Looking at the card up close I believe it will be whenever the Defender is dealt dmg, the first card is face up

Or something pretty close to that.

Nope, his text is exactly the same, line for line, as his Advance card. Just look.

Looking at the card up close I believe it will be whenever the Defender is dealt dmg, the first card is face up

Or something pretty close to that.

Why would they punish you (again) for flying Maarek?

Maarek with the TIE/d, calculation, and tractor beam should be fun.

Maarek with the TIE/d, calculation, and tractor beam should be fun.

I think he'll be 35 points. He's 1 PS higher than Vessery but his ability isn't nearly as good. I think I'd just run him with Calculation and x7 title and call it a day. That should put him at 34 points. Decent action efficiceny with the title too. Just focus all day and hope to land some crits. Mangler is nice if you can fit it, but that's throwing him into pricey territory and he can't benefit from either title.

Looking at the card up close I believe it will be whenever the Defender is dealt dmg, the first card is face up

Or something pretty close to that.

Why would they punish you (again) for flying Maarek?

Hahahaha. Worst. Pilot ability. Ever.

Hardly the worst ability ever, and it's not half bad on a 3-dice ship.

Yeah, the ability's only failing was being put on the Advance.

Like I said before, his ability is less useful in general with the way the new Damage Deck normalizes the effects of most crits.

You're much less likely now to be able to pick an choose a really devastating crit, or avoid a completely useless one now. Which makes his ability much less useful even when you DO get to use it all the time.

And of course, the limitation on TIE/D is really disappointing. Because Maarek+Mangler+TIE/D would have been great.

Hardly the worst ability ever, and it's not half bad on a 3-dice ship.

Oh I don't think his actual pilot ability is awful. I think what the OP posted could be though, depending on how you interpret it!

"Whenever the Defender (note it's capitalized, as if to indicate it is speaking of the ship, the Tie Defender) is dealt dmg, the first card is face up."

Was merely laughing at the mix of two meanings of "Defender" within the context. Within the context I originally read it, he would be doing damage to himself!

I've already been testing maarek and played him once, I think he's solid. Remember that 2/3 cannons put out equivalent damage to an HLC when combined with the/D title. The crits are just gravy but can be pretty devastating too. Unfortunately I don't think it's worth building to guarantee crits but they happen naturally fairly often anyway. I've been running predator but I suppose you could try marksmanship.

Looking at the card up close I believe it will be whenever the Defender is dealt dmg, the first card is face up

Or something pretty close to that.

Why would they punish you (again) for flying Maarek?

Hahahaha. Worst. Pilot ability. Ever.

No no, rexlar is the PS 8

Hardly the worst ability ever, and it's not half bad on a 3-dice ship.

Oh I don't think his actual pilot ability is awful. I think what the OP posted could be though, depending on how you interpret it!

"Whenever the Defender (note it's capitalized, as if to indicate it is speaking of the ship, the Tie Defender) is dealt dmg, the first card is face up."

Was merely laughing at the mix of two meanings of "Defender" within the context. Within the context I originally read it, he would be doing damage to himself!

This.

I'm easily amused. .

The new damage deck still has Direct Hit! and Damaged Sensor Array, and now has Major Explosion instead of Minor Explosion. How are these weak?

I've already been testing maarek and played him once, I think he's solid. Remember that 2/3 cannons put out equivalent damage to an HLC when combined with the/D title. The crits are just gravy but can be pretty devastating too. Unfortunately I don't think it's worth building to guarantee crits but they happen naturally fairly often anyway. I've been running predator but I suppose you could try marksmanship.

Yeah, predator and marksmanship seem like the best ideas of him imo. Keep in mind that predator also increases crit frequency ever so slightly as well.

Just take Calculation on Maarek and call it a day.

Looking at the card up close I believe it will be whenever the Defender is dealt dmg, the first card is face up

Or something pretty close to that.

Why would they punish you (again) for flying Maarek?

Hahahaha. Worst. Pilot ability. Ever.

Meet Fel's Wrath

Marksmanship gives him a focus for each attack, with the added benefit of making one eyeball a crit. For three points I think it is worth it on a tie/d Maarek. If you run tie/x7 then calculation is the better value.

Maarek with the TIE/d, calculation, and tractor beam should be fun.

I think he'll be 35 points. He's 1 PS higher than Vessery but his ability isn't nearly as good. I think I'd just run him with Calculation and x7 title and call it a day. That should put him at 34 points. Decent action efficiceny with the title too. Just focus all day and hope to land some crits. Mangler is nice if you can fit it, but that's throwing him into pricey territory and he can't benefit from either title.

I think you go Marksmanship with your choice of cannon. Marksmanship tokens are not spent when Marksmanship is activated, so for multiple attacks it starts to pay for itself. Now, you don't get to do crits with any of the D title eligible cannons, but it still ends up being a recon specialist sort of for the EPT slot.

Assuming that he's 35 points. D title, Tractor Beam, Marksmanship, TIE MK II. So that's 40 points. Seems okay with 4x Crack Squadron.

I agree. Marksmanship may actually be usable on this ships. The Tie/d especially. Since it will work on both attacks.

Looking at the card up close I believe it will be whenever the Defender is dealt dmg, the first card is face up

Or something pretty close to that.

Greedo as Tie-D pilot?

We're doomed!

inb4 fels wrath reincarnated on the tie proto

Fels Wrath should have just dealt a damage or damage card to whomever destroyed him. That would have been a great ability.

Fels Wrath should have just dealt a damage or damage card to whomever destroyed him. That would have been a great ability.

Dealing an upturned damage card to the ship that destroys Fel's wrath would be awesome. Then put Fel's Wrath in a Bomber. Or Phantom. Rebel captive added to the mix would be just wrong.