I am not going to address each point again, but the basic premise is offering prize support later on for direct purchase completely undermines the whole idea of OP play. I know you think it will work both ways, but I think your objectivity is being clouded with your desire to have the OP ships. Many, if not most, people won't play in an event if they can purchase the ships/prizes later on. That makes the rather large investment made by venues in OP kits pointless, as venues will either lose money running the events, or stop buying the kits and running events all together. That will in turn draw less people into the shop to buy Attack Wing, causing sales to drop, causing the venues to order less, causing Wizkids to sell less. Personally I wish they would run their OP events like Fantasy Flight does and the prizes they offer are unique items that do not change game play at all. Sadly, I do not get to make those kinds of decisions for Wizkids. While I do not particularly like the model they are using, I totally understand the reasons behind it. More to the point I accept the fact that I can't have everything my way and sometimes I have to track down hard to find pieces and spend a little more money. At the end of the day it doesn't really matter what any of us think or desire, Wizkids is going to run their events the way they want to and we can either participate, or not.


my bad, I saw the same sculpt and thought they were the same ship. I hate that they re-release the same sculpt for different ships. It can make it somewhat confusing on the battlefield, especially if you accidentally grab the wrong maneuver dial.


Its not the B'Rel Class ship that I think was of value in the Month 2 OP event, it was the Barrage of Fire and Captain card that came with it. Although the rear firing arc is a nice addition to the Klingons.

The problem is if they offered just an alternate card like FFG what about the resources? How would we get them? They are not just going to put them up for sale on the shelf because people will pass over the ones that seem week for what is perceived more power. With the OP kit each month something new shows up and players try them as they come. OP kits are there to bring play into the store. It is to encourage owners to carry a large stock and push them. If you could just get the LE at a regular price or the month after brick and mortar stores suffer. OP kits are to bring in players not just give out cool stuff.

Ironically when I played X-Wing, I still felt the desire to track down those alternative art cards, and acrylic tokens, even though I knew I didn't need them to play, and that it didn't change the playing experience what-so-ever. The prizes still went for pretty good money on the secondary markets too. Kind of crazy

Hey sorry, busy week with folks in town and I lost track of this thread. Discussion is getting kind of cyclical, so I'm just as happy to agree to disagree.

And don't get me wrong - I can see the merits to WK's current system, and know that it does work - I just find it interesting to talk out alternatives! Just one point:

It's not about me wanting OP ships, like I said a few times earlier in this thread, I think it makes perfect sense that OP ships (or any 1st/Fellowship/Judge prize) remain LE-only. I would like to be able to buy a ship that reuses the same sculpt with different accompanying cards, but that's another topic.

Any OP prizes be it the ships or tokens, will always be fetching some high dollar because the secondary market person that "HAS TO HAVE IT" will pay through the nose for it.

I'd like a set of acrylic templates, but the paper ones I have work just fine!

The LE ships I wish were sold later, maybe a year or six months after the original prize pool, that way those who did win them can get a little use before they go public.

I've so far not scene anything from the LE prizes that is soooo groundbreaking you have to have it.

I enjoy the resources as they do add a little "captains luck" to the game.