The BB droids will be fun little buggers. For 2 charges, you can become Sabine/Supernatural, which in essence is a TIE Striker deluxe! I know we are talking about Resistance, but let's derail this onto strikers....haha!

I'm going to slap primed thrusters on anything with a tech slot (especially considering the synergy it will have with some pilots and extra flexibility). I've sang the praises of that card incessantly, even more so when the apocalypse of 1.0 was crashing down. Its minor nerf and inevitable hike will still be worth it, especially with Sloan, Red maneuvers being good on T 70s and A's, Ferrosphere Paint, potentially Kylo if he works the same way as before...in fact, the only ST ship that won't get primed thrusters from me (aside from Malarus) is the TIE/FO. On that basis, for me at least, Resistance will be defined as "put that primed thrusters on it. Now. Especially with a BB droid. Now you are Duchess Deluxe!"

For less squirrelly blockers/big guns, M9G8 looks pretty good for something on a bombing escort mission. He didn't shine all too much in 1.0 despite his annoyance and clear superiority to R7 astro, but now that things have calmed down, he is looking shiny now. Finn looks good, but Rose is so good (basically miss your shot for a free lock or some crazy good synergy with finn), but she will likely be pricey a la Luke Gunner. Not only that, but she is worth significantly less if you are prone to lock in the first place, plus hillariously and thematically has negative-synergy with Heroic. Speaking of Heroic, the pilot on that art card has potential to be good, for the sake of I5 a wing before we get to the support ability (maybe with her in play, Resistance Han as the co-pilot of a Falcon will get extra mileage).

Moving on to A wings, the guy who can rotate arc passively looks very good, especially combined with primed thrusters, for that complete Sloan disrespect. The passive Expose guy also looks to be rather dandy, except if he is trying to go on the run, as his ability will hamper his ship's proclivity to link actions. I am afraid of price, as the Rebel A wing is a tad overcosted, and the ability to become a revised lambda in terms of firepower whilst disengaging looks rather good.

1 hour ago, cybu said:

Three arcs? Where did you get that idea?
(not saying it's not true. just wondering where you got that info.)

That makes me very excited!

An image from a Polish facebook group that one member shared with the rest of us. It's uncorroborated but this particular person/group has been very accurate with their previous leaks, so this leak has has some legs.

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What can I say? The Resistance lit a spark. Hopefully it'll turn into a fire.

You know, for someone who's name is Captain Lackwit, you sure have a way with words. Good post friend, you got me more hyped!

30 minutes ago, Sir Orrin said:

You know, for someone who's name is Captain Lackwit, you sure have a way with words. Good post friend, you got me more hyped!

Thanks! The name is half true, half irony.

On 11/19/2018 at 7:31 AM, Captain Lackwit said:

"DON'T LET THOSE THUGS SCARE YOU!" - Poe Dameron, Black Leader

He's right, you know. The Resistance isn't about to be scared of anything. I'd argue they're probably the single most fearless group of individuals we've ever seen in Star Wars. In a moment's notice they sortied to take on Starkiller, they were willing to give everything they had to escape the First Order afterwards, and various other times in comics and other media, we've seen them give it their absolute all. They seriously never hold back, and are comprised of literally anybody willing to lay down their life if need be, for the good of the galaxy at large.

Which isn't a far cry from the Rebellion they spawned from. I mean, The Resistance is half made up of Rebellion veterans who just didn't know any other life at that point, and half made up of idealists who grew up believing in The Rebellion's message and actions.

It's a faction of hope, bravery, and fortitude. They are far, far better people than somebody such as myself, who firmly belongs in Scum. But that doesn't mean I can't try.

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T-70 X-Wing

Well, we all know what we're looking forward to here. We've got a fantastic stat line of 3/2/3/3, and if you close those S-Foils you've got a sodding barrel roll. Augh, I love it. But what we really wanna' run is Poe, and why wouldn't we!? He has some of if not the most action economy in the game with the right upgrades, and will definitely be a star for The Resistance- if not the whole game itself... And he rightly should be. You know **** well he's one of the best pilots in the galaxy. We've seen it! It's kind of ridiculous. But man, Kare Kun? Pilots like that? oH BOY we have cool options. Can't wait to rock HLC and eventual, better cannon upgrades on this sucker! The T-70 is going to be an extremely high-risk-high-reward ship.

And I definitely want to be good enough that I can maximize that risk. That's a challenge I can happily try to take.

RZ-2 A-Wing

What a funky one! We were expecting some really nasty aces, but instead we got one of the most unstressable, nimble ships in the game. Sure it doesn't really have a whole lot of firepower, but it can redirect it easily, you can slap ferrosphere on it to make it more agile (I'd go for Primed 90% of the time though for them actions!) and man if used right its pilots are insanely good, or they're going to be. These suckers are gonna' put RZ-1s to complete and total shame. How nuts is it gonna' be to barrel roll into position back towards a foe and then flip your arc to them!? How are they gonna' expect that easily? Unpredictable, unstressable, absolutely insane little starfighter here. Very excited to play them.

MG-100 / SF-17 / B/SF-17 Starfortess

WE KNOW VERY LITTLE. Except that it's got 3 forward, sure as **** won't be agile, definitely doesn't have any linked actions, but will definitely be all about setting up bombs and making it a very bad idea to get wherever its three sodding arcs facing at all times are gonna' be. I mean, the coverage this ship has is totally insane! It makes turreted ships of 2.0 feel pretty sad, but isn't as totally busted as PWTs of old, is it? Especially since given its large base and what, one green? It'll be quite easy to hit. Wouldn't be terribly stupid to throw Han into this thing I'll tell you that much. But man, the concept of throwing one on the board and having Tallie or Poe- or both, dance around its backside to pick stuff off? Legendary. All while it can just crank out bombs to the max. Also... Given this thing's a bomber and C-3P0 has coordinate, and can coordinate with ships beyond range 2 if they have calculate... I actually really expect these to have Calculate. But I could be totally wrong! One way or another, there'll be a way to rock coordinate in The Resistance, and my money's on this. I expect one of the game's worst dials however.

YT-1300

We still don't know a ton here! But we do know that old faithful here is hardcore from the get-go, has great pilots and crew/gunner options. We all know how nasty Rey, Rose, and Finn are going to be together. They'll be totally bonks. I'm excited to see other pilots and options for this ship, and how The Resistance can make their YT-1300s special. I'd love a reason to rock generic YTs, so I have a reason to have non-falcon ones on the table!

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I'm excited for The Resistance. I'll be buying the full faction as soon as I can. I have literally zero reason not to. The First Order seemed pretty cool, Scum looked fun, The Rebellion seemed steady and The Empire has SOME appeal, but...

What can I say? The Resistance lit a spark. Hopefully it'll turn into a fire.

T-70 has 4 hull, no?

2 hours ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Thanks! The name is half true, half irony.

Obviously the irony part is "Captain" because he's never been on a ship

10 hours ago, MasterShake2 said:

Obviously the irony part is "Captain" because he's never been on a ship

Not true! I have taken a tour of at least one Naval vessel.

10 hours ago, Green Knight said:

T-70 has 4 hull, no?

Yep my bad.

Oh man, I just thought of what may happen if we get an i5 bomber packing hotshot...drool

So as a noob planning to main resistance who only has 3 x wings and getting 2 a wings on pre order. Who doesn’t like large base ships like the falcon/bomber... would it still be a good idea to pick up at least one bomber anyways? Will one find its spot in a Squad or would multiples be needed? I ask cuz it’s on sale and I may get one at that price.

9 minutes ago, Codes said:

So as a noob planning to main resistance who only has 3 x wings and getting 2 a wings on pre order. Who doesn’t like large base ships like the falcon/bomber... would it still be a good idea to pick up at least one bomber anyways? Will one find its spot in a Squad or would multiples be needed? I ask cuz it’s on sale and I may get one at that price.

You got literally nothing to lose in that case tbh.

4 hours ago, Codes said:

So as a noob planning to main resistance who only has 3 x wings and getting 2 a wings on pre order. Who doesn’t like large base ships like the falcon/bomber... would it still be a good idea to pick up at least one bomber anyways? Will one find its spot in a Squad or would multiples be needed? I ask cuz it’s on sale and I may get one at that price.

I was debating the same dilemma in my own mind for a few weeks a decided to take the plunge.

From what we know the YT-1300 is the only ship to be able to take crew or gunners in this faction.

However I'm hoping (and the Paige crew card suggests) one or both will be present on the 2.0 star fortress. Hopefully making it a cheaper support platform than the falcon. If we take a straight doubling up of the 1.0 points it should put them in the 50-60 mark.

Additionally the unconfirmed reports of 3 forward 2 twined rotating arcs would make it hard to dodge.

If all true it feels like quite a competitive platform.

Well I guess when you put it like that I guess it’s not a bad investment. Worst case scenario I’ve got a cool lookig model that my friends can shoot at.

We should have the remaining spoilers soon, from the Polish system open. Hopefully.

10 hours ago, Tyhar7 said:

I was debating the same dilemma in my own mind for a few weeks a decided to take the plunge.

From what we know the YT-1300 is the only ship to be able to take crew or gunners in this faction.

However I'm hoping (and the Paige crew card suggests) one or both will be present on the 2.0 star fortress. Hopefully making it a cheaper support platform than the falcon. If we take a straight doubling up of the 1.0 points it should put them in the 50-60 mark.

Additionally the unconfirmed reports of 3 forward 2 twined rotating arcs would make it hard to dodge.

If all true it feels like quite a competitive platform.

so do you feel like it would be worth it to get more then one?

2 hours ago, Needa_fix said:

so do you feel like it would be worth it to get more then one?

I had one that I barely flew in 1st ed.

I just bought two more on sale a couple weeks ago, because I figured I'm getting the conversion kit anyways 😜

3 hours ago, Needa_fix said:

so do you feel like it would be worth it to get more then one?

Hard to say without seeing what we have to work with. Depending on the potential load out, two of these and Poe is likely to be a thing.

I honestly only bought one for now, it's gonna see play, I'll wait until release to see if I'll need more.

looks like the arc info solid.

6 minutes ago, Tyhar7 said:

looks like the arc info solid.

So ryfterek wasn't lied to... I'm going to be grumpy for a bit... 😒

2 hours ago, Hiemfire said:

So ryfterek wasn't lied to... I'm going to be grumpy for a bit... 😒

Who?

8 minutes ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Who?

Back on October 3rd @ryfterek shared the stats on the primaries for the Resistance Bomber. They'd been leaked on the Polish national FB page as a teaser. What he shared consisted of only an image of the 3 front arc and 2 bowtie. He's got a good rep, for good reasons, but the info was suspect. Turns out the leak was accurate. Being a Scum player and seeing a ship in another faction with a 3 front and a turret (primary or otherwise) get a gunner slot when ours don't is a bit irksome.

2 hours ago, Hiemfire said:

Back on October 3rd @ryfterek shared the stats on the primaries for the Resistance Bomber. They'd been leaked on the Polish national FB page as a teaser. What he shared consisted of only an image of the 3 front arc and 2 bowtie. He's got a good rep, for good reasons, but the info was suspect. Turns out the leak was accurate. Being a Scum player and seeing a ship in another faction with a 3 front and a turret (primary or otherwise) get a gunner slot when ours don't is a bit irksome.

Guarantee you it has the worst **** dial.

1 minute ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Guarantee you it has the worst **** dial.

We'll see. I know it has red full stop, white 3 straight, red 3 banks, white 2 hards and banks, and red 1 hards. Not the best dial, but slow boat gunships are still gunships.

Or in other words, Faster than a Kimo or anything without a white 4 straight or better in a sprint...

42 minutes ago, Hiemfire said:

Or in other words, Faster than a Kimo or anything without a white 4 straight or better in a sprint...

You know, I found the Kimogila pretty damned underwhelming, not gonna' lie.

Just now, Captain Lackwit said:

You know, I found the Kimogila pretty damned underwhelming, not gonna' lie.

It has its uses. Back on topic, the bomber is (not counting boosts) as quick in the straight as an X-Wing. Add 1 to the template for total distance. It's issues are going to come down to turning, obstacles, and large hit box. It can, with certain upgrades, throw 5-7 red dice a turn at a single target. 7-9 if the named pilots have talent slots. If it has a sensor slot toss in traj sim prot bombs and or seismics as well. The thing has the potential to be one nasty hammer of a ship.