Well, I've been somewhat disappointed with the E-Wing, so I have decided to play it until I like it better, which has, believe it or not, worked in the past for other ships.

The list I am toying with is:

Ten Numb / VI

Corran / VI

E'Tahn

Overall goal is to leave E'Tahn in the back Biggs style so that he stays in the range 3 area of the engagements.

Ten is guaranteed an un-defendable crit almost %100 of the time, if my math is correct. The odds of 3 dice rolling blanks is fairly minimal, IIRC.

Anyways, Ten will be passing out at least 1 crit per turn no matter the dice results, and hopefully Corran will have stripped their evade tokens so they have no choice BUT to eat at least one crit per round, not counting the rest of the dice.

Corran can use his ability when there is a certain kill in front him, or when I know the next turn is a joust turn-around.

E'tahn will be taking range 3 pot shots, but I think combined with Ten's innate tanky-ness, and his ability to roll one almost-guaranteed crit per attack, I should be able to dish out some serious ouch.

Obviously, Corran and Ten will move after and shoot before Echo and Whisper with VI, which kind of kills two birds with one stone.

I realize without PTL or EU, the E-Wings are FAIRLY limited in their Phantom hunting, I will use the fan formation when I get stuck facing a Phantom to maximize the chances of getting him in arc.

It seems weird to use a squadron that specializes in crits to target Phantoms, considering Phantoms only have two hull, so they won't suffer the effects of a crit too often (or for very long).

A crit squadron is better suited to killing things with lots of health, like TIE Bomber lists or Firespray lists (but not necessarily YT-1300 lists, since Chewbacca the Uncritable is the most popular YT-1300 pilot right now).

I wouldn't be so concerned with Phantoms. Drop the VIs and give FCS to Corran. You'll probably get more value out of it.

It seems weird to use a squadron that specializes in crits to target Phantoms, considering Phantoms only have two hull, so they won't suffer the effects of a crit too often (or for very long).

A crit squadron is better suited to killing things with lots of health, like TIE Bomber lists or Firespray lists (but not necessarily YT-1300 lists, since Chewbacca the Uncritable is the most popular YT-1300 pilot right now).

I wouldn't be so concerned with Phantoms. Drop the VIs and give FCS to Corran. You'll probably get more value out of it.

Probably not a bad idea, I only threw VI in to close to 100 points since with higher PS, I don't care much about initiative bid.

The fact that they shoot first was a side effect, not really the mission.

I can see the merits of the FCS though, it's a great upgrade.

It seems weird to use a squadron that specializes in crits to target Phantoms, considering Phantoms only have two hull, so they won't suffer the effects of a crit too often (or for very long).

A crit squadron is better suited to killing things with lots of health, like TIE Bomber lists or Firespray lists (but not necessarily YT-1300 lists, since Chewbacca the Uncritable is the most popular YT-1300 pilot right now).

I wouldn't be so concerned with Phantoms. Drop the VIs and give FCS to Corran. You'll probably get more value out of it.

But otherwise agree on the FCS for Corran.