25 minutes ago, Cgriffith said:

I just did an estimate it’s going to cost me at a minimum $300 to get everything I want. This is going to be glorious

@SpiderMana exactly. Price blockade I say ? ?

isnt this how Phantom Menace started? Tariffs?

6 minutes ago, SpiderMana said:

April is also my first wedding anniversary.

Maybe strike a deal with your spouse that you each get to "treat yo-self" in your own way. Set a Dollar limit so you don't go broke though. But also do something nice for them.

8 minutes ago, Frimmel said:

I think though part of the high cost on the ARC is that you might only need the one ARC expansion to field three of them if you already have a conversion kit. There are a bunch of ship tokens there and except for that new gunner and The Senate who is likely only one to a squad most of that stuff is in other products. It still seems high but I might see if as more of a conversion kit with a model.

7 minutes ago, Cgriffith said:

That is something I did think about and would definitely be something FFG, if that is the case let’s everyone know. Let’s hope it’s that.

Small Base = $20

Medium Base = $30

Large Base = $40

That's just how it is now. Has nothing to do with being able to "convert" with rebel dials/models. ?

6 hours ago, Force Majeure said:

From what I can make out, the Jedi Pilots are:

• Anakin
• Luminara
• Bariss
• Ahsoka
• Jedi Knight

Nice catch.

Hoping some way, some how FFG will allow me to fly Anakin, Obi-Wan and Ashoka together.

Maybe... Just maybe we'll have Epic rules by then! Can you imagine the Jedi Starfighters zipping though waves of droid ships to torp CIS ships?

Glorious!

1 hour ago, RuusMarev said:

isnt this how Phantom Menace started? Tariffs?

Yes. It was. Anakin Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan were sent to meet with the Viceroy to negoiate a settlement and they Nute Gunray (especially) that it was a trap and tried to kill them will gas in the conference room before they escaped at the beginning of TPM

6 minutes ago, Force Majeure said:

Maybe strike a deal with your spouse that you each get to "treat yo-self" in your own way. Set a Dollar limit so you don't go broke though. But also do something nice for them.

I've been "wrapping" my own birthday, fathers day & Christmas presents out from my 'secret' stash of stuff for years ....

10 minutes ago, Force Majeure said:

A wee bit. He's probably a 4.5, but I don't mind him as a 5.

Just because he doesn't like flying doesn't mean he's bad at it.
I mean, I didn't like math in school, but I was good at it so I can understand if that's the case.

Me too. I though he'd be a 4 at most, but being he's a Force User, although he didn't gain "master" status until the end of TPM when he told the Council he'd train Anakin regardless of what they said because he promised Qui-Gon.

25 minutes ago, Cgriffith said:

So Anakin Skywalker is (I6) and Obi-Wan (I5); the new force upgrade “Brillant upgrade” is amazing and probably going to be really expensive, add the “Calibrated Laser Targeting” and these ships will be tough in or out of arc. I’m ready to pay any ship price to fly them together. This is fantastic

edited. Anyone surprised Obi-Wan is an Initative 5?

Not remotely. When we see him fly he's absolutely exceptional at it - comprehensively outflying Jango, and making it through the entire approach to Greivous's flagship basically unscathed in the middle of a massive running battle.

The fact the Anakin made him look bad says more about Anakin than Obi-Wan, both in terms of piloting skill and in terms of temperament...

Going through as zoomed-in as possible now that I'm finally on a computer instead of mobile... I'll edit in card text here as I get to it.

Looks to be our first Dark Side Power with the Sith Infiltrator:

"Hate" [Kylo Ren Helmet Art]

--[Covered] ...1 or more damage [if you spend] that many [force charges]

Ignoring damage because you're so mad you don't notice seems plausible... Just doing damage seems more flavorful, but OP... Who knows.

There's a second, different i3 clone pilot in the ARC that does something with friendlies in his > and < arcs.

Anakin: After you fully execute [...] is an enemy ship [at range?] in your [Bullseye?] you may [...] [Evade symbol?]

Luminara: When a friendly ship at [Range ? ...] and in the attacker's [... you may spend] one force. If you do, change [an eyeball?] or one hit [to a blank?]

Barris: While a friendly ship at range [??? performs] an attack, if the defender is in [your arc?] spend one force to change one eyeball result or one hit result [to a crit?]

Ashoka: After you fully execute [a blue maneuver?] choose a friendly [ship within some range and spend] one force charge to... [do something]

4 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Not remotely. When we see him fly he's absolutely exceptional at it - comprehensively outflying Jango, and making it through the entire approach to Greivous's flagship basically unscathed in the middle of a massive running battle.

The fact the Anakin made him look bad says more about Anakin than Obi-Wan, both in terms of piloting skill and in terms of temperament...

Now that you put it that way, it's very understandable at his I5 distinction. He may have hated flying (as he said in AOTC) but you're right he was expectional in the Battle over Coursant and in his outflying of Jango. Well earned

Dooku: After you defend, if the attacker is in your firing arc, you may spend one force to [remove?] one of your blue or red tokens -- After you perform an attack you may spend one force to [cloak?] Ooo he's gonna be fun.

I think that's about all I'm getting. I put what I could get from the Aethersprite pack's pilots in the post above.

holy crap with the Delta-7B upgrade card I really gotta' wonder what the **** is actually left for the ETA-2!?

No shields, 2 hull, but 4 greens? MAYBE 4 attack? It had some crazy guns...

First thought upon seeing article's table content

"Wait, do we have 8 factions now, with Sith as their own"

6 hours ago, GuacCousteau said:

No, that's Lumiya.

Luminara Unduli was a Jedi who debuted in AotC and featured in several Clone Wars episodes.

She is even in Rebels, or rather her corpse is.

6 hours ago, DerRitter said:

Obi-wan

IN1

When you engage say "I hate Flying¨¨" and destroy an enemy ship. Action: Destroy Grievious, Darth Maul, Maul or Anakin

You forgot "Do a witty remark"

He has some pretty hilarious dry humour lines in Clone Wars.

2 minutes ago, SpiderMana said:

I think that's about all I'm getting. I put what I could get from the Aethersprite pack's pilots in the post above.

I noticed in the Delta 7 pack and Aetherspite (Obi-Wan) kits they both have 3 force charges; does that mean they both have 3 charges each, how many charges came in the 2.0 core for Luke 2 or 3? Luke only needed 2 (Vader's TIE had 3 and he needs 3)

Personally for Anakin based on what I could get, I'm hoping he gets a free evade token or action for having an enemy right in his face after boosting/barrel rolling. Encourage crazy-*** flying kindof like the Fang Fighter's abilities, which are also supposed to be aggressive, talented pilots, thematically.

Just now, SpiderMana said:

Personally for Anakin based on what I could get, I'm hoping he gets a free evade token or action for having an enemy right in his face after boosting/barrel rolling. Encourage crazy-*** flying kindof like the Fang Fighter's abilities, which are also supposed to be aggressive, talented pilots, thematically.

kinda reminds me of Concordia Faceoff a bit if true. Which would be fun.

I think Anakin and Obi-wan having 3 force each is fine, tbh. Luke only having 2 can be chalked up to the insane rate at which he regens them.

5 minutes ago, Captain Lackwit said:

holy crap with the Delta-7B upgrade card I really gotta' wonder what the **** is actually left for the ETA-2!?

No shields, 2 hull, but 4 greens? MAYBE 4 attack? It had some crazy guns...

2 or 3 red primary, 3 agilty, 3 hull (seems like 3hp is the lowest they'll be going), Cannon Slot in addition to what ever other slots they end up with. They outboard guns on the ETA-2 Actis were Ion Cannons.

1 hour ago, Cgriffith said:

Yes. It was. Anakin and Obi-Wan were sent to meet with the Viceroy to negoiate a settlement and they Nute Gunray (especially) that it was a trap and tried to kill them will gas in the conference room before they escaped at the beginning of TPM

Qui-gon and Obi-wan*

Just now, JJ48 said:

Qui-gon and Obi-wan*

you are correct. I was typing fast. Of course it was

3 minutes ago, Cgriffith said:

you are correct. I was typing fast. Of course it was

In fairness, the movie did come out quite some time ago. Here's a refresher of the plot if anyone needs it:

I know someone already mentioned that the Vulture's banks are harder than it turns and straights, but did anyone else notice the 1 K-Turn and 2 Tallon Rolls... This is looking to be fun to fly.

Dang, of course the GotR pack preview picture has the pilot cards overlapped the opposite direction from most of the others... Can't see what other initiatives of Jedi are included. Plo has to be a 5, though, since he's not a 6 (assuming based on the fact that the one you can see is a 5, and they're generally assorted by initiative.)

Guesses for the others, though? Looks like it comes with one generic Knight and 4 uniques, like the other pack. Plo better **** well be there, and I'd assume Mace as well... That would leave one more. In an ideal world, I'd want Kit Fisto ❤️

...My eyes hurt, I need to start making supper for the wife, and I should probably do homework after that... I'll be back tonight, though. I haven't been so excited about anything in a looong while.

1 hour ago, Cgriffith said:

Anyone surprised Obi-Wan is an Initative 5?

Well Boba is a 5, which means jango would be a 5.

Obiwan held his own against jango with both pulling tricks on the other.

So 5 seems reasonable.