14 minutes ago, JJ48 said:

Personally, I'd trust a laser over the ruler. For one thing, cardboard is much more prone to bending/warping than a laser is. For another, with a laser I don't have to worry about accidentally bumping a ship or an obstacle. They have to be lined up properly, of course, but so does a ruler, and those can be much harder to line up when you're near the extreme limits of range and can't overlap the line much.

I'd go plastic ruler > a non-X-Wing ruler of some kind > cardboard ruler == gaming laser (and I don't care if you think you have the perfect elbow anchor technique).

All I can do is strongly, strongly recommend that you double check with some kind of solid, straight object anything which is even slightly debatable (presuming that accuracy is important to you game experience, of course). If you do that a bunch and don't notice the difference then fair enough, but that's not not my experience in the slightest.

21 minutes ago, Killerardvark said:

A twisted or curved ruler would be considered a damaged component and should not be used. This is one of the reasons I encourage players to compare components with their opponent to make sure you're both on the same playing field.

Not according to FFG (when I tried to get them replaced):

"Unfortunately due to the production method variations in individual rulers do happen and it does not meet the criteria for a damaged component."

29 minutes ago, __underscore__ said:

I'd go plastic ruler > a non-X-Wing ruler of some kind > cardboard ruler == gaming laser (and I don't care if you think you have the perfect elbow anchor technique).

All I can do is strongly, strongly recommend that you double check with some kind of solid, straight object anything which is even slightly debatable (presuming that accuracy is important to you game experience, of course). If you do that a bunch and don't notice the difference then fair enough, but that's not not my experience in the slightest.

Ah, that may be the difference. A couple people in our group have plastic rulers, but most of us just have the standard, cardboard stuff. It works for most ballpark situations, but for close calls we get out the lasers.

To actually weigh in on the subject: I usually use the range ruler, not because I care about accuracy that much, but because it's already in my hand. If I would bump a buncha crap trying to fit a ruler in there, I grab the laser.

I agree a laser is a good idea, but if they had actually created a small plastic piece to insert like my buddy, then they could eventually sell an upgrade to give any ship the bullseye firing arc. would have been nice for sure.

5 hours ago, eagletsi111 said:

if they had actually created a small plastic piece to insert like my buddy

Can you post a pic of this device? I can't wrap m head around what it looks like.

I will try and get a picture next time I'm in town at his store. Basically it a piece of plastic which slides between the nubs, and has a gap for the bullseye template(Which we measure with a 5 straight maneuver template), since we cannot be sure of the size yet). It actually attached to the template, so it doesn't affect your movement and when you want to check you just slot it inbetween the nubs.

He has now changed it to be the Cardboard Range ruler width.