Expansion questions

By AdamGATX105, in X-Wing Off-Topic

Does anyone realy get a single expansion for just one card in it or do you prefer to buy ships you will use?

Im felling a little pressure to buy a m3 interceptor for the mangler cannon card to use on my bossk build but been trying to hold off cause the interceptor isnt really a ship I would use.

Some people do by expansions for the cards or check other sources that sell stuff separately. Me? OCD requires me to buy at least one of each.

But keep in mind, if an expansion features a very good card only available in said expansion, the single card price will be around $8+

That's why I bought a Starviper for Autothrusters.

Two StarVipers on my shopping list, just for 4 autothrusters.

Might as well sell the ships on ebay afterwards. ;-)

Oh and one red core-set on the shopping list for my wife for just the R2-D2.

K-Wing for 2 TLTs. And a Headhunter expansion just for the Bandit Squadron Pilot card.We have already a bunch of headhunters from most wanted, speaking of most wanted, another Y-Wing might be a good idea as well. Again. just for another gold squadron pilot card.

And a stinking Firespray for two stealth devices.

We usually play with proxy cards, but our tournament lists 'needs' those cards, so those expansions are now on the list. They might get off that list again if we get those cards elsewhere. It even breaks my "one of each" rule, this will give a lot more than just one of each. ;-)

For casual play I would not bother at all with those expansions and most likely just buy different ships. And borrowing those cards is not off the table yet. Still, borrowing before each tournament is annoying, so I guess I will buy that garbage anyway. A friend is collecting just the models, might as well give him at least some of those spares.

I have to use any ship I buy at least once, so I've always played with every ship I've owned. Some don't see as much play as others... But if it's a ship I won't play with, I won't buy it.

New ships are good for photos for Instagram, if nothing else. At some point I intend to have all the ships, but I certainly have ships I have never put on the table... right Miranda? (but thanks for that little weapon you have for my Y-Wing)! The M3-A Interceptor is definitely one of those niche ships. You will either find a use for it or you will use the mangler canon. Does that mean I won't consider flying a K-Wing or M3-A? Heck no... I believe every ship is possible to fly. The HLC carrying Scyk is definitely something I want to try a few times just to see if I can make it work. I just have more ships than I have time for games against people... #firstworldproblems