Talk:TIE/x7/@comment-31119284-20170308234617/@comment-454133-20170309193238

Looks like I offended someone, which wasn't my intent. The take away is meant to be "whoa chill, it'll be okay, people are still playing defenders and these changes are overall good for the game as a whole", but late night posts don't always produce the intended effect. :)

And I'm not calling myself an amazing player btw, because I'm not one; that's your own psychology bleeding through.

The deadeye nerf raised a lot of vitriol too (people talking about jumpmasters being useless now and wanting to throw them away... until Dengaroo became popular), and emotions are gonna be high for a while. I suppose I should just take a step back and let people calm down before weighing in. But yea, declaring x7 Defenders etc dead is premature and exaggerated; I'm confident they'll recover. People were sure as hell flying and enjoying them at my game store last night, and if FFG actually went too far, they'll likely adjust it soon after. This ain't the end of the world for x7s.

Honestly, now that x7 defenders are nerfed a bit, it might feel better to fly them. People will have a harder time giving someone guff for flying an "easy meta" ship now that it's taken a hit like this. Given how much I like TIE Defenders thematically, this is good news for me (I hated flying x7s and Jumpmasters because of the  "easy  top meta net decks" stigma people like to throw around)... but again, celebrating is a bit callused toward people who are feeling the brunt of the nerf right now, and that's not my intent.