Don't worry. Even if there's no Gencon Update for Armada... remember that last year they waited a week AFTER GenCon before announcing Thrawn and Wave 7.

It might make business sense for them to wait. X-Wing 2.0 is launching, so from a certain point of view, having another announcement for a competing game MIGHT not mesh well with whatever they DO plan to announce.

So just in case we don't see an Armada announcement at Gen Con - give it at least one more week before the panic kicks in. And if you are there, find me and hold my hand because we'll need to join forces to stay strong. Maybe summon Captain Planet or something.

If they don't have something at the In-Flight report....

There will be rage.

This thread is the forum equivalent of using a brace token....

If there is no announcement it maybe time to start looking at other games. Armada is my only tt game right now but it’s starting to get stale

I think after their last big stunt ( hinting something big is coming and nothing is announced) the community does not have much expectation for Gencon.

But I see that as the calm before the storm, after X-Wing 2.0 passes somthing big for Armada will come,

thanks for the +1 week notice,

1 hour ago, Crabbok said:

Don't worry. Even if there's no Gencon Update for Armada... remember that last year they waited a week AFTER GenCon before announcing Thrawn and Wave 7.

Is this true? I was at Gencon, and I'm like 85% sure they announced the MC75/Chimaera at Gencon's In-Flight Report? Am I crazy and/or suffering from a false memory (both certainly possible).

3 minutes ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Is this true? I was at Gencon, and I'm like 85% sure they announced the MC75/Chimaera at Gencon's In-Flight Report? Am I crazy and/or suffering from a false memory (both certainly possible).

Yes. All we got was that something big is coming.

I don't see how announcing product for other successful games necessarily undermines the re-launch of another successful game. It takes some time that could be otherwise be used... but then just spend more time announcing ****. It doesn't need to be a zero sum situation. If they can't muster any organizational excitement for one of their product lines... I will leave it at that.

Nerd 5 standing by.

I'm optimistic, but still expecting nothing. So I won't be disappointmented.

46 minutes ago, Darth Sanguis said:

This thread is the forum equivalent of using a brace token....

And we don't have ECMs so better FFG doesn't roll accuracies

9 minutes ago, TheBigLev said:

I don't see how announcing product for other successful games necessarily undermines the re-launch of another successful game. It takes some time that could be otherwise be used... but then just spend more time announcing ****. It doesn't need to be a zero sum situation. If they can't muster any organizational excitement for one of their product lines... I will leave it at that.

Unless FFG wants to consolidate its playerbases into fewer games. If you have 100 customers, it's better to have 50 spending on Product A and 50 spending on Product B than it is to have 20 customers each spending on products A, B, C, D, and E. Because it's less products to design, test, print, ship, advertise, and support. There is certainly a value to having your portfolio diversified and your eggs not all in one basket, but it can quickly be diminishing returns to have too many baskets.

FFG may have felt that they were saturating the table-top and card-based Star Wars game market a bit too much, and that they had diluted the interested playerbases too much with all the games they had added over the past six years. If players stop buying Armada, it's probably just about if not more likely that they start buying X-Wing or Legion than it is that they give up the hobby all together or move to another game company's offerings.

So, killing the LCG and letting Aramada and Imperial Assault wither could be part of a funnel strategy.

9 minutes ago, ovinomanc3r said:

And we don't have ECMs so better FFG doesn't roll accuracies

We'll wait to see what the damage total is, but we may need some redirects ("Big ships are OP/Raddus is broken,/Squadrons over costed" Threads) to keep from getting a crew panic. lol

1 hour ago, Crabbok said:

if  there's no Gencon Upd  ate

Then there will be no Gencon 2019.

But seriously, I’m fine waiting a while.

this forum if there's nothing announced at gencon

I certainly have hope because I just bought up a bunch of armada to start myself off.

I know I ask this like every week, but when is GenCon?

10 minutes ago, svelok said:

this forum if there's nothing announced at gencon

FFG:




Everything burns....

23 minutes ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Unless FFG wants to consolidate its playerbases into fewer games. If you have 100 customers, it's better to have 50 spending on Product A and 50 spending on Product B than it is to have 20 customers each spending on products A, B, C, D, and E. Because it's less products to design, test, print, ship, advertise, and support. There is certainly a value to having your portfolio diversified and your eggs not all in one basket, but it can quickly be diminishing returns to have too many baskets.

FFG may have felt that they were saturating the table-top and card-based Star Wars game market a bit too much, and that they had diluted the interested playerbases too much with all the games they had added over the past six years. If players stop buying Armada, it's probably just about if not more likely that they start buying X-Wing or Legion than it is that they give up the hobby all together or move to another game company's offerings.

So, killing the LCG and letting Aramada and Imperial Assault wither could be part of a funnel strategy.

Those are fair considerations and points. I've thought about that as well, and it is a likely possibility especially if Asmodee is calling the shots with what products FFG is involved with. It's not entirely satisfactory though, as Armada is a similar yet distinctly different niche than X or Legion.

Of my local group, only one player has interest in X-Wing, and already plays. Trying to consolidate your player base may work a little bit, but is likely to also shrink total revenue. This isn't the action of a growing company but one that is trying to restructure or prepare itself for being sold.

33 minutes ago, AllWingsStandyingBy said:

Unless FFG wants to consolidate its playerbases into fewer games. If you have 100 customers, it's better to have 50 spending on Product A and 50 spending on Product B than it is to have 20 customers each spending on products A, B, C, D, and E. Because it's less products to design, test, print, ship, advertise, and support. There is certainly a value to having your portfolio diversified and your eggs not all in one basket, but it can quickly be diminishing returns to have too many baskets.

FFG may have felt that they were saturating the table-top and card-based Star Wars game market a bit too much, and that they had diluted the interested playerbases too much with all the games they had added over the past six years. If players stop buying Armada, it's probably just about if not more likely that they start buying X-Wing or Legion than it is that they give up the hobby all together or move to another game company's offerings.

So, killing the LCG and letting Aramada and Imperial Assault wither could be part of a funnel strategy.

I really hate that you're probably right

39 minutes ago, ianediger said:

I know I ask this like every week, but when is GenCon?

When you least expect

If they can't muster any announcements at GenCon for a game that hasn't had new content for six months, I will have no choice but to assume they will no longer be supporting the game. I've already started picking up Warmachine - the game is regularly supported, with a huge player base in Denver. Armada? It seems like mostly everyone has moved on to games that receive updates and games where it is possible to buy ships without stock being out for three-four months.

i might be wrong here and im too lazy to look it up… but didnt they announce the hammerheads and the carrier @ gencon last year?

4 minutes ago, LordKipferl said:

i might be wrong here and im too lazy to look it up… but didnt they announce the hammerheads and the carrier @ gencon last year?

Last year - 2017- all we got was “something big”.

You May be thinking the year before.

Just now, Drasnighta said:

Last year - 2017- all we got was “something big”.

You May be thinking the year before.

yeah… i looked it up… they announced those hammerheads weeks before gencon. I hope they didnt see Thrawn as something big

Just now, LordKipferl said:

yeah… i looked it up… they announced those hammerheads weeks before gencon. I hope they didnt see Thrawn as something big

They specifically stated (after the fact) he was not.