BLT "Warthog" R3A2 and Twin Laser Turret

By macar, in X-Wing

So I have been running a build with the warthog

Grey Squadron Pilot

r3a2

Ion Cannon Turret

BLT TItle

Eadin Vrill

Han Solo

Jan Ors

VI

Chewbacca

EU

ABT

I have been getting up to 8 stress a game on this bad boy and he runs wild with havoc.

If the twin laser IS launched as a 2-3 Turret, two attacks deal one damage on a hit.

At range 2 you can give someone 3 stress or even put 2 stress on one and 1 on another.

Do you think that is too much power to give to one blt Y-wing? I'm NOT calling for a fix but rather just your thoughts on the implementations of something to this magnitude. Will rebels top the list of control with their ability to hand stress out easier than rebel captive or mara jade?

So I have been running a build with the warthog

Grey Squadron Pilot

r3a2

Ion Cannon Turret

BLT TItle

Eadin Vrill

Han Solo

Jan Ors

VI

Chewbacca

EU

ABT

I have been getting up to 8 stress a game on this bad boy and he runs wild with havoc.

If the twin laser IS launched as a 2-3 Turret, two attacks deal one damage on a hit.

At range 2 you can give someone 3 stress or even put 2 stress on one and 1 on another.

Do you think that is too much power to give to one blt Y-wing? I'm NOT calling for a fix but rather just your thoughts on the implementations of something to this magnitude. Will rebels top the list of control with their ability to hand stress out easier than rebel captive or mara jade?

It is a lot of points for a single gimmick (18+2+6? = 26). The y-wing is less likely than its target to get rid of its stress, the main downside to the astromech compared to other provide stress control. The y-wing also needs the target in arc.

It will be strong, but it isn't in the territory of needing any intervention.

So I have been running a build with the warthog

Grey Squadron Pilot

r3a2

Ion Cannon Turret

BLT TItle

Eadin Vrill

Han Solo

Jan Ors

VI

Chewbacca

EU

ABT

I have been getting up to 8 stress a game on this bad boy and he runs wild with havoc.

If the twin laser IS launched as a 2-3 Turret, two attacks deal one damage on a hit.

At range 2 you can give someone 3 stress or even put 2 stress on one and 1 on another.

Do you think that is too much power to give to one blt Y-wing? I'm NOT calling for a fix but rather just your thoughts on the implementations of something to this magnitude. Will rebels top the list of control with their ability to hand stress out easier than rebel captive or mara jade?

No, it's not. Panic Attack is one of the few competetive lists that's not some dumb 2 ship hyper action ecnomy bull. Panic Attack and more specifically the Stressbot is the only reason the Y WIng is even in the meta right now.

I might change the Jan upgrades around a bit, personally, but I like the build idea. Love Vrill with Han aboard (Han is underrated, IMO).

Anyone got a spoiler image of what twin laser turret does or is this fanciful speculation?

We need to get a full spoil of the turret first. If the wording isn't right it won't be as awesome.

R3-A2 triggers when you declare a target. If the new turret only has the option of firing at one ship it might not "declare" a target twice.

Edited by TasteTheRainbow

Personally, I'm more interested to see what Salm can do with the Elite droid giving him Marksmanship, firing a 2 shot 2-3 turret.

Reroll blanks, all attack focuses the round are hits (or better), he's going to be amazingly accurate for 2 damage per round, possibly more if you lock the turret foreward...

Anyone got a spoiler image of what twin laser turret does or is this fanciful speculation?

This is based on those Spanish distributor videos that popped up a few weeks ago. Some people were able to make out enough of the (Spanish) wording to make an educated guess as to what the card does.

Wait wait wait I thought we were talking about a bacon lettuce and tomato here

Wait wait wait I thought we were talking about a bacon lettuce and tomato here

Quick, to the photoshop!

Wait wait wait I thought we were talking about a bacon lettuce and tomato here

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We need to get a full spoil of the turret first. If the wording isn't right it won't be as awesome.

R3-A2 triggers when you declare a target. If the new turret only has the option of firing at one ship it might not "declare" a target twice.

Unless it says "attack the same ship twice" each attack would be separate, like gunner, but you brought up a good point.

Wait wait wait I thought we were talking about a bacon lettuce and tomato here

That's OK, every time I see it typed correctly "BTL". I read it as "Better Than Life".

The acronyms are taking over, we can't win.

So what does Twin Laser Turret do again?

Sorry I couldn't read the Spanish words in the 320p pixelated resolution.

Wait wait wait I thought we were talking about a bacon lettuce and tomato here

That's OK, every time I see it typed correctly "BTL". I read it as "Better Than Life".

The acronyms are taking over, we can't win.

I have the opposite problem . . . every time I play Shadowrun, I start thinking about Koensayr :P

So what does Twin Laser Turret do again?

Sorry I couldn't read the Spanish words in the 320p pixelated resolution.

According to some, it looks like it can attack twice, but each attack can do at most a single point of damage. Unknown whether or not the 2 attacks must be at the same target.

Wait wait wait I thought we were talking about a bacon lettuce and tomato here

That's OK, every time I see it typed correctly "BTL". I read it as "Better Than Life".

The acronyms are taking over, we can't win.

A true Dwarfer, I salute you!

Anyway, is there anyone else that thinks BTL was meant to indicate the Y-wing was designed initially as a light tactical bomber? Other ships have similar designations, like IRD, ARC, PTL. It's appearance in Clone Wars seems to match perfectly with that description, especially if you consider the much larger Decimator, Firespray and Punisher as heavy bombers. Oh and don't forget the Alkesh... Oh wait wrong franchise.

Kind makes you wonder why TIE stands for Twin Ion Engine instead of Tactical Interceptor Escort or something like that. The original TIE fighter was very customizable and able fulfill multiple roles, after all, with /ln, /gt, /rc, /fc and other variants.

Anyone got a spoiler image of what twin laser turret does or is this fanciful speculation?

It was from a brief video clip of a spanish version being spoiled, I don't think the original video is still up, but this is a still. The text is not super clear, but it appeared to be a 6 point upgrade, attack 3 (?), range 2-3. The card instructs you to perform the attack twice and cancel all dice results on each hit--defender suffering 1 damage instead.

Additionally, bombardier lets bombers use a longer template when dropping bombs. If I recall, the PS 6 k-wing pilot effectively lets his wingmates use his focuses as their own within range 1-2.

I can't really read the still but guys who blew up the original video read and translated the card text. There is no guarantee that this is a final product, either.

Edited by zero9300

Looks like somebody read the original Incredible Cross sections, and it stuck.

BLT A4s for days

I actually think you should run the TLT with R3-A2 without the title.

This allows you to stress in arc but on those turns where all you're doing is turning to get back into combat you can still attack outside of your arc even though you aren't stressing.