2 hours ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Another series of excellent prize swag decisions by FFG OP!

A unique pilot that didn't even see play five years ago when he premiered in Wave 1,
A generic that was incredibly popular a year and half ago before Palpatine was nerfed,
And tokens that go with a niche card that still hasn't been ruled on with necessary FAQ answers.

Sometimes, looking at the X-Wing prize support, I think that FFGOP likes to just troll the X-Wing community. I mean, the prize support for Armada is generally so much better, including the quality of the art used for the alt-arts, so I'm not sure why the X-Wing prizes are always so perplexing.

Maybe because so much salt gets thrown at the X-wing devs on these pages?

I don't mind them.
I'm also not super excited about them.

Pity it wasn't a more generically appealing token, though - there's literally only one card in the whole game that uses those tokens, and it's in an Epic ship besides. Even Cloaking Device tokens are more generically applicable.

So... why are the illicit tokens useless? Is it because noone uses them, or because something else?

Interesting choice of alt arts.

17 minutes ago, Infinite_Maelstrom said:

So... why are the illicit tokens useless? Is it because noone uses them, or because something else?

The former. I don't think I've seen Jabba put on the table yet (in a 100 point game), even casually. Costs too much for not a lot of impact.

2 hours ago, Stoneface said:

Maybe because so much salt gets thrown at the X-wing devs on these pages?

Maybe, though X-Wing prize support has always been iffy, even going back years to a golden age when the community worshipped the ground the devs walked on and the tables X-Wing was played upon.

2 hours ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Maybe, though X-Wing prize support has always been iffy, even going back years to a golden age when the community worshipped the ground the devs walked on and the tables X-Wing was played upon.

Oh the boxes.... no one remembers the boxes...

1 hour ago, FlyingAnchors said:

Oh the boxes.... no one remembers the boxes...

I actually liked the boxes, still wish I could round up the Tie Fighter box from store champs that year.

34 minutes ago, Vykk Draygo said:

I actually liked the boxes, still wish I could round up the Tie Fighter box from store champs that year.

Really cool looking? Check

functionality? Check (what would you use it for? I guess it could hold a single ship for mass storage...)

resistant to water? X

I mean I really liked the concept, I even want the b-wing one because it looks cool, but I have no idea what I would use it for.

27 minutes ago, FlyingAnchors said:

Really cool looking? Check

functionality? Check (what would you use it for? I guess it could hold a single ship for mass storage...)

resistant to water? X

I mean I really liked the concept, I even want the b-wing one because it looks cool, but I have no idea what I would use it for.

That's actually the only one of the boxes I don't have. I love the artwork on them. I keep them on top of my computer desk and store all my extra pilot cards and upgrade cards in. I have a rather large collection and I don't carry extras in binders of pilots and limit the amount of duplicate upgrades I keep with me, always two of every upgrade in case someone needs to borrow, more copies of the more useful cards as well. They allow me to keep all my extras easily accessible and keeps the artwork visible. After all, you never know when that useless upgrade from a few waves back becomes useful and you need more copies. ?

On 10/13/2017 at 11:50 PM, Dwing said:

I like it. Horton seem like a small giant next to the Y-wing cockpit though?

On 10/14/2017 at 2:15 AM, Gilarius said:

Nah, he's standing closer to the front...with a really long arm!

Everyone knows that Y-Wings come stock with a Perspective Distortion Generator...

*coughcough cough*

Welp looks like I won't have to bother going to any Q4 kit tournaments then. That frees up the schedule a bit.

... those omicron group pilots are kinda ugly...?

Shame it wasn't Gold Sq pilots I guess. Oh Well.

Time to double down on ordering Q3 kits to get us through the winter!

1 hour ago, thespaceinvader said:

Welp looks like I won't have to bother going to any Q4 kit tournaments then. That frees up the schedule a bit.

The tournament kit prices always had been worth less than the time investment for even a 3 round tournament. If you went just for the prices, you were doing it wrong and should ask your boss for some extra work ours instead. ;-)

4 minutes ago, SEApocalypse said:

The tournament kit prices always had been worth less than the time investment for even a 3 round tournament. If you went just for the prices, you were doing it wrong and should ask your boss for some extra work ours instead. ;-)

I don't go along for the money. I go along to try to get cards and tokens I want to use because I like them.

I will never use any of these.

Hence not going.

If I was in this for the money I wouldn't be in this, it's a net money sink by so far it's not even funny.

Just now, thespaceinvader said:

I don't go along for the money. I go along to try to get cards and tokens I want to use because I like them.

I will never use any of these.

Hence not going.

And I am saying you were doing it wrong the whole time. If the cards are what interests you, buying them from ebay would have been a lot more time-efficient. If the cards were the only reason to go than you never had a reason in the first place. If you went for the community and games than an uninteresting loot in Q3 kit is not a big problem.

Though Lambda's are cool, even when I would have prefered to get Yorr and Gold Squadron Pilots instead. Maybe Q1 2018 FFG?`^_^

I enjoy playing games. I do not enjoy buying cards.

I wenjoy playing games with cards i have won, not cards I have bought.

And honestly, for prize cards and tokens (as opposed to participation stuff), they are often more expensive than the registration and gas money to buy on Ebay anyway.

If you enjoy the games, guess what, there ain't a problem with a bunch of "****" cards.

If you would not have enjoyed the games, your investment would not only have been gas money and a registration fee, but as well highly valuable time. And compared to the time investment, even most cards from world are dirt cheap. With Game night kits, even gas money and registration fee are already close, because the cards from those kits had always been dirt cheap.

But good for you, you do enjoy the games, you get with the Q3 kit the bonus that you don't have to care about your final place. ;-)

*shrug*

Possibly I'm conflicted about this.

But mostly, I can play plenty of games anyway, both in person and on Vassal (easily more than I need to and than my relationship can stand, if I were to push it that far), so I'm not going to make a special trip unless there's an added incentive that I appreciate.

2 hours ago, Sk3tch said:

Shame it wasn't Gold Sq pilots I guess. Oh Well.

They already did gold squadron waaay back..... that said, it would be nice if they would rotate the prize cards every once in a while...

1 hour ago, FlyingAnchors said:

They already did gold squadron waaay back..... that said, it would be nice if they would rotate the prize cards every once in a while...

Oh wow, missed that then, must have been before my time.

On 10/13/2017 at 9:41 PM, FlyingAnchors said:

Seen a lot of hate for the OGP, personally I like it. If palp aces ever comes back, it'll be nice to have official alt arts for all 3 ships. Same with Horton to, now you can get all rebel aces (tycho, tien numb, Horton) in alt art as well.

The illicit acrylic tokens gives me hope we'll get an FAQ for jabba soon. I mean, why else would you need that many illicit tokens?

really glad they've gone back to double pilot card alt arts, would love to have more of those type kits. (At least one a year). I know some people were looking for alt art palp, I hope we'll get him in Q1.

with the Palp nerf, thats never gonna happen

1 hour ago, thespaceinvader said:

*shrug*

Possibly I'm conflicted about this.

But mostly, I can play plenty of games anyway, both in person and on Vassal (easily more than I need to and than my relationship can stand, if I were to push it that far), so I'm not going to make a special trip unless there's an added incentive that I appreciate.

Now behind that I totally can get. I stick mostly to local tournaments for similar reasons.

Anything involving traveling would simply not enjoyable enough unless my wife got time to participate as well. And unfortunately she is currently rather busy. But to be honest, that's as well mostly unrelated to the quality of the tournament kits.

I like the set. I’ll play my darndest to win them. If my flgs ever has a tournament. Ugh.