I find Home One more broken than Ackbar. The extra dice are nice and really useful to lay down the hurt but Home One lets one of your misses (Which you probably have 1 if you throw 5 dice) into a ACC which kills the Brace for Vics, Glads and ISD I. Even the ISD II if they didn't take ECMs. Sure you have shields but 4 damage is 4 damage, and if focused down in 2-3 turns the ISD is gone or a Vic in 2 turns. Throw in the XI7s and you've just made all the defence tokens useless.

Having played a few more times, i agree. 2 extra Reds is great, but Home One is LETHAL.

Ships seem great, but I see a lot of new upgrade cards that will see limited use (at best).

I'm thinking that a lot of the new stuff is setting the game up or MUCH more tactical importance and depth. Take the points on how deadly ackbar and home one are: best solution? "Flank" the rebel warships by getting in their front or rear arcs. Use objectives to force their hand so that you can exploit your strengths and mitigate theirs.

It sounds fun; but still scary with how deadly a 5 red dice with guaranteed accuracy can be...especially when they'll likely get two before I get my black dice :\

Wave 2 is going to be a lot of fun!

sick paint job on those rebel ships!

SOOOOO PRETTY! . . . .I am now jealous. . . and now must do something like this. . . I think Purple works. . . hmmmmm

Got my first game in with the Wave 2 ships from Massing At Sullust today, wrote up a list for either side from my collection:

Rebel, 400pts:

SHIP: MC80 Assault Cruiser 114

Admiral Ackbar 38

Advanced Projectors 6

Home One 7

Total Points: 165

SHIP: Assault Frigate Mark II B 72

Gunnery Team 7

Electronic Countermeasures 7

Enhanced Armament 10

Total Points: 96

SHIP: CR90a Corellian Corvette 44

Slaved Turrets 6

Total Points: 50

SHIP: CR90a Corellian Corvette 44

Slaved Turrets 6

Total Points: 50

SHIP: X-wing Squadron 13

SHIP: X-wing Squadron 13

SHIP: X-wing Squadron 13

Advanced Gunnery

Fire Lanes

Dangerous Territory

Empire, 399 pts

SHIP: Imperial II-class Star Destroyer 120

Darth Vader 36

Veteran Captain 3

Gunnery Team 7

XX-9 Turbolasers 5

Relentless 3

Total Points: 174

SHIP: Victory I-class Star Destroyer 73

Admiral Chiraneau 10

Boosted Comms 4

Total Points: 87

SHIP: Victory I-class Star Destroyer 73

H9 Turbolasers 8

Warlord 8

Total Points: 89

SHIP: Major Rhymer TIE Bomber Squadron 16

SHIP: TIE Bomber Squadron 9

SHIP: TIE Advanced Squadron 12

SHIP: TIE Advanced Squadron 12

Precision Strike

Contested Outpost

Superior Positions

My opponent was using Empire, he chose to be first player and selected my Dangerous Territory objective.

It looked for a while like he might have been able to finish me. One Corvette took a Ruptured Engine at speed 4, my MC80 got caught in a deadlock with a VSD, and my Assault Frigate came close to flying off the edge.

However his ISD was now out of the fight, my MC80 used its broadside to finish off Warlord and my Assault Frigate managed to steer inside the play area and finished off the VSD my MC80 had been stuck ramming.

Wave 2 is going to be a lot of fun!

Black Rebel ships? Seriously? Thats almost as good as stealth devices

The black areas really need a lighter drybrush and after that highlighting on all areas. It looks too flat this way.

Black Rebel ships? Seriously? Thats almost as good as stealth devices

The black areas really need a lighter drybrush and after that highlighting on all areas. It looks too flat this way.

Yeah, they've got a dark grey drybrush over them that's not very obvious in these photos, and the MC80 and one of the CR90s definitely need a bit more to help pick up the details of the hull.

I painted my AFmk2 up as a potato.

My 'Dodonna's pride' CR90 is a rainbow.

I have already chosen to paint my MC30 as a shrimp.

After seeing your battle report, I've decided I'm going to paint my MC80 like a turd.

After seeing your battle report, I've decided I'm going to paint my MC80 like a turd.

Funny thing is, any thing I try to paint ends up looking like a turd. That's why I like prepainted stuff

After seeing your battle report, I've decided I'm going to paint my MC80 like a turd.

Funny thing is, any thing I try to paint ends up looking like a turd. That's why I like prepainted stuff

can't say I like the black/bright colored paint job on those rebel ships. Looks too much like some cheap toy that way. On the pictures the color choice augments the plastic look of the models and details are lost in the blackness

I prefer the look of the VSD they're battling.

But hey, if Akhrin likes his ships that way, it's his right ofcourse.

can't say I like the black/bright colored paint job on those rebel ships. Looks too much like some cheap toy that way. On the pictures the color choice augments the plastic look of the models and details are lost in the blackness

I prefer the look of the VSD they're battling.

But hey, if Akhrin likes his ships that way, it's his right ofcourse.

I'm pretty happy with the colours on the AF2 and the pink CR90, and liking where the MC80 is going, but it needs a bit more finishing. The red CR90 is still quite a long way off done, and I could definitely do with coming up with a plan to tone down the contrast between the red and the black.

VSDs manage the more uniform look with the grey repaint, while the purple markings on each let me customise each a bit within the theme. I'm both looking forward to and intimidated by doing the same on my ISD soon!