I just wanted a second opinion on when wave 5 will be legal for a December 3rd Regional.

My understanding is it becomes legal the second Monday after release so if the regional event is on December 3rd Wave 5 must release on and no later than Monday 21st.

Is this correct?

Man I hope it doesn't work like that... I have my fleet down pat and I don't want to change it without getting much practice in. I think FFG will say when it is legal like they did for the FAQ.

Essentially, yes. For North America.

Second Monday, minimum of 11 days

Sounds about right, if very unlikely to actually happen at this point...

Man I hope it doesn't work like that... I have my fleet down pat and I don't want to change it without getting much practice in. I think FFG will say when it is legal like they did for the FAQ.

That is what FFG Says on their own Page in that matter...

.. also when did the FAQ become legal? 24th of October?

It realsed on the 17th of October... That's even less time

Man I hope it doesn't work like that... I have my fleet down pat and I don't want to change it without getting much practice in.

It will work like that, though very unlikely for your December regionals.

It is pretty likely, though, that somebody's regionals will be the first tournament in which W5 is legal, cause it's probably going to drop in the middle of regionals season.

Thank you for the replies, I just wanted to be sure before I added a post on my regionals page!

Man I hope it doesn't work like that... I have my fleet down pat and I don't want to change it without getting much practice in.

It will work like that, though very unlikely for your December regionals.

It is pretty likely, though, that somebody's regionals will be the first tournament in which W5 is legal, cause it's probably going to drop in the middle of regionals season.

Calgary has to wait until Christmas to know.

A Release any day before Christmas Day would make it Legal for Calgary's Regional......

But Christmas day or Later , its not....

....

Talk about waiting for a goddamn miracle ....

I hate this time of year.

Man I hope it doesn't work like that... I have my fleet down pat and I don't want to change it without getting much practice in. I think FFG will say when it is legal like they did for the FAQ.

That is what FFG Says on their own Page in that matter...

.. also when did the FAQ become legal? 24th of October?

It realsed on the 17th of October... That's even less time

Well the FAQ is not new content, just changing what we have now. I know how to run against bombers, big ships and MSU. Wave 5 means I need to learn how to fight the new ships and squads.

Man I hope it doesn't work like that... I have my fleet down pat and I don't want to change it without getting much practice in.

It will work like that, though very unlikely for your December regionals.

It is pretty likely, though, that somebody's regionals will be the first tournament in which W5 is legal, cause it's probably going to drop in the middle of regionals season.

Yea I'm lucky and NC is on Dec 3rd so I hope it's just wave 4 as lame as that is. I've spent the past 2 months tweaking and practicing. I feel it would go to waste since I know I will want wave 5 in the fleet.

Still, I'm sorry to say, Undeadguy... You are, quite literally, hoping against hope , in that manner... It is their Policy, they have a whole page of the Website dedicated to this policy and its updates.

The most common worst case scenario goes like this:


There is some major thing that happens (GenCon, Worlds, Nationals, etc.), and they do a Limited Release to people who are there... This does not count as a Release, but it totally lets that minority of people get their hands on it, potentially weeks early to practice...

Then set the release date as the street date in stores... Right before your 11 day cutoff... Which gives you the bare minimum of said 11 days to practice... (Although, it usually ends up being closer to 17 days - as Street Dates are almost universally thursdays, which makes Legality Days Mondays , and 99% of Regional Tournaments are held on Saturdays )......

This is all well and good, but Wave 5 won't be released this year, period. How do I know this? First off, on the FFG Upcoming page all of Wave 5 is still listed as "at the printer". Then, its 60+ days as listed for "On the Boat" and then 2 weeks for "Shipping Now".

For it to be legal for Dec 3rd, it would have to be released no later than November 22nd. Not going to happen.

Then, its 60+ days as listed for "On the Boat" and then 2 weeks for "Shipping Now".

Well, if you believe everything that's listed on the FFG page, then you'll see that they list "On the Boat" as 4-6 Weeks.

That's potentially 30 days. Not 60.

- Note, that's Potentially, and I agree, very unlikely... But potentially .

Still, I'm sorry to say, Undeadguy... You are, quite literally, hoping against hope , in that manner... It is their Policy, they have a whole page of the Website dedicated to this policy and its updates.

The most common worst case scenario goes like this:

There is some major thing that happens (GenCon, Worlds, Nationals, etc.), and they do a Limited Release to people who are there... This does not count as a Release, but it totally lets that minority of people get their hands on it, potentially weeks early to practice...

Then set the release date as the street date in stores... Right before your 11 day cutoff... Which gives you the bare minimum of said 11 days to practice... (Although, it usually ends up being closer to 17 days - as Street Dates are almost universally thursdays, which makes Legality Days Mondays , and 99% of Regional Tournaments are held on Saturdays )......

I totally agree, but if FFG is correct with their wave 5 info, we will not get it before regionals, which is fine by me

Just my thoughts but I would not worry much about Wave 5 being ready by the 21st. That's from a LGS Manager's perspective too more so than a players.

Man I hope it doesn't work like that... I have my fleet down pat and I don't want to change it without getting much practice in.

It will work like that, though very unlikely for your December regionals.

It is pretty likely, though, that somebody's regionals will be the first tournament in which W5 is legal, cause it's probably going to drop in the middle of regionals season.

Calgary has to wait until Christmas to know.

A Release any day before Christmas Day would make it Legal for Calgary's Regional......

But Christmas day or Later , its not....

....

Talk about waiting for a goddamn miracle ....

I hate this time of year.

But its the most wonderful time of the year!

But its the most wonderful time of the year!

... You don't get to talk until Wave 5 is Here , now....

... Goddamn Snowy Goddamn Cold Goddamn Family-Unfriendly Goddamn Christmas...

But its the most wonderful time of the year!

... You don't get to talk until Wave 5 is Here , now....

... Goddamn Snowy Goddamn Cold Goddamn Family-Unfriendly Goddamn Christmas...

Here in Texas we only have one out of three of those terrible aspects to the season!

Yee-haw?

But its the most wonderful time of the year!

... You don't get to talk until Wave 5 is Here , now....

... Goddamn Snowy Goddamn Cold Goddamn Family-Unfriendly Goddamn Christmas...

Here in Texas we only have one out of three of those terrible aspects to the season!

Yee-haw?

Any positivity in my mind is Completely offset by the fact that its Texas ...

well the Las Vegas Regionals are in Feb so I may have to redesign my fleet for wave 5/CC content.

Then, its 60+ days as listed for "On the Boat" and then 2 weeks for "Shipping Now".

Well, if you believe everything that's listed on the FFG page, then you'll see that they list "On the Boat" as 4-6 Weeks.

That's potentially 30 days. Not 60.

That would be 28-42 days, call yourself pedantic?

That is an error of 2-12 days.

That would be 28-42 days, call yourself pedantic?

That is an error of 2-12 days.

I still round better than FFG.

That would be 28-42 days, call yourself pedantic?

That is an error of 2-12 days.

I still round better than FFG.

There are on average 22 working days in a month, so 42 rounds to 44, which is 2 months or when we convert that to days is generally regarded as 60 days.

Or perhaps they are just rounding up?

::shrug::

I work on average 7 days a week, but 13 days a fortnight...

14 days a fortnight until January, now... No Armada time for me.

That's all I know right now.

Dras you make your life sound so miserable.

I'm still here.

But any way you slice it, looking after a Toddler with a Speech Development Issue is a full-time job, when your partner is working 12 hour days to keep the bills paid, and even then, its only working because you're taking Commission Painting on the side to keep the med bills away.

It could be a lot worse. But I'm always hit bad by this time of year...

... So getting a half-decent release, half-decently on time, with Squadrons in it, that promises to boost my company profits through more work - its heartening... I'm just hoping it happens now.