New stuff everywhere.
Experimentation everywhere.
But relatively little incentive for truly competitive trials-by-fire. I'm hungry for some meta determinations!
I know the Gold Squadron classic just happened, and the Mynock Open is around the bend this November, but my area seems otherwise fairly quiet.
No new players at all.
Anybody got any news for us?
No new players at all? I’m aware of a few at my local store.
I hate the idea of meta so I’m not in any hurry for everyone to start flying the same thing!
I'm sorry for you, but here we have tournaments every weekend, some weekends both days, stores with people playing during veteran nights and TTS and Vassal groups with people willing to play so no drought at all ?
Edited by wmckensyLots of people testing out the new core set rules at my store.
Of course, my store runs beginners, vets and tourney nights each month, as well as casual games every week so lots of options for new players!
New player o/
5 hours ago, Max Teranous said:New player o/
Hey! Welcome!
We just had a small store championship, it was a good mix of vets, new players and returning players. you can check out the lists here: https://tabletop.to/bunsenbrewer-store-championship
Our area is vibrant. Game nights had dropped off to about 10-12 from 18-20 players coming regularly. Version 2 has brought a lot of old guard back to the game.
Recently ran two 'launch celebration' tournaments - casual events with minimal prize support - and had 20+ attendees at each.
Seen plenty of new players about this year and since launch. Give 2nd ed a little while to settle before pushing the competitive scene again in my opinion. Of course I advocate this, I have not had much time to play recently!
13 hours ago, Bucknife said:New stuff everywhere.
Experimentation everywhere.
But relatively little incentive for truly competitive trials-by-fire. I'm hungry for some meta determinations!
I know the Gold Squadron classic just happened, and the Mynock Open is around the bend this November, but my area seems otherwise fairly quiet.
No new players at all.
Anybody got any news for us?
The meta-determination piece won't happen until next summer. New product coming thick and fast will keep it shaking up until then.
Plus without Listjuggler how will you know what the meta settles on anyway?
Fly what you like!
Edited by SOTL
The last thing I want to see is 16 people flying 2-3 different lists. That is also why I am looking forward to the CIS and The Republic, it will be harder to meta with 7 factions. There will be counters and counter counters, going to be great.
Meta is boring AF.
I play at Armada Games in Tampa. Local meta is dominated by aces of all stripes. For imperials the field is varied. There's Vader + mini swarm, shuttle + mini swarm, shuttle + aces, and some bomber swarm. Scum is mostly two and three ship aces. Lots of Lando Falcons, Boba Fetts, Fenn Rau, etc. Rebels are overwhelmingly dominated by X-Wings with proton torpedoes. Of around 20 players last week, at least half were playing lists with X-Wings and proton torpedoes. Two ship rebel lists are practically non-existent.
I'm currently vascillating between Dash+1 (Kyle Katarn in Moldy Crow) and an XXY list with Dutch, Luke, and Wedge, all loaded with torps.
The local meta in Tampa seems on the more casual side because we haven't seen TIE Fighter swarm. I think it's only a matter of time before it shows up.
Edited by knuteThere is already some stuff that seems broken or not very thematic. This is not really a bad thing, as we will see how FFG works to fix them if they persist.