Well, Scum did pretty terrible in Worlds (26% of the lists but only 12.5% of the lists in top 16), so I really hope wave 8 is good.
like "Illicit Cloaking Device" and "Tractor Beam Cannon" good? too bad the cloaking device is small ship only... 
What's left for Scum post Large Ship MOV nerf?
Well, Scum did pretty terrible in Worlds (26% of the lists but only 12.5% of the lists in top 16), so I really hope wave 8 is good.
like "Illicit Cloaking Device" and "Tractor Beam Cannon" good? too bad the cloaking device is small ship only...
It's not like we know what the Tractor Beam token does yet. It might be goid, it might be crap or anything in between
Well, Scum did pretty terrible in Worlds (26% of the lists but only 12.5% of the lists in top 16), so I really hope wave 8 is good.
like "Illicit Cloaking Device" and "Tractor Beam Cannon" good? too bad the cloaking device is small ship only...
Did you really think that through? Large base cloaking? Maybe with the old barrel roll rule, but this is dangerous!
Both the hunter and pogo are providing something the faction does not have yet: hard hitting badasses
The generic pogo hits hard with fully modded better-than-hlcs; the hunter is a Being with access to K4 and crackshot/juke/zuckuss
The only thing scumll be missing is a form of hard stress control (which only rebs have in r3-a2, god of stress)
Edited by ficklegreendiceWell, you will be able to run at least 3 G1As with Tacticians, Scum Panic, anyone?
after playing at a high stakes local tournie and making it to the finals, I believe all scum really needs are anklebiters that aren't made of paper
seriously, running Xizor + BSA + 3 bloody pirates and I lost the last round to some unbelievable bull with the stimmed ace (obstructed, range 3) pulling major explosion and structural damaged to death by a tie fighter. After that it was basically just Xizor and 3 useless fodder.
Hoping the Misthunter provides a little more bulk at a good PS bump, since it's already got a chunky frame for Xizor to pawn damage to 
Well, Scum did pretty terrible in Worlds (26% of the lists but only 12.5% of the lists in top 16), so I really hope wave 8 is good.
like "Illicit Cloaking Device" and "Tractor Beam Cannon" good? too bad the cloaking device is small ship only...
Did you really think that through? Large base cloaking? Maybe with the old barrel roll rule, but this is dangerous!
Dangerously Fun!
I thought about it for a few seconds; you could use a smaller template like speed 1 straight, just like how large ship barrel rolls, that would give range of motion approximate to Echo (but without the angle change). Since the rule change to decloak at the start of activation means Dengar's PS9 doesn't affect the outcome, Advanced Cloaking Device mod is TIE Phantom Only, so again PS9 doesn't factor much, and it's an Illicit Upgrade so it's only available to the "unloved" scum. Overall I still would have liked to see it, but I suppose (hope?) they considered and playtested this option and decided it was too much.
But did they really think about what a well placed Illicit Cloak will do with even the small ships already available? Consider a StarViper with it's 3 agility. Add 1 for my Stealth Device. Now add 2 for cloaking. Next let's say he got behind an asteroid for (+1). Maybe he's at range three as well (+1 again). I'm imagining a total of 8 green dice in my hand and my opponent just hopes my device finally fails on its own when I roll against it at the end of the round.
I'm going to get somebody to play a game with a house rule to allow large base cloaking so I can see for myself and I can't wait! 