Happened last night on vassal.

While playing this squad

Ig88

B/c

Ptl

Hlc

Title

Fire control systems

Autothrusters

Once I got a range one shot the gunner option become obsolete due to the restriction on the hlc, so was unable to pull off that second shot

Which then made me realize if I had the mangler cannon on there I could have used it.

Just something I noticed. Even so this is a fun build,haven't lost with it yet.

For 16 hp they can hard to hit for a large ship

Edit

Sorry guess I should have been little more clear

When I said gunner I'm actually referring to ig88-b ability

Once per round when you perform an attack that does not hit you may immediately perform another attack with an equipped secondary Weapon

So at range 1 with hlc you cannot use b ability unless you have another canon equipped.

I was wondering and remember seeing some talk about it on here, why have two cannon slots?

This seems like why to me.

A mangler cannon would have been nice

Wait, how could you not use gunner? As far as I'm aware, there's nothing preventing ig-2000 from making a primary weapon attack, which is the attack gunner gives.

Edited the above post

Wait, how could you not use gunner? As far as I'm aware, there's nothing preventing ig-2000 from making a primary weapon attack, which is the attack gunner gives.

Gunner may work but one of the IG's has a Gunner LIKE ability that works with cannons instead of the primary attack. You don't see any Gunner upgrades in that list do you?

Wait, how could you not use gunner? As far as I'm aware, there's nothing preventing ig-2000 from making a primary weapon attack, which is the attack gunner gives.

IG-88 B's is a gunner-like effect that specifies Cannons. So if the Target is at R1 it would not be an eligible target for HLC. if there was another ship to attack at R2-3 that ship would be eligible as an HLC target.

Yeah, should've looked at the list, just read the main text of the post where Gunner was called out, my bad.

Happened last night on vassal.

While playing this squad

Once I got a range one shot the gunner option become obsolete due to the restriction on the hlc, so was unable to pull off that second shot

Which then made me realize if I had the mangler cannon on there I could have used it.

Just something I noticed. Even so this is a fun build,haven't lost with it yet.

For 16 hp they can hard to hit for a large ship

I like the flechette paired up with the HLC on B. It gives you some decent control abilities and a good option at R1, when the enemy often either want´s to K-turn behind you or away from your arcs.

In a double Agressor list, B with double cannons makes sure that you have enough and consistent fire power. That means you can pair him up with C so you can really up your mobility and defense.

IG-88B+C (36)

Veteran Instincts (1)

Advanced Sensors (3)

Heavy Laser Cannon (7)

Flechette Cannon (2)

Inertial Dampeners (1)

IG-2000 (0)