X-Wing Wave 7 Revealed! (Pics)

[Bigred]

FFG pulled the covers off of X-Wing Wave 7 at this year's Star Wars Celebration, in California. There are NEW UNSEEN starfighters!



First of all, FFG held a panel at 2015 Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim California here:


Star Wars With Fantasy Flight Games

Fri. April 17| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Star Wars Fan Stage – 303ABCD

Ever wanted to find out what it takes to bring Star Wars from a galaxy far, far away to your own gaming table? Join Fantasy Flight Games as they give you a look behind the curtain into their world of board, card, miniatures and role playing design and learn more about some of the exiting Star Wars games they are working on now!

And here is what they put up on the big screen:



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Hound's Tooth

The Hound's Tooth was a modified Corellian Engineering Corporation YV-666 light freighter owned by the Trandoshan bounty hunter and slaver Bossk.


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TIE Punisher

TIE Punisher, aka TIE/IT Interdictor starfighter, also known as the Advanced TIE Bomber, was a heavy bomber in service to the Galactic Empire.


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K-Wing

The BTL-S8 K-wing assault starfighter, commonly known as the K-wing, was a heavy starfighter/bomber.


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Kihraxz Fighter

"The Kihraxz assault fighter, also known as the Kihraxz light fighter, was a light starfighter developed specifically for Black Sun during the reign of the Galactic Empire. While intended for the criminal organization, many Kihraxz starfighters found their way into the hands of various independent fringers."

via Team Covenant (twitter) (https://twitter.com/teamcovenant)
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Get to your starfighters pilots!

[0rph3u5]

The Punisher is an obscure but not an unknown design .... Problem is in its original incarnation it was known as TIE/IT Interdictor

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/TIE/IT_Interdictor_starfighter

[JMichael]

Squeeee!
What is the TIE Punisher from? I've never seen that before.

[0rph3u5]

Squeeee!
What is the TIE Punisher from? I've never seen that before.

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds - the Age of Empires-reskin

[Bigred]

Thank you 0rph3u5, I've updated the OP. Nice catch - I would have never dug that up.

[interrogator_chaplain]

Nice catch Bigred! I've alerted my X-Wing League already, but the question is, will they be moved by this as we grow closer to Wave 1 of Armada? We shall see, but I'm glad I can finally put a name to that Hound's Tooth ship, always wondered what the heck it was. I've got a feeling it might end up being a split faction ship like the Firespray, with a tile for the Scum and a tile for the Empire.

[energongoodie]

I know nothing about the K-wing...other than I want 3 of them!!!

[0rph3u5]

Thank you 0rph3u5, I've updated the OP. Nice catch - I would have never dug that up.

Thank you, but I can't take the credit - while I know the "All kinds of TIEs" (http://i.imgur.com/qG4lpz3.jpg)-chart (there is also one that is sort of a genealogie of the designs), the official FFG forum was immideately alight with complains about the name change (and the ship in general)

[Mr Mystery]

TIE Punisher looks like a beast.

But that K-Wing just looks a bit derpy to mine eyes.

Other two look fun!

[Houghten]

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TIE Punisher

TIE Punisher, aka TIE/IT Interdictor starfighter, also known as the Advanced TIE Bomber, was a heavy bomber in service to the Galactic Empire.

Augh, it's like looking at an interestingly-shaped species of fungus that on closer inspection turns out to be a mouldering human corpse.

I want to throw up, but I fear if I start I'll never stop.

[0rph3u5]

It is official now:
https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2015/4/20/hit-them-hard-and-fast/

The mysterious new action on the K-Wing is SLAM:
https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/7b/3a/7b3a36da-2744-41e9-a490-4866da8cb3b8/swx33_card_ref_04.png

and this is suposed to fix multi-missile/trop/bomb ships:
https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/8b/e7/8be70a52-f544-4293-9853-23f478c8a961/swx33_card_upgrade_14.png
Once per ship, takes a torpedo-slot (so only effective on Y-, B-, possibly K-Wings, TIE Bomber, possibly Punisher and a Firespray with the Slave 1-Title), for 2 points you get an additional use out of any other torpedo, missile and bomb card you have equipped. Can be combined with Munitions Failsafe, which is a modification.

I guess Jonus + Scimitars might become a thing, finally.

There is also a TIE [unreadable] only modification hidden among the Punisher-cards ...

EDIT: and of course I forgot to mention that there is a discrepancy between the hull value printed on the base cover of the Hound's Tooth and the cards of the same ship ... which will it be?

[Houghten]

The mysterious new action on the K-Wing is SLAM:
https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/7b/3a/7b3a36da-2744-41e9-a490-4866da8cb3b8/swx33_card_ref_04.png

Well, that just makes it doubly painful that the TIE Punisher isn't the Missile Boat.

Odd that you can't perform secondary weapon attacks while SLAMming though (at least, odd wrt to how the SLAM worked in TIE Fighter. I get why it is in game balance terms.)


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Hee hee. One of the Kihraxz's upgrade cards is drugs.

[Psychosplodge]

I know nothing about the K-wing...other than I want 3 of them!!!

I think I've only seen them mentioned in the Blackfleet trilogy

[Mr Mystery]

I'm kind of worried that X-Wing may have just jumped the shark.....

[Psychosplodge]

Well when you have small forces, and you can literally buy everything with a few months disposable income thye have to keep releasing new stuff or acquiring new players don't you?

[Mr Mystery]

Oh indeed.

But these ships.... Why field any TIE Bombers, when the new one is so much better at the job?

[Psychosplodge]

Ah. TIE bombers are just there to receive fire aren't they?

[Mr Mystery]

They're just currently too expensive.

To really make the most of them, you need topedoes and missiles, and a failsafe device. Base cost is just too flipping high.

Which is a real shame, because I've always loved the design.

But who am I kidding? X-Wing Numberwang must be continued! I'll have one Hounds Tooth, and two of everything else please.

[0rph3u5]

Why field any TIE Bombers, when the new one is so much better at the job?

I am currently writinig something up on how the Extra Munitions card changes the existing ships (once we know the dial and a upgrade bar of the new ships I will add those) - will post it once it is done; suffice it to say for now, that it does help the TIE Bomber but not as a stand-alone craft and the Punisher will not replace it yet.

[Brenlak]

The Hounds tooth has an escape Headhunter!! That's so bossssk...
Look at that K-Wing and that Double Bomber, that much bulk I see them clocking in at the cost of a Starviper...

[Houghten]

The Hounds tooth has an escape Headhunter!! That's so bossssk...

Turn into a Z-95

LIKE A BOSSK

Bomb the Rebels

LIKE A BOSSK

Crash into an obstacle

LIKE A BOSSK

Now I'm Stressed

LIKE A BOSSK

[Brenlak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VBoB5zuOFg

Bosssssssssk!