|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 9/30/2008
Posts: 1,288
|
Is anybody else incredibly excited for this game? I liked X-Wing well enough, but it had a few flaws and didn't quite get me hooked. It really looks like Armada has learned a lot of lessons from X-Wing and is improving on it. They previewed the objectives today (one of the big improvements over X-Wing!), so now we have seen nearly everything. Hopefully the west coast port slowdowns didn't push it's release too far back.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 2/16/2009
Posts: 1,488
|
I am definitely excited about this one. I've yet to get to play X-Wing but years ago when I used to do story-based RP I loved commanding fleets and this is giving me that chance. So to say I am excited is an understatement.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 8/26/2011
Posts: 915
|
@Echo24 This looks to be a much more broad-scale game - perfect for large-scale engagements in RPG stuff. I like the array of fighter wings etc... I'll onboard if they make a decent Clone Wars Era version. If no clone wars era stuff is made... and they opt for JJAbrams/Legacy Wars instead, I'll give Star Wars: Armada a miss and opt for my own clone wars minis with GOBS space game rules  GOBS is a lot of fun Its going to be fun to have the crossover ST:AW vs SW:A game. (star trek attack wing vs star wars armada)
|
|
Rank: Moderator
Groups: Member
, Moderator
Joined: 9/23/2008
Posts: 1,487
Location: Lower the Hutt, New Zealand
|
It took a long time for me to accept another Star Wars game after SWM, but I eventually bought and now enjoy Xwing. Still no SWM, but hey. Then Imperial Assault came along and I will pass on that, thank you very much. But, I was hooked on Armada instantly. What Starship Battles should have been?
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 1/29/2011
Posts: 1,246
Location: SWMing now in the 936
|
Being a hardcore XW snub fighter pilot since launch I will say there is little wrong with the system. Now with the impending launch of Armada we will now indeed have a system that SWSB should have been. Most excited!
As for IA it just didn't agitate my molecules, so I sold my copy to make room for Armada.
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 4/5/2010
Posts: 77
|
Dudes this is the first time in a while where I can honestly say that all your sentiments are what mine are. Nothing to add here except a long version of "dito"
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 4/5/2010
Posts: 77
|
Oh I will add this actually: I spent the blasted money to buy nearly all the SW battles (still don't even know what the blasted title is, haha) miniatures to use in a home-designed multi-player minis based RP campaign. It was highly active for 4.5 yrs but slowed down to a crawl as of late. I never played the SWSB game by it's rules. Instead, I played by the Axis & Allies based rules that I forget who, at the moment, in the minis community created it. That was fun. Everyone said the SWSB game pretty much sucked as was. So I didn't bother. Maybe armada rules could be used with old SWSB pieces? I'll have to look into that 
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 4/5/2010
Posts: 77
|
I have been 'developing' a fun way to connect all 3 games in a massive RP styled (or not; I want that option) campaign (SWSB + Xwing + SWM). If Armadas combat system & maneuvering systems are more fun/easier to pickup & near flawless, I'll be buying the core set. We'll see how things develop & maybe I sell off certain SB pieces (if possible). Btw, when I've got what to me feels like a finished product with this development of mine, I will be sharing it with the community. Be neat to see what is good and possibly lacking in it
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 1/8/2010
Posts: 3,623
|
HanSolo79 wrote:I have been 'developing' a fun way to connect all 3 games in a massive RP styled (or not; I want that option) campaign (SWSB + Xwing + SWM). If Armadas combat system & maneuvering systems are more fun/easier to pickup & near flawless, I'll be buying the core set. We'll see how things develop & maybe I sell off certain SB pieces (if possible). Btw, when I've got what to me feels like a finished product with this development of mine, I will be sharing it with the community. Be neat to see what is good and possibly lacking in it Nice! Would love to see it! And I have played similar idea with just starship battles and SWM, making the class 3 transports the ones carrying troops down to a planet to fight. Or into another ship for boarding action
|
|
Rank: Advanced Bloo Milk Member
Groups: Member
Joined: 4/5/2010
Posts: 77
|
kobayashimaru wrote:@Echo24 This looks to be a much more broad-scale game - perfect for large-scale engagements in RPG stuff. I like the array of fighter wings etc... I'll onboard if they make a decent Clone Wars Era version. If no clone wars era stuff is made... and they opt for JJAbrams/Legacy Wars instead, I'll give Star Wars: Armada a miss and opt for my own clone wars minis with GOBS space game rules GOBS is a lot of fun Its going to be fun to have the crossover ST:AW vs SW:A game. (star trek attack wing vs star wars armada) I'm curious, what is GOBS?
|
|
|
Guest |