Tomorrow we will play a 100 pts per side, 4 sides, all vs all and last man alive takes it all.
The spice is that, with some common sense and friendly, casual play, you must select two named pilots and exchange ships.
I will deploy Vader and a unique Interceptor. I want to try Vader in the cockpit of such a superb arc dogger. But not sure about the "volunteer" to fly Vader's sweet horse.
Some idea?
Turr Fennir lets your TIE Advanced boost w/o engine upgrade, but only mid-combat. Carnor Jax in a X1+Sensor Jammer TIE Advanced sounds nasty.
Dark Curse in a sensor jammer X1 would be awesome! Not sure who you want in the tie fighter though. Juno?
Carnor. Definitely Carnor.
I'd try Kir Kanos. The lack of EPT won't hurt as badly in an Advanced as it does in an Interceptor, and with Advanced Targeting Computer he's potentially coming up with four hits and crits from Range 2-3.
Howlrunner in a TIE Interceptor. Stealth device and autothrusters and PtL, good luck.
Fel's Wrath, of course!
Rexlar brath in an advance with accuracy corrector and vader in a defender with white K turns
I will try Kir Kanox, and we will see. . I want to see Vader flying interceptor style
In the X wing books Wedge flew a tie interceptor at one point. I'd love to try that out.
That's something I'd actually like to see, although the current game design makes it diffcult to implement; pilots in different ships. After all, Maarek Steele has flown nearly everything that begins with "TIE", Keyan Farlander has flown X-, Y- and A-Wings too (and is apparently canonically the surviving Y-Wing pilot at Yavin 4) and almost all the pilots from Rogue Squadron who are featured in this game are flying something that doesn't start with "X-".
Perhaps there could be a pack of variant ship cards, with those pilots in different planes.
Kanox died ultrafast, 3 hits from Impact misiles plus HLC on the receiving end. Not his day. But Vader remained in game till the end...when Corran on a B wing finished him. A wing Wedge ( no AT ) was promising... but a Direct Hit from a Advanced Homing finished him in round 3.
Perhaps weird, and common sense is needed, but viable.
It's an interesting format. Did EPTs transfer with the pilot or stay on the ship and just the PS and special ability transfer? And were there restrictions regarding large ships or could you put howlrunner in a decimator and oicun in a TIE fighter?
... Decimator Howlrunner and Oicunn TIEs is hilarious .
If small ships only, I'm kinda tempted by Dark Curse in a Defender, and Vessery in an Interceptor.
Or! Omega Ace, that new TIE/Fo ace that blows TL+Focus tokens to get quad-crits? Put him in an RGI Interceptor with PTL... And Carnor Jax in the TIE/Fo.
You've just swapped their respective firepower/durability ratios round, while keeping them in ships that reward manoeuvring. And it's cheap enough you can still field a proper list alongside them.
A quad-crit at Range 1 is relatively easy to set up in an Interceptor with a Targeting Device, and just a tad inclined to ruin someones day, eh?
EPTs transfer, of course, they are integral component of the pilot. And as I said, common sense between friends. Yeah, small ships only. But perhaps Dash piloting the Falcon and Chewee in a Outrider... Perhaps... Boba in a y 666 and Bosk giving love.in the Slave...not too weird
Imagine Biggs in an A-wing with Autothrusters
Howlrunner in a TIE Interceptor. Stealth device and autothrusters and PtL, good luck.
Nah, take Dark Curse to make your opponent... well...curse