what do people think about the advanced targeting computer?

By TylerTT, in X-Wing

Like some have said already - on Vader, ATC is auto-include and on generics accuracy corrector is better.

As for whether or not ATC is overpowered:

  1. It requires you to spend an action first.
  2. It requires you to keep that TL'd ship in arc
  3. the TIE Advanced was severely underpowered

So yes, in a vacuum, being able to add a crit for 1 point might seem broken; but the TIE Advanced was broken in the bad way to begin with. So this is really just a patch.

Accuracy Correctors might seem overpowered on 2-attack ships, but again - those ships were severely underpowered to begin with. This is FFG's way of saying "Whoops, we should have given these guys 2.5-3 attacks."

Even if you ran the maximum 4 x ACs, you're really only dishing out the damage of 4-5 TIE Fighters. If your opponent is whining about that, tell him/her to fly something with more than 0-1 agility.

So yes, in a vacuum, being able to add a crit for 1 point might seem broken; but the TIE Advanced was broken in the bad way to begin with. So this is really just a patch.

this of the Tie Advanced prior to the raider as a Broken nose...

Biologically you can either let it heal, broken and disjointed... OR

Break it back in to place. allowing time to heal it back to the way it should have been in the first place..

It may seem broken now, but given time you'll come to realize its just been fixed, not broken.

As a mainly Rebel/Scum player, it's bloody terrifying. My regular rival now tends to say "Have another crit with that!" every time he rolls the dice. Absolute murder on low agility targets.

There's nothing more disheartening than watching a natural roll of two blanks inevitably turn into three crits thanks to a combination of ATC, Predator and Palpatine.

The Tie Advance has been the most underpowered ship for YEARS. Only Vader was just...OK. You never saw any of the others. It was too underpowered for what you paid for. The fix is....a fix. It's now a good ship. It's worth taking. It is not overpowered.

The fewer ships you have against ATC, the worst you are. So, maybe fly less aces and more generics?

Focus fire on anyone early on will kill them. If Vader doesn't turtle up at the right time, he can be very dead.

Edited by heychadwick