Hi All,

So I seem to have 3 XI-7 cards which make sense because i have 3 Nebs that I've picked up. But was wondering was there an XI-7 card that came with the core box?

If so .. hmm drat .. guess I'm missing one.

O well, just wondering!

Thanks!

Hi All,

So I seem to have 3 XI-7 cards which make sense because i have 3 Nebs that I've picked up. But was wondering was there an XI-7 card that came with the core box?

If so .. hmm drat .. guess I'm missing one.

O well, just wondering!

Thanks!

XI7 are only in the nebulon expansion, so I assumed you've got 4 with the core and the 3 you've bought? Which would give you 3 copies of the card, and also 3 of mon mothma/salvation/yavaris for example.

Hi All,

So I seem to have 3 XI-7 cards which make sense because i have 3 Nebs that I've picked up. But was wondering was there an XI-7 card that came with the core box?

If so .. hmm drat .. guess I'm missing one.

O well, just wondering!

Thanks!

XI7 are only in the nebulon expansion, so I assumed you've got 4 with the core and the 3 you've bought? Which would give you 3 copies of the card, and also 3 of mon mothma/salvation/yavaris for example.

Mothma came in the CR90 expansion.

Hi All,

So I seem to have 3 XI-7 cards which make sense because i have 3 Nebs that I've picked up. But was wondering was there an XI-7 card that came with the core box?

If so .. hmm drat .. guess I'm missing one.

O well, just wondering!

Thanks!

XI7 are only in the nebulon expansion, so I assumed you've got 4 with the core and the 3 you've bought? Which would give you 3 copies of the card, and also 3 of mon mothma/salvation/yavaris for example.

Mothma came in the CR90 expansion.

Knew I was wrong which is why I put the titles after :\

Cool thanks! Nice to know I'm not actually missing something!

There'll be one in the Liberty expansion which they're just about to announce. Right FFG?!

There'll be one in the Liberty expansion which they're just about to announce. Right FFG?!

would also like to see flight controllers

You have to admit, it's clever on their part...put in probably the most sought after card for upgrading a ship into a "meh" cruiser in the grand scheme of things.

Whilst I'm tempted to buy a second Nebulon (even at 13 dollars) I think I'll pass...

You have to admit, it's clever on their part...put in probably the most sought after card for upgrading a ship into a "meh" cruiser in the grand scheme of things.

Whilst I'm tempted to buy a second Nebulon (even at 13 dollars) I think I'll pass...

"Meh"? It's a Neb B! It's iconic!

Plus, the Nebs aren't half bad as many people think !

I was surprised when I fielded them in my last game : thanks to their double Brace, they can tank shots from an ISD's front arc at medium range in their side arcs. Only 1 for sure, but that's all you need in order to get to safety

3 Nebs can start to be redundant though

Plus, the Nebs aren't half bad as many people think !

I was surprised when I fielded them in my last game : thanks to their double Brace, they can tank shots from an ISD's front arc at medium range in their side arcs. Only 1 for sure, but that's all you need in order to get to safety

3 Nebs can start to be redundant though

Plus their front arc has as many reds as an ISD 1's!

Plus, the Nebs aren't half bad as many people think !

I was surprised when I fielded them in my last game : thanks to their double Brace, they can tank shots from an ISD's front arc at medium range in their side arcs. Only 1 for sure, but that's all you need in order to get to safety

3 Nebs can start to be redundant though

Plus their front arc has as many reds as an ISD 1's!

In my current meta filled with Ackbar, I see no Nebs. Last time I fielded two, the other guy was visibly distraught that his ISDs weren't able to finish them off. There is much trolling potential to be had with the Nebulon Bs !

Plus, the Nebs aren't half bad as many people think !

I was surprised when I fielded them in my last game : thanks to their double Brace, they can tank shots from an ISD's front arc at medium range in their side arcs. Only 1 for sure, but that's all you need in order to get to safety

3 Nebs can start to be redundant though

Plus, the Nebs aren't half bad as many people think !

I was surprised when I fielded them in my last game : thanks to their double Brace, they can tank shots from an ISD's front arc at medium range in their side arcs. Only 1 for sure, but that's all you need in order to get to safety

3 Nebs can start to be redundant though

I still plan on running a 6 Nebulon-B list. Just need to pick up my 6rh Nebulon-B

I'm more of a combined arms person myself, but I dig your idea and will take the hat off if you make it work !

I take back what I said about the Nebulon....I pretty much chased down/owned an ISD with one last night. Nible and deadly if it's a Salvation build.

Not down with owning 3 (well 4) just to get a bunch of X-17 cards.

Yet when the ebay bozo's are slinging them for 9 bucks a pop...it's almost silly to not buy a neb pack from mini market.

Lol. I look at Nebs kind of like Glads. You can't own just one. Besides I've been known to host mega games of 600pt a side on a 4x6 surface.

It's nice that Armada continues to scale up at that size and also works as a team play (2 on 2) since at that point range its way more than one person can handle.

Tactics like Rhymer can't cover the whole table....

Lol. I look at Nebs kind of like Glads. You can't own just one. Besides I've been known to host mega games of 600pt a side on a 4x6 surface.

It's nice that Armada continues to scale up at that size and also works as a team play (2 on 2) since at that point range its way more than one person can handle.

Tactics like Rhymer can't cover the whole table....

I have to say, I really want to play a 600 points game to be able to field my entire armies. It's cool to be able to choose between different builds, but even 400 points is starting to feel on the restrictive side

I have to agree with the idea that the Neb is a undeservedly maligned ship. Not only is it's three red front arc pretty awesome but it is a front arc rebel ship in a faction that is broadside heavy. Not only that but the title cards are all very good, it's often hard to choose between them.

On the other hand I have to say that I find XI-7s to be sort of meh. For one point more TRCs are awesome, at the 6 point slot I prefer Heavy Turbolasers, frankly the XX-9s at 5 points rank higher for me than XI-7s. Maybe its my meta but I find it hard to see why XI-7 are so sought after.

Certainly your meta. X-17 are awesome. Focused damage that can't really be redirected is awesome. Can't possible understand how you more experienced players are missing this so very fundamental card. It comes with its own accuracy in a sense. Take out the brace with sensor team, Intel officer, home one, SW-7 etc cards that make sure the brace is taken care of and 3,4,5,6,7,8 smacks right through.

If I had to pick on card in the game underpriced right now it would be them. When you play a person who uses them right you'll come around my friends. They are evil...pure EVIL!

I have to agree with the idea that the Neb is a undeservedly maligned ship. Not only is it's three red front arc pretty awesome but it is a front arc rebel ship in a faction that is broadside heavy. Not only that but the title cards are all very good, it's often hard to choose between them.

I concur. The Nebulon-B is a very capable ship, especially (or perhaps even more strongly primarily) with one of its three excellent titles. It's probably one of the harder Rebel ships to pilot well due to its big vulnerable flanks and no Redirects (and the fact that it doesn't like broadsiding) and so it seems Rebel players give up on it quickly, but it gets work done.

On the other hand I have to say that I find XI-7s to be sort of meh. For one point more TRCs are awesome, at the 6 point slot I prefer Heavy Turbolasers, frankly the XX-9s at 5 points rank higher for me than XI-7s. Maybe its my meta but I find it hard to see why XI-7 are so sought after.

XI7s are good when you can rely on locking down the Brace with Accuracy results, as most heavier ships are counting on Brace+Redirect; you take one out of the equation altogether and cripple the remaining option. I tend to see it more often in fleets that are relying on heavily upgraded ships, as they're trying to make their limited but more powerful attacks get around the problems of defense tokens being better the fewer attacks are thrown at individual ships. I don't think they're a brain-dead choice (especially now with competition from Heavy Turbolaser Turrets, Turbolaser Reroute Circuits, and to a much lesser extent Slaved Turrets [mostly on Salvation]) but they're pretty common and thus kind of boring. As their prevalence goes up, so too does the prevalence of Electronic Countermeasures and you get a kind of doom cycle where people insist that unless a ship can field Electronic Countermeasures it effectively hits the table already destroyed (someone should tell this to Imperial commanders doing well in tournaments not running only ISD-IIs).

I'm a supporter of changing the XI7s vs. Advanced Projectors interaction back to its previous form (where you could Redirect up to one damage point per hull zone) if only to ensure the meta has some kind of soft counter to the mindless XI7 spam I see included in the mindless Assault Frigate spam conga line Ackbar lists. It's not unbeatable, it's just so boring.

I have to agree with the idea that the Neb is a undeservedly maligned ship. Not only is it's three red front arc pretty awesome but it is a front arc rebel ship in a faction that is broadside heavy. Not only that but the title cards are all very good, it's often hard to choose between them.

I concur. The Nebulon-B is a very capable ship, especially (or perhaps even more strongly primarily) with one of its three excellent titles. It's probably one of the harder Rebel ships to pilot well due to its big vulnerable flanks and no Redirects (and the fact that it doesn't like broadsiding) and so it seems Rebel players give up on it quickly, but it gets work done.

This. All three titles are great, especially at 400 points where you can build around one (or two) of them.

I'll also add that if you're looking to spam a counter-meta ship, they're a good one. They're cheap (up to 6 Escorts/7 Refits in 400 point lists), throw lots of reds (front or rear) and blues (Escort AA flack), have a good maneuver chart, good speed, double-brace (Home One is suddenly not enough), no redirects (sorry Xi7s), can take turbolaser upgrades (Xi7s, HTTs, Slaved, TRCs), a fairly responsive command stack but can take Garm tokens, Escorts can act as spot-carriers in a pinch... there's lots to love. There's also lots to work around (you don't want to take prolonged fire on any hull, but especially sides). But in a world of AFIIs and MC-80s, they're also an easy target to discount on the battlefield, especially if you hide them behind your more powerful ships, or make sure the approach to the Neb is in other more potent arcs (or that five neb front-arcs are covering the same approach...).

Is a Neb spam more potent than spamming Ackbar AFIIs with GTs or CR-90As with TRCs? Eh, probably not. Will you get more satisfaction from trolling your opponent? As someone who played against a five-Neb spam the other night, I can tell you the answer is 1000% "yes."