2 hours ago, Brunas said:

Reapers have made 1.0 somewhat acceptable to me. Completely and totally shutting down the stupid regenerating bomb fortress style of play makes me more interested in the rest of it.

Because it leaves your unhittable aces back at the top of the food chain?

10 minutes ago, catachanninja said:

Because it leaves your unhittable aces back at the top of the food chain?

Everything left in Fake X-Wing is cancer. At this point it's just a question of which cancer I like better

11 minutes ago, catachanninja said:

Because it leaves your unhittable aces back at the top of the food chain?

Actually no, just because things die. Vader is officially unplayable as of reapers dropping which makes me sad.

We all live in fear.

25 minutes ago, Brunas said:

Actually no, just because things die. Vader is officially unplayable as of reapers dropping which makes me sad.

We all live in fear.

I kid because i love. Reapers seem really cool as do some of the rebel salads i see popping up. I'm sometimes tempted to Brett Favre and unretire, but that also seems like a lot of work. Even broke Nathans heart a little telling him I wouldnt help him train for gencon.

oh, the "we all live in fear" was supposed to end in "of nym", because now nothing that can get above ps9 can deal with reapers.

14 minutes ago, Brunas said:

oh, the "we all live in fear" was supposed to end in "of nym", because now nothing that can get above ps9 can deal with reapers.

Maybe, but who does Nym fly with? Dash and Miri can't deal with the Reapers, either. Is Nym-Asajj back on the menu?

1 hour ago, DR4CO said:

Maybe, but who does Nym fly with? Dash and Miri can't deal with the Reapers, either. Is Nym-Asajj back on the menu?

No idea. At least store champs (if anyone goes) will be goofy science experiment time!

I am this video whenever the thread digresses back to 1.0 meta talk...

1 hour ago, Tlfj200 said:

I am this video whenever the thread digresses back to 1.0 meta talk...

You shouldn’t let us know this stuff. I’m the type to poke at things just to make someone wince.

It takes a big man to cry. And it takes an even bigger man to laugh at that man for crying!

14 hours ago, Brunas said:

Has anyone played reapers v nym? Trying to figure out if it changes the choice of ace.

A local has built a squad specifically to deal with Krenic featuring Proton Bombing/Throwing Nym and Emon with bomblet to just cause area denial for the whole board. Someone asked him if he liked playing solitaire last night. We laughed because the other players decisions didn't matter and it wasn't happening to us.

I'm just gonna fly Corran/Han until 2.0. I may not win many games, but I will have fun?

20 minutes ago, Wiredin said:

A local has built a squad specifically to deal with Krenic featuring Proton Bombing/Throwing Nym and Emon with bomblet to just cause area denial for the whole board. Someone asked him if he liked playing solitaire last night. We laughed because the other players decisions didn't matter and it wasn't happening to us.

The old "bring a 6 die final salvo and hope my opponent is dumb enough to actually play the game strategy". Classic!

23 minutes ago, Wiredin said:

A local has built a squad specifically to deal with Krenic featuring Proton Bombing/Throwing Nym and Emon with bomblet to just cause area denial for the whole board. Someone asked him if he liked playing solitaire last night. We laughed because the other players decisions didn't matter and it wasn't happening to us.

Am I the only one who wouldn't care about that list with a Reaper squad? 8 HP Reapers are not exactly shaken up by the occasional splash damage.

3 minutes ago, Biophysical said:

Am I the only one who wouldn't care about that list with a Reaper squad? 8 HP Reapers are not exactly shaken up by the occasional splash damage.

He never actually faced a Reaper squad... so I'm not sure... he made palp aces super sad and my wholesome Rey/Saw build was no match for that level of unfun.

6 minutes ago, Brunas said:

The old "bring a 6 die final salvo and hope my opponent is dumb enough to actually play the game strategy". Classic!

Hey, I didn't buy X-Wing to not play the game.

4 minutes ago, Biophysical said:

Am I the only one who wouldn't care about that list with a Reaper squad? 8 HP Reapers are not exactly shaken up by the occasional splash damage.

Whats the worst Nym can do...against a reaper player incapable of range control...Trajectory Sim + Harpoon before getting jammed followed by another bomb and a bit of TLT?

Nym can't even Jam, Regen, Fenn actions, or add evade results.

This is 1.0 Wave 14.

Nym is not nearly good enough.

29 minutes ago, Boom Owl said:

Whats the worst Nym can do...against a reaper player incapable of range control...Trajectory Sim + Harpoon before getting jammed followed by another bomb and a bit of TLT?

Nym can't even Jam, Regen, Fenn actions, or add evade results.

This is 1.0 Wave 14.

Nym is not nearly good enough.

that super sad/scary because Nym is a cancer that snuffed the love of the game for me (until gunboats) and I still cry a little inside every time I need to face "no consequences perfect information bomb you to death" Nym.

Emon creates a no-consequences NPE nightmare... you have just heard one of the first of many complaints of overpowered Firespray NPEs.

Emon's ability is unchanged in 2.0, with a much better chassis and much more useful title. Nym gets both of his abilities on one ship and other than that is unchanged. Genius, Protons, and Bomblet are all basically unchanged.

That particular cancer will still plague us in 2.0...

7 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

Emon creates a no-consequences NPE nightmare... you have just heard one of the first of many complaints of overpowered Firespray NPEs.

Emon's ability is unchanged in 2.0, with a much better chassis and much more useful title. Nym gets both of his abilities on one ship and other than that is unchanged. Genius, Protons, and Bomblet are all basically unchanged.

That particular cancer will still plague us in 2.0...

Proton Bombs don't go through shields IIRC, which is pretty huge.

So doing some Theorycrafting-

3 Strikers and a Reaper.

What EPTs are likely to be good on a generic I3 Striker? How relevant will Bombs be on Strikers? What crew seems like a good idea to put on Reapers?

2 minutes ago, Kaptin Krunch said:

So doing some Theorycrafting-

3 Strikers and a Reaper.

What EPTs are likely to be good on a generic I3 Striker? How relevant will Bombs be on Strikers? What crew seems like a good idea to put on Reapers?

that's a LOT of room for activities:

Unnamed Squadron (73)
Imperial Trainee — TIE Striker 17
Adaptive Ailerons 0
Ship Total: 17

Imperial Trainee — TIE Striker 17
Adaptive Ailerons 0
Ship Total: 17

Imperial Trainee — TIE Striker 17
Adaptive Ailerons 0
Ship Total: 17

Scarif Base Pilot — TIE Reaper 22
Ship Total: 22

even if you take the most expensive version possible:

Unnamed Squadron (91)
"Duchess" — TIE Striker 23
Adaptive Ailerons 0
Ship Total: 23

"Pure Sabacc" — TIE Striker 22
Adaptive Ailerons 0
Ship Total: 22

"Countdown" — TIE Striker 20
Adaptive Ailerons 0
Ship Total: 20

Major Vermeil — TIE Reaper 26
Ship Total: 26

so, probably just another body? If the points are similar in the first you can just take a 4th striker and still have a 10/20 point bid.

15 minutes ago, Brunas said:

Proton Bombs don't go through shields IIRC, which is pretty huge.

Yeah, but last I checked, Aces of Legend still have no shields...

3 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

Yeah, but last I checked, Aces of Legend still have no shields...

He's got two mod slots and no Autothrusters. Life will find a way.

8 minutes ago, Kieransi said:

Yeah, but last I checked, Aces of Legend still have no shields...

18 minutes ago, Kaptin Krunch said:

So doing some Theorycrafting-

3 Strikers and a Reaper.

What EPTs are likely to be good on a generic I3 Striker? How relevant will Bombs be on Strikers? What crew seems like a good idea to put on Reapers?

Tough to say with what is spoiled. Elusive seems good on a 4 health ship that is going to be doing at least a few reds a game recover a charge? It's a defensive lonewolf that has no range restriction. Outmaneuver feels like it might trigger easily on the higher PS strikers, but it might be priced pretty high.

On a reaper? Uhhh....Creepio and Vader? That's a decent amount of passive mods on the reaper.

Elusive seems extra strong because it's a defensive boost, and it gives you the option to go slow. That sucks for an opponent.