As the title says, now that imp aces is out I'm debating which would be better on my kath firespray.

Opportunist pros:

3 points cheaper

Equal or better damage potential in all firing arcs except front range 3

Crits aren't changed to hits

Opportunist cons:

Get a stress

Cant use while stressed

Depending who is in your firing arc and what actions they took might not be able to use many combat rounds

I should add if it makes a difference that if I took opportunist the points saved are most likely going to a hull upgrade (and I have a recon specialist budgeted already). Also taking opportunist and hlc together is not an option.

There's always Expose as an alt option. It costs the same and could even combine with Gunner. Though I rather fly my Firesprays with Focus or Evade to live longer.

There's always Expose as an alt option. It costs the same and could even combine with Gunner. Though I rather fly my Firesprays with Focus or Evade to live longer.

Expose isn't ideal since it takes away an agility, with opportunist you can give them a focus or evade action and still gain the bonus

There's always Expose as an alt option. It costs the same and could even combine with Gunner. Though I rather fly my Firesprays with Focus or Evade to live longer.

Expose isn't ideal since it takes away an agility, with opportunist you can give them a focus or evade action and still gain the bonus

My answer is that it depends on the rest of the squad. Opportunist is still valuable if it's on your highest-PS ship, but you may not get a bonus die from it very often--what you'll get instead is your opponent choosing to Focus rather than doing something else he or she would like to do. But if you're just after the bonus damage, go ahead and run the HLC.

I find on a firespray, that I spend more time shooting out of the rear arc than the front. As such Opportunist seems to be a the far better choice since I think it will get more use as well as being able to be combined with gunner.

I find on a firespray, that I spend more time shooting out of the rear arc than the front. As such Opportunist seems to be a the far better choice since I think it will get more use as well as being able to be combined with gunner.

I also use the auxiliary arc at least as often as the front arc, and didn't think of that. It is definitely another huge point in Opportunist's favor.

Wouldn't another pro for opportunist be that you can use it in a rear arc?

I'd say that's worth considering vs the HLC.

Opportunist only works with a single attack, so it doesn't stack with Gunner.

However, the 1 Bank and 1-2 Forward greens still let you cover a fair amount of ground, so I'm generally in favor of this.
If only you could put it on a Bounty Hunter, instead of a Kath or a Boba, both of whom are likely to go up against Focii or Evades at the 7-8 PS..... :'(

Opportunist only works with a single attack, so it doesn't stack with Gunner.

You could try to burn their focus or evades on the first attack and then punch in on the second attack with opportunist.