Couple of Rule questions

By lo742, in X-Wing Rules Questions

R4 droid - after spending a focus you can acquire a target lock.

You still get the bonus of the focus changing "eyes" to hits and then you a target lock, can you immediately use the target lock?

Weapon guidance - spend a focus to change a blank to a hit. I am assuming you do not get to change the regular "eyes" to hits also?

I'd say you are right on both.

That is yes, you can use the TL imediatley, and yes, you are right that you can not get the regular effect of the focus if you spend it to activate an other effect.

Edited by Smuggler

In the Agromech example, you can use the target lock immediately, but not fast enough to reroll blanks into eyes that then get upgraded by the focus you spent already.

It would appear so. The Focus token can be spent during the "Attacker modifies dice" part of the attack, so it should still qualify as "When attacking...".

I've mostly considered it to be used with a Blaster Turret, to get the TL right after declaring the BT to be used. This should combine well with Calculation, if you had multiple Focus tokens... spend one to change one eye to a <Kaboom>, get your TL, reroll the pesky blanks, then spend another focus to change the Eyes to <Boom> results.

Nifty.

It also comes handy for Twin Laser Turrets...

Focus the 1st Shot, Target Lock the 2nd.

It can also kind of work like FCS on X-Wings, once you prime the pump by using a focus token you can fire with with TL+Focus in future rounds.

It can also kind of work like FCS on X-Wings, once you prime the pump by using a focus token you can fire with with TL+Focus in future rounds.

Not really, unless rebels now steal agromechs from scum's farmfields....

Edited by Jehan Menasis

It can also kind of work like FCS on X-Wings, once you prime the pump by using a focus token you can fire with with TL+Focus in future rounds.

Not really, unless rebels now steal agromechs from scum's farmfields....

Did I say X-Wings? I meant Jumpmasters.

It's also decent with the BTL-A4 title. It's not awful without a second attack, but definitely better with it. Dengar will also love it when the Jumpmaster comes out.

It's also decent with the BTL-A4 title. It's not awful without a second attack, but definitely better with it. Dengar will also love it when the Jumpmaster comes out.

Recon Specialist + R4 Agromech might be cool on a Jumpmaster.

Edited by WWHSD

It's also decent with the BTL-A4 title. It's not awful without a second attack, but definitely better with it. Dengar will also love it when the Jumpmaster comes out.

Recon Specialist + R4 Agromech might be cool on a Jumpmaster.

Plus Deadeye.