The correct reasoning is "Because the booklet included with the Ghost expansion says so"

FFG really needs to have a unified Rules Reference that consolidates this stuff - having rules governing ships anyone can encounter only listed on inserts really puts players without these expansions at a disadvantage.

Putting the VCX-100 rulebook in the documents section of the website would be nice too, if they didn't want to roll it all together. I remember hearing on a recent podcast where someone pointed out that people don't have access to the rules for the special arc on the Ghost unless they own it, which is a good point. Its easy for someone to make mistakes with that since they don't have the rules without using an "unofficial" source like the X-Wing Wiki

I "liked" that post, @Transmogrifier, but I am @#$%^ conflicted about it, because now Fenn-Ghost is unsolved again. You sonuvab ...

Anyway, every rules-sheet needs to be available as a companion document to the FAQ and the tournament docs.

16 minutes ago, Jeff Wilder said:

You were begging the question, in other words. (And in the correct use of the phrase, not the sub-literate use of it that is becoming more and more popular as the world grows dimmer and dimmer.)

I was listening to a podcast that was basically the recording of a Yale undergraduate class on the early Middle Ages. One of the topics the lecturer addressed was how the people of the time felt, did they perceive that they were in a dark age? Which led into "how does one tell the difference?"

The lecturer made the point that in the 50s, Greek and Latin were requirements for any successful application to Yale, now most graduates from the school have barely encountered them.

3 minutes ago, Biophysical said:

The lecturer made the point that in the 50s, Greek and Latin were requirements for any successful application to Yale, now most graduates from the school have barely encountered them.

I got a Bf.D. in Google Translate, mang.

(Seriously, I would have loved taking Latin in high school, but I was in public school in Kentucky. I was lucky to be able to choose French or Spanish, honestly. I chose French, BTW, because I thought chicks would find it irresistible. I chose poorly.)

Is this the best the forum meta has ever been?

Just now, Boom Owl said:

Is this the best the forum meta has ever been?

I Still wish it were possible to fly Saltmaster5000 in anything but the most casual way. Maybe a title in the future, I dunno.

9 minutes ago, Boom Owl said:

Is this the best the forum meta has ever been?

Not sure. Those Boom Owl gifs are totally unfairly OP. All of my gifs get curbstomped when they run into gifs of that power level.

The "X-Wing fix" archetype seems to have died off a bit. But the breakfast meta is still going strong.

The GUNBOAT meta seems to have been balanced by the podcast meta. Although the entire TLJ discussions wave ended in a total dumpster fire, not sure what the forum was thinking on that one. Glad to see that the "should this be allowed in a tournament" threads are still making it to the top tables though. Those kind of dumpster fires always make me laugh.

40 minutes ago, Transmogrifier said:

And there it is - the hard reason why you cannot do what I asked about. Thanks!

Thought I found a Krayt-like loophole...

Anyone still talking or wondering about balls and Soontir?

I just ran some numbers on that awesome online calculator. Draw your own conclusions.

Red Dice:

3 Red Die with Focus = 2.25 hits

3 Red Die with Focus + TL = 2.81 hits

Green Dice:

3 green dice with Focus + Evade defending against 3 red dice with Focus has expected damage of 0.17

4 green dice with Focus + Evade defending against 3 red dice with Focus has expected damage of .008

3 green dice with Evade defending against 3 red dice with Focus has expected damage of 0.49

4 green dice with Evade defending against 3 red dice with Focus has expected damage of 0.34

3 green dice with Focus defending against 3 red dice with Focus has expected damage of 0.63

4 green dice with Focus defending against 3 red dice with Focus has expected damage of 0.35

Keep in mind that 4-greens-plus-focus-evade-Palp has a decent chance of completely dodging a perfect Miranda Harpoon.

To which you can say, "Why are you giving Miranda a perfect Harpoon?" and that's fair. But the point is that an extra green die has value above and beyond the boost it gives to "expected evades." It makes things possible that simply aren't possible with 3 greens, and that has significant value.

2 minutes ago, Jeff Wilder said:

Keep in mind that 4-greens-plus-focus-evade-Palp has a decent chance of completely dodging a perfect Miranda Harpoon.

To which you can say, "Why are you giving Miranda a perfect Harpoon?" and that's fair. But the point is that an extra green die has value above and beyond the boost it gives to "expected evades." It makes things possible that simply aren't possible with 3 greens, and that has significant value.

If Miranda gets 5 hits the expected damage is 1.5 on Soontir with 4 dice Focus + Evade.

If Miranda gets 4 hits the expected damage is .65 on Soontir with 4 dice Focus + Evade.

So, it is VERY reasonable to expect to dodge any Harpoon, and you have a outside but possible chance to dodge a 5 dice one.

46 minutes ago, Jeff Wilder said:

I got a Bf.D. in Google Translate, mang.

(Seriously, I would have loved taking Latin in high school, but I was in public school in Kentucky. I was lucky to be able to choose French or Spanish, honestly. I chose French, BTW, because I thought chicks would find it irresistible. I chose poorly.)

I had a year of Latin and 3 years of German in high school. My German teacher was quite good. Latin.... Not so much. Although I haven't used a lot of either of them.

22 minutes ago, sirjorj said:

And there it is - the hard reason why you cannot do what I asked about. Thanks!

Thought I found a Krayt-like loophole...

Rejoice, because if you're willing to be as douchey as a Krayt -- I know, but bear with me -- then you're still in good shape, because that blurb specifies the Attack Shuttle, which the Sheathipede is not.

Just now, Biophysical said:

I had a year of Latin and 3 years of German in high school. My German teacher was quite good. Latin.... Not so much. Although I haven't used a lot of either of them.

I've found Latin to be much more helpful than my German or Japanese (apparently I somehow accidentally hit the Axis language trifecta...), not in any way as a spoken language. But for the insight it gives to scientific terminology and for doing adhoc translations of romance languages I don't know.

6 minutes ago, Jeff Wilder said:

Rejoice, because if you're willing to be as douchey as a Krayt -- I know, but bear with me -- then you're still in good shape, because that blurb specifies the Attack Shuttle, which the Sheathipede is not.

True - i just figured the phantom 2 had something similar... though it is a smaller package without the larger sheet... hmm...

5 minutes ago, Jeff Wilder said:

Rejoice, because if you're willing to be as douchey as a Krayt -- I know, but bear with me -- then you're still in good shape, because that blurb specifies the Attack Shuttle, which the Sheathipede is not.

20 minutes ago, Jeff Wilder said:

Keep in mind that 4-greens-plus-focus-evade-Palp has a decent chance of completely dodging a perfect Miranda Harpoon.

To which you can say, "Why are you giving Miranda a perfect Harpoon?" and that's fair. But the point is that an extra green die has value above and beyond the boost it gives to "expected evades." It makes things possible that simply aren't possible with 3 greens, and that has significant value.

I can't rememeber the exact number, but miranda with focus target lock and chips (pretty easy to get with fen rau coordinating) has something like a 97% chance for 5 hits, so its fairly reasonable to act as though it can happen.

26 minutes ago, Boba Rick said:

So, it is VERY reasonable to expect to dodge any Harpoon, and you have a outside but possible chance to dodge a 5 dice one.

And with Palp, dodging the 5-die Harpoon gets much easier. (In order to fail, you have to roll 3 blanks on your 4 dice, because one is a Palp evade and one is an Autothrusters evade (at R3). In short, we live in a weird, weird X-Wing world where Soontir Fel is not always the best thing to put on the table. But note that I'm not attaching value to the weirdness, just observing it.)

Duncan Howard currently off-loading his X-Wing winnings..

#whatdoesitmean

On 2/6/2018 at 11:36 PM, Kaptin Krunch said:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pfGrOEnlGQejhOTNDAusBa3cjRjsFk2ZgdFS0hrSD6I/edit?usp=sharing

Alright, let's see if we can figure out how to beat this. I'll move it to a private doc or the like if requested.

I'll make an alt-art card set with whatever pilots/upgrades that we deem the best solution and distribute them to anyone that put in work on this.

Just a reminder that this is a thing, and I finished making the custom "Ghost-Buster" card backs for the set of cards I make.

That's a pretty sweet document there @Kaptin Krunch. I'm planning on attempting both control and dakka Brobots. I think the Dakka Brobots might be better to take Fenn out in 1 turn with Crack/Stim combo and utilize the Stim and ATs in the same round to take minimal damage back from the Ghost. Once Fenn dies, the Brobots can start burning down the Ghost with the dual HLC firepower.

42 minutes ago, RStan said:

That's a pretty sweet document there @Kaptin Krunch. I'm planning on attempting both control and dakka Brobots. I think the Dakka Brobots might be better to take Fenn out in 1 turn with Crack/Stim combo and utilize the Stim and ATs in the same round to take minimal damage back from the Ghost. Once Fenn dies, the Brobots can start burning down the Ghost with the dual HLC firepower.

maybe something involving Asensors+push+mangler bots?

4 hours ago, Makaze said:

I've found Latin to be much more helpful than my German or Japanese (apparently I somehow accidentally hit the Axis language trifecta...), not in any way as a spoken language. But for the insight it gives to scientific terminology and for doing adhoc translations of romance languages I don't know.

This mirrors my experience almost exactly.

4 hours ago, Rinzler in a Tie said:

Duncan Howard currently off-loading his X-Wing winnings..

I'm certain there is an appropriately titled doors song for this moment.