X-wing Wave 5!

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2 more medium sized ships - the outrider!

3rd quarter 2014 seems quick for FFG.

Outrider is my all-time favorite ship. While I have long since sold off my stocks of X-Wing, this I shall buy.

I wonder if the quickened pace has to do with Attack Wing.

What I'm really liking though is the different directions the games are taking. It seems like every new wave they differentiate themselves more and more.

I am very curious about the debris, I hope they are not just a replacement for rocks, but actually appear when something gets blasted.

Yt-2400 can barrel roll! Sure we've seen expert handling on a firespray or falcon, but this is still petty cool and with a modification of engine this ship can really move. Add Dash ability to ignore obstacles... wow!

Oh and the title... nice.

Neverheard of the imperial ship. But as an imperial player, having a ship that can take 16 hits and have a turret... yes please. Expensive though, might mostly be used in epic play, depending on the movement dial. Anyone know the story of where this ship comes from... video games?

I think the Decimator is from Star Wars Galaxies. Totally did not expect to see that...I think it's supposed to be some kind of troop transport or something.

Outrider RULES. That is a great looking model. Love the new debris field tiles.

One of each, please.

SuperflyTNT wrote: Outrider is my all-time favorite ship. While I have long since sold off my stocks of X-Wing, this I shall buy.

So your just buying it for the minaiture, because if you want to pass along those cards and tokens, you know so they don't take up space, I'd be willing to help.

Done deal. If I buy it, the bits are yours.

VonTush wrote: I wonder if the quickened pace has to do with Attack Wing.

Although I like the Star Wars aesthetic far better, Attack Wing is the better game, IMHO. I can never see myself going back to Star Wars.

I've gone back and forth...And as they diverge the better I think both games get.

Attack Wing has some great scenarios and fleet building for those scenarios is very compelling. Anticipating your opponent's build and having a defined goal that isn't always "kill your opponent" allows for some lists that just wouldn't appear in a "Bring 100 pts and try to kill each other" situation.

On the other hand XWing is the tighter game. As long as a list is competent build it should hold its own against any other list. It really highlights the player vs player aspect of the game. I also really like this relationship with the varying size ships.

It is interesting to watch and see how the meta-game changes as the new ships are released in Attack Wing. But there's a comfort in the consistency of XWing.

It is very, very interesting to see two different companies with two different philosophies and mindsets really take the same system in two very different directions.

They look fucking great, and debris is an awesome addition to the game. I hope there is a way to retro apply it because it should work for all the ships.

However I totally skipped wave 4 and will continue that trend. There is a slight chance that I will impulse buy some one day but for me the game is finished. Between three waves, flying aces and the two big ships I don't need anything else and in face have a huge and brilliant game to play.

If they want my money at this point, they'd have to sell a designer series book like they did for ToI and Descent. That would get me instantly.