Hello, boards!

I am building a three X wing list with a Biggs and have two questions:

1) What is better for PS levels with Veteran Instincts and Swarm Tactics: An 11 and two 8s; or a 10 and two 9s?

2) Which modification is better for an X: Hull Upgrade or Stealth Device?

As an aside, should I let Biggs fly around naked or spend 6 points to keep him alive one round longer?

Thank you in advance.

Ten and two nines.

Hull

Most people pick to go naked I think.

1) Depends largely on the ships and what you want them to do. IMO, more PSis less valuable if the ships lack actions such as barrel roll and boost. That said, very few builds NEED to get to PS11. Your biggest worries if you are flying with VI is, for the most part, PS 9 ships such as Soontir and Whisper+VI. Something like a Fat Han is going to get his shots whether you get to 11 or not. So, a 10 and 2 9s.

2) Hull Upgrade.

Aside) Naked Biggs. He is going to die. You are unlikely to extend his life for more than a shot or two, even if you soup him up. Plus, I've found Biggs to be evade dice kryptonite. The more you roll the worse they get.

Thank yous.

I think the answer to my upgrade question might be Engine Upgrade...

EU can be very awesome if used correctly.

10x9x9 > 11x8x8

Hull > Stealth Device

Naked Biggs

10,9,9, is definitly better

stealth device as a good rule of thumb only used on ships that already have 3 agility. Otherwise you loose it too fast. So go hull or engine upgrade

naked- you are almost 100% going to lose those point and the point is to destroy more before biggs dies than he costs.

If you are playing with bigs then put in a support that really boost your team's firepower such as Arien Cracken. Bigs is best for protecting weaker but power giving ships. Your oponent will want to take out the Z-95 Cracken but will have to go through Bigs first.

10/9/9 for sure

Hull all day...better than stealth on pretty much everything.

Naked Biggs unless you are really kiting him out... If he can survive even one more shot then he likely has soaked your next ships worth of shields so that's nice but often such combos mean losing out elsewhere or specific build tricks so whether te worth it or not is debateable. I'd go Naked until I was sure I could get one more attack to target him.

I went with naked Biggs, hull, and 10/9/9. It was alright...

Now I'm thinking about going with Luke instead of Wes and Engine Upgrades instead of Hull...