_{Have been out of xwing for a year, and people keep talking about the phantom nerf. what is it?}

Originally, a Phantom would have the option to decloak immediately before revealing its maneuver dial. That meant you didn't know which way a high PS Phantom would decloak until pretty much everything else had moved.

Now, a Phantom must choose whether or not to decloak at the start of the Activation phase, before any ships have moved. This means that the Phantom's player doesn't know where other ships are going to move to yet, making the choice of where to decloak to harder. It also means that once the Phantom has decloaked, the other player has more information to use when deciding whether to barrel-roll or boost, based on where it looks like the Phantom is going to go.

big change