I was on the fence about buying Armada, to force my friends to play. But after continuously watching your Armada tips and tutorials, I can say that I'm ready to finally buy every expansion! Eventually I really appreciate your videos Crabby!
Awesome awesome awesome content. I really believe this kind of content will help propel the game further. Hopefully more people stumble across your content.
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I have a question. how does it work for squadrons only vs. a capitol ship. How would the squadrons be able to attack the ship(s) if not supported by their own capitol ship and/or squadron command?
I have just started playing so if anyone can give me a heads up I'd appreciate it; But I have one question if an Fighter Squadron is attacking a capital ship is the capital ship able to move or not, or can the ship still move while being attacked by a Fighter Squadron?
When attacking a ship, do you position your squadron to the side of the ship that you want to attack, then they attack that side arc or is it the side of the base of the ship?
you do know that the blue and red sides have symbols? specifically Aurek (A) and Besh (B), the first two letters of the Aurebesh language from star wars...
@Crabbok Feel free to not answer this but, what is your interpretation of Rapid Launch Bays? Do you play it as the placed squadrons being able to attack?
great video! Could you please make one about how critical effects work during attacks? Particularly when using upgrade cards that have critical effects.
what happend if one squadron gets distance 1 to one ship, and the ship moves forward? the Squadron automaticaly follow it? o i have to move in the squadron phase? i made the second y literaly i can never shot because the ship moves and the squadron loses the range 1, so it can shot to the ship. sorry for my bat english :s
If you start a Squadron phase on a Station and you decide not to move does that count as landing on it again? Would shooting at something at range one while sitting on an station count as landing on?
You only get credit for a move if you actually pick it up and move it, (Even if it's just a millimeter). If you are on the station, you'd have to actually move to get the "Land on" effect.
Nice video mate. In one of your other video, you mentioned that FFG changed some rules regarding how squadrons work, could you please elaborate on that in the next one. Thanks.
I'm new on this game, but squadron can't move and attack on the same activation. You need the rogue keyword to do that right? A squadron without rogue move or attack on the same turn right?
Yannick Charron from what I understand the 'rogue' ability allows the squadron to move independently from ships where they would usually activate the squadrons. a squadron can only move and shoot in same turn if a squadron command dial/token is used. otherwise only move or shoot. I'd have to check it out myself to be sure though.
Aurora07 you are correct. A squadron that has the 'Rogue' attribute allows it to move and/or shoot while not being activated by a squadron command. Any other normal squadron has to be activated by a squadron command from a ship (and also be within close-medium range unless you have boosted comms making it close-long range) in order for it to move and/or attack. Otherwise once the squadron phase initiates it is only move or shoot, unless a rogue squadron still has yet to activate. Along that fun fact: The Milenium Falcon has the ability to activate during the ship phase and can move and/or shoot (:
Hey, can regular squadrons spend their accuracies on hero squadrons defence tokens when attacking, or is it only hero vs hero squadrons that can do that? thanks
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Correct. Heroes have the ability to roll accuracies against other heroes if I remember correctly. That's how I just played in a kit tourney at least. Accuracies can also be rolled by ship's anti squadron dice for those that might have 2 blue dice in their pool (ISD for example)
Brand new to Armada. Working on what to buy and stuff like that. Just wanted to ask. Is it common/okay for the same faction fighting? Like is it allowed to have rebels vs rebels or Imperials vs Imperials?
Old Warlord Zsinj is back at it again! Does the game come with markers like x wing's number tokens so you can possibly keep track of which tie fighter swarm is your's?
i thought squadrons could only attack OR move, as stated middle of video, not both? yet when ship used squadron activation he was saying fighters can move AND shoot?
If a squadron is activated by a ship through a Squadron Command, it can move AND attack. Any squadrons that weren't activated by a ship, can now activate during the Squadron Phase, at the end of each round. Squadrons that activate on their own in this way can only move OR shoot, but not both. (Unless they have the Rogue keyword). So it is better to activate your squadrons with a ship if possible, so that they can both move and shoot.
So... I don't think that you ever touched on the number of squadrons that it says on a ship. I am seriously thinking about getting Star Wars Armada, and I have been watching a lot of your videos. There were 4 x-wing squadrons, one CR 90, and one Nebulon B. Nebulons have a squadron value of 2, CR 90 corvettes have a value of 1. What does that mean... I have looked at many videos to find out exactly. Can you explain it to me? Thank you!
I think it means that if you do the squadron action on the spinny roundy thing at the start of the round it means you give [your squadron value] amount of squadrons an extra turn. But i'm new so that could be wrong :(
Agree this is confusing. Thought you could only bring an amount of squadrons equal to the number on the ship number. So in the core set for rebel 3. but why is there 4 in the set... How many can I actually bring?
The squadron value is used when a ship activates, before shooting or moving, they can spend their dial to immediately activate that many number of squadrons. When you activate those squadron, they may move, and shoot, in any order. A squadron token lets you activate just one squadron. If you do not activate any squadrons, after all the ships go, you take turns moving OR shooting 2 squadrons at a time.
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These videos are so helpful to new Armada players. And the sheer technical skill of the way you explain it is really striking. Many thanks indeed.
I was on the fence about buying Armada, to force my friends to play. But after continuously watching your Armada tips and tutorials, I can say that I'm ready to finally buy every expansion! Eventually
I really appreciate your videos Crabby!
This is a brilliant short explanation that cuts to the heart of the confusion. I will use your video to help explain during my training game sessions.
Cheers dude I'm gettin back in to it your vids helpin me refresh cheers
Thanks for this video Tim. I really needed this. Can't wait for the 2nd.
Awesome awesome awesome content. I really believe this kind of content will help propel the game further. Hopefully more people stumble across your content.
Thanks!
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Takes a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
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very much appreciated! great video. answered many questions I had from a previous video. glad I subbed.
Thank you. I saw Imperial squadrons effects in my first game on Saturday. Fortunately my fleet had decent anti fighter defenses.
Great video as always
Great tutorial
Great primer. Can't wait for part two. Do friendly squadrons obstruct ship to ship fire traced through their stand?
Is there anywhere to get more squadron stands and plastic? I broke a few of mine when i started out.
I have a question. how does it work for squadrons only vs. a capitol ship. How would the squadrons be able to attack the ship(s) if not supported by their own capitol ship and/or squadron command?
I have just started playing so if anyone can give me a heads up I'd appreciate it;
But I have one question if an Fighter Squadron is attacking a capital ship is the capital ship able to move or not, or can the ship still move while being attacked by a Fighter Squadron?
When attacking a ship, do you position your squadron to the side of the ship that you want to attack, then they attack that side arc or is it the side of the base of the ship?
you do know that the blue and red sides have symbols? specifically Aurek (A) and Besh (B), the first two letters of the Aurebesh language from star wars...
Did he ever make the part 2 to this video? I can’t seem to find it
@Crabbok Feel free to not answer this but, what is your interpretation of Rapid Launch Bays? Do you play it as the placed squadrons being able to attack?
yes they can attack. I think that much is clear as it states they they cannot move. If they couldn't attack I believe it would state that as well.
How do you deploy fighters though to begin with?
Do people bring squadrons of 2-3 normally or just squadrons of 1 stand usually? Hope that’s not a dumb question
great video! Could you please make one about how critical effects work during attacks? Particularly when using upgrade cards that have critical effects.
Yes that won't be too hard and there are several cards that impact it.
what happend if one squadron gets distance 1 to one ship, and the ship moves forward? the Squadron automaticaly follow it? o i have to move in the squadron phase?
i made the second y literaly i can never shot because the ship moves and the squadron loses the range 1, so it can shot to the ship.
sorry for my bat english :s
In movement, for eg: the x wings value is 3. Do they have to go all the way to 3 or can they move to one or two?
They can move to any point up to the number 3, you could move them to between 2 and 3. That is also fine
If you start a Squadron phase on a Station and you decide not to move does that count as landing on it again? Would shooting at something at range one while sitting on an station count as landing on?
You only get credit for a move if you actually pick it up and move it, (Even if it's just a millimeter). If you are on the station, you'd have to actually move to get the "Land on" effect.
Nice video mate. In one of your other video, you mentioned that FFG changed some rules regarding how squadrons work, could you please elaborate on that in the next one. Thanks.
I don't recall them changing any rules on how squadrons work - could you elaborate? I'm just drawing a blank right now.
It's fine. I probably just got confused. Thanks for the reply. :)
I'm new on this game, but squadron can't move and attack on the same activation. You need the rogue keyword to do that right? A squadron without rogue move or attack on the same turn right?
Yannick Charron from what I understand the 'rogue' ability allows the squadron to move independently from ships where they would usually activate the squadrons. a squadron can only move and shoot in same turn if a squadron command dial/token is used. otherwise only move or shoot. I'd have to check it out myself to be sure though.
Aurora07 you are correct. A squadron that has the 'Rogue' attribute allows it to move and/or shoot while not being activated by a squadron command. Any other normal squadron has to be activated by a squadron command from a ship (and also be within close-medium range unless you have boosted comms making it close-long range) in order for it to move and/or attack. Otherwise once the squadron phase initiates it is only move or shoot, unless a rogue squadron still has yet to activate. Along that fun fact: The Milenium Falcon has the ability to activate during the ship phase and can move and/or shoot (:
Hey, can regular squadrons spend their accuracies on hero squadrons defence tokens when attacking, or is it only hero vs hero squadrons that can do that? thanks
Squadrons can always spend accuracies
Random unrelated question but I noticed you have star mats for the game. These are all out of stock in many places so I may need to purchase from elsewhere or make my own solution for the time being. Do you know the material they are made out of (rubber, vinyl, or fabric perhaps)? I wasn't sure what was safe and effective (I heard lots of vinyl ones have toxins in them). Don't want anything super flimsy but also rubber ones tend to be quite expensive. Any advice? Thanks!
Yoga Mat as a replacement maybe?
hey man you going to worlds in a few weeks?
Does accuracy work on squadrons (heroes)? as it does against big ships? Ie. luke rolls a accuracy then can he make howl runner flip scatter token?
Correct. Heroes have the ability to roll accuracies against other heroes if I remember correctly. That's how I just played in a kit tourney at least. Accuracies can also be rolled by ship's anti squadron dice for those that might have 2 blue dice in their pool (ISD for example)
Brand new to Armada. Working on what to buy and stuff like that. Just wanted to ask. Is it common/okay for the same faction fighting? Like is it allowed to have rebels vs rebels or Imperials vs Imperials?
Absolutely! This is quite common and it's fun! Think of it as a rogue faction, or perhaps even a simulation.
Old Warlord Zsinj is back at it again! Does the game come with markers like x wing's number tokens so you can possibly keep track of which tie fighter swarm is your's?
TheMegaSuperPickle it does, and you could use the number plates from xwing if you wanted to.
i thought squadrons could only attack OR move, as stated middle of video, not both? yet when ship used squadron activation he was saying fighters can move AND shoot?
If a squadron is activated by a ship through a Squadron Command, it can move AND attack. Any squadrons that weren't activated by a ship, can now activate during the Squadron Phase, at the end of each round. Squadrons that activate on their own in this way can only move OR shoot, but not both. (Unless they have the Rogue keyword). So it is better to activate your squadrons with a ship if possible, so that they can both move and shoot.
I wish they make a Deathstar for Star Wars Armada 😆
The model would have to be GIANT.
@@AdistuffRBX occupies the entire table 😂
If two squadrons were on the same obstacle would that also be obstructed?
Depends on if they were touching each other while on that obstacle. If they are touching then nope, not obstructed.
Squadrons obstruct ship to ship shots as well, correct?
No they do not.
@@Crabbok good to know, thanks!
So... I don't think that you ever touched on the number of squadrons that it says on a ship. I am seriously thinking about getting Star Wars Armada, and I have been watching a lot of your videos. There were 4 x-wing squadrons, one CR 90, and one Nebulon B. Nebulons have a squadron value of 2, CR 90 corvettes have a value of 1. What does that mean... I have looked at many videos to find out exactly. Can you explain it to me? Thank you!
I think it means that if you do the squadron action on the spinny roundy thing at the start of the round it means you give [your squadron value] amount of squadrons an extra turn. But i'm new so that could be wrong :(
Agree this is confusing. Thought you could only bring an amount of squadrons equal to the number on the ship number. So in the core set for rebel 3. but why is there 4 in the set... How many can I actually bring?
Christopher Munoz the Squadron number is how many Squadrons you can activate to move or attack in one turn.
The squadron value is used when a ship activates, before shooting or moving, they can spend their dial to immediately activate that many number of squadrons. When you activate those squadron, they may move, and shoot, in any order. A squadron token lets you activate just one squadron. If you do not activate any squadrons, after all the ships go, you take turns moving OR shooting 2 squadrons at a time.
Crabbok what's the highest number of VT-49s you've seen in a game?
6. I've run 6 twice
@@Crabbok how did they do?
not half bad!
Did you ever play the old pc game "Tie Fighter"?
Do you get points for destroying squadrons?
yes
Why cant fighters move and fire ?
Less game tactics more on how the rules work might reduce confusion
Dude when you are describing something slow down. I had to watch this 3 times to understand that your saying.
I dont understand activation at all
Reduce your fractions. 2 out of 8 is a 1:4 chance and 4 out of 8 is 1:2 chance. Yea yea... never tell me the odds...