3 hours ago, Cynabar said:

Be careful warchild1x, I think that calls to the Lords and Ladies. If you're unlucky, the Nac Mac Feegles will hear too.

Right then. The rubber chicken it is.... or do you think that will incur the wrath of el pollo loco?

1 hour ago, Vestij Jai Galaar said:

Can they divine the times of the books release? Or are they the ones holding them hostage?

If the Wee Free Men have the books, weep and despair, for their idea of what to do with books involves either kindling or something of a scatalogical nature. Reading is not one of their many talents.

Woah, woah, slow down there, Warchild ! No need to rev up the Lovecraftian Rituals, there! We don't want to rouse the great beast* by accident, we've got this without the Elder Things' help!

That being said, I am beginning to find this to be rather ridiculous. Ghosts , I believe, was originally slated to be released in Q1, and we're not going to see it until the last month of Q2, at the very earliest. Currently, it is 213 days after it's initial October 10 announcement date, and we STILL have no indication of when it's going to start shipping. For reference, that is 58.32% of a year, or SEVEN months. Sometimes we even hear from the playtesters when they get notifications that their contributor copies have shipped a couple of days before the status changes, and we still haven't heard a peep about that, meaning it could be even longer.

Additionally, Fully Operational now ties the record for longest time In Development . Do you want to guess what other book is part of that tie? Ghosts . We may be looking at a similar production time for FO to what we're seeing for GoD.

So new predictions. I'll update the first post with them at some point here. Still, irrationally, being somewhat optimistic.

Ghosts of Dathomir - June 8, 2017. This requires it to go to Shipping Now sometime next week.

Disciples of Harmony - June 22, 2017. This requires it to start shipping sometime the first full week of June. Amazingly, this is STILL uncertain.

Fully Operational - August 3, 2017. Despite the long time In Development , Age book have a good tendency to be rather quick at printing. If we get lucky, we might see this book by the start of August.

* The essentially apocalypse demon threatening the world in the story I'm writing. I'd love some critiques and advice! I'm beginning the process of novelization, so any constructive comments are very helpful. Find it on DeviantArt, same username (Absol197). Losing signatures means I can't passively advertise on each post anymore .

I'll sum up how this is starting to feel in two words: Dragon Age.

Reminds me of the time it took to get the third set of the RPG out .

Despite that, I'm actually excited and hope everything updates nicely.

So after DoH and FO we've got 3 more career books (which I'm more interested in than anything else).

When (ball park) would you guess that the very last one will be released?

My Foresee talent sees the Warrior book out sometime next summer. The Mystic book should be out by christmas this year. I promised/predicted that for Absol many months ago (FFG, please don't make me a charlatan)..

1 hour ago, Alisair Longreach said:

My Foresee talent sees the Warrior book out sometime next summer. The Mystic book should be out by christmas this year. I promised/predicted that for Absol many months ago (FFG, please don't make me a charlatan)..

They just might ...

2 hours ago, Vorzakk said:

So after DoH and FO we've got 3 more career books (which I'm more interested in than anything else).

When (ball park) would you guess that the very last one will be released?

So, this is a bit complicated, but I have a general answer. While I would LOOOVE it if Alisair was right and the last career book (which is almost guaranteed to be my favorite of all, the Mystic) was out by Christmas, I'm thinking that his guess is a longshot. Let me show you what I mean.

So, currently, the average duration between new book announcements is 54.52 days, or just about two months. Sometimes we get a new one two or even three months in a row, and sometimes, like right now, we go three months without one. New books are only announced in the first 16 days of a month, so it's looking like we won't get a new announcement for May. So, using an average of an announcement every two months, starting in June, if the only books announced are the career books, we'll get them announced in June, August, and October.

However, it is unlikely that it will be only the career books. First off, we KNOW that there is a Mystery Book in the Edge product code list, between Special Modifications and No Disintegrations . This is almost certainly a final Region book, as the Edge products have followed a perfect pattern of Adventure > Career > Region > Career since the beginning of the game. So that's a fourth potential book that could delay the announcement of one or two Career books.

Now, the Age and Force lines do not follow this same pattern, much to my chagrin for quite some time. However, they have so far both followed the same non-pattern, and with the announcement of Fully Operational , I can see the potential for another new pattern unfolding. Not a repetitive one like Edge, but a palindromic one: Adventure > Career > Region > Career > Career | Adventure | Career < Career < Region* < Career* < Adventure*. Now, this is still speculative and could be proven out to be wrong, but it is possible. This would leave both Age and Force with the standard six Career books, three Adventures, and two Regions. One fewer Region than Edge got, but still respectable.

If we assume this is correct, then in addition to our three career books that need to be announced, there are also three new region books to be announced that come before them in the product code order. Now of course, books can and do get released out of order, so even if I'm right we could still get all three career books before any of those Regions, but it does mean that it's possible that we'll need six announcements before the last book is announced. Which, using our two-month average from before, puts the final announcement in April 2018 (those final Adventures don't matter for this, because I find it very unlikely they'll be announced before the final career book from each line).

Personally, even though I think I'm right, I agree with the general consensus that FFG is trying to prioritize career books, and find it unlikely that we'll see more than two other books announced before the final career book, so let's put it at February announcement for the Mystic book. We then need to determine how long from announcement to release. The average so far is 136.54 days, or between four and five months. However, that figure is not including the currently baking books, and it's important to note the general trend since No Disintegrations was announced has been an increasing time between announcement and release. If we call it five months from announcement for the Mystic book to be released, we'd be looking at a final release date of July 2018.

But, using these assumptions, there are four potential "target areas," which I'll list in the order I find them most likely:

1. July 2018;

2. May 2018;

3. March 2018;

4. September 2018.

Either way, we're likely not going to have the final career book in our hands until the very end of Q1 2018, at the earliest. In my opinion, at least. Sorry for the bad news. Know that it's worse for me, as mostly likely you aren't waiting knowing your favorite career is destined to be last ...

6 minutes ago, Absol197 said:

Either way, we're likely not going to have the final career book in our hands until the very end of Q1 2018, at the earliest. In my opinion, at least. Sorry for the bad news. Know that it's worse for me, as mostly likely you aren't waiting knowing your favorite career is destined to be last ...

Cheer up Absol, I might be the one person with worse cosmic luck than you, Warrior might not come out before Mystic, at this point it's a 50/50 on who has to wait for it.

3 hours ago, Absol197 said:

Sorry for the bad news.

Not at all; thank you so much for taking the time for such a thorough reply.

3 hours ago, Absol197 said:

Know that it's worse for me, as mostly likely you aren't waiting knowing your favorite career is destined to be last ...

Well, my biggest concern is actually for my little sister, who happens to be playing a Warrior. However, I only run Star Wars during the summer. Since neither book will be out in time for this rotation and there's a good chance both will be out by the end of next rotation, I'll go ahead and keep my fingers crossed that the Mystic book comes out first.

Late 2018 seems like a reasonable time frame from FFG's point of view too, they would never rush them out.

So Disciples of Harmony is off the boat and has a release date of 6/1. I never would have thought it would come out before Ghosts of Dathomir.

Oh thank you! It looks like my freak-out last week was, in this instance, partially unwarranted. I'll be glad to finally have this one in hand!

However, as you mention, this is the second time ever that a book comes out before a different book announced before it. That's still disappointing. But at least we'll finally have something new to devour!

Also, new article for Fully Operational . It confirms Bith are a species, and gives us the name of another new spec: the Sapper. Looks interesting, basically a combat builder/explosives expert. Looks like it's stealing a bit from the Demolitionist.

That's pretty cool. More enticing than the Shipwright for me, at least!

2 hours ago, Absol197 said:

Also, new article for Fully Operational . It confirms Bith are a species, and gives us the name of another new spec: the Sapper. Looks interesting, basically a combat builder/explosives expert. Looks like it's stealing a bit from the Demolitionist.

That's pretty cool. More enticing than the Shipwright for me, at least!

[ mock indignation ] If you hadn't said a sapper was "more enticing ran the shipwright" I would have "liked" your post, but you qualified it with "for me, ar least!" so i won't stay offended very long [ /mock indignation ]

5 hours ago, Absol197 said:

Also, new article for Fully Operational . It confirms Bith are a species...

I can now play in a Cantina band to my hearts content.

Prophetess Absol you need to update your predictions on the first post.

Yes yes, I know. Give me a bit; work is rather busy this week, and I don't have my master charts on my home computer.

Really want to play a jawa sapper! Hope they include jawas somewhere sometime soon...

1 hour ago, TheShard said:

Really want to play a jawa sapper! Hope they include jawas somewhere sometime soon...

Most likely in the arkanis sector region book. Which would have tatooine, podracing, jawas, tusken raiders, etc.

No it hasnt been annouced. Just a guess.

Comic store's manager updated as to shipping status and availability date for DoH, so a copy should be waiting for me when I go in that week.

I went into my local game shop today to order DoH and they said it was showing as already in the distributor's warehouse and should be ready to pick up Friday.

1 hour ago, monkysundae said:

I went into my local game shop today to order DoH and they said it was showing as already in the distributor's warehouse and should be ready to pick up Friday.

Please post the arbiter spec as soon as you get it.

3 hours ago, monkysundae said:

I went into my local game shop today to order DoH and they said it was showing as already in the distributor's warehouse and should be ready to pick up Friday.

Yes, if this happens, it becomes your solemn duty to spoil the pants off that book for us.

I'll post my spec spoiling template so you have it to reference. The requirements are all three specs, both Signature Abilities, both Force Powers, and anything else people ask about! It is a heavy and sacred duty!

On ‎1‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 7:39 PM, Absol197 said:

Just leaving this here... *whistles nonchalantly*

Martial Artist

|01| 02|03 |4a|

|02 | 05 | 06 | 03 |

|07 | 08 | 01 | 4b|

| 09 |05 | 10 |03|

| 11 | 12 | 13|4c |

01 - Iron Body: Remove a Setback from Coordination and Resilience checks per rank. Reduce Crit rating of unarmed attacks by 1 (min. 1) per rank.

02 - Parry

03 - Grit

04a - Precision Strike

04b - Precision Strike, Improved: Once per round, when inflicting a Critical Injury with a Melee out Brawl weapon, suffer 2 strain to change the result to any Average result.

04c - Precision Strike, Supreme: Once per session, when inflicting a Critical Injury with an unarmed attack, suffer 3 strain to change the result to any Hard result.

05 - Toughened

06 - Martial Grace: Once per round, suffer 2 strain to add damage equal to your ranks in Coordination to one hit of the next Brawl check you make.

07 - Unarmed Parry: May use Parry while unarmed. Reduce the strain cost to use Parry while unarmed by 1 (min. 1).

08 - Grapple

09 - Overbalance

10 - Mind Over Matter

11 - Coordination Dodge

12 - Dedication

13 - Natural Brawler

Operator

|01| 02 |3a|04|

|05 | 06|01 | 07|

|08|09 | 10 | 01|

|11 | 3a | 01 | 04|

| 12 | 3b | 08|13 |

01 - Grit

02 - Galaxy Mapper

03a - Shortcut

03b - Shortcut, Improved

04 - Overwhelm Defenses

05 - Full Throttle

06 - Planet Mapper

07 - Debilitating Shot

08 - Skilled Jockey

09 - All-Terrain Driver

10 - Offensive Driving: As a maneuver, while piloting, suffer system strain up to your vehicle's highest defense value. For a target vehicle to upgrade its next Piloting check by the same number.

11 - Let's Ride

12 - Dedication

13 - Hindering Shot: Increase the difficulty of your next Gunnery check by 1. If you check deals hull trauma, the target vehicle suffers system strain equal to its current speed every time it fly/drives for the rest of the encounter.

Skip Tracer

|01|02|03|04|

|05 | 06 | 7a | 08|

|02 | 04|7b | 7a|

| 01 |09 | 03 | 10 |

| 11 | 02 | 12 | 13 |

01 - Bypass Security

02 - Hard-Boiled: When recovering strain after an encounter, may spend [A] to heal 1 wound, up to your ranks.

03 - Good Cop

04 - Rapid Recovery

05 - Toughened

06 - Expert Tracker

07a - Street Smarts

07b - Street Smarts, Improved

08 - Bought Info

09 - Nobody's Fool

10 - Informant

11 - Reconstruct the Scene

12 - Dedication

13 - Soft Spot

Always Get My Mark

|00 | 99 | 99 | 00 |

|1a| 02 | 3a | 1b |

| 04 | 05|06 | 3b |

Base Ability: Once per session, choose a known Minion NPC on the same planet as your Mark. spend 2 Destiny Points and make a Hard Streetwise check. If you succeed, you track down your mark, and an encounter begins at the mark's location. The nature of the encounter is up to the GM.

01a - Change Skill: You may use Knowledge (Underworld) to activate Always Get My Mark.

01b - Change Skill: You may use Survival to activate Always Get My Mark.

02 - Destiny: Always Get My Mark costs 1 Destiny Point to activate instead of 2.

03a - Increase Effect: Upgrade the difficulty of the check to activate Always Get My Mark once to designate a Rival NPC as your Mark.

03b - Increase Effect: Upgrade the difficulty of the check to activate Always Get My Mark twice to designate a Nemesis NPC as your Mark.

04 - Reduce Difficulty: The difficulty of the check to activate Always Get My Mark is Average instead of Hard.

05 - Takedown: Upgrade the difficulty of the check to activate Always Get My Mark once to begin the encounter with your Mark in custody.

06 - Increase Range: If you have access to hyperspace travel and know the planet your mark is on, you can use Always Get My Mark to move to the Mark's planet as part of its effect.

Unmatched Devastation

|99 | 00 | 00 | 99 |

| 01 |02| 03 | 04|

| 01 | 04 | 05|01 |

Base Ability: Once per session as an incidental after making a combat check, may spend 2 Destiny Points to make an additional against the same target using a different non-vehicle weapon. The difficulty is increased by 1 for each previously successful combat check you've made this round.

01 - Increase Number: You may make one additional combat check per rank. Each additional combat check must be with a different weapon, and the difficulty increases by 1 for each previous successful combat check this round.

02 - Draw and Fire: You may stow a weapon and draw another as an incidental before each combat check made as part of Unmatched Devastation.

03 - Target Priority: You may choose a new legal target for each successive combat check.

04 - Remove Setback: Remove one Setback from combat checks made as part of Unmatched Devastation per rank.

05 - Improve Mobility: May suffer 2 strain to perform a Move maneuver as an incidental before each combat check made as part of Unmatched Devastation (does not count towards your two maneuvers per turn limit).

Here's the post I gave for No Disintegrations when I posted it. Unless you're willing to take and post pictures, this is the standard Forum format for spoiling Trees .

Post the specs! Post the specs! Post the specs!