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Tobogan said:

Or maybe it is to balance the fact that in the core set you get one of each objective set and with this giving you one of each objective set and adding this to your one core set you now have one of each objective set for the factions starter decks and don't need to buy anything else if you don't want to but have 6 fully playable factions.

ziggy2000 said:

As far as I know, once a unique card gets put into the discard pile, you can bring out that character's card again from the draw pile.  I don't remember where exactly I read that in the rules forum, but I do remember reading it.  If this isn't the case, someone please let me know.  As far as having to buy two sets, as of right now, I don't like the idea of it however, it is still cheaper than buying ccg's or even miniatures, both of which I have done.  I can remember playing SW miniatures and spending $60 on one Boba Fett Bounty Hunter piece because it was THE piece to have, so all in all, I think this hobby will still turn out to be cheaper than anything else and just as much fun.  Personally, my favorite cards right now are the Boba Fett with the blaster and mandalorian armor cards, makes Boba into the beast that he truly is.  Every single DS deck I put together has the Bespin exchange objective in it and I can't wait to get more BH's. 

No mention at all of the promised multiplayer content though…

Grobb said:

Because it is in The Balance of the Force expansion not this one.

I will still buy 2 anyway or perhaps 3 .. just to keep one box sealed nicely for collection purposes .. :) 

This deluxe set looks so awesome!!

sithhappens44142 said:

Correct, it is right in the rules that you cannot have two copies of a unique card in play. But once it is in the discard pile it is no longer in play and nothing stops you from playing another one at that point.

I can't wait to play Jabba with Emperor Palpatine in a Sith control deck.  

Ah, sorry, because the book says that it will be added in a deluxe expansion in early 2013 I just assumed it was that.  I misremembered the name I guess.

Also, sad face.  But I guess they needed to get the other 2 factions in and solid first.

The "coolness" factor aside, my first impression was something like "WTH, I have to buy two to get a complete playset!?".  it didn't take long before it dawned on me that this isn't really a delux expansion.  It's more like a second starter for the two missing factions. :)

ziggy2000 said:

I think he's referring to being able to play them twice (one gets destroyed and you play another one a few hands later).  Thematically, I look at it more as a retreat than that character being killed.  They flee in the face of overwhelming odds to come back and fight another day.

By the way, I LOVE some of the thematic things going on with this set.  The blockade runner getting stronger when it attacks alone, representing a lone ship running a blockade.  The Hive of Scum and Villainy objective echoing "No blasters!  No blasters!"  All the fun stuff going on with the capture mechanics.  Really looking forward to this set.

Kiwamu said:

No worries, this just reminds me of the old AOGT Chapter packs and expansions where you needed 2 to get a 3x/card set for play. 

I think I wouldnt mind buying 2 sets as long as there are no "Only 1 of this objective per deck" objective sets in it.  Otherwise I'm gonna be stuck with an extra 1 only set.

Nexuhs said:

I can see what you mean, but I think FFG isn't so much concerened with theme with this move. To me it seems more like they want to give the casual player a more traditional game feel with a core set and a few expansions. It seems to me they want to market the big boxes toward casual players and the Force packs toward "hard core" players wihle also enticing "hard core" players to buy multiples of the core and each deluxe expansion.

As for me, though, I really want to compete, but I just want to compete for the fun of it so I can play different people and different decks. So I see myself as somewhere between casual and competitive. However, I still want two of every objective set, not because it helps you win but because it's more fun. For example, there are only 3 DS objectives with Fighter units. If you built a deck with just those 3, you would not be very likely to execute card combos. For me, a lot of the fun of a card game is in getting combos to work. Whether I win or lose, if I was able to pull off something nifty, then it was a good game. That is not as likely to happen when I have 10 different objectives in my deck.

flightmaster101 said:

So far the only "limit 1" objective sets have been neutral objectives, if I remember correctly.  I'm actually glad to have more than one of these since I generally keep a deck for each affiliation, so that extra objective might be needed.  Obviously that could be an issue once I start keeping 6 decks after this expansion comes out, but hopefully there will not be an objective that I would need in all 3 decks on one side.