Too much panic for me to keep track of so please sound off here: What are you currently panicking about?

Rebel beef? Still quad phantom? Is X-Wing a dying game? Did Holdo kill the movies and now she's here to ruin the game too?

ANGLED DEFLECTORS ARE GOIGN TO MAKE EVERYTHING INVINCIBLE

That I won't be able to separate the wheat from the panic chafe.

4 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

ANGLED DEFLECTORS ARE GOIGN TO MAKE EVERYTHING INVINCIBLE

Nice typo - it really sells the panic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIscL-Bjsq4

I'm panicing about my ability to sustain a livable wage and whether or not I'll ever be able to draw worth a **** to fufill my lifelong dream of writing a graphic novel, which may or may not ever get enough views to justify all the effort I'm pouring into it

40 minutes ago, Micanthropyre said:

Did Holdo kill the movies?

No.

I stan an Admiral.

37 minutes ago, Kreen said:

Nice typo - it really sells the panic.

I make that typo pretty much every time I type 'ing' but I decided to leave it in for exactly that reason.

1 hour ago, Micanthropyre said:

What are you currently panicking about?

Have amazon done a good job converting Good Omens into a TV series?

Not strictly relevant to X-wing, but there you go.

Yes. Yes they have.

That's one panic over, at least.

1 hour ago, Micanthropyre said:

Did Holdo kill  the movies and now she's here to ruin the game to  o   ? 

I don't know I am still in PTSD following the death of Admiral Ackbar.

Its most likely that in our lifetime global warming will lead to a world state where fanciful things like multi-$100 tabletop games with active communities become a far and distant memory.

Just kidding. I'm not panicking about it. I barely even do anything differently, weird.

25 minutes ago, player2422845 said:

I don't know I am still in PTSD following the death of Admiral Ackbar.

Same. When can we get him for Rebels and Resistance?

But meanwhile the RESISTANCE CAN DO EVERYTHING WHILE STRESSED it's crazy.

And now they have a crew that's like a much better inspiring recruit. Ewwwwwww.

Yeah but now they have a mechanic identity in contrast to FOs retaliation/punishment schtick. Until now they were just an ace faction, which you can kind of say about multiple factions at this stage, including FO. Now they have a stress abuse mechanic, but much of it relies on having a support craft, or losing offensive crew for utility crew on an attack craft. Decent trade given how pricey some of those frames are for that faction.

Currently panicking about whether there'll be a points increase before the Italian System Open at the weekend.

Picked my list already and I swear, if Cartel Marauders go up to 41 points I am s****ed!

But, what list could you be running that a 41 point Cartel Marauder would make a difference?

waits for the line

8 minutes ago, FTS Gecko said:

Currently panicking about whether there'll be a points increase before the Italian System Open at the weekend.

Picked my list already and I swear, if Cartel Marauders go up to 41 points I am s****ed!

🤨 IF Marauders go up in cost, T-65 X-Wings, B-Wings and Advanced X1s need to go up by double the difference between current and new cost... Kihraxz's need to go down a point or two if anything.

7 minutes ago, NakedDex said:

But, what list could you be running that a 41 point Cartel Marauder would make a difference?

FI... wait, this is a big event, I don't want to show my hand too soon

3 minutes ago, Hiemfire said:

🤨 IF Marauders go up in cost, T-65 X-Wings, B-Wings and Advanced X1s need to go up by double the difference between current and new cost... Kihraxz's need to go down a point or two if anything.

Yeah, if anything I see almost all generics going down (except some notable Rebel exceptions) and I expect the I1-2 to I3 jump to be much smaller.

Just up the I5-6 aces please, and maybe lower the I4s just a tad .

20 minutes ago, ClassicalMoser said:

Yeah, if anything I see almost all generics going down (except some notable Rebel exceptions) and I expect the I1-2 to I3 jump to be much smaller.

Just up the I5-6 aces please, and maybe lower the I4s just a tad .

If Autoblaster is reasonably costed (2-3) generic sycks (5x + Drea) are going to see a lot of play even at current cost

Also, if Advanced Sensors get even minor Ini scaling (probably wont, but maybe) then some very interesting options open up.

Let's stop panicking about deflectors in a vacuum and take note that Sun Fac's art prominently features an LAAT. Which means we might get it in time for Christmas. Also, the deflector shields require 2 defense rolls to be a net defensive gain. They'll be ******* awesome on Redline and the Republic ARCs, probably 4-LOM so long as the red maneuvers are kept up, but won't break anything by themselves alone anytime soon. Although my Shara that has R3 astro and a perceptive copilot found another source of meme immortality...

But Holdo can go die in a fire. The same arguments about her not going to be nasty are the exact same arguments as to why the upcoming Fenn Rau was not going to be bad. "Oh, well just go nuke Fenn off first!" People do realize that one of the problems of Sloane on Whisper was the fact that a lot of effective HP locked away the pain while you get whacked and said HP was typically at R6 but punishing you for accidentally killing something at R3 of yourself?

I dabble with Resistance on the non-physical manifestations of the game (haven't sunk the money for the plastic and cardboard yet). And already, I'm seeing how Holdo, the reserve droid, and a whole lot of the support stuff can make Poe nasty. And sure, that'll be pricey, but I'm quite certain that Kylo and his dad's exorbitant pricetags add to just how baffling good they are and not detract. But you for sure as 1st Edition brokenness don't want things of that quality to be cheap either. I'm all for pointfortressing, but having a whole gauntlet of a list to plow through to possibly get to the endgame is never fun.

12 minutes ago, player3010587 said:

Sun  Fac's art  prominently features an LAAT   .

By this logic we'll being seeing Zygerian slave ships soon too (Mining Guild Sentry card art).

I'm not thrilled about someone point banking an 80+ point Poe for 3+ rounds, stalling time and rolling him later into the game behind me with a torpedo ready to launched.

22 minutes ago, player3010587 said:

But Holdo can go die in a fire. The same arguments about her not going to be nasty are the exact same arguments as to why the upcoming Fenn Rau was not going to be bad. "Oh, well just go nuke Fenn off first!" People do realize that one of the problems of Sloane on Whisper was the fact that a lot of effective HP locked away the pain while you get whacked and said HP was typically at R6 but punishing you for accidentally killing something at R3 of yourself?

Fenn Rau has the best R1 defensive profile in the game and is I6 which makes him crazy slippery too. I just had a game where I accidentally left him at R1 of all 5 enemy ships. Guess how much damage he took? Not to mention you can't shoot back if you're dead and he initiative-kills almost everything.

Holdo isn't bringing any damage to the table. She provides control relief and token-passing support, but on a 4hp/2agi or 8hp/1agi your task of "just nuking her off first" is akin to killing Evaan Verlaine; a tokenless bundle of hull with one green die to try to save it and a horrendous dial.

Sure she has a nice ability but she will be quite killable. Last I heard Sloane wasn't that much in the meta either. You know why? As in the example you cited, you killed whisper and end up double-stressed. Oh no! Except there's no one left to punish you. Sloane's sure not going to do it! whatever scrubs are left can easily be taken on by your wingmen, assuming it was your ace you allowed to get double-stressed.

Valuable support options are nice as they screw with target prioritization. Focus fire and unflinching commitment to your target selection are more important though, and there's nothing here that really screws with that. I'm not worried about it.

1 hour ago, NakedDex said:

But, what list could you be running that a 41 point Cartel Marauder would make a difference?

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Four. Cartel. Marauders. with Hull Upgrade and Cluster Missiles?