Poor Arvel. He's not the best ship in the box. The lack of native EPT hurt him back in wave 3, and it still hurts him now, as he's unable to combo PTL with anything tasty like Juke or Crackshot.

It's kinda cute to give him Intimidation, but poor Arvel is never going to pull his weight. The lack of modifiers for a PTL-less A-Wing hurts him bad. That is, until now.

Arvel Crynyd : 23 pts

+ Refit -2

+ Test Pilot 0

+ Experimental Interface 3

+ RAAAGE 1

Total: 25 pts

Here's the plan: Arvel uses his amazing dial + boost to jump in front of higher pilotskill ships (preferably Large ones). He uses EI to trigger RAAAAGE, and can reliable put out 3 hits against his target's unmodified defense dice.

I'd advise against doing this often, because it's 3 Stress on the poor guy, but if you're about to die anyway, go out in a ball of RAAAGE.

I don't like him when he's angry.

Half of Arvel's problem is that he's higher PS than any generic pilot, which means that he has to give up his action to use his ability against them. Which means with Rage, he's wasting even MORE points.

The other problem is that he very rarely gets to use his ability. It's just too situational -- you have to be going against something higher PS (generally speaking), and have to be in a position to block while still getting arc on the target. You're paying good points for something that rarely works.

So . . . yes, Rage could be nifty on him, but it's not really going to be much better than just slapping Intimidation on him. Perfectly fun in friendly games, but still not really viable in a tournament -- there's just so much wrong with the base ship.

Typical anger management problem ... due gets all raged up and hits things.

Daredevil is great for tagging lower PS pilots. Every turn you can do a green and then Daredevil to crash into someone without return fire. Solo'd a Bounty Hunter that way one time. Great fun.

I'm going to like the OP simply for the use of amazing ROTJ gifs.

Sounds like a good idea, who doesn't love gifs.

But... Why is Arvel angry?

This fantastic comic might give some insight.

http://www.space-mullet.com/2015/06/05/green-leader/

Half of Arvel's problem is that he's higher PS than any generic pilot, which means that he has to give up his action to use his ability against them. Which means with Rage, he's wasting even MORE points.

The other problem is that he very rarely gets to use his ability. It's just too situational -- you have to be going against something higher PS (generally speaking), and have to be in a position to block while still getting arc on the target. You're paying good points for something that rarely works.

So . . . yes, Rage could be nifty on him, but it's not really going to be much better than just slapping Intimidation on him. Perfectly fun in friendly games, but still not really viable in a tournament -- there's just so much wrong with the base ship.

I have been looking at adaptability (-1 PS) on him, so he can be a better better blocker. It still doesn't help versus generics but he could cause trouble for PS6 and above.