Speaking of VI Boba, I love how EM has made the Slave 1 title usefull! http://geordanr.github.io/xwing/?f=Scum%20and%20Villainy&d=v3!s!116:27,-1,41,61,53,-1:1:-1:U.126;109:140,36,-1,23,-1,-1:-1:15:Would love to run this some day.

Very nice. Personally, I'd drop Crack Shot and change the Tactician to a Recon Specialist, but that's just my personal bias. I agree that an EM-Slave I would be really fun.

Mandalore + Bodyguard + EM + Flight Instructor

Tansari + Stealth + Wingman

Serissu + Stealth + PTL

is core of my Merc(Scum) Faction Epic gaming.

Can't say it works wonders, but surely makes IGs and even Y-wings tough nuts to crack.

Still, funny that's by far the only real use for them.

On Friday and\or Saturday I'll field-test the

Warhog Firespray

Title: 0 points

May equip 1 extra modification with -3 point cost.

For those who want to be teched-out

Enforcer Firespray

Title: 0 points

Equipping a Crew card allows you to equip an extra EP card.

Double-EP to allow for some extra fun combos.

Racing Scyk

Title: 3 points

Your action bar gains Boost action.

After revealing a bank maneuver, you may choose to treat it as

1 point more difficult segnors loop.

Dogfighter extreme edition. Costs a little bit more than A-wing, extra fun in tight quarters.

Military-grade Scyk

Modification: 0 points

Your upgrade bar gains Tech slot.

At the End of End phase, if you have unspent Evade tokens, you may restore 1 shield after removing them.

Might make Scyk-swarm better because you can run away and restore that single shield.

Or maybe I should also add 1 shield and increase the price?

Heavy Y-wing refit

Modification: 4 points

Increase Attack, Hull and Shields value by 1 point.

As a Galactic battlegrounds fan here, I truly love the look of beefy double-engined Y-s

Y-wing Turret retrofit

Title: 0 points

Your upgrade bar loses the Turret slot.

Your upgrade bar gains Crew slot.

Because you really hate the turrets.

Heavy Z-95

Title: 1 point

Increase your Hull value by 1

X-wings got even better version for 1 point, why don't Z-s feel the love?

Y-wing Turret retrofit

Title: 0 points

Your upgrade bar loses the Turret slot.

Your upgrade bar gains Crew slot.

Because you really hate the turrets.

Hmmm. It just seems a bit odd. You'd think a turret would be best utilized by a crew member. But here you've stripped the turret to add a crew. What is that crew member supposed to be doing in there? Well, I guess the same question could be asked about the B-wing.

What is that crew member supposed to be doing in there?

Y-wing Turret retrofit

Title: 0 points

Your upgrade bar loses the Turret slot.

Your upgrade bar gains Crew slot.

Because you really hate the turrets.

Hmmm. It just seems a bit odd. You'd think a turret would be best utilized by a crew member. But here you've stripped the turret to add a crew. What is that crew member supposed to be doing in there? Well, I guess the same question could be asked about the B-wing.

usually there's a dude with gun controls who has no time for other things.

You take the gun controls from him and let him free his hands

And then he is free to track targets, aim and configure ordance and all that.

Seems legit to me, making Y-wing a true heavy attack craft, not some weird gunship o_o

So I got in a quick test with the Evade+tech Defender fix, playing Rexler and Vessery with Relay, HLC and Juke. They brutally slaughtered relayless tie FOs who coulldnt stay out of my arcs, Alozen and my opponent's normal vesery.

Field test report:

Enforcer Firespray is brutal.

Kath Scarlett + PTL + Veteran + Engine + K4 + Enforcer = EPIC ownage. 1 bank+boost+focus = 4-5 dice with TL and focus. Rage incarnate.

Racing Scyks are epic trolls with green banks becoming white segnors, but still almost useless due to low skill (hard to dogfight against enemies that just boost-roll out of your arcs)

Most other things will be tested tomorrow.

Maybe it's a good idea to turn playtested cards into graphic form (I've seen .psd template files)

and stockpile them in the first post?

I'm surprised how little it takes to make a ship good again.

I'm surprised how little it takes to make a ship good again.

Yeah - actually giving it a try is usually a good start.

I'm surprised how little it takes to make a ship good again.

Yeah - actually giving it a try is usually a good start.

Your "eternal trust and faith" in Firespray's capabilities are yet to be proven outside your mind, because it's not wave 2 out there any more.

It's still an overcosted ship with not_such_epic PSes in a world of uber-turrets and boosting shenanigans.

Either you compete in the PS boost war or you are a turret.

Boba is one of the best PS10 pilots for scum. Of course there is not much competition, but he is good. You do not need boost to compete, you need to play well.

PS10 means you already took a veteran EPT.

That means you're stuck with 1 action (2 if you have K4 droid and stick to greens that aren't great...)

Though today I had a game of Uber-Bossk+PTL+K4+Boost Fett

against Vader+3xAdvanced all with targetting computers.

Even at last 1 hp, with 0 pilot skill crit, Fett survived. and won.

On last scrap of hull.

because GREEN DICE FEST

Sure, his innate reroll ability is great, no, TREMENDOUS

but the price of Firespray reaches cost of fat turrets. And it's by no means as customizeable because of 1 crew slot.

Good but not even close to tournament power-levels.

So I've been thinking how to "tone down" the tech+Evade Defender fix. Saving actions works wonders for the generics but opening up Juke is too powerful on the named, HLC armed defenders.

My first thought is Moldy Crow- or at least, a single focus version of moldy crow.

My second is to let Defenders spend a Blue Target Lock Token as if it was a focus, like the Han Solo Crew noone uses.

Battle report here:

Warhog Firespray party

aka "you never know how many times you bump into me, laddie"

Mando merc

Intimidation

Warhog

Ion projector

Antipursuit

PROTON BOMB

Intel agent

Inertial dampeners

Dace Bonearm

Wired

TLT

Spice runner

TLT
Tactician

Either you compete in the PS boost war or you are a turret.

LOL, what an inappropriately narrow view of such an extremely well-balanced and nuanced game you have. If that's your honest belief, I feel sorry for you.

PS word to the wise - you missed out "or you do both" as an option.

When you see all the Boostless\Turretless ships washing out of meta

or getting reduced to "okay, here's and A-wing\Ceptor\3 Ties for blocking so that I can arcdodge more"

And Epic becoming a new home because there your stacks of extra tokens and unique-snowflake-abilities getting shot by concentrated line fire

You start appreciating good games with no Uber-PS-Boosting and where positioning is done without seeing the situation.

Suddenly PS4 generics see the light of day, ordance has uses and arcdodge stops being the answer to most things.

SO yeah, I have a narrow view on the "extremely well balanced game"

So well balanced, that you can take tournament TOPs and shed bloody tears, seeing Autothrusters and TLTs in every roster. The closest thing to tops in local tournaments is our "dice god's " Swarm.

p.s. Let us not speak of "the most maneuverable ships in entire game" going under YT names with boosts...

^Luke Skywalkering ftw.

I honestly think the main problem of the Defender isn’t the attack. It have many options to optimize a good attack and now, with TIE mkII giving the new six greens, the Defender can equip PTL and be less predictable when quitting the stress.

The problem is that this ship costs in order of 30-40+ points and his options of defense relies in his green dies and keeping the focus for the defense. The defender isn’t an Interceptor, it can’t BR and boost in order to evade arcs. So it’s a Jouster, but because it’s not a good idea to trust in the green die, the Defender tends to fall quickly. And man, it can be the half of your list…

So I think the best way is to give the evade action to this craft, but not directly in the actions bar, but through an activation by a tittle. For example: Space superiority (TIE Defender only): When you receive a stress token you may perform a free evade action. 1-2 points.

That makes the defender more versatile, and the use of the red turns could give less predictability to the movements of the Defender. We can make a red turn, gain the evade, and for example, with wired, reroll eyes when stressed. And we also have 10 green movements if we equip the TIE MKII.

Either you compete in the PS boost war or you are a turret.

LOL, what an inappropriately narrow view of such an extremely well-balanced and nuanced game you have. If that's your honest belief, I feel sorry for you.

PS word to the wise - you missed out "or you do both" as an option.

Do both = MUX

He does to PS wars what a hammer does to testicles

Either you compete in the PS boost war or you are a turret.

LOL, what an inappropriately narrow view of such an extremely well-balanced and nuanced game you have. If that's your honest belief, I feel sorry for you.

PS word to the wise - you missed out "or you do both" as an option.

Do both = MUX

He does to PS wars what a hammer does to testicles

Do both = Han

And we are glad the TLTs came to save the day

There's an EU variant of the Y-wing called the BTL-S3 Courier, which sacrifices the turret, and fire controls for passenger and baggage space. I think thats what your turret retrofit is trying to accomplish.

As for Racing Scyk, instead of giving Boost, which is gross for a title, as it allows you to equip Autothrusters, how about this:

Fast Scyk Interceptor - Title; 0 pts

When you reveal your maneuver, you may increase its speed by 1.

Lastly, this one kinda fluffy (being true to the original design of the ship):

Scyk Support Fighter - Title; 0 pts

BTL-S3

You may equip a Crew card, but if you have turret, do not gain the benifits of that crew.

After setting dials, you may choose to place a weapon Disabled token on your turret until end of turn. If you do, you may use your crew normally.

BTL-S3

You may equip a Crew card, but if you have turret, do not gain the benifits of that crew.

After setting dials, you may choose to place a weapon Disabled token on your turret until end of turn. If you do, you may use your crew normally.

I love the theme here.

BTL-S3

You may equip a Crew card, but if you have turret, do not gain the benifits of that crew.

After setting dials, you may choose to place a weapon Disabled token on your turret until end of turn. If you do, you may use your crew normally.

I love the theme here.

then it's Turret disabled.

because pilots forward-firing guns still work

BTL-S3

You may equip a Crew card, but if you have turret, do not gain the benifits of that crew.

After setting dials, you may choose to place a weapon Disabled token on your turret until end of turn. If you do, you may use your crew normally.

I love the theme here.

then it's Turret disabled.

because pilots forward-firing guns still work

I have flown a lot of Firespray's and regularly run a dual Firespray scum build (prior to MoV update) and I am currently testing out a Firespray/y-wing (x2) build. I don't think anything needs to change on the Firespray aside from it's dial. It's two softs need to be green. The fact that the Decimator has these and this ship doesn't simply doesn't make sense to me. The fact the firespray can K-turn is a great attribute of the ship, but it has very few ways to shed that stress - 3 to be exact. To me, it makes the Firespray thematically not seem like the fairly agile ship it should be. Outside of that, there is a lot to like about the Firespray and I wouldn't change anything else.

The Defender, to me, is the number 1 ship that still needs a fix. Compared to other ships of similar hit points, it is way too expensive for anyone to ever use. It also has always been my favorite star wars fighter going way back so I really want to be able to fly it. It needs an A-wing like point reduction to be viable. It's silly I can pull an IG with one more shield, one more hull, and more slots for the same points.

Beyond those two, the Starviper could use just a little love, though I see those way more often than Defenders thanks to Guri. Ordinance is still broken even after the K-wing/Punisher. The K-wing is about the only viable thing that came out of the fix and it has nothing to do with ordinance. Don't get me started on how we didn't give the slam to the ship that initially prototyped the technology in the star wars universe. I want that boat in this game.