On 4/7/2017 at 10:07 PM, Marinealver said:So will there be a Episode 8 core set?
It depends on what is introduced shipwise, all the current new ships seem really really big, so if we get a plethora of small ships then yes. Otherwise probably not, we might get them as new factions but as a single wave release.
This largely depends though what the next two movies bring. I imagine they will want to up the previous trilogies and go wild with the climax.
Edited by ForrestoSeems like the new First Order Star Destroyer would be a nice way to take Armada in Epic, and make it about the size of a Gozanti or C-Roc in X-Wing.
2 hours ago, AegisGrimm said:Seems like the new First Order Star Destroyer would be a nice way to take Armada in Epic, and make it about the size of a Gozanti or C-Roc in X-Wing.
It's only "double" the size of an ISD, supposedly. Given the 'sliding scale' the game uses (seriously, have you tried to fit a CR90 into the docking bay of an ISD?), the Resurgent-class would hardly need to be 'Epic' in scale. 25%-ish larger than an ISD would do just fine (and be consistent with everything else we have) for showing 'very obviously larger, but still usable in the same game system'.
If - *IF* - FFG ever introduces an 'epic'-scale equivalent for 'Armada', it would be for the Executor-class. Which I remain hopeful for, but...not exactly holding my breath....
48 minutes ago, xanderf said:If - *IF* - FFG ever introduces an 'epic'-scale equivalent for 'Armada', it would be for the Executor-class. Which I remain hopeful for, but...not exactly holding my breath....
There will be an SSD in Episode VIII, so maybe they start with that to bring hype and new players using it as a kind of marketing, and proceed to give us the majestic Executor-class in it's full magnificient power
On 4/6/2017 at 6:25 AM, Church14 said:Man, Home One must either be an extraordinary chassis with consistent weapon and electronics upgrades (think A-10s) or the oldest, tiredest POS in space by Episode VIII
According to Wikipedia, the U.S.S. Enterprise (the real one) was in service from 1961-2013. And technology seems much more static in Star Wars.
12 minutes ago, Keoki said:According to Wikipedia, the U.S.S. Enterprise (the real one) was in service from 1961-2013. And technology seems much more static in Star Wars.
Yep. But - like some aircraft - it underwent multiple upfitting for new technology. It wasn't just the same electronics and guns the whole time.
Basically, I'm wondering if Home One in EpVIII will either be easy pickings (never upfitted) or the centerpiece of the Resistance fleet (underwent lots of refits).
Could be be fun to have the GCW Home One Expansion for the Rebellion and the EpVIII Home One expansion for the Resistance. Though I think most players would be disappointed with that
Edited by Church14On 4/10/2017 at 5:47 AM, Church14 said:Yep. But - like some aircraft - it underwent multiple upfitting for new technology. It wasn't just the same electronics and guns the whole time.
Obviously. And no reason this couldn't be the case with Home One.
Seems people forget, vessels can last for decade's. A 20 year old vessel is not that old.
Hell, the USS Kitty Hawk was commissioned in 1960 and Decommissioned in 2009. 49 years of service.
Yea, ships can last.
The last B-52 bomber was built in 1962 and they are still in service 55 years later.
The planned end of service for the B-52 is in the 2040s. That will be 80 years of service!
Also, the Resistance (like the Rebellion before it) gets hand-me-downs. Home One, unless I'm mistaken, is fairly new during the GCW. Certainly newer than the Y-Wings, Z-95s, et all that they used. So GCW is to the Force Awakens era as the Clone wars were to the GCW.
And I dunno... Home One has a different hangar exit than the circular one we typically expect.
2 minutes ago, Lyraeus said:Seems people forget, vessels can last for decade's. A 20 year old vessel is not that old.
HMS Warspite and her four sisters where 25 years old by 1940, despite being concidered as old battleships of the line, the credited themselves very well during WW2.
HMS Warspite took part in several notable actions, Jutland 1916, Narvik 1940, Cap Matapan 1941.
Obviously the whole class of surviving members was scrapped after WW2, as age and battle damage had taken its toll.
6 hours ago, Lyraeus said:Seems people forget, vessels can last for decade's. A 20 year old vessel is not that old.
I worked on Aircraft engines that were born a year before me. Yes things can be old.
