I can only read Attack, no sign of Attack: Focus. I don't think FFG would make the Blaster Turret mistake twice.

No I don't think Blaster turret was a mistake. After all it is a 360 degree turret and they also included Recon Specialist with the expansion pack which will allow you to have 2 focuses a turn one to spend and one to modify if needed.

Nobody uses it except on Factory Kyle. Blaster Turret uses the HWK's two multifocus cards (Recon Specialist and Mouldy Crow) but it's next to useless on a Y-wing.

You need Kyle, Dutch, Garven, Lando, Airen, or Squad Leader to make it worthwhile on a Y wing. None are ideal.

Blaster Turret is a seven point HWK card that takes both the turret and crew slot indeed.

Blaster Turret is a seven point HWK card that takes both the turret and crew slot indeed.

its only 4 points and if its on a y-wing garven works well. In-fact i have a list that curculates a focus to 3 of 4 squad members.

The blaster turret costs 4 not 3

I suspect they realised the error of their ways with Blaster Turret and it will just require the focus and not spend it. But still, cost and range seem like major (potential) issues for it, but here's hoping for a nice surprise.

It makes me think how much better (and potentially viable) Blaster Turrets would be if they were Attack: Target Lock instead of Attack: Spend a focus. Though Att: TL has major downsides too, like pre selecting your target. At least Attack: TL would make Blaster Turrets somewhat useable on Y-Wings. But I digress.

No I don't think Blaster turret was a mistake. After all it is a 360 degree turret and they also included Recon Specialist with the expansion pack which will allow you to have 2 focuses a turn one to spend and one to modify if needed. Because the Blaster Turret requires focus they reduced the point cost to 3 where it is cheaper than the 5 point Ion Turret which can only do a maximum 1 damage a turn where as the Blaster Turret can do up to 3. Basically it allows you to play the HWK-290 as a mini-falcon. Heck you could team it up with Outrider HLC so that the HWK can handle the close targets and the Outrider can handle the far targets.

I stand corrected, but still cheaper than and Ion Cannon and can do more damage too.

He means it a 7 point upgrade because you really have to take a recon spec to make it work. That means it is not viable on the ywing, only the hawk. 4 for the turret plus 3 more for recon spec to make the turret work consistently. Yes, you can action pass from another ship but that can be tricky to pull off and it still uses a focus that could be used for other things. Now you can throw a blaster turret on a y wing, focus, and roll dice and hope to get lucky. Good luck with that.