43 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:

But only a bit, since I would agree that the "competitive edge" effect is real and is preventing the game from being a lighter-hearted Star Wars "relive the battles" kind of game.

And as far as the excitement of new stuff, why can't everyone just wait until release day?? I mean, by the time it gets here, every card has been spoiled, every combo has been talked about, the ships have been proxied, etc. It makes getting the ship itself pretty anti-climatic.

Heh, maybe I'm just old and can remember a time when you just had to be patient and wait, without the free flow of information and disinformation that everyone thinks they are entitled to.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On 11/29/2017 at 2:06 PM, Chief Hugh said:

I'll be honest, I didn't know they used leaks as a means to increase their business. It makes sense. I'd still prefer to so the articles first before anything else. It just seems that there has been so many leaks that we may start seeing new product leaks before FFG announces them.

It's not a "leak" if it is fully authorized. It's a sneak peek, or a preview. A "leak" implies that someone was not authorized to distribute that information, and did it anyway. Many game companies provide authorized preview material to sites other than their own (WotC does this with every MtG set, for example). It's something that is generally done with someone who has helped them promote their product in some form (if only via reviews) in the past. So it's a reward for the people who get to do the unboxing video, and a promotion of upcoming product for FFG. It's just another tool in the marketing toolkit.

46 minutes ago, Freeptop said:

It's not a "leak" if it is fully authorized. It's a sneak peek, or a preview. A "leak" implies that someone was not authorized to distribute that information, and did it anyway. Many game companies provide authorized preview material to sites other than their own (WotC does this with every MtG set, for example). It's something that is generally done with someone who has helped them promote their product in some form (if only via reviews) in the past. So it's a reward for the people who get to do the unboxing video, and a promotion of upcoming product for FFG. It's just another tool in the marketing toolkit.

Yes, but its not unheard of for companies to "leak" the information deliberately to build hype.