has there been any spoiled images of the Baron ?

No, though someone said they talked about him on stream somewhere.

22 minutes ago, Darth evil said:

has there been any spoiled images of the Baron ?

Nope, someone on the stream asked them about it and all they revealed was that his ability gives him a focus for having/getting a target in his bullseye arc. And that Interceptors apparently can easily link into barrel roll or boost for most actions.

I remember the stream guys saying Interceptors get Autothrusters

no, not the upgrade, it's an ability keyword

it basically means they can chain any action into red boost or roll

so they always have a sort-of ptl on hand

4 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

I remember the stream guys saying Interceptors get Autothrusters

no, not the upgrade, it's an ability keyword

it basically means they can chain any action into red boost or roll

so they always have a sort-of ptl on hand

Very cool

9 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

I remember the stream guys saying Interceptors get Autothrusters

no, not the upgrade, it's an ability keyword

Auto...thrusters....

Automatically... Thrusts after actions.....

God it makes more sense that way than it did before! How long have they been planning this

incidentally, anyone want to trade interceptor conversion kit bits for a defender?

for some reason, ficklegreendice doesn't fly interceptors no matter how cool they are

And from what i've gathered Soontir gets a Focus when someone is in his Bullseye firing arc

18 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

incidentally, anyone want to trade interceptor conversion kit bits for a defender?

for some reason, ficklegreendice doesn't fly interceptors no matter how cool they are

If you were local to me I would probably have an extra defender to make that trade and would want to... for all I know you could be someone I play with here locally but I highly doubt that.

On 5/3/2018 at 6:03 AM, Darth evil said:

And from what i've gathered Soontir gets a Focus when someone is in his Bullseye firing arc

Ooh, I like that! Keeps him strong but only if you fly him right, it’s only a nerf if you mess up. That’s great design

I have 3 181st Interceptors (traded for them, didn't go out and buy 3 Imperial aces lol) so I can fly the Baron and his squad mates in all their glory.

hope the price is right though

esp now that autothrusters are not what they were in 1.0, Strikers seem the far more attractive option

thats everything we got from soontir so far in polish

8 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

hope the price is right though

esp now that autothrusters are not what they were in 1.0, Strikers seem the far more attractive option

Ailerons seem like a better fit for the Interceptor in space tbh (or at least the effect renamed to something else); how would they work on an atmospheric ship out of atmosphere?

1 minute ago, Taiowaa said:

thats everything we got from soontir so far in polish

hmm, no linked actions, that's kinda disappointing...

But of course we have to wait and see.

2 minutes ago, impspy said:

hmm, no linked actions, that's kinda disappointing...

he doesn't need them

see how his pilot ability is split into two parts? the bottom half is autothrusters , which allows you to perform a red boost or roll after any action

standard for all TIE interceptors, confirmed by developers on stream

Yeah, this blather is all fine, but does the 2.0 version of the most gorgeous Star Wars fighter still pop like a soap bubble? That was their weakness. T-65s got better maneuverability and a hull. Interceptors should be uber slippery and not pop on a single attack.

Little annoyed they toned down Soontir while Wedge doesn't need a bullseye.

2 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

he doesn't need them

see how his pilot ability is split into two parts? the bottom half is autothrusters , which allows you to perform a red boost or roll after any action

standard for all TIE interceptors, confirmed by developers on stream

ohhh, that's awesome.

Now I wish I read Polish.

Sounds good to me coupled with the change to turrets.

Now the dial should be really awesome - on Kylo TIE-Silencer level awesome.

And I hope they redesign the Silencer too that it is not only a Interceptor on steroids...

3 minutes ago, All Shields Forward said:

Little annoyed they toned down Soontir while Wedge doesn't need a bullseye.

soontir is probably cheaper than Wedge in the new ed

or at least he should be, since he's nowhere near as crazy as he used to be

You guys think the Royal Guard title will come back? Perhaps with some extra maneuverability and a shield?

10 minutes ago, clanofwolves said:

Yeah, this blather is all fine, but does the 2.0 version of the most gorgeous Star Wars fighter still pop like a soap bubble? That was their weakness. T-65s got better maneuverability and a hull. Interceptors should be uber slippery and not pop on a single attack.

One thing we don’t know yet, at least I don’t, is the order of operations for an attack. Again this is 2.0 there is no reason to assume it works the same way so maybe they eliminated perfect board knowledge. To clarify I was thinking something along the lines of actions not being tied to the move phase but a sub phase of attack. Ie you don’t reposition until everyone has moved.

Because if an interceptor can ptl all it wants but xwings, get all kinds of new tricks, may be only able to use one trick a turn which firmly gives interceptors an advantage when trying to avoid being hit. Now if you joust with an interceptor yeah you gonna die. It seems a good chance that they will dance way better than xwings though. Be fun to find out.

6 minutes ago, HolySorcerer said:

You guys think the Royal Guard title will come back? Perhaps with some extra maneuverability and a shield?

no

if the Interceptor can take multiple modifications, it'll be reflected in its upgrade bar on the app

modifications are just another upgrade slot now, and some ships are confirmed to have multiple

shield upgrade exists unchanged in 2.0, going by the team cov game (they flashed the card alongside stealth device when talking about modifications)

plus, they're really endeavoring to cut down on card bloat, which is why ships (wisely) have their extra abilities printed on their pilot cards. so we don't need things like titles, though some apparently still exist

they will need to cost points, though

Just now, ficklegreendice said:

no

if the Interceptor can take multiple modifications, it'll be reflected in its upgrade bar on the app

modifications are just another upgrade slot now, and some ships are confirmed to have multiple

shield upgrade exists unchanged in 2.0, going by the team cov game (they flashed the card alongside stealth device when talking about modifications)

Well the title wouldn't be a fix card anymore, but the Royal Guard Interceptors had increased maneuverability, a hyperdrive, and shields. An option to upgrade the chassis with more blue maneuvers and a shield wouldn't be an autoinclude.