I'm 99.99% sure this thread exists already.

Thanks for your helpful addition.

As you are well aware the search function on this site isnt all that great and that thread necromancy is generally frowned upon (though regular necromancy could be a different story.)

I have been looking at this model for awhile and am looking for reasons to buy which I would think FFG would appreciate.

Again...thanks so much for your oh so helpful addition...your advice will go far to aid me in deciding weather or not to buy one.

The E-wing is what the Tie Advanced should have been. The System upgrade and an astromech is a great combo. Couple that with two great named pilots. The only reason I haven't got three of them is the high point cost. Look at the numbers! 3 attack, 3 evade, 3 shields. It's almost a defender.

E-wings need the support though defenders don't, and generic defenders are still something to fear same can't be said for generic e-wings.

And this is posted right after my snarky response! These are the kinds of responses that can be talked about!

This I have noticed as well. As the Defender is my all time favorite TIE I have gone to great lengths to use it. The generic defenders work just fine on their own as does brath. The only one who i feel really needs support (as in the list built around him) is Vessery but his ability is worth building around...and an OGP with Weapons Engineer and the Shuttle title isnt that expensive, and it allows vessery to pretty much ALWAYS get off his ability.

The Ewing still seems very fragile for the points you pay...though the sensor jammer can help with that. I have seen Corran used to pull off a second shot when my opponent was going to K turn or stress himself out somehow...but, though i can see its potential, i have yet to see it make a true difference. Ethans ability is good but makes him a massive target.

I dont like the look of the model that much...but if it is effective I will probably buy it (see the god awful horrid mosquito looking star viper)...

How is an E-Wing with 3 shields, 2 hull, and 3 evade dice so much more "fragile" than a defender with 3-across? Add a hull upgrade to Knave Squad and you have a Delta Squad statline at exactly the same point cost.

And you have access to R7 and R2-D2 and Sensor Jammer, while the Defender gets the ever-so-useful-for-defense cannon slot. Any talk of the E-Wing being somehow more fragile is just seems like plain silliness.

You want to say the generic defender is more offensive, there's a discussion. It probably has an edge with the cannon slot and HLC, though there's a lot you can do with Systems and astromech for 7 points of HLC. The E-Wing is unquestionably more survivable.

The E-Wing is an extremely flexible ship. Comparing it to the Defender would be foolish because, strategy wise, the Defender is more like an Imperial B-Wing if comparable to any Rebel ship. You don't joust with an E-Wing. You utilize it's amazing dial and use it as an aggressor/flanker in conjunction with your main force. By presenting multiple threats to your enemy, they'll either thin their lines to deal with both or focus on one threat while your flankers gank them from behind. Whatever strategies you are accustomed to, the E-Wing requires you to fly it in a much more different fashion than any other ship.

The dev team nailed the flavor of it perfectly, it was designed with the best traits of an X-Wing and A-Wing and you need to make the best of those two traits in battle. I would say it shines the most as a flanker. 5 straight is nothing to laugh at. The E-Wng dial will put you behind enemy arcs as fast as an Interceptor or A-Wing, the biggest difference is you have a beefier A-Wing with the power of an Interceptor. Also, we've all acknowledged with Imperials that barrel rolling is an extremely good action, whether it is for arc dodging or positioning for a shot. Now we have another Rebel ship with that capability, except this time the ship is much more maneuverable.

Also, you should capitalize on the Astromech and Sensors slot. R7 Astromech + FCS will add a little more survivability in head-to-head shooting phases, R2-D2 on a 3 shield ship will make it last quite a while when flown correctly and we all know how powerful Advanced Sensors are. As stated before, with the E-Wing being as customizable as it is, it becomes much more deadly.

The only gripe I have with it is the same with others: It costs a lot. But in the end, it is worth it. When flown in the right hands, the E-Wing is extremely hard to deal with. That's why it costs so much. You're paying a premium to have so many options on a single ship. If you spend so much time on points cost and using mediocre piloting as a point of reference for how bad a ship is you won't be able to gauge its effectiveness.

Corran, the best Squad leader for 2 or 3 ships run.

Etahn the best Squad leader for 4 or 5 ships formation.

How is an E-Wing with 3 shields, 2 hull, and 3 evade dice so much more "fragile" than a defender with 3-across? Add a hull upgrade to Knave Squad and you have a Delta Squad statline at exactly the same point cost.

And you have access to R7 and R2-D2 and Sensor Jammer, while the Defender gets the ever-so-useful-for-defense cannon slot. Any talk of the E-Wing being somehow more fragile is just seems like plain silliness.

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You also forgot that E-wings have the Evade action as well for a slight advantage for survivability over a Defender

How is an E-Wing with 3 shields, 2 hull, and 3 evade dice so much more "fragile" than a defender with 3-across? Add a hull upgrade to Knave Squad and you have a Delta Squad statline at exactly the same point cost.

And you have access to R7 and R2-D2 and Sensor Jammer, while the Defender gets the ever-so-useful-for-defense cannon slot. Any talk of the E-Wing being somehow more fragile is just seems like plain silliness.

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You also forgot that E-wings have the Evade action as well for a slight advantage for survivability over a Defender

Flown properly you'll never be in a position where your being shot at and cant return fire, so focus is the better option than evade.

Hmm, the defender is the oppossite of a B-wing. It is a fast ship which wants to be at long range. The B-wing is a brawler. The defender is an amazing counter to Bwings for this reason. Actually, there is no ship like the defender for rebels, which is in my opinion a good thing. Same for the e-wing, since it is a solid fighter, a hybrid between an interceptor and an xwing. The systems upgrade can make for very nice combos.

An e-wing with push the limit, advanced sensors, R2, is basically as mobile as an interceptor except for the 4 straight green and impulse (which are both important, let's be honest), but that can make movements of 1 straight or banks, and doesn't end his activation phase stressed.

Corran with R2D2 and the evade or barrel roll actions can be pretty hard to take down aswell, and with FCS he doesn't have much troubles keeping up with damage.

It is the only ship with astromech and system.

These testimonials are getting convincing...

Mayhap I should give the Ewing more thought.

Would anyone field more than one per squad and why?

Etahn wants lots of buddies and Corran is an expensive friend, so I doubt that a 2 E-Wing list would be very good.

But in epic at some point I do want to run Corran with FCS and marksmanship alongside Etahn. Corran would be reliably landing 4 crits in the first turn. Pretty funny.

These testimonials are getting convincing...

Mayhap I should give the Ewing more thought.

Would anyone field more than one per squad and why?

only if you intend to combo both Eating and Corran together

Two named ewings won't do that well to be honest ethans ability benefits multiple ships better and any time you double tap with coran your left with one ship that can attack.

These testimonials are getting convincing...

Mayhap I should give the Ewing more thought.

Would anyone field more than one per squad and why?

only if you intend to combo both Eating and Corran together

In fact, I'm tempted to try something like this:

Etahn A'baht (32)

Knave Squadron Pilot (27)

R2-D2 (4)

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

Biggs Darklighter (25)

Total: 100

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