Well we know why Imperials have been getting nerfed so bad the past few waves. Gunboat gonna devastate the meta.

27 minutes ago, flyboymb said:

Well we know why Imperials have been getting nerfed so bad the past few waves. Gunboat gonna devastate the meta.

I WILL FLY THEM ALLLLLLLL!

THE REBELLION AND SCUM SHALL PAY FOR MAKING US LOOK LIKE FOOLS IN THE COMPETITIVE SCENE!

47 minutes ago, flyboymb said:

Well we know why Imperials have been getting nerfed so bad the past few waves. Gunboat gonna devastate the meta.

Given how few upgrades there are on the bar if the dial isn't terribad 2+ a "budget" ace like OL seems feasible. Or 1 or the generic/mid teir + 2 defenders/sf's

Edit: oh yeah, and there definitely going to be screams of OP. These suckers dropping harpoons, protons, or that new toy packaged with every second turn.

I hope the kimo doesn't have 3turns. Trashmech with 3 turns gives it znother crazy good scum dial...

17 hours ago, BadMotivator said:

Not really. Seems good actually.

You give it some missiles/torpedoes. It fires them off, then next turn it slams away out of trouble and uses Advanced Slam to reload it's used torpedo/missile. And that turn it's got 3 agility effectively if it does get shot at, possibly at range 3 too.

Give him PtL so you could focus for defense that turn.

So it really depends on how the Dial is for shedding stress.

Or you just use a cannon instead and slam every other turn to reposition.

One of the titles appears to let you shoot a cannon whilst you have a weapons disabled token, which is vurry interesting

Also, what exactly will Jam do. In non-epic play?

What a god awful selection of ships! I'm kind of happy for Imp players who have been moaning about the gunboat for ten years or whatever, but I have zero interest in scum and the rebel ship looks terrible (appearance wise).

Where's my Battle of Scarif stuff?

17 hours ago, ficklegreendice said:

It's an additional green die, guys

Roll to add +1 disappointment to your result

BTW, nifty thing is you get two wep disabled tokens in that expac

Adv SLAM into reload, anyone?

Which you would both discard at the end of the turn, right?

Also, an AGi 2-3 ship with 7 HP can be really great, depending on the costing.

The Phantom II... it does remind me of something... what was it again?

50 minutes ago, madquest8 said:

What a god awful selection of ships! I'm kind of happy for Imp players who have been moaning about the gunboat for ten years or whatever, but I have zero interest in scum and the rebel ship looks terrible (appearance wise).

Where's my Battle of Scarif stuff?

Ace pack, almost certainly. Maybe an X/Y since they already did A/B. Possibly corresponding Fighter/Interceptor pack for the Imps, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that.

I like that the Gunboat finally finds its way to X-Wing. FINALLY!

But Empire needs a big ship that is not a clumsy shuttle so bad. I would have really liked the Rogue Shadow or Sith Infiltrator. Maybe neeeeext wave!

Where are you finding good enough resolution photos to read all this??

30 minutes ago, Infinite_Maelstrom said:

Where are you finding good enough resolution photos to read all this??

^This. I have been looking everywhere. I have even tried cleaning them up on my own to no avail.

3 hours ago, ForceM said:

Which you would both discard at the end of the turn, right?

Also, an AGi 2-3 ship with 7 HP can be really great, depending on the costing.

according to the ref card, yeah you discard all tokens

15 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

according to the ref card, yeah you discard all tokens...

...just to deviate from the discussion slightly, any thoughts on the Gunboat's MAGNIFICENT WINGSPAN, @ficklegreendice ?

4 minutes ago, FTS Gecko said:

...just to deviate from the discussion slightly, any thoughts on the Gunboat's MAGNIFICENT WINGSPAN, @ficklegreendice ?

it's not bad

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– So, coordinate on non-Epic ships is perfect for a large Imperial shuttle, right? It takes discipline, training and a strong chain of command to coordinate between ships, it's what Imperial officers do.

– For sure. But let's also give it to a small Rebel ship that belongs to a ragtag bunch of misfits.

– Sounds legit.

1 hour ago, Kumagoro said:

– So, coordinate on non-Epic ships is perfect for a large Imperial shuttle, right? It takes discipline, training and a strong chain of command to coordinate between ships, it's what Imperial officers do.

– For sure. But let's also give it to a small Rebel ship that belongs to a ragtag bunch of misfits.

– Sounds legit.

It's actually really bad on a large ship because sacrificing an action on a ship to give an action to a less expensive ship is not a good idea (see also Esege and Shara)

Coordinate makes more sense in a crappy support shuttle where gameplay is concerned. Honestly not sure why they bothered with coordinate on the UPS without some cool tech upgrade making it a free action

24 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

It's actually really bad on a large ship because sacrificing an action on a ship to give an action to a less expensive ship is not a good idea (see also Esege and Shara)

Coordinate makes more sense in a crappy support shuttle where gameplay is concerned. Honestly not sure why they bothered with coordinate on the UPS without some cool tech upgrade making it a free action

It is useful during the three years it takes for it to turn around to get another shot in.

On 8/18/2017 at 1:03 PM, ficklegreendice said:

Ps 7 gunboat seems to roll an additional defense die when it has a weapons disabled token

So basically doesn't have a pilot ability

um, thats a pilot ability. if it has crew you might even be able to roll 4+ defence dice with it. if the gunboat chasis is good then they might just be trying to keep it from being an infinite ordinance jumpmaster type thing

My best "squint + line length match"

I'm thinking they removed the circles around the cannon and (other upgrade) icon. I'm not sure about the system, but I couldnt quite get "Lose missile slot" or "Lose torpedo/missile slots" to parse.

The second part is line matching what redit is apparently saying the ability is. No guarentee there, but the blobs fit, more or less.

17 hours ago, SabineKey said:

Still kinda wish it was in his ship from the show, the Nightbrother.

that ship is bigger than a gozanti. way too big

31 minutes ago, Rakaydos said:

My best "squint + line length match"

I'm thinking they removed the circles around the cannon and (other upgrade) icon. I'm not sure about the system, but I couldnt quite get "Lose missile slot" or "Lose torpedo/missile slots" to parse.

The second part is line matching what redit is apparently saying the ability is. No guarentee there, but the blobs fit, more or less.

If thats true Gunboats just broke the internet

42 minutes ago, Rakaydos said:

My best "squint + line length match"

I'm thinking they removed the circles around the cannon and (other upgrade) icon. I'm not sure about the system, but I couldnt quite get "Lose missile slot" or "Lose torpedo/missile slots" to parse.

The second part is line matching what redit is apparently saying the ability is. No guarentee there, but the blobs fit, more or less.

If two cannons and a system slot are a single point, I'm even more blown away. That's fantastic. My one concern is whether or not the cannon point cap is actually 2, since that would preclude ion cannons, which is pretty much the Gunboat's bread and butter. Ion and TBeam or Jam Beam as well is gonna be phenomenal, if the Linked Batteries is actually a mod and allows all Cannons to be fired the same turn.

Oh man the hype is still happening.

3 minutes ago, Tsiegtiez said:

If two cannons and a system slot are a single point, I'm even more blown away. That's fantastic. My one concern is whether or not the cannon point cap is actually 2, since that would preclude ion cannons, which is pretty much the Gunboat's bread and butter. Ion and TBeam or Jam Beam as well is gonna be phenomenal, if the Linked Batteries is actually a mod and allows all Cannons to be fired the same turn.

Oh man the hype is still happening.

I would speculate that the point cap for FIRING WHILE SLAMMING is 2, but there's nothing stopping you from outfitting a gunboat with HLC+autoblaster, aside from wasting points.

And if the XG1 title really does add a system, Linked batteries as a system as a Bwing or brobot buff?