Dengar is pilot skill 9? Really FFG considers Dengar a better pilot than Boba Fet?

By Marinealver, in X-Wing

I care, and you can all go to hell.

Aaaand we still don't care :)

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I care, and you can all go to hell.

Aaaand we still don't care :)

Clearly you do or you wouldn't keep trying to correct him.

People pick and choose all the time, I refuse to accept the last two startrek films as Canon for example.

This guy is also cannon :P

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Haven't read many of the books, but I'm on book two on the bounty hunter wars and dengar seems to know very well that he is outclassed and out skilled by boba fett.

And this is why I think instead of calling them Mary Sue's we, should call them Boba Fett's, because he out Mary Sue'ed every character in existence.

I refuse to accept the last two startrek films as Canon for example.

In that case, I thought they were truly a alternate timeline and not part of the TOS canon.

Boba fett was overhyped, he was never suppose to be a world class pilot. Dengar was an accompliced pilot but I agree a 9 is pretty high for him maybe 8 would of been better.

Boba fett was overhyped, he was never suppose to be a world class pilot. Dengar was an accompliced pilot but I agree a 9 is pretty high for him maybe 8 would of been better.

You could make an argument for him having learned from his dad, who was pretty good. Kenobi certainly hated flying but the Fett family had shown some prowess.

Edited by Wilhelm Screamer

You could make an argument for him having learned from his dad, who was pretty good.

There's not much to support that Jango was that good. He couldn't take out Kenobi, and he never was commented on as being a good pilot. And as it is, Fett is a PS8, it's not like Dengar is 3-5 points better then Fett.

But the reaction of some people here reinforces just what I truly despise about Fetthem.

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He pulled off some pretty fancy flying, dodging arcs doing tricks. Kenobi just had crazy good green dice.

The younger Fett also would have had much more time to hone his skills with his ship than his father. He was comfortable with the controls before puberty.

If PS was meant to be an accurate measure of piloting prowess, that would mean that this game considers Tarn Mison (a unique character with rather useful special ability) to be less skilled than a bunch of nameless Red Squadron Pilots who have no such special ability.

Some named characters are basically very minor in importance - Tarn Mison is one. Just because a character is unique - doesn't mean they're exceptionally talented.

He pulled off some pretty fancy flying, dodging arcs doing tricks. Kenobi just had crazy good green dice.

The younger Fett also would have had much more time to hone his skills with his ship than his father. He was comfortable with the controls before puberty.

Well, the Force was with Kenobi, after all.

They do consider Fett a better fighter on the ground, as Fett is far more powerful in Imperial Assault than Dengar.

Irrelevant cannon or noncannon or whatever the crap its being called these days does not equal game balance

Irrelevant cannon or noncannon or whatever the crap its being called these days does not equal game balance

You can have game balance and still respect the fluff. The game would be just as balanced if Dengar and Cobra where 8s instead of 9s.

well, wasn't dengar and solo rivals in the swoop races?

maybe the are playing him up to that.

also, am I seeing this right? an astro mech slot on a large ship?

well, wasn't dengar and solo rivals in the swoop races?

maybe the are playing him up to that.

also, am I seeing this right? an astro mech slot on a large ship?

Salvaged astromechs. So no R2-D2

sweet, that's gonna be cool, giving all green 3 maneuvers!

What interest me the most is that the dial seems to have a White-Segnor-Loop 2 Maneuver. Make sense giving it a 2 because a 3 could have been green thanks to the astromech.

Segnor Loop followed by a barrel roll.... Hmmmmm.... That should be fun!

I don't get why Boba Fett should be PS 9 anyway. We only ever see him flying from point A to point B.

I've never seen Boba Fett shot down in a dogfight. By logical deduction he is clearly invincible and should really be PS 13. But if you put him on land, in sand near a giant mouth, he's been known to fall in

Dengar is a PS9 pilot with an asymetrical dial, huge ship, no boost (so no authothrusters), no system slot (for advanced sensors) and a main ability that depends on enemy ships being in arc. I don’t think that being PS9 is going to be as much as a boon on him as people fear it will be. If anything, it might be a curse, making him much easier to block so he can’t use his ability.

Dengar is a PS9 pilot with an asymetrical dial, huge ship, no boost (so no authothrusters), no system slot (for advanced sensors) and a main ability that depends on enemy ships being in arc. I don’t think that being PS9 is going to be as much as a boon on him as people fear it will be. If anything, it might be a curse, making him much easier to block so he can’t use his ability.

Engine Upgrade will be required for him. Otherwise, his statline places him up there with a VI Dash Rendar. Dengar with Lone Wolf, Recon Specialist, EU and Punishing One will be fiercely annoying, and that's without knowing what any of the other Wave 8 astromechs, crew members, EPTs or modifications add to the game.

Gunner will probably be less ideal for him. He shoots at PS9, so using Gunner early on his initial attack will prevent you from having it available during your defense.

Dengar is superb. I'm thinking lone wolf or PTL, weapons engineer, R4-B11 and EU. The weapons engineer and R4B11 combo will make him very difficult to put down.

Of course this could all change with the new upgrades to be released. It looks like there are 3 new salvaged mechs to be released in his expansion.

Gunner will probably be less ideal for him. He shoots at PS9, so using Gunner early on his initial attack will prevent you from having it available during your defense.

You may have meant this, but using Gunner on his own early attack prevents him from using the attack granted by his pilot ability at all.

ah, Dengar. At least you have an in-arc ability :(

Predator + glitterstim is one way to ensure constant mods on both attacks (and defense!) but stims only last a turn

recon + R4 aggro is another, especially against fellow PWTs

balanced:

focus on offense, acquire TL. Spend focus on agility, use TL for reactionary shot.

full offense:

focus on offense --> TL, TL + focus on reactionary shot --> reacquire TL).

Could still throw stims on top of that, in case you get blocked or don't want to focus (they see me rolling...)

Edited by ficklegreendice

I've never seen Boba Fett shot down in a dogfight. By logical deduction he is clearly invincible and should really be PS 13.

We never seen Boba Fett in a dog fight at all. So as far as that goes, logically he should maybe be PS1 since the only thing we know he can do is follow the Falcon to Bespin.

Edited by VanorDM