While I don't think Boba will be quite as effective as some think, at 1 point I could see including him in most any list that can take him.

The question you have to ask when you're building a list is whether he's going to do enough, often enough, to be worth more than bringing Greedo or 4-LOM or Zuckuss--or, in some builds, just spending the extra point on something else.

The ships that can carry him are the Firespray, the G1-A, the HWK, the Jumpmaster, and the YV. Two of those are brand-new, so it's hard to say exactly how effective they'll turn out to be. The HWK is fragile, and a ship carrying Fett is going to be a priority target, so that's probably not a great idea. The YV is powerful but not very maneuverable, and the competition for the Firespray's single crew slot is pretty cutthroat.

Maybe I'll be surprised and see him showing up on Kaths everywhere. But what I expect to see is Boba Fett on Mangler YVs, on the generic G1-A as a respectable threat in the range of 25-30 points, and on Jumpmasters with Proton Torpedoes. He's going to be a feature in some Scum lists, but not all of them, because there are a lot of lists where he just won't be able to do much other than take up a crew slot and then die in a fire.

I'm not saying Fett is bad , and my record for prognostication is mixed at best. I'm sure there will be a lot of Fett lists, and every time I see him across the table I'm going to have to have a plan to deal with him. But I don't think he's going to be the reason we take the current metagame and throw it out completely.

(Guidance Chips are the upgrade that will do that, but that's a different conversation.)

Don't take my defender titles from me Fett.

Remove x7 title. Your opponent now fields an illegal squad. You win, right?

No no no.

Any upgrades that allow you to equip something, adjust the points cost for something, or otherwise affect the setup of the game, are virtually pointless to target with Boba. Once an upgrade lets you equip something you don't lose the equipped upgrade by losing a prerequisite upgrade. The same will hold true for the new TIE Bomber Shuttle upgrade. You aren't going to lose your 2 crew members because Boba says you are no longer a shuttle.....

You can however lose one of the crew.

This is one of the most fun thematic cards - because you get to roleplay out how it works and it will be different each time. Maybe you docked and Boba took Mara Jade prisoner. Maybe Boba put some kinda Tony-Atrk-esque virus bot on your ammunition so your mangler cannon compromises a computer system. Maybe Boba hides inside a missile.

Or maybe Boba keeps some secrets to himself. Kath is like "How'd you do that Boba?" and he's like "Shhhhhhhhh".

@ Vorpal Sword - I think you are right. He's cool, and at 1 point he doesn't HAVE to have a list built around him. That may be the best way to use him.... as an option. Maybe even as a good luck charm / insurance policy.

I could imagine Scum lists equipping Boba as Boba insurance.

"I really don't want you to Boba my good upgrade, so before you get a chance, I'm going to Boba your Boba"

SHENANIGANS

and I love it!

there is only one real boba - and its the boba who takes out that fake boba over there

That'd make it Boba Fett taking out Jodo Kast then, right?

i dont know who that is but sure

bye outrider title on dash

I could imagine Scum lists equipping Boba as Boba insurance.

"I really don't want you to Boba my good upgrade, so before you get a chance, I'm going to Boba your Boba"

SHENANIGANS

and I love it!

there is only one real boba - and its the boba who takes out that fake boba over there

That'd make it Boba Fett taking out Jodo Kast then, right?

i dont know who that is but sure

An interesting character from the EU who impersonated Boba Fett.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jodo_Kast

The only reason I know of him is because of my love for Lambda's and this beauty was his ship: the Foxcatch

to be worth more than bringing Greedo or 4-LOM or Zuckuss--or, in some builds, just spending the extra point on something else.

Well let's look... 4-LOM lets you block a token at the cost of an ION token on yourself. So that's useful but has it's drawbacks. I never have been a fan of Gredo, but I don't fly S&V much. Zuckuss is pretty good for 1 point as well.

So perhaps he won't be useful in every list. But if I have a point left and often do... And a open crew slot I don't think I'd often regret putting Boba in. I think the potential he brings means 1 point even if you don't use him every game makes it a good card.

But I don't think he's going to be the reason we take the current metagame and throw it out completely.

Oh I agree, you won't see people stop running palp mobiles or anything because of Boba, but I'd have to think twice about putting him on a VT-49 if there was a lot of S&V in my meta.

illegal, shmeegal.

102 point lists FTW.

oh and actually, I think Admiral Deathrain and others with the same idea were having a tongue-in-cheek-argument (see the carefully disguised ninja- ), without being serious..

relax guys, the nurse nice lady with your happy-pills will arrive soon

Lol, Decimator = Screwed.

Ghost = LESS Screwed due to more shields and evade earlier, but still screwed. I wonder what happens when you discard the docking Title upgrades...

Scum may have just become the most interesting faction to play.

I guess we may see more Jerjerrod crew now..also Chewbacca laughs at Boba

While I don't think Boba will be quite as effective as some think, at 1 point I could see including him in most any list that can take him.

It's a "I'm on a ship throwing 3 reds, a kaboom will eventually show up, and now you're screwed." sort of card. Solid 1 point.

I guess we may see more Jerjerrod crew now..also Chewbacca laughs at Boba

That may actually be in need of an FAQ.

They both trigger on Chewbacca having been dealt a face up damage card. My instincts would be that Chewbacca receives the card, then flips it face down. Then Boba triggers on having dealt a face up damage card and kills whatever Chewie is flying with.

Lol, Decimator = Screwed.

Ghost = LESS Screwed due to more shields and evade earlier, but still screwed. I wonder what happens when you discard the docking Title upgrades...

Scum may have just become the most interesting faction to play.

I guess we may see more Jerjerrod crew now..also Chewbacca laughs at Boba

Chewie should stop laughing. Boba triggers whenever you are dealt a faceup card. He doesn't care what you do with it after the card is dealt.

Am I the only one who find the cost to low?

Opened a specific topic here:

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/202130-chewbacca-pilot-vs-boba-fett-crew/

Also, for ease of future reference and referral.

Am I the only one who find the cost to low?

It has too many prereqs to proc, if the cost were higher it would simply have no use. As it is now some games Boba will do nothing anyway, so 1 point for nothing is easier to swallow.

I guess we may see more Jerjerrod crew now..also Chewbacca laughs at Boba

That may actually be in need of an FAQ.

They both trigger on Chewbacca having been dealt a face up damage card. My instincts would be that Chewbacca receives the card, then flips it face down. Then Boba triggers on having dealt a face up damage card and kills whatever Chewie is flying with.

I think he meant the chewie crew which, like integrated astromech, lets you cancel being given a faceup damage card, so Boba would not trigger.

I'm not so sure that Chewie (crew) or IA would do that.

IA lets you discard a card and avoid processing the effect, but you are still dealt that card. Chewie lets you discard it immediately, but the trigger for Boba is being dealt a card and I think he'd go off even if that card was discarded before you process it.

How does crew Boba affect scoring at the end of the match? Say you knock the Punishing One title off an opposing Jumpmaster but that ship survives the match, what happens for scoring?

As to the Ghost Title, since the ship is docked, it would stay docked, but you lose your end-round firing shenanigans.

How does crew Boba affect scoring at the end of the match? Say you knock the Punishing One title off an opposing Jumpmaster but that ship survives the match, what happens for scoring?

Just like every other discardable upgrade, nothing changes. Points are known before the match starts.

I guess Scum just got the ultimate troll card. I wonder whether TLT could trigger this twice...

No Crits on a TLT :-( and it triggers when the card is dealt so even so it would only work once as card would have been dealt during the first attack.

Unless of course you happen to have Greedo...then 1st damage is face up

EDIT - Sorted in the other thread. IA kicks in before Boba Fett so he can't stop it/mess it up.

bye outrider title on dash

You're better of discarding Dash's HLC. If you discard the outrider title, he now has an HLC in primary arc and 2 dice primary attack everywhere else. If you discard the HLC, outridre no longer counts for anything snice he's not equipped with a cannon so he just has his 2 dice primary 360 degrees.

This came up on another thread:

If Boba got a face-up card through on an X-Wing with IA and a droid, Boba could ditch the droid or IA and stop it's effect getting rid of the damage card, right?

Based on the Chewie timing and interaction stuff that was gone over.

The droid could be ditched before Boba triggers. Boba could then technically ditch the IA, but would be pointless by that point.

Chewie pilot would be able to flip the faceup damage card, but since he was dealt one, Boba would still trigger.

Chewie crew could discard the crit, but again, since it was dealt faceup, Boba could trigger and discard a different upgrade (since Chewie crew would already be flipped down).

I wonder what happens when you discard the docking Title upgrades...

Scum may have just become the most interesting faction to play.

So S&V!

no, really, it's just what S&V do!

Evil, evil person