I love the model, but the ship - not so much.

I've been trying to justify the 3 I have for some time now.....

They make nice gifts to fellow x-wingers on their birthday.

After some thoughtful reflection, I think the name of the list should be Scyk Scyk Sputnik

Long live the 80's...an​d their awful bands.

I bought 5. Because I get crazy during wave releases. But I've fielded them in an epic game and they just tear stuff apart.

The loadout was:

4x Tansarii Point Veterans + HLC + stealth + PTL

1x Serissu + HLC + Stealth + PTL

Actually I have 6...but that is another matter.

Just think, maybe with scum vets theyll get really good. Then you'll only need 3-4 of that for the upgrades!

I love the look of the M3-A (I own 5 of them) and I enjoy flying a swarm of 5 Tansarii Point Veterans each with Predator during casual games because the re-rolls mean they deal out consistent damage and, like I said, the M3-A looks AWESOME ... but they die too easily and too consistently for me to use them during competitive/tournament play.

If all the Scyks were cheaper then I could live with the fact that they die so easily ... but they have a worse dial than standard TIE fighters and cost MORE.

5 TPVs with Predator is "okay" at 100 points, but I can build a TIE swarm of 5 Black Squadron TIEs with Predator and still have 15 freaking points left over to add an Epsilon Squadron TIE FO, Wampa, or Night Beast. Again, not only am I getting 6 ships instead of 5, I'm getting better maneuver dials on all 6 ships.

Sure, I can add a cannon to a Scyk ... but I'm starting with an overpriced TIE wannabe with a worse maneuver dial, then I have to spend 2 more points for the title upgrade, and then I have to spend even more points on whatever cannon I use.

An overpriced "pawn" fighter with an overpriced cannon slot ... that pretty much summarizes why the Scyk isn't used in competitive play with any consistent success.

If the team at FFG manages to dramatically cut the cost of the Scyk (-3 points per M3-A across the board) or give it a title that dramatically improves the Scyk's ability to evade hits then we "might" start seeing it consistently at tournaments as a cheap swarm ship without the title and cannon. However, that doesn't give the Scyk anything special for the Scum faction.

Another option would be to replace the Heavy Scyk title card with a ZERO point upgrade card similar to the Defender's new TIE/D title:

Linked Canon Scyk, M3-A only. Title. (0 point cost): Equip one cannon secondary weapon that costs 3 or fewer points. Once per round, after you perform a secondary weapon attack you may perform a primary weapon attack.

This would allow the Scyk to do more damage and potentially be a "control" ship using tractor beam, flechette cannon, or ion cannon at a "reasonable" price.

With the "linked canon scyk" title you could run 5 Tansarii Point Veterans with Flechette cannons and veteran instincts, that would be 5 ships with pilot skill 7 that can "potentially" deal three damage plus a stress token each at range 2 (15 damage plus 5 stress if they all get perfect shots) or four damage plus a stress each at range 1 (20 damage plus 5 stress). That would be an impressive list ... and "maybe" offset the fact that all 5 ships are easy to 1-shot kill.

I have not run a 4x list before ad I only own 3 m3a's but I personally like the ship.

I think the mangler m3a is underated and leatin can be a total beast especially against things like multiple TLT's had a stealth device leatin solo 2x TLT y-wings was pretty epic.