Squints and Bombers Oh My?

By Voxslain, in X-Wing

EMPIRE SQUADRON 100/100

1 • Royal Guard Pilot - TIE Interceptor (22) - Shield Upgrade (4) - Hull Upgrade (3) - Royal Guard TIE (0)


2 • Royal Guard Pilot - TIE Interceptor (22) - Shield Upgrade (4) - Hull Upgrade (3) - Royal Guard TIE (0)

3 • Scimitar Squadron Pilot - TIE Bomber (16) - Assault Missiles (5)

4 • Scimitar Squadron Pilot - TIE Bomber (16) - Assault Missiles (5)

Not sure something like this is viable in a world of superFalcon and Phantom nastiness.

Edited by Voxslain

If you drop the shield upgrades to PTL that leaves enough points for munitions fail safe on you bombers. Those will be useful on a whiffed assault missile roll.

I'd ditch the shield upgrade for a Targeting computer, and add PTL to both those squints. That leaves a problem, though: you're 2 points over. So I'd drop the Assault missiles and take 2 flechette torps on each bomber.

Which... I'm actually not sure about my suggested bomber loadout. But I do _love_ PTL Squints with Targeting computers. You can basically target lock and focus every attack every turn.

Personally I wouldn't put the targeting computers on the squints.. PtL squints are always trying to shed stress, and you won't have time to TL anything.. you wanna boost BR every turn or focus/evade

The munitions failsafe is a good idea...

Edited by oneway

I don't think there's much of a meta point in playing bombers with assault missiles. swarm isnt the boogieman anymore. and your hardest matchups are the most popular/strongest lists.

Personally I wouldn't put the targeting computers on the squints.. PtL squints are always trying to shed stress, and you won't have time to TL anything.. you wanna boost BR every turn or focus/evade

The munitions failsafe is a good idea...

I don't think there's much of a meta point in playing bombers with assault missiles. swarm isnt the boogieman anymore. and your hardest matchups are the most popular/strongest lists.

Drop The missiles and shield upgrades and get another Bomber. They're good blockers that can create opportunities for your squints.

Edited by insom

EMPIRE SQUADRON 100/100

1 • Royal Guard Pilot - TIE Interceptor (22) - Shield Upgrade (4) - Hull Upgrade (3) - Royal Guard TIE (0)

2 • Royal Guard Pilot - TIE Interceptor (22) - Shield Upgrade (4) - Hull Upgrade (3) - Royal Guard TIE (0)

3 • Scimitar Squadron Pilot - TIE Bomber (16) - Assault Missiles (5)

4 • Scimitar Squadron Pilot - TIE Bomber (16) - Assault Missiles (5)

Not sure something like this is viable in a world of superFalcon and Phantom nastiness.

You could drop the shield upgrades, change the missiles to concussions, and throw a couple of proton bombs on them bombers. OR, a couple of homing missiles, which you fire first, but retain the target lock, so that you can (hopefully) fire the concussions next round focussed. That should put a dent in whatever you're hunting.

As for the Interceptors, I might be tempted to put stealth devices on them in stead of hull upgrades.