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Coming into thos late, with no previous experience of 2.0 or 2.5 i think im going to pick an mix the rules. Both have rules i like that i get as they are similar to other games. Also gonna ignore the whole only playing certain factions against their correct era opposition. Might even make up my own squad building rules.

Maverick squadron intends to keep playing

The upcoming X-wing alliance offers a lot of possibilities. Our limits are only set by our imagination and what people are willing to try. Being open benefits everyone involved. Who knows, people might even find a whole new favorite mode of game they never tried before.

I'm only missing one or two ships that I really want, mainly the Resistance Bomber. There's probably a few I'd like more copies of, but that feels less pressing.

2.5 made me stop playing. I loved 2.0 and just couldn't really get behind 2.5 when I played it. Most my friends went on without me but also then stopped as well. There was a want to go back to 2.0 and when we did we realized it wasn't nostalgia, it's a genuinely better rule set.

Honestly I stopped playing when they fired the people who actually made the game and did a bunch of unnecessary and unwanted changes. Me and my friends play the base 2.0 rules from time to time and it's still one of the best games we've ever played. The fact you can take on a top meta list and surprise win with a dumpy list (while it's not in your favor) has always been a great sign for me.

Recently picked up Skystrike Academy, Fury of the First Order, a Xi Shuttle, an extra TIE FO and SF, and Hotshots and Aces II to fill out my collections for both factions. Maybe one day I pick up a Decimator but never was a big fan Empire collection fills up an entire tackle box. It's actually hilarious looking at how small my FO range is in comparison even after adding 6 more models to it

Just finished fleshing out my FO faction. Picked up the Fury box, Von Reg's, and the Xi. Also got a Tantive IV, Fireball, a pair of Trifighters and the Rouge Class expansion. Only ships im missing is the Gauntlet, Mandalorian, resistance A wings and a couple of epic ships. Couldnt warrent more with picking up some armada product.

Last week I bought 1x Punisher, 1x Miner TIE, 1x Wookie ship, 2x 2.0 Fangs. All new and unopened.

This video is so wholesome and hilarious so thanks!

I guess squids are the big winners of X-Wing development ending. Everyone getting their discounted cephalopods.

I love the squid!!!

We have definitely gone nuts... I put off buying stuff we wanted and I've since gone mad! s q u i d d y b o i C-ROC Rebel Transport K-Wing Jango Servants of Strife Phoenix Squadron Republic Starter 2 x torrents 2x ARC-170's Lambda 1x B Wing Sith Infiltrator Anakin's Delta YT2400 Ghost Phantom LAAT x2 I'm probably missing some, but my son and I are having some CRAZY games right now! Luckily I got the conversion kits throughout the last several months prior to the announcement.

My problem with 2.0 is that by the time it launched X-Wing stock had become almost invisible on all the FLGS shelves where I live and all the upgrade kits went out of stock on the website so I never even got the chance to change to 2.0.

I splurged and bought my own squidy boy. What a beast.

You’ve gotta get a game in with that thing sometime soon! It plays very differently from a “traditional” epic ship and it’s so goofy I love it

I love a good copy of Mr. Tentacles.

Sadly, community created ships will likely be a non-starter. Disney is way too protective of their IP to allow something like that. It's one thing if people just tweak the points, but as soon as you get into printing new cards or ships they will shut it down.

I collected mostly Empire, and a bit of Scum with a smattering of Rebels and Force Awakens starter. I just looked at the price of a Skystrike Academy box, and really wish I'd picked one up back when they were released. Kinda wish I'd gotten a Hound's Tooth and a Punishing One as well. Maybe if the market settles down over the years I can snag some. That's a nice Squiddy Boy you've got there! I really wish they'd done more with Epic. I'd love to see some Epic scale stuff more in something narrative like Heroes of the Aturi Cluster. Maybe someone can cook something like that up as well?

I hope the x wing alliance will bring some balanced points to the extended ships. I have a big collection from first edition and a lot of it never sees daylight. Good to see you back.

Scalper prices might be not to your liking, but how do you feel about straight-up auctions which escalate into scalper prices?

I started buying xwing just before the second edition was released. 1.0 at the time had a bloated and confusing meta that intimidated me from playing at stores.

Loving the soothing ASMR vibe here

Got one never used it hope big ships will re happen the community takes over

Reminds me, I have not yet unboxed my Squidieboi. But little incentive to do that without any local scene primarily, and secondarily no epic support. Consequently though, while XWA has some limitations on what we can do currently with GT's going on, AMG never touched huge ships (despite promises otherwise), so that is fertile ground to really dig into sooner than later.

Thanks for the video. Nice ship, I was not aware you like the epic ship version. I have all the 1ed ships and copies as well and all the 1st ed epic ones. I have all the upgrade packs and some of the 2nd ed ships but since covid local play is no really abundant in my area. However I feel a rebirth --- maybe we can call it X-wing Phoenix edition. Love the ship nice format.

I'm very hopeful and fairly confident that one thing the x wing alliance will do eventually is support free 3D models for people to print at home or at a rented 3D printer. Not only will this allow us to reprint ships, but also start adding new ships

Great to hear from you Nick! Oh man I could have gotten one of these at 50% off this weekend. Focused on my Armada items though. Long live the squidy boy!

End of an era (probably) Saddens me what has become of X-Wing. Thanks for the years of informative content and entertainment

I still don´t get why they couldn´t transition to ships on a sprew for both games ....

It's a bad situation. I still play, but I don't know a single person who moved out of 1.0 so I'm imagining that the biggest community out there are the first edition owners - that's when the game blew up and sold in staggering numbers, 2.0 was a big downturn. If there was (and I realise there isn't) a way that people could play with the minis they own, across all editions, then that would be a win. Maybe it would need a unified, printable set of generic base cards, upgrades etc. Any serious attempt to keep the game alive must include the widest section of the community, which is inevitably those who own 1st ed. And I mean include in the sense of the minis, the ruleset can be 2.0/2.5, but it's the cards and base variances that 1st ed owners don't have and won't want or be able to buy.

Hi Nick, we want te thank you for all the content and intrestring points of view you have given us throughout these years. It was truly a highligt of the day to watch them all. It is us who should express our appriciation for you. No matter if you make a lot of video's or none at all, we are happy if you are. Take care and wishing you all the best.

I want to know how the Chess community is going to move forward - I heard they stopped supporting it a century ago.

I see no reason why the X-wing Alliance can't be a steward for multiple formats with the different rules editions, and both with ones frozen in time and ones that continue to try to refine and evolve them. Beyond saying that their word isn't gospel and people can just do what they want, there doesn't have to be this false ultimatum between people that just want to play with their 1.0 components and 2018 FFG points lists and those that want to see a '2.75' that tries to walk back AMG's worse ideas and revisit the ones that had promise but poor execution. There's room for community OP with both. Hell, bring HotAC into the fold while we're at it.

Im sure this game will live on and thrive. Warmaster is still played a lot with new rules updates still being developed by the community.

"Discord is the way this fails" promotes his discord at the begining of the video, what a flip flop!

My Brother....

So my community had a 2.0 legacy night recently and it was a lot of fun, but funny enough I brought brobotts at 199 points and played another player also flying 199 brobotts. We both agreed that the game would be won based on initiative win, so… we played with ROAD. It was actually a fun and close game. I didn’t think I liked ROAD, but this was the first instance of it actually made a game fun… so call me a hypocrite but I see the merit now. I still don’t like the bump and range 0 rules though, but year I love 2.0 list building but hate bidding. I hope we as a community can make a 2.75 that brings the best parts of both game modes together. 2.0 or 2.5 doesn’t really matter, build lists for both formats, play both modes. The game will only survive if we keep playing as much as possible. Just my 2 cents

Can we petition AMG for dials & cards for the Jedi T-6 , The Omicron attack Shuttle (bad batch & Mando's N-1? The community can 3-d print the ships & bases & AMG can make some quick money