wave 3, my point of view at the moment...

By Hedrahil, in Star Wars: Armada

Ok..

We had what we know so far, the wave 3 is only composed by the 2 small flotillas and 1 rebel commander..

My idea, leave or take it, is the next..

FFG released a bad compiled page of the wave, almost immediately after we saw a leaked picture of the exposition in the GAMA this week, and we know that there are 2 missing code numbers between the two and the wave 2..

So my guess is that it was deliberately made in this way, and we must wait for a full announce soon..

Or wait for a full video of the GAMA conference..

it's my humble opinion...

I disagree. I think the truth is this is it for Wave 3. I think the missing SKUs were likely items under development that are either being pushed back (most likely given demand), re-evaluated for testing purposes (unlikely due to the lead time we've had), or cut entirely (least likely). My hope is "Wave 4" comes hot on the heels of 3, but is equally atomic. At that point, I'd be fine with dropping the "wave" concept entirely, and just coming out with small expansion sets twice a year.

I think all the sleuthing everyone is doing is being colored by people's hope that our wait was worth it. I think the truth is the ability to deliver to the market is at a tough spot right now, and whatever other SKUs were planned for wave 3 are being postponed.

I am not upset by that. Armada is succesful. It isn't going away. X-Wing is their flagship game, and they're going to choose it over anything else when a choice must be made. It doesn't mean they hate Armada, it just means economics and production priority dictate action be taken.

Now, I will say something else. I've worked in the industry. I've seen the other approach companies can do where they keep churning out products without giving themselves a break. It is ugly... much uglier than allowing a hiccup in production to figure out a way to catch up.

As someone else pointed out with rogue one being moved from a summer release to December release, that might of caused a spilt of wave 3 into 3 and 4.

Also those sku could just be place holders for say separate dmg deck, or other items.