The missile boat had those pods and a slam. Tough shields and a very weak laser which you were not supposed to use.
Do you think the SLAM action almost guarantees the Missile Boat?
The missile boat had those pods and a slam. Tough shields and a very weak laser which you were not supposed to use.
Of course you did. Extra juice for transferring to the shields and for the SLAM.
Re. TIE Fighter - theres still several ships and vessels outstanding. Assault Gunboat, TIE Avenger, T-Wing, R-41 Starchaser, Stormtrooper Transport, Assault Transport, Escort Shuttle, Muurian Transport, Escort Transport, System Patrol Craft, Spy Craft,...
They'd all fit perfectly into 1/270.
It's not just up to them. Disney has to say yes and the gunboat doesn't really fit the rest of the imperial designs.
Well that's perfect! Missile Boat and Star Wing for Empire, R41 for Scum, and Twing for Rebels.
Well that's perfect! Missile Boat and Star Wing for Empire, R41 for Scum, and Twing for Rebels.
The T Wing is rubbish, the only people who request it for rebels are people who don't play rebels
So much rubbish that they sold all the T wings.
That's why t-wing for scum!
I play rebels and I want the T-Wing. I also want the R-41 as well, but if I were to bet money I'd expect them in scum hands, since they're gobbling up slots in expansion waves. *sigh*
My upset Re: Missile Boat and slam is this:
If the Slam mechanic turns out making the Missile Boat somehow un-viable, then I'll consider it yet another sadly wasted opportunity. There's quite a few things that started in TIE Fighter that have not had justifiable, or at least satisfactory, depictions. The TIE Defender does not perform up to its cost. Proton Rockets don't snap corvettes in half. Advanced Proton Torpedoes are ridiculously short ranged.
For once I'd like to see some upgrade or ability that reflects how it performed in the flight simulator, at least passingly.
It is disappointing to see the K-Wing debut with the SLAM system and not the Missile Boat. The K-Wing happened a couple years later in publication after the MB appeared in TIE Fighter with SLAM, and the MB was specifically designed to take advantage of SLAM while on the K-Wing, it was an afterthought (A SLAM-Like system, rather than SLAM by name I think).
And heh, rather than the Missile Boat to compete with the K-Wing we have the TIE Punisher. A bulky TIE Bomber inexplicably with Boost, in spite of the increased mass. Nevermind that the Missile Boat, like all TIE Fighter craft, could take any kind of ordnance. Even Bombs.
And heh, rather than the Missile Boat to compete with the K-Wing we have the TIE Punisher. A bulky TIE Bomber inexplicably with Boost, in spite of the increased mass. Nevermind that the Missile Boat, like all TIE Fighter craft, could take any kind of ordnance. Even Bombs.
At least we now know the explanation for that, though.
A TIE-only upgrade, which FFG apparently wanted to include a pair of in this wave to help the ailing TIE squadrons, kinda requires it be on a TIE chassis. So that nixes the Gunboat, at least for now.
(Still, it would have been easy enough to clearly name the Scimitar Assault Bomber as a 'TIE: Assault Bomber' and get the same effect - it sits in the same design space)