I'm currently betting my socks that GCW hovertanks will be announced before the end of the year (not necessarily coming out this year). The keywords are too neat to let brew in just one era, and I'm curious if FFG will use the opportunity to reproduce their SC2-M Tank.

2 hours ago, UnitOmega said:

I'm currently betting my socks that GCW hovertanks will be announced before the end of the year (not necessarily coming out this year). The keywords are too neat to let brew in just one era, and I'm curious if FFG will use the opportunity to reproduce their SC2-M Tank.

I mean I'd love to see the T2-B tank show up in the game.

And I'd have to wonder if the empire would get the ITT, that would allow synergy between Rebels and Mandalorian and likely would give us our first closed transport.

Well T2-B is canon thanks to some comics, and has some very interesting variants in the RPG. It would be interesting to see it as possibly an even more defense focused tank because it doesn't really have heavy weapon variations, but does supposedly have shields and such.

ITT is interesting. A 2-M variant would probably be more like the Saber in effect, but I'd love to see the ITT on the table and it would make a very interesting metal box for Imperials to use. Could actually also have barrage since it has multiple weapon systems (though probably not as potent as the AAT-1's main gun). Empire becomes the transport faction?

3 hours ago, UnitOmega said:

Well T2-B is canon thanks to some comics, and has some very interesting variants in the RPG. It would be interesting to see it as possibly an even more defense focused tank because it doesn't really have heavy weapon variations, but does supposedly have shields and such.

I mean if they make a tank with Armor and Shields that would make for a very durable frame, likely with it being a trade of offense for defense. The question would be if they basically made it a strong support piece with pilots buffing stuff around it while the actual quad laser turret is an upgrade or if they might instead make it a durable tank and then take elements of the T1-B and T3-B in terms of weapons to give the T2-B an assortment of hardpoint upgrades to play with.

3 hours ago, UnitOmega said:

ITT is interesting. A 2-M variant would probably be more like the Saber in effect, but I'd love to see the ITT on the table and it would make a very interesting metal box for Imperials to use. Could actually also have barrage since it has multiple weapon systems (though probably not as potent as the AAT-1's main gun). Empire becomes the transport faction?

I was trying to think of a good Imperial parallel to the Sabertank and AAT and while yes the 2-M might work I figured it was too similar so putting out a fairly prominent Heavy option that would make sense for a Hover ability was for the best. And yea the IIT having barrage would actually be kind of cool too, basically just making it a troop deployment unit that then serves as cover and supporting fire.

Normally, the T2-B is noted for being limited in heavy weapons, the Quad is it's only weapon source, though the mobile game had an "enhanced version" which featured some upgrades. However, that is a bit dull from a modelling standpoint, and FFG has already diverted from the "canon" of a vehicle to improve its flexibility (the commander gun on the Occupier - which is cool and makes sense, but is not anywhere in the original prop). In the Engineer book Fully Operational for the RPG, FFG described the T2-E Petard, the engineering version of the vehicle, which features several construction tools and tractor beams, but also has a different turret mount and additional weapons on the hull (described as an autoblaster or flame projector). If they were allowed to borrow some of this, you could possibly customize a T2-B a bit with some different options. There's an argument for it to stay vanilla though, I just think it's more interesting if it has flexibility in the model. And I unreasonably like the T2-E because it has a "demolition gun".

Anyone noticed the image that came with the article ?

We have Clone Snow Troopers on it !

3 hours ago, Katsutoshi said:

Anyone noticed the image that came with the article ?

We have Clone Snow Troopers on it !

Yea it's the art for the twin laser turret, I'd have to image the cold assault clone troopers would be another corps unit down the line.

25 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

Yea it's the art for the twin laser turret, I'd have to image the cold assault clone troopers would be another corps unit down the line.

We do not speak of the Dark Times.

Snow-Clones were also seen in the art for one of the Hostage cards in the new battlefield pack.

Personally I really like the Snow Trooper Clones for the third corp but I have to wonder how they'll make them different from the Imperial Snows. It's literally the armour the clone flame troopers use on Geonosis so they'd probably also get that for a heavy weapon...

1 minute ago, Platinum_V said:

Personally I really like the Snow Trooper Clones for the third corp but I have to wonder how they'll make them different from the Imperial Snows. It's literally the armour the clone flame troopers use on Geonosis so they'd probably also get that for a heavy weapon...

They might get Unhindered and Speed 2 in place of Steady? I mean, there's a similar problem with the Clone AT-RT.

11 minutes ago, Platinum_V said:

Personally I really like the Snow Trooper Clones for the third corp but I have to wonder how they'll make them different from the Imperial Snows. It's literally the armour the clone flame troopers use on Geonosis so they'd probably also get that for a heavy weapon...

Not sure, maybe they get speed 2 and a variant of steady that lets them attack if after moving they are at range 1 of a friendly unit? That or maybe they just get speed 2 and tactical 1 or Target 1? Or considering the did take defensive positions in the first episode they appear possibly they get Ready 1.

I also have to assume the flamethrower would be one of their heavies, maybe for the second they get the DC-15 to give you the option to play up close or at range with them.

7 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

Not sure, maybe they get speed 2 and a variant of steady that lets them attack if after moving they are at range 1 of a friendly unit? That or maybe they just get speed 2 and tactical 1 or Target 1? Or considering the did take defensive positions in the first episode they appear possibly they get Ready 1.

I also have to assume the flamethrower would be one of their heavies, maybe for the second they get the DC-15 to give you the option to play up close or at range with them.

Well, if FFG follows the same pattern, the third Corps trooper unit for GAR and CIS will have a Detachment. So I could see an E-web detachment for GAR to go along with the flamethrower Heavy.

Just now, Caimheul1313 said:

Well, if FFG follows the same pattern, the third Corps trooper unit for GAR and CIS will have a Detachment. So I could see an E-web detachment for GAR to go along with the flamethrower Heavy.

Would fit that the Clone's having that smaller version of the E-Web in the show, better scale for a detachment. Plus the Imperial E-Web has Snow's on it 😂

29 minutes ago, Platinum_V said:

Personally I really like the Snow Trooper Clones for the third corp but I have to wonder how they'll make them different from the Imperial Snows. It's literally the armour the clone flame troopers use on Geonosis so they'd probably also get that for a heavy weapon...

The funny thing is the cold and flame armors are supposed to be different models, despite the CG model being basically the same. I suppose you could always paint them as geonosis force, since that unit includes some spec ops clones and ARF guys in recolors.

i always assumed those were early galactic Marines in that episode as they were led by ki adi

I kinda hope that whatever the 3rd corps unit is for clones has access to some kind of Ion weapon. Not that Ion is a huge deal (yet) but you'd think they would have made that an early option for clones since their "traditional" opponent is droids.

Clones will get Jet Troopers with EMP Launchers, duh.

3 minutes ago, UnitOmega said:

Clones will get Jet Troopers with EMP Launchers, duh.

I've been waiting on a unit with Jump for a long time now. If the French leaks were correct then we may get to see one with the "Clan Wren" unit.

What kind of corps unit with a detachment would separatists have? We see B1s using tripod mounted weapons plenty in the series, but other than a stand alone I can’t think of anything

16 minutes ago, joewrightgm said:

What kind of corps unit with a detachment would separatists have? We see B1s using tripod mounted weapons plenty in the series, but other than a stand alone I can’t think of anything

I'm not even sure what the droids third unit will be more or less with a detachment would be

Geonosians with the LR1K Sonic Cannon would work as a detachment:

Seen here in Episode 2:

As a detachment yeah, the Sonic cannon makes the most sense, though it's obviously very bulky. Interestingly their best fit for a "detachment" type unit would be the dual blaster (called J-10 by FFG in an RPG book) because that's heavy enough to be an emplacement but also small enough it only needs like one droid to crew it.

1 hour ago, UnitOmega said:

As a detachment yeah, the Sonic cannon makes the most sense, though it's obviously very bulky. Interestingly their best fit for a "detachment" type unit would be the dual blaster (called J-10 by FFG in an RPG book) because that's heavy enough to be an emplacement but also small enough it only needs like one droid to crew it.

I could see that as an Emplacement Trooper Support though, since the Detachments are released along with the corps unit that most resembles the gunner.

Yeah, I'm just thinking that unlike, say, the E-WEB or the FD towers, it's a single B-1 on basically a twin MG mount. It's remarkably simple to drop as a whole Support unit.

Be real easy to make it fit in with your whole army though. Can paint them tan or red or whatever and they're good. Maybe CIS can buck trends again, and just release these guys as Corps without Detachment.