So very thrilled for aces. I fell in love with Jake after my first battle with him (yes, I know how that reads but I stand by it!!) Also like prototype chardaanAs quite a bit. Not terribly excited about Zs.

I haven't flown mine yet, but will probably work them into my next rebel list. As a target I take what I can get. In any evolution one or two of the enemy will be my optimal shot. My strategy is eliminate what I can as quickly as practical. Unless one of your ships is a falcon, those are priority targets.

In this week's Epic 2v2 (400 points each side) game I've played, I was facing a group of 4 TIE fighter who had all barrel rolled + turr who had boosted and carnor who also barrel rolled to avoid next turn's asteroid overlap, and a bounty hunter, all in the middle (other ships elsewhere). I used a green with PTL and assault missile to launch it to a central academy pilot, connecting with 3 hits, 1 crit against a defense roll of 1 blank 2 eyes. The total splash, on top of killing the TIE fighter, was 6 additional hits.

In this week's Epic 2v2 (400 points each side) game I've played, I was facing a group of 4 TIE fighter who had all barrel rolled + turr who had boosted and carnor who also barrel rolled to avoid next turn's asteroid overlap, and a bounty hunter, all in the middle (other ships elsewhere). I used a green with PTL and assault missile to launch it to a central academy pilot, connecting with 3 hits, 1 crit against a defense roll of 1 blank 2 eyes. The total splash, on top of killing the TIE fighter, was 6 additional hits.

It's all about the assault missile.

They don't usually scare me because my High PS Interceptors eat them with a side of hashbrowns. Especially Carnor Jax, who renders almost every defensive option they have moot. between Jax, Soontir Fel and Kir Kanos (my three primary interceptors choices) it's like the mafia. I say I want the A-wing dead, and then it's dead. might take a turn of focusing it down, sometimes two if they're lucky or I'm not, but since I run interceptors and have a high respect for such ship types, I rarely let them live long.

Right now they are pretty solid, IMHO. However once Rebel Aces hits I think they are going to be way better. Mostly because I plan on trying this as part of my list to see how crazy it makes them:

(GSP + A-wing test pilot + Push the limit + wingman + chadraan refit ) x2

which means if the ships stay within range 1, shouldn't be hard with an A-wing, I have 2 ships that get 2 actions per turn for no drawback, and it is a mere 44 points, and there is still a mod slot left. Now I mostly only play casual but this seems CGNU to me, hence if i see an A-wing across the table it will, probably, be a priority target. IMHO this makes an A-wing exceptionally dangerous. However I will have to wait and see.

It depends on the loadout.

Barebones A-Wing?

Pffff.

PTL /w a missile? *I brake and unload on it*

I find A-Wings to be extremely dangerous. A-Wings have single-handedly defeated me almost every time they have been on the table (every time?).

Of course, this was when I was using them. When my opponent uses them, not so much.

If i'm running large ships i tend to ignore flankers as they won't pose enough of a threat, so i shift my formation to keep my large ship between my other ships and the flanker.

If i'm running elites i tend to split off to harass individual targets anyway as this allows unique pilot abilities to shine (Such as Carnor Jax locking down Tycho Celchu so he can't focus or evade) - focus fire i reserve for swarms and i've not really had issues with flankers against a swarm, usually cause the swarm can just break and reform to face whatever direction.

Interesting opinions and strategies. They seem to vary from "kill it first because it's low health and hard to kill end game" to "what? That mosquito? Ignore it at all costs" I guess that's why I've seen so much variance on how it's treated. BTW, for those saying how the high PS PTL interceptors just kill it... keep in mind that it moves first. And for all that you want to say about how great either dial is, they're rather predictable when you're stressed, and therefore, easy to block, which action denies your 30+ point interceptor and then keeps you from shooting at the A wing... Meanwhile, the rest of my squad can now kill the tokenless Interceptor. So even if your other two interceptors manage to kill the A - was it worth losing your interceptor to kill the A?

They don't usually scare me because my High PS Interceptors eat them with a side of hashbrowns. Especially Carnor Jax, who renders almost every defensive option they have moot. between Jax, Soontir Fel and Kir Kanos (my three primary interceptors choices) it's like the mafia. I say I want the A-wing dead, and then it's dead. might take a turn of focusing it down, sometimes two if they're lucky or I'm not, but since I run interceptors and have a high respect for such ship types, I rarely let them live long.

Now, if your opponent plays you right he won't simply let you focus all three interceptors on his awing without getting some tasty shots with the rest of his force. Additionally, I would love to see three interceptors in formation heading straight for my assault missile on Tycho.

Take an A-Wing with Opportunist, then take Wes. Wes can pretty much make sure you are rolling and extra attack die while still getting an action.

When the Z95 and Rebel Aces comes out this can be even more potent with Wes (or someone else) taking wingman as an EPT and the A-Wing taking PTL and Opportunist so you would have the extra die AND two actions.

Anybody tried a Green Squadron with Daredevil? it just seems like a fun thing to try, (with Aces I really wanna do Tycho with PTL, Daredevil and the refit, or Green with Daredevil, PTL and Refit)

Anybody tried a Green Squadron with Daredevil? it just seems like a fun thing to try, (with Aces I really wanna do Tycho with PTL, Daredevil and the refit, or Green with Daredevil, PTL and Refit)

Green w/ PTL + Daredevil won't work. PTL allows you to take a second action from your action bar... DD isn't on your action bar, so you must do it first. But then you are stressed and can't take a second action via PTL.

Note: it works on Tycho because he can still take actions while stressed. But DD still must be the first action.

An A-wing isn't a threat to me. I play rebels mostly and I never fly without an A-wing in the list. The A-wing is a very versatile ship, from finishing off TIEs to Boosting around the board (We can't stop, it's too dangerous Dx)

Anybody tried a Green Squadron with Daredevil? it just seems like a fun thing to try, (with Aces I really wanna do Tycho with PTL, Daredevil and the refit, or Green with Daredevil, PTL and Refit)

Green w/ PTL + Daredevil won't work. PTL allows you to take a second action from your action bar... DD isn't on your action bar, so you must do it first. But then you are stressed and can't take a second action via PTL.

Note: it works on Tycho because he can still take actions while stressed. But DD still must be the first action.

**** I just assumed it was a free action, PTL and Daredevil on Tycho still sounds like a lot of fun though

Tycho is the only pilot you should be doing this anyway.