Banhammer. The simplest way to fix fat turrets (and the meta)

By KineticOperator, in X-Wing

Not really you double stress fel he soon becomes predictable and focus alone won't keep him up.

Yes he might sometimes lose games. Since he'll be in nearly all of them that is inevitable.

yeah i can see Fel dominating in a small ships only environment.

I have found the best games i've played have consisted of either huge epic battles with lots of big base ships or smaller dogfights with all small base ships.

I've found that large base ships in the 100 point format quite often lead to a less interesting game.

Mainly as there are fewer pieces moving and its a slog to kill anything.

(Shrugs) if people had more arcs, fel wouldn't be a problem. He's still got a frail frame, just give him a barrage and he will waiver if you catch him, key difference is that his support wouldn't be a gigantic 16 wound turret that somehow obtains incredible evasion ability. I find such evasion granting cards silly, ships should either have or not have it.

Naturally new ships will rise to the top of a different meta, all games with a variety of different pilots will have a naturally elite pilot set, key difference is the game would go to being about dogfighting, like it should have been untended to.

Edited by LordBritish

Are you saying the way to deal with a lack of variety is to reduce the pool of available pilots and upgrades after every tournament?

Do you know what sarcasm is?

"You were supposed to bring balance to the meta, not leave it in darkness!"

Dice are a lie, there is only Fat Han.

Through Fat Han I gain the initiative.

Through the initiative, I gain Fel.

Through Fel, I gain victory.

Through victory, my squad is broken.

The Meta shall set me free.

"You were supposed to bring balance to the meta, not leave it in darkness!"

Dice are a lie, there is only Fat Han.

Through Fat Han I gain the initiative.

Through the initiative, I gain Fel.

Through Fel, I gain victory.

Through victory, my squad is broken.

The Meta shall set me free.

you just won the internets!

First you people want to pluralize math, and now the Internet? For shame. You'd think the people who invented English would be better caretakers of their own language.

Edited by WonderWAAAGH

I vote for HWKs and Shuttles as the only ships that can be played by each faction. Perfect meta right there.

I have a Scum HWK/Y-wing list that's currently trolling my local meta. No BTL-A4, either...

Edited by caelenvasius

wait a tic I'm having a hard time separating the serious from the sarcasm (not on the banhammer part obv)

is this game really so poorly balanced that giving turrets the boot would devolve it into Fel everywhere? He is not an easy ship to fly, you know, and he's certainly no old whisper.

Edited by ficklegreendice

wait a tic I'm having a hard time separating the serious from the sarcasm (not on the banhammer part obv)

is this game really so poorly balanced that giving turrets the boot would devolve it into Fel everywhere? He is not an easy ship to fly, you know, and he's certainly no old whisper.

Well, you'll need something to complain about once turrets are gone.

wait a tic I'm having a hard time separating the serious from the sarcasm (not on the banhammer part obv)

is this game really so poorly balanced that giving turrets the boot would devolve it into Fel everywhere? He is not an easy ship to fly, you know, and he's certainly no old whisper.

Well, you'll need something to complain about once turrets are gone.

seems legit

though I'd think for certain it'd be the IGs :P

personally love playing against IGs, it's a really tense war of positioning and forethought

Are you saying the way to deal with a lack of variety is to reduce the pool of available pilots and upgrades after every tournament?

Do you know what sarcasm is?

Usually indicated through tone of voice, ie: unsuitable for text-based media without heavy context.

First you people want to pluralize math, and now the Internet? For shame. You'd think the people who invented English would be better caretakers of their own language.

Thou speaketh like ye known thy tongue since first spoketh :P

Edited by Marinealver

wait a tic I'm having a hard time separating the serious from the sarcasm (not on the banhammer part obv)

is this game really so poorly balanced that giving turrets the boot would devolve it into Fel everywhere? He is not an easy ship to fly, you know, and he's certainly no old whisper.

Well, you'll need something to complain about once turrets are gone.

seems legit

though I'd think for certain it'd be the IGs :P

personally love playing against IGs, it's a really tense war of positioning and forethought

Well, I guess the only solution is to house rule jar jar blinks into every battle, then everyone will deny x-wing ever existed! Xd

Edited by LordBritish

I think it's a great idea! Then we could have balloons instead of miniatures and we could give each other hugs instead of competing! Scratch that! At that point we'd all have to 'fly casual' and just compliment each other before hugging! But what to call it?...