WTF Joe, shots fired!

First up, where are these posts of people disappointed the Gunboat isn't in wave 9? I'm a HUGE Gunny Fan, and Wave 9 looks to be the best wave for me since wave 4! I for one am glad to see EVERY SINGLE SHIP! in Wave 9 on the table, with no exceptions whatsoever. That makes me, a gunboat fan more appreciative than the average prequel hater crowd member, and you know full well they exist.

I get the "any wave now" humour regarding the XG1 might get tiring to some, kind of like the Shepard / Mass effect references in the 3 word story thread. But seriously, the core of us who post on the XG1 thread aren't mad, or even upset by just a single ounce. If anything we are tired of hate threads like this.

For the record, I also want the R-41, T-wing and TIE Avenger, among at leas a dozen other ships including EVERYTHING THAT IS IN WAVE 9!!!

My only wonder RE the Gunboat thread is in a way it'll be the shame when we do get it, as that thread will kinda die. Kinda like your Imperial epic ship thread. Remember that?

Don't hate the players, don't hate the ships, don't hate the game but take a good long look in the mirror and ask "why do I not want these guys to get what they want"? Everyones got a favourite EU or OT ship, for some it's the classic X or Y wing, I love the Y-wing long time, it was my favourite star Wars toy growing up.

Threads like this really disappoint me, not as a Gunboat fan - hell, it might be years before we see an official gunboat on the table at all, but as a member of this community.

JBR7 I'm calling you out, you should know better.

Can't speak for Joe but as someone who would love to see those that want the Gunboat to get it, I get why he made this thread. As is often the case, an inside joke can be hilarious to those making it and extremely tiring for those reading it. There is absolutely an undertone of "we have decided FFG need to give us this and will bring it up each time we get the chance, even though they likely aren't even reading the threads because we think it's hilarious!"

If you (collectively) don't want people pushing negative vibes your way, understand that the inside joke is creating an equal amount of negative vibes from those that don't find it funny seeing "GUNBOAT!" repeatedly.

That's fair, I do get that an inside joke is only really good for the guys on the inside. Kind of like the K-wing and Punisher before Wave 7...

I actually want a gunboat, but I'm not vocal about it. I think its cool ship and would give some variety to the look of the imperials. To those that say "its not official cannon anymore" give me a break. It's still star wars. If your going to use that excuse, I don't want to see you fielding defenders, e-wings, k-wings, punnishers, decimators, phantoms, mara jade... the list goes on and on. It's a game, they existed at one point in time in the Starwars universe either legends or canon. all I can say is... gimmie gimmie gimmie!

I'm also open to getting some prequel era ships, but I would like them to become two new factions with minor overlap.

Republic

ARC170

ETA2

N1

Delta 7

Tempest

V-Wing

Y-Wing

Z95

Separatists

Sith Infiltrator (huge?)

Droid Fighter

Droid Tri-Fighter

Droid Bomber

Rogue

Nova Sword

Hex blade

and more, this is just what I can recall from my brain. Balance will be interesting... no doubt about that with 5 factions, and our wallets will hurt. But it would add a few more years onto the game for sure.

I think the "Gunboat" tags, pics, rants and inserts into unrelated threads simply too funny!!! I love threads that move in a certain direction with focused enthusiasm that get brightened up with an odd, sideways flying reply; like gunboat!

I think the "Gunboat" tags, pics, rants and inserts into unrelated threads simply too funny!!! I love threads that move in a certain direction with focused enthusiasm that get brightened up with an odd, sideways flying reply; like gunboat!

Either way, if it didn't entertain some it wouldn't exist and let's redouble hope that FFG produces one so that we can all engender bad feeling towards something else

Can't speak for Joe but as someone who would love to see those that want the Gunboat to get it, I get why he made this thread. As is often the case, an inside joke can be hilarious to those making it and extremely tiring for those reading it. There is absolutely an undertone of "we have decided FFG need to give us this and will bring it up each time we get the chance, even though they likely aren't even reading the threads because we think it's hilarious!"

If you (collectively) don't want people pushing negative vibes your way, understand that the inside joke is creating an equal amount of negative vibes from those that don't find it funny seeing "GUNBOAT!" repeatedly.

Speaking of seeing things repeatedly...

That's fair, I do get that an inside joke is only really good for the guys on the inside. Kind of like the K-wing and Punisher before Wave 7...

Speaking of seeing things repeatedly...

Why are people taking Wave 9's lack of Assault Gunboat as bad news for Team Starwing?

Wave 9's another 1x Rebel 1x Imperial 2x Scum wave. I think it's the wave that finally balances the numbers.

To rephrase that, Wave 9 had one Imperial slot.

Was it ever not going to be the TIE/sf?

Why are people taking Wave 9's lack of Assault Gunboat as bad news for Team Starwing?

Wave 9's another 1x Rebel 1x Imperial 2x Scum wave. I think it's the wave that finally balances the numbers.

To rephrase that, Wave 9 had one Imperial slot.

Was it ever not going to be the TIE/sf?

Nope it was always going to be that baby.

Why are people taking Wave 9's lack of Assault Gunboat as bad news for Team Starwing?

Wave 9's another 1x Rebel 1x Imperial 2x Scum wave. I think it's the wave that finally balances the numbers.

To rephrase that, Wave 9 had one Imperial slot. Was it ever not going to be the TIE/sf?

Nope it was always going to be that baby.

......or, more COWBELL

I think one of the sore points for a fair few Imperial players is the history of recent releases:

Wave 7 - TIE Punisher

Wave 8 - TIE F/O (repainted TIE fighter)

Wave 9 - TIE sf (slightly remodelled TIE fighter)

Now sure you have Imperial Veterans floating around but you also have the new Core set which... you guessed it... contains yet 2 more TIE Fighter chassis.

I know TIE f/os and sfs were mandatory inclusions but when 3 of your imperial purchases look like a TIE swarm you do start to crave variety.

Why are people taking Wave 9's lack of Assault Gunboat as bad news for Team Starwing?

Wave 9's another 1x Rebel 1x Imperial 2x Scum wave. I think it's the wave that finally balances the numbers.

To rephrase that, Wave 9 had one Imperial slot. Was it ever not going to be the TIE/sf?

Nope it was always going to be that baby.

Yes, because we all need more TIE Fighters!!

......or, more COWBELL

We like both don't we...

posting in a gunboat thread

BOO - HISS - BOO!!!

Why are people taking Wave 9's lack of Assault Gunboat as bad news for Team Starwing?

Wave 9's another 1x Rebel 1x Imperial 2x Scum wave. I think it's the wave that finally balances the numbers.

To rephrase that, Wave 9 had one Imperial slot.

Was it ever not going to be the TIE/sf?

Release cycles my friend:

Kylo Ren's shuttle is the only vessel not in the game (and mark my words it will have to be, being a TFA ship and all). By the time that comes around, Rogue One will be out and the next 'sequel' Star Wars which in turn will bring yet more mandatory inclusions.

And all this disregards any developments in Rebels.

Given these trends, the two likely windows for the Gunboat are: 2019/20+ or an inclusion in Rebels.

WTF Joe, shots fired!

First up, where are these posts of people disappointed the Gunboat isn't in wave 9? I'm a HUGE Gunny Fan, and Wave 9 looks to be the best wave for me since wave 4! I for one am glad to see EVERY SINGLE SHIP! in Wave 9 on the table, with no exceptions whatsoever. That makes me, a gunboat fan more appreciative than the average prequel hater crowd member, and you know full well they exist.

I get the "any wave now" humour regarding the XG1 might get tiring to some, kind of like the Shepard / Mass effect references in the 3 word story thread. But seriously, the core of us who post on the XG1 thread aren't mad, or even upset by just a single ounce. If anything we are tired of hate threads like this.

For the record, I also want the R-41, T-wing and TIE Avenger, among at leas a dozen other ships including EVERYTHING THAT IS IN WAVE 9!!!

My only wonder RE the Gunboat thread is in a way it'll be the shame when we do get it, as that thread will kinda die. Kinda like your Imperial epic ship thread. Remember that?

Don't hate the players, don't hate the ships, don't hate the game but take a good long look in the mirror and ask "why do I not want these guys to get what they want"? Everyones got a favourite EU or OT ship, for some it's the classic X or Y wing, I love the Y-wing long time, it was my favourite star Wars toy growing up.

Threads like this really disappoint me, not as a Gunboat fan - hell, it might be years before we see an official gunboat on the table at all, but as a member of this community.

JBR7 I'm calling you out, you should know better.

For me to answer this properly I would upset some people more, and need to make a nice ten minute video or write a log ass page; and I do not care enough to do either. If you want to do a google hangout and talk it over let me know.

If you like send me a message mate. I guess my bottom line is that I'm not seeing any of this negativity towards wave 9 from team gunboat.

Why are people taking Wave 9's lack of Assault Gunboat as bad news for Team Starwing? They aren't... Not Team Starwing anyway.

Wave 9's another 1x Rebel 1x Imperial 2x Scum wave. I think it's the wave that finally balances the numbers.

To rephrase that, Wave 9 had one Imperial slot.

Was it ever not going to be the TIE/sf? Nope, we all agree SF was going to happen, especially opposite the ARC.

I want T-16s, T-47s, and Cloud Cars before Gunboats -- finish out the OT canon!

Not gonna happen. . .all of these are airspeeders and the pilot will quickly die in the vacuum of space.

As for the Gunboat, I suspect if it ever does get released, the mantra will simply change to "the Gunboat needs a fix!"

Meh. More dogfighting in the movies occurs in atmosphere than not. It wouldn't break my suspension of disbelief at all to add those ships to the game.

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.

That's right fall in line with mantra chanting the same thing over and over..... I bet you fly the "meta" to, instead of trying to be unique.

Again with the meta hate... I'm not a fan of netlisting either but geez louise, I at least understand competetive tourney being "whatever is most efficient and works best" Not fels wrath, pre fix stele and a shuttle.

Gunboat, Shepard, Wrex, Good post, and whatever other memes I am forgetting that have been on this board... Oh, and pls fix ordnance/xwings.

Nearly forgot those ones.

I can understand the desire for the gunboat. After all it was a big part of the TIE Fighter game from the X-wing computer game franchise and many players do see X-wing miniatures as the computer-game series come to table top.

However as Star Wars is now controlled by Disney and FFG has to extend the license through Disney you will likely not see the assault gunboat as the mouse will push FFG to print ships from Disney products like Rebels and the Movies as the EU has been wiped by the current IP holders. So unless we see Assault Gunboats in Rouge series or Rebels (unlikely as Disney does not want to use anything from the EU) It is a casualty of the EU wipe and those ships from the EU that made it to X-wing are refugees.

I can understand the desire for the gunboat. After all it was a big part of the TIE Fighter game from the X-wing computer game franchise and many players do see X-wing miniatures as the computer-game series come to table top.

However as Star Wars is not controlled by Disney and FFG has to extend the license through Disney you will likely not see the assault gunboat as the mouse will push FFG to print ships from Disney products like Rebels and the Movies as the EU has been wiped by the current IP holders. So unless we see Assault Gunboats in Rouge series or Rebels (unlikely as Disney does not want to use anything from the EU) It is a casualty of the EU wipe and those ships from the EU that made it to X-wing are refugees.

Why are you making good sense?

You are supposed to pout and tap your toe and be noisy... because you can guilt-bully FFG into doing what you want them to do!!!