If I never see a Gunboat on the table, it will be to soon. From what I have seen, this nonsense of a Gunboat is nothing more than a poorly conceived attempt to see if a few can sway the game designers. The reason for my belief is this... Totally random questions are being inserted with Gunboat bs... Someone asks about Auto-Thrusters and in no time at all there appears a comment.... Well if we had a Gunboat... Really.. I get it if someone has a passion for something, but keep it in its thread. A lot of newer players have legitimate questions and don't need to be confused with something that is totally off topic... You know like a Gunboat.

So you make a new thread about Gunboats then? Logical.

Gunboat confirmed!

Oh you just opened a can of worms.

Oh you just opened a can of worms.

I heard worms were "it" for Wave 13, but Wave 10-ish is definitely Gunboat.

If I never see a Gunboat on the table, it will be to soon. From what I have seen, this nonsense of a Gunboat is nothing more than a poorly conceived attempt to see if a few can sway the game designers. The reason for my belief is this... Totally random questions are being inserted with Gunboat bs... Someone asks about Auto-Thrusters and in no time at all there appears a comment.... Well if we had a Gunboat... Really.. I get it if someone has a passion for something, but keep it in its thread. A lot of newer players have legitimate questions and don't need to be confused with something that is totally off topic... You know like a Gunboat.

YUP...THE CULT NEEDS TO DIE OR STAY IN IT'S OWN LITTLE CIRCLE.

Oh you just opened a can of worms.

You are a veteran now... so are you tired of seeing the **** gunboat stats and home brewed cards popping up in long postings in several topics?

I am.

I have been here for longer than many regular posters and I AM SICK OF GB Talk too. So now with Wave 9 done they will keep being pushy cultist for another year... that is some stupid stuff right there.

Go buy the ugly little lambda wannabe at one of many alternate outlets and print the dam cards you keep showing people (whether they want to see them or not)... DONE!

I'm not a gunboat cultist. I just have fond memories of both flying and shooting down those beautiful ships in the X-wing series of video games. And now I want it in this game so badly!!!!

...oh, does that make me a cultist? So be it then

I'm not a gunboat cultist. I just have fond memories of both flying and shooting down those beautiful ships in the X-wing series of video games. And now I want it in this game so badly!!!!

...oh, does that make me a cultist? So be it then

Nah but marching around at an official FFG X-WING Event with these on...

YAH CULTIST!

...and you look snarky and pushy in front of the people who actually work on the game for the rest of us to enjoy.

Not Cool... and security will be keeping an eye on you both until they figure out that you are just harmless nerds living in your own special little world.

Nice.

Oh you just opened a can of worms.

You are a veteran now... so are you tired of seeing the **** gunboat stats and home brewed cards popping up in long postings in several topics?

I am.

I have been here for longer than many regular posters and I AM SICK OF GB Talk too. So now with Wave 9 done they will keep being pushy cultist for another year... that is some stupid stuff right there.

Go buy the ugly little lambda wannabe at one of many alternate outlets and print the dam cards you keep showing people (whether they want to see them or not)... DONE!

Bravo, sir! Bravo!

I am not trying to be mean but this has gone to far and even Happy Teddy Bear Joe is getting aggravated by it all.

I mean when you are poo pooing the official products which are THE BEST STAR WARS MODELS AND GAMES ON EARTH... and why: because you want some old ship that is not even in the recognized official cannon... dat is just to much.

DAMS...

I am not trying to be mean but this has gone to far and even Happy Teddy Bear Joe is getting aggravated by it all.

I mean when you are poo pooing the official products which are THE BEST STAR WARS MODELS AND GAMES ON EARTH... and why: because you want some old ship that is not even in the recognized official cannon... dat is just to much.

DAMS...

I just want the Gunboat because it looks cool...

You must be new or somethin'

DJ Khaleddddddd

Gunboat cultist , reporting in!

I am not trying to be mean but this has gone to far and even Happy Teddy Bear Joe is getting aggravated by it all.

I mean when you are poo pooing the official products which are THE BEST STAR WARS MODELS AND GAMES ON EARTH... and why: because you want some old ship that is not even in the recognized official cannon... dat is just to much.

DAMS...

I just want the Gunboat because it looks cool...

That is totally fine but some of the guys are starting to let it effect the whole forum, that is when a few of us veterans need to chill it down some.

I mean when you are poo pooing the official products which are THE BEST STAR WARS MODELS AND GAMES ON EARTH... and why: because you want some old ship that is not even in the recognized official cannon... dat is just to much.

I agree! No poo-pooing on the cool new ships. After all, the TIE defender was a way cooler ship in that old flight simulator game, and we got that awesome thing way back in wave IV! And the upgrade for that ship is coming...eventually. But it's coming!

But for me, it's sad to look at my vast collection of imperial ships, and see round cockpit + solar panels for days. If I'm not mistaken, the only ships in the Imperial fleet that don't start with "TIE" are large ships. Didn't the empire ever do anything different design wise? You bet they did -- the Lambda-class shuttle's little brother and multipurpose starfighter, the XG-1 Star Wing. Can't I get some variety in my Imperial fleet?

(As an aside, at least we're getting some color into the fleet with red TIE interceptors and defenders, blue TIE fighters, etc., but if it bothered me that much I could paint them. Still hoping for something a little different in shape/design).

EDIT: And you wouldn't know it form my post count, but I've been on these forums since before the game came out -- I've seen all the topics come and go, and come again.

You must be new or somethin'

DJ Khaleddddddd

Gunboat cultist , reporting in!

Get the behind the rest of us, we have REAL X-WING to enjoy... Brah!

I mean when you are poo pooing the official products which are THE BEST STAR WARS MODELS AND GAMES ON EARTH... and why: because you want some old ship that is not even in the recognized official cannon... dat is just to much.

I agree! No poo-pooing on the cool new ships. After all, the TIE defender was a way cooler ship in that old flight simulator game, and we got that awesome thing way back in wave IV! And the upgrade for that ship is coming...eventually. But it's coming!

But for me, it's sad to look at my vast collection of imperial ships, and see round cockpit + solar panels for days. If I'm not mistaken, the only ships in the Imperial fleet that don't start with "TIE" are large ships. Didn't the empire ever do anything different design wise? You bet they did -- the Lambda-class shuttle's little brother and multipurpose starfighter, the XG-1 Star Wing. Can't I get some variety in my Imperial fleet?

(As an aside, at least we're getting some color into the fleet with red TIE interceptors and defenders, blue TIE fighters, etc., but if it bothered me that much I could paint them. Still hoping for something a little different in shape/design).

EDIT: And you wouldn't know it form my post count, but I've been on these forums since before the game came out -- I've seen all the topics come and go, and come again.

We are friends on here too. i get the love. I love the ugly HUTT Ships... ALL OF THEM. But some of the guys are posting so much that even newer people are getting annoyed by it. That is when we are going to far.

Actually, after browsing several topics, I am getting the impression that it's not gunboat fans that are the loud ones, it's all the people that think the gunboat fans are funny. They make posts here and there to make fun of our crusade, but you can never tell the true gunboat fans. The joke has grown too big, and I think that's the point of the original post. I agree, it needs to tone down, and it will. Once the novelty of Wave IX starts to wane, and the speculation threads fade to the background again, gunboat comments will probably head back to their own thread (we need to make it to 300 posts, after all).

Besides, by that time TIE defenders are going to be tearing up the the tables, and nobody will have time to worry about gunboats!

Actually, after browsing several topics, I am getting the impression that it's not gunboat fans that are the loud ones, it's all the people that think the gunboat fans are funny. They make posts here and there to make fun of our crusade, but you can never tell the true gunboat fans. The joke has grown too big, and I think that's the point of the original post. I agree, it needs to tone down, and it will. Once the novelty of Wave IX starts to wane, and the speculation threads fade to the background again, gunboat comments will probably head back to their own thread (we need to make it to 300 posts, after all).

Besides, by that time TIE defenders are going to be tearing up the the tables, and nobody will have time to worry about gunboats!

Oh I agree. But "Wave Nine: Sucks because no GB's!" ... come on my Star Brothers... for reals?

Whew!

If I never see a Gunboat on the table, it will be to soon. From what I have seen, this nonsense of a Gunboat is nothing more than a poorly conceived attempt to see if a few can sway the game designers. The reason for my belief is this... Totally random questions are being inserted with Gunboat bs... Someone asks about Auto-Thrusters and in no time at all there appears a comment.... Well if we had a Gunboat... Really.. I get it if someone has a passion for something, but keep it in its thread. A lot of newer players have legitimate questions and don't need to be confused with something that is totally off topic... You know like a Gunboat.

You shut your mouth and like the Assault Gunboat and TIE Avenger like the rest of us.

You've inspired me to start mentioning them when they're not relevant to the discussion, that's a great idea that I hadn't thought of.

You are a veteran now... so are you tired of seeing the **** gunboat stats and home brewed cards popping up in long postings in several topics?

I am.

This topic, so much. Seriously, Gunboats seem to make up every other post, even when not relevant. It's frigging ridiculous, get over yourselves.

I was about to put a gloating snarky post regarding the lack of Gunboats in Gecko's Thread That Just Won't Die - then I saw this thread.

So, how about them Gunboats not being wave 9 then ?

The Gunboat ever being in this game is a notion that died with the old EU. Disney can throw out enough ships per year to keep FFG in business forever without having to dip into old videogames from the 90s.

I have to admit though, I find the enthusiasm for the Gunboat pretty charming given that it was mostly designed to look interesting while keeping a really restrictive polygon count down in a game for MS-DOS.

X-Wing and TIE Fighter ruled.

The Gunboat ever being in this game is a notion that died with the old EU. Disney can throw out enough ships per year to keep FFG in business forever without having to dip into old videogames from the 90s.

I have to admit though, I find the enthusiasm for the Gunboat pretty charming given that it was mostly designed to look interesting while keeping a really restrictive polygon count down in a game for MS-DOS.

X-Wing and TIE Fighter ruled.

I dunno - I always got the impression that it was designed at 4.30 on a friday afternoon by a graphic artist bored of TIE fighters and a 5pm deadline