Wow! Juno's dial is incredible!

Hehehehehe

Yay for Juno Eclipse. I can't wait to buy my raider. She's definitely going to run in my imperial group, probably in conjunction with Soontir and something else. Anybody got any good list ideas?

Doe this help you get over the wave 7 announcement?

Absolutely. I won't be buying any of the wave 7 ships, but now I can buy the raider and focus on my Imps. I got badly distracted by the Scum, but now back to Imps.

Wow! Juno's dial is incredible!

Hehehehehe

That'd be totally sweet. Too bad it's not happening, but I think having her come with her own maneuver templates would be a bit much - even for my fangirldom.

"The Imperial Raider Expansion Pack is on its way to retailers everywhere."

hmmmmm

Yeah... Upcoming page still shows "At the Printer."

Pre-order my set at Miniature Market. Expected drop, July to SEPTEMBER. That's a pretty big estimate. Despite that, I'm still eager to get my hands on the Imperial Raider Expansion and very pleased to be able to play Vader again especially with Juno. The Rebels are pretty much at a disadvantage here, or at least until more details of the K-wing are revealed.

Can't wait to see the upgrades though.

Wow! Juno's dial is incredible!

Hehehehehe

I saw what you did there! Haha!

I love Juno, she is very good. The boys are good too, I'll play with all of them.

Yay for Juno Eclipse. I can't wait to buy my raider. She's definitely going to run in my imperial group, probably in conjunction with Soontir and something else. Anybody got any good list ideas?

Vesserly. Someone has to use those target locks cluttering the board.

Wow! Juno's dial is incredible!

Hehehehehe

You forgot about the speed 0 banks

Yay for Juno Eclipse. I can't wait to buy my raider. She's definitely going to run in my imperial group, probably in conjunction with Soontir and something else. Anybody got any good list ideas?

Vesserly. Someone has to use those target locks cluttering the board.

I can't wait to see the defender fix. I might have to buy a Punisher to get that upgrade card. Thank god it's not packaged with the K-Wing.

I dunno,

Juno looks cool, but how is Vader not way better for 1 pt?

I would normally throw ptl on her, but then she just a worse Vader.

You could do some cool things with Stay on Target, however.

But to me, unless I'm running both, I'd pick Vader every time.

I dunno,

Juno looks cool, but how is Vader not way better for 1 pt?

I would normally throw ptl on her, but then she just a worse Vader.

You could do some cool things with Stay on Target, however.

But to me, unless I'm running both, I'd pick Vader every time.

Vader can't make 1-turns, or 1 straights, or 3Ks or 5Ks.

Yeah nothing wrong with Vader, but Juno is pretty killer with that dial.

Plus I can't count the number of times I thought to myself, 'lets see if I can't free up 1 point somewhere so I can get X'

Edit: This is actually the best thing about these new pilots.

All of them seem pretty good when you factor the X1 title in, and the various system upgrades. But none of them really make the existing cards worse.

The PS2 Tempest Squadron is still going to be decent with the X1 upgrade for the points.

The PS4 is going to be iffy, but not any more than the other PS4 ships like Daggers or Grey squadron.

Maarek will actually be effective as well, but cheaper than Juno so still a good option.

Why no sharp 4s on Juno? Mistake? It contradicts pilot card...

Because there's no template.

Commander Alozen is also going to be a bit of a beast.

29 points for Him, X1 w/ATC, and pred, he'll be pretty deadly. His low PS doesn't matter much since he gets a free TL, giving him nearly Vader like power, because he effectively gets two actions a turn.

I dunno,

Juno looks cool, but how is Vader not way better for 1 pt?

I would normally throw ptl on her, but then she just a worse Vader.

You could do some cool things with Stay on Target, however.

But to me, unless I'm running both, I'd pick Vader every time.

The problem is that Vader's ability is great, but he's limited to the weird/bad Advanced dial. It's the only ship in the game that doesn't have access to either a 1-straight or a 1-turn. It's limited to a single K-turn choice, which helps make it predictable. It can't really slow-roll, but it's also not particularly fast.

Juno has none of those issues. She has, quite literally, the best dial of any ship in the game, and she can adjust it on the fly. Her dial is so good, in fact, that it physically couldn't be printed: there are too many options.

Vader is great for one reason, and Juno is equally great for an entirely different reason.

Yay for Juno Eclipse. I can't wait to buy my raider. She's definitely going to run in my imperial group, probably in conjunction with Soontir and something else. Anybody got any good list ideas?

This?

Obviously you could replace Vessery with... a lot of things, at 36 points, but in this list he does something fun: your opponent can't really afford to either engage (because he'll just hit the gas and run while Fel and Eclipse tear things up) or ignore (because he's batting cleanup with 3 Attack and nearly guaranteed F+TL on Juno's target).

ETA:

It's not a list for Nightshrike, but it's one I'm planning to try out ASAP:

Alozen looks like the "dud" of the bunch...and that's saying something.

Umm....really?!?! I see this to be used with a bunch of the named Tie Fighter pilots (not Howlrunner). Or, even the generics. You have a bunch of Tie Fighters swarm (not formation fly) within R1 of the enemy and blast away! They get 3 attack die and the enemy doesn't. Imagine Mauler Mithel getting in someone's face with 4 attack die, but probably only facing 3 back. Throw in Carnor Jax into the mix and people can't even use Focus, as well. Imagine 4 Tie Fighters getting in 4 B-wings' face with Alozen around. They each get 3 red dice at each other, but the Tie Fighters have 3 green dice. Yes, the B-wings have shields, but you can dish out the damage for half the price.

edit: Doh! I talked about Strom. I got them confused. Nevermind. I still think Alozen is good with ATC.

That'd be totally sweet. Too bad it's not happening, but I think having her come with her own maneuver templates would be a bit much - even for my fangirldom.

You shouldn't make a new dial as not every 2 bank will be green. You will still have to pick the 1 bank and change it. It's important because if you pick a 2 bank on your dail, you can switch it to a 1 bank or a 3 bank, but it doesn't change the color. So, you have to make the call whether you want to do a 1 green bank that is possibly a 2 green bank or pick 2 white bank with the possibility of it being a 1-3 white bank.

I was pretty sure the Advanced was going to be solid just with the x1 title, but sweet holy crap these pilots are incredible. Juno is a BEAST. I am absolutely thrilled to run her and Carnor, or maybe some Phantoms, possibly Vessery if the T.I.E. card has some goodness attached. FFG knocked this out of the park.

I love how Strom isn't restricted to attacks against him, he's like the Carnor Jax of Range 1 bonuses lol.

First reading him I didn't catch that at all. I thought it was only attacks against him. Against a swarm he can take away 6-7 or even 8 attack die from your opponent. Pretty powerful.

Alozen looks like the "dud" of the bunch...and that's saying something.

Umm....really?!?! I see this to be used with a bunch of the named Tie Fighter pilots (not Howlrunner). Or, even the generics. You have a bunch of Tie Fighters swarm (not formation fly) within R1 of the enemy and blast away! They get 3 attack die and the enemy doesn't. Imagine Mauler Mithel getting in someone's face with 4 attack die, but probably only facing 3 back. Throw in Carnor Jax into the mix and people can't even use Focus, as well. Imagine 4 Tie Fighters getting in 4 B-wings' face with Alozen around. They each get 3 red dice at each other, but the Tie Fighters have 3 green dice. Yes, the B-wings have shields, but you can dish out the damage for half the price.

Alozen is the one that gets free TLs in range 1, not the one that negates R1 bonuses.

With that in mind, I'd have to agree that he's probably the worst Advanced Pilot right now, which is like being the worst flavor of ice cream. He's still terrific.

The sad thing is that with her ability all the other advanced pilots are now relegated to remaining in their gimped out sh*tty dialed ships. Unless that rumored punisher twin ion engine has something to say about it.

I'm going to have to run a 3 Tie Advanced list at least once after this comes out.

Something like

Vader w/ATCm, Pred, and EU

Juno w/ATC and PtL

Alozen w/ATC, Pred, and EU

The sad thing is that with her ability all the other advanced pilots are now relegated to remaining in their gimped out sh*tty dialed ships. Unless that rumored punisher twin ion engine has something to say about it.

Darth Vader + Engine Upgrade was invited to the pity party Alozen and Colzet threw together, but he was having so much fun doing doughnuts in the parking lot that he forgot about it.

Juno, 28

Push, 3

X1/Adv Target Computer 1

Vader, 30

X1/Adv Target Computer 1

Engine Upgrade 4

Vesserly, 35

Veteran Instincts

The speed zero maneuver is a unique maneuver on the shuttle. Therefore you cannot change a one speed bank to a zero, as speed one is the lowest option for the bank maneuver.

*Unique as in, it is neither a straight, bank, hard turn, K turn, or S turn.