specifically steals my ideas to implement, while calling the ideas of those who disagree with me "bad ones".

Again, I find this extremely interesting. Thank you for taking the time to record as much as you did.

Never really thought of an E-Wing/TIE Defender 'aces' pack, but since he apparently brought it up...

...a shame he doesn't get to pick the releases, because that would be a dang nice one!

I am happy to hear that bombers are getting some love (I won't call it a fix, cause I don't think they are nearly as bad as people think). They will be what I fly Wednesday night now in the honor of this posting if I don't have scum in my hands. I keep wanting to play a heavy hitting rhymer build...

Now ordnance, sure, that will be a fix I will look forward to

About Bombers:

They're not bad. No one thinks so. That just need a bit of love, so Alex is going to take the Bomber on a date night. A nice dinner, a good show, some good ordnance, maybe a nice pilot or two...

You know, just for variety. To keep things from getting stale.

BOMB LOVE <3

Never really thought of an E-Wing/TIE Defender 'aces' pack, but since he apparently brought it up...

...a shame he doesn't get to pick the releases, because that would be a dang nice one!

I would still like an official Battle of Yavin mission pack with new pilots for Wave 1 and new upgrades.

Have tiles that act like the trench and exhaust port or flip them over to be Landing strip and masari base for an alternative mission (Evacuation of Yavin)

Ah i love a lot of things he said there.

1. Bombs and Bombers get some love? Great! I just hope it's also Torpedo and missile love with that!

2. They listen to the forums. Good. I hope they listen to reasonable people though, but they seem to do if i read the rest of what he says.

3. The X-Wing needs (a) boost. I don't care which he meant. If it gets boost, great! If it gets A boost meaning a buff, also great! By the way this proves that they in fact don't listen to the miserable bunch of imperial fanboys and bandwagoners dominating this forum. i have read so much nonsense about this topic its unbelievable. They denied reality, now i hope they enjoy being proven wrong!

more pilots for defenders and e-wings (plus a -2 discount on canons for the defenders) would be a really good thing. Thanks for taking your time to write it all down, it was a very interesting read!

Ah i love a lot of things he said there.

3. The X-Wing needs (a) boost. I don't care which he meant. If it gets boost, great! If it gets A boost meaning a buff, also great! By the way this proves that they in fact don't listen to the miserable bunch of imperial fanboys and bandwagoners dominating this forum. i have read so much nonsense about this topic its unbelievable. They denied reality, now i hope they enjoy being proven wrong!

The only thing the X-wing needs is Rogue Squadron... *all* of Rogue Squadron.

That was extremely interesting to read. Nice one.

Talk of a Defender/E-Wing pack is nice. I'd love to see some attention to those two ships.

Never really thought of an E-Wing/TIE Defender 'aces' pack, but since he apparently brought it up...

...a shame he doesn't get to pick the releases, because that would be a dang nice one!

I'm pretty sure Alex was one the design team for wave 4. I find it interesting he feels 2 ships from that wave need aces, even though we are less then a year since thier release.

Wait...am I going mad or does the image in the OP show the bomb chute coming from the pilot pod?

Wave 7 will be the bomb? K-Wings and Missile Boats (Or assault gunboats) coming this way... With ordnances fixes.

Excellent write-up!

Glad to see the right ships are getting the right amount of attention....now I can't wait for my X-Wing nudge

"They'd be stepping on Organised Platos" What does a Greek philosopher have to do with anything? I jest, just how I read it.

From a business perspective, FFG would be crazy NOT to look at these forums. Their target market, feeding invaluable product information on their own website. Most companies pay top dollar for this kind of information/market research. Whilst it is refreshing, I'm honestly surprised we don't see any advertising or self-promotion on here too.

Great news regarding ordnance though. I think it really needs a little breathe of life.

Thanks for taking the time to write this up. It is very appreciated!

Wow! A defender E-wing pack. I would so want that.

All defenders would get an ept just like the fluff.

Nice article!

Thanks for taking the time. I know you collected online questions. It takes a lot to type it all up for everyone and I appreciate it.

I am going to guess that the Tie Bomber fix will be a title that does one of two things. It either lets you get a free TL at the beginning of combat or it reduces the price of ordnance. Just a guess, but that's what I'm thinking.

Love all the rest of it. It would be cool to see objective based games. It would move beyond just most efficient death matches.

Outstanding article man! Looking forward to the audio interview.

thanks for the shout out BTW!

It's nice that he acknowledges Math Wing stuff. I'd love to hear their opinion on Tournament Organizers. I've heard talk of having certified TOs and it would be nice to get people on the same page with how they are run. Not to mention getting everyone familiar with some nice software to run the events (not that I have some personal agenda in that one, wink wink nudge nudge).

Talk of a Defender/E-Wing pack is nice. I'd love to see some attention to those two ships.

Not saying you are making this mistake, but I wanted to try and head the Chinese whispers off at the pass.

He did NOT say a Defender/E-Wing pack was being planned or in development. He said that he, personally, thought it would be a neat thing to do.

I just don't want to read 3 months from now that "One of the designers said wave 8 was going to be an e-wing/defender aces pack". That ISN'T what just happened.

Great article. Can't wait to see the video.

I don't know why he said they can't just reduce the price of ordnance. They can do a modification that does a blanket -1 point reduction to all ordnance equipped, or something that reduces the price of a second torp or missile. There is already precedent as they simply reduced the price of the A-wing. Problem with the Bombers/ Y-wings is that taking that second missile makes them super expensive. Even a lowly Scimitar is 24 points with 2 proton torps. That puts them into Doom Shuttle, 2 Academy Pilot, and now Tie Advanced range. All those can probably put out as much damage or more reliable damage.

I do love flying Bombers and it will be nice to make them a bit more viable. They are probably one of the best models FFG has produced.

The mention of an E-wing and Defender Aces is very interesting. I think they realize that they over costed both ships, and especially the generics. Really the only pilot you see often out of both ships is Corran Horn. Both PS 3s need an EPT. The others are pretty rare in the tourney scene. I think Defenders will be even rarer once the Raider hits. I hope we see this one!

Pretty certain we will see the Xg-1. However, it will be interesting to see what we get out of Scum and Rebels. They have pretty much exhausted the more prevalent Rebel fighters. After the E-wing it gets really obscure and weird. I hope the new movies have some decent looking new starfighters. I don't want to see K-wings on the table. There is still a ton out there for Scum. Undoubtedly, we will likely get a turret wielding scum ship to keep the factions even. I'd like to see them explore ships with different firing arcs or even different size bases.

I can see them releasing the upgraded Episode VII X-wing as an expansion, but I don't know if there is the design space. How do you make it that much different from the X-wing and E-wings we have now?