I rarely post within this forum, but read almost everything every day, as I get much enjoyment from the insightful posts that many of you make. In addition, many posts often provide comical relief. Basically, it allows me a sort of "escape" from the real world, which is unfortunately filled with many unpleasant medical issues.

Perhaps I should explain. I bet that I am far different than the general demographic for this game, and for the participants in this forum (not counting the fact that I am an avid gamer).

In July, I will turn 77 years old. I was a Navy Seal for 25 years, leaving after reaching the rank of Command Master Chief of the Navy. I have spent more than $4,000 on this game, but I have never actually played a single time.

I love Star Wars. I especially love the miniatures, as they are pre-painted (something I would not be able to do for myself), and are very cool to look at in all of their glory. I love reading the threads in these forums, especially as it pertains to strategy, positioning, advanced game theory, etc.

But now I have come to a cross roads. I don't know what to do when it comes to X-Wing V2.

I don't need any of the conversion kit stuff, as I will never be able to play the game, for reasons I don't care to go into here.

I do plan on completing the V1 collection by getting the Tie Reaper and Saw Renegades. At that point though, what do I do? Do I just call it a day, consider the collection complete, and choose not to do anything with V2? Or, do I simply wait for cool new ships to be released in future waves, and acquire just them? The issue with that approach is my OCD completionist attitude is going to cause me to twitch uncontrollably (more than I already physically do ?) because I will only have an incomplete V2 collection, which really doesn't go with the rest of my stuff.

I realize this is a minor problem in the grand scheme of things (many may think it first world-ish), but I think I have earned the right to be grumpy about some things, and gosh darn it, I am using my chit on this !

To be honest, I am very pleased for all of you that have the opportunity to actually play the game, that they have rebooted it with what seems to be universally accepted as a better approach for future proofing it, while implementing many of the rule changes/suggestions that have been made within this very forum.

Despite not being able to play, I am very excited about the future direction of the game, and look forward to reading and watching future tournament play to see how things turn out.

So, imagine you are in my shoes, given everything I have shared above:

What to do? What to do?