Watched a casual epic match where an omega ace had opportunist and just destroyed a raider once it got in the rear. 4 crits a round and plenty of green to drop the stress. It was something.

So without PtL, how was he getting both TL and Focus?

Howlrunner with squad leader. On his own it wouldn't be every turn.

Fly a fleet officer phantom trailed by the stress clearing tie.

wouldn't recommend it in normal games

without support, his ability is stupid situational (which only stacks with how situational opportunist is) and just saps the flexibility from the Tie/fo

PTL is the more reliable way to go, if you don't mind having your FO sit on no defense tokens after it fires He is 23 points for a PS 7, though, so maybe he deserves some slack

wouldn't recommend it in normal games

without support, his ability is stupid situational (which only stacks with how situational opportunist is) and just saps the flexibility from the Tie/fo

PTL is the more reliable way to go, if you don't mind having your FO sit on no defense tokens after it fires He is 23 points for a PS 7, though, so maybe he deserves some slack

You won't necessarily use the TL every turn, either. If you roll two hits and you're shooting at shields, you keep it instead of converting to crits. So, you'll have a few turns where you can take Evade as your other action, at least.

Threw this out in the TIE/fo thread, but this could be fun:

Darth Vader

- TIE/X1

- Advanced Targeting Computer

- Squad Leader

- Experimental Interface

Omega Squadron Ace

- Opportunist

The two of them combined only come to 59 points, which leaves 41 points. Plenty of room for a modification on Omega and a strong third wingman, like Carnor Jax, Soontir Fel or Maarek.

I flew this in a casual game, it was pretty fun actually

"Omega Ace" — TIE/fo Fighter 20

Opportunist 4

Ship Total: 24

Colonel Jendon — Lambda-Class Shuttle 26

Advanced Sensors 3

Fleet Officer 3

Rebel Captive 3

ST-321 3

Ship Total: 38

Darth Vader — TIE Advanced 29

Predator 3

Advanced Targeting Computer 1

Engine Upgrade

TIE/x1 0

Ship Total: 37

Makes your initial target pretty easy to spot so it is still hard to get off the opportunist shot, but it can still be pretty dam brutal when the opportunity shows itself

I flew Omega Ace and Zeta Ace both with PTL, definitely hit hard (except against Chewie - darn you!!!!)

Flew a PTL Omega Ace, tons of fun! Triple crits sounds soooooooooooooo horrible, yet I rarely saw more than one crit get through. Flew against recon spec Krasis+ties and brobots.
Intimidation factor seemed to be very high compared to actual value.

Flew a PTL Omega Ace, tons of fun! Triple crits sounds soooooooooooooo horrible, yet I rarely saw more than one crit get through. Flew against recon spec Krasis+ties and brobots.

Intimidation factor seemed to be very high compared to actual value.

I agree, but 3 guaranteed hits, crits no less, is good. I think him, Scourge and Brath are all meant as big to epic ship killers.