I play Scum mainly and as such my interest in X-wing epic has been very low so far, but I'm thinking of going to my first epic tournament in a few weeks.

My current dillema (as I have 0 experience in playing vs. epic ships): how reliant are epic ships on particular upgrades?

I'm thinking whether to include Boba Fett in my list but I have no idea how much effect I can expect from removing a single upgrade off an Epic ship.

Nuke those Ordnance Tubes. Now those weapons can only fire once before they're gone!

Removing one of their secondary weapons is huge because then they get one less attack per round. The mods Automated Protocols and Optimized Generators are also very good targets for discarding.

Epic play is very different than standard play. In my experience Aces and heavily kitted out ship don't fare well. The reason being you can get focused fired on before your ship ever gets a chance to fire. So that being said discarding a single upgrade from the Rebel Corevett or Imperial Raider might not be as bad as discarding a upgrade from the Gonzanti or Rebel Transport. Since Boba Fett crew is only one point if you have the points to play him I would. If your opponents are playing imperials chances are they have Palpatine.

Huge ships have no agility, and can't reinforce both sides. Come in from an angle that gives you a shot on both and just take it out. It's 100 free points if you do it right.