I didn't see a thread about this card already, so let's talk about it here.

First thought: huge buff to our buddy Arvel.

Second thought: this makes the "donut hole" in the HLC outrider sting a lot less, eh? Pair it with Tactical Jammer and it could be interesting to have it being walked by Biggs and a B-Wing. Or something.

Those are my first couple thoughts. What are you thinking about?

I agree with it being neat on Arvel, but I don't know about on an HLC outrider - you're going to be keeping that thing at a further distance to make sure you get a shot, so coming in close to ram seems counter-intuitive.

Intimidation will have an impact, I think, because decreasing Agility is a powerful effect--but it has a major sticking point in that the ship carrying Intimidation won't typically have an action available for its own use. The Decimator can get around that easily with the Dauntless title, and it also can't do much with an action on defense; Falcons can get around it with Threepio; B-wings can get around it with Advanced Sensors or, in a pinch, FCS); everything else is going to struggle.

It's what makes Arvel so hard to use, after all. In order to use his pilot ability, you have to accept that you're going to roll naked dice for the whole round, and that's just never consistent enough.

Intimidation will have an impact, I think, because decreasing Agility is a powerful effect--but it has a major sticking point in that the ship carrying Intimidation won't typically have an action available for its own use. The Decimator can get around that easily with the Dauntless title, and it also can't do much with an action on defense; Falcons can get around it with Threepio; B-wings can get around it with Advanced Sensors or, in a pinch, FCS); everything else is going to struggle.

It's what makes Arvel so hard to use, after all. In order to use his pilot ability, you have to accept that you're going to roll naked dice for the whole round, and that's just never consistent enough.

Black Squadron Tie with intimidation is 16 points. Cheap, and at PS4 will be a decent blocker for elite ships.