Well I've never been the most serious sort of gamer (or person) so I thought to myself "what looks like it'll be awesome?"
T70 X-Wing.
My first thoughts were that the T70 XWing looked better than original T65 - pretty forward thinking for an old, original trilogy fan? So that's what triggered my first decision to go with the new "Force Awakens" core set.
Having played a few games now, I've come to realise the T70 is a very capable all round ship, able to take the punishment dealt out to it as well as being able to hit others pretty hard (especially at close range).
A-Wing.
Then I thought about the A-Wing, it's a ship that appealed to me and I'd heard they were nimble little fighters, so I decided that two of those would be my next step.
With a little experience I have discovered the A-Wing is fast and agile, but lacks any real punch. Whilst I am able to lower their base points to a mere 15 using a Chardaan refit card, I feel they need a little something to help them survive an encounter with hostile forces.
K-Wing.
I knew absolutely nothing of this larger ship before buying it, I'd not seen one in action and of course being from the expanded universe, I hadn't seen one in any of the films either. But I'm thinking "look at the size of that thing! I need one".
Having flown this a few times now, I love it! The K-Wing is rather slow and cumbersome and it's maneuvere dial allows little in the way of fancy turns & rolls. But the thing is a flying tank, it can take a beating and especially when equipped with the twin laser turret upgrade it can pose a serious threat to enemy fighters.
So, what's next?
At the moment I'm thinking another T70 might be a good thing, 3 of them can easily make up 100 points and they seem like they are decent enough ships in game. But I've gotta say - K-Wings are my kinda lump! I'm certain I'll be getting 1 or 2 more of these and slowly but surely I'll be dodging asteroids and zapping bad guys with those turret mounted lasers ;)
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| The mighty K-Wing in action |
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