Dark Times Ahead?: No Wave on the Horizon?

By patox, in X-Wing

Frankly the Cygnus stuff always meshed really well with the capital ships for me...

Yep, it doesn't get much more Imperial than Cygnus Spaceworks...

Frankly the Cygnus stuff always meshed really well with the capital ships for me...

Yep, it doesn't get much more Imperial than Cygnus Spaceworks...

I never get tired of that scene. Especially the Lambda engine sound, but the cold clinical white ship with that raptor cockpit just exudes sinister authority.

For those counting, between the release of Wave 8 and the announcement of Wave 9, that was 77 days.

77 days in the dark. 77 days of not knowing what was going to happen next. 77 days of hair pulling.

So, does everyone think that Wave 9 will come out by Sept 30? That's the end of the 3rd quarter.

So, does everyone think that Wave 9 will come out by Sept 30? That's the end of the 3rd quarter.

The announcement said "late Q3". Considering that FFG had finished copies in hand at the UK Games Expo today, I have no reason to doubt that they'll be able to get it on store shelves during the next three months.

FFG had copies of Wave 9 for people to buy? Or were they prototypes?

So, does everyone think that Wave 9 will come out by Sept 30? That's the end of the 3rd quarter.

The announcement said "late Q3". Considering that FFG had finished copies in hand at the UK Games Expo today, I have no reason to doubt that they'll be able to get it on store shelves during the next three months.

Yeah. Without the printed and packed blisters, I would have guessed Q4 2016 optimistically and Q1 2017 realistically. If they're already on the boat, all bets are off--I wouldn't rule out a GenCon preview release with broad release in September.

FFG had copies of Wave 9 for people to buy? Or were they prototypes?

Cross-posted... there are pictures floating around somewhere. They weren't on sale, I don't think, but they weren't prototypes either--packed, final blisters.

This doesn't surprise me. After the epic release delay of Wave 8, and then no immediate news of Wave 9, I suspected they were waiting until they could be more confident in their release window to announce wave 9. It's also what happened with wave 4. After an ungodly wait for an announcement, they hit the shelves in only 4 months.

Also not sure how anyone can say this "doesn't look Imperial" and keep a straight face

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Probably the same people that then say "WHY DON'T THE IMPERIALS HAVE MORE VARIETY I AM TIRED OF ALL THESE TIES ZOMG"...

you know, morons.