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Post by deathwingmatt on Sept 10, 2015 21:28:16 GMT
FFG have made the following announcement (https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/9/10/fight-a-bigger-battle/ as hyperlinks not working on my iPad)
The first two Ep VII expansions will be released alongside the wave 8 ships already announced. Unsurprisingly, they are the T-70 X-Wing and the First Order TIE in the new core set, along with some new pilot and upgraded cards. One of the interesting things I've spotted is the integrated astromech card. This is a free X-Wing only modification, and can be used on older original trilogy X-Wings. Some of us have talked a fair bit about what would give older X-Wings a boost and this looks to be FFG's response.
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Post by Eryst on Sept 14, 2015 9:51:21 GMT
As Pete and I were discussing on Saturday, this is a very elegant fix which solves the competitiveness on standard Xwings as well as bringing astromechs back to the table.
It is even thematic in the original films with R2 taking a hit to let Luke get off his torpedoes in the trench.
Well done FFG.
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Post by Eryst on Sept 14, 2015 9:51:55 GMT
The only downside is it will take 3-4 of the new blisters to allow you to field Xwings again.
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