Am I the only one looking forward to the gratuitously overcosted, competitively inefficient ball of fury which will be:
Wedge + R7-T1 + PTL + Vectored Thrusters?
with kyle and jan as wingman
br + boost + targetlock + focus + 1 die on attack mwahahahahahhahahha
Man, I was reading this thread and going to post, but had to work. 3 hours later and there are 3 pages to check up on! Still, no one says any of the points I was going to make.
Who would like Vectored Thrusters?
Any Y-wing and HWKs that have turrets with range restrictions....like....all of them. Autoblaster Turret comes to mind. OK.... couple of people did recommend this. All the other turrets like it, as well. That includes TLT's, as well. Why....any ship that wants to move into a better spot for Turrets would love it.
There are a few specific ships that would love it:
All Rebel HWKs have range restrictions. It would be good to stay in range for that.
All the Scum HWKs have range restrictions. Palob can BR into range and grab a Focus from you. Or Torkhil can BR and zap you down to PS 0.
Cracken could BR into R1 of a friendly to fire and give off that free action. Might be better overall for him to lose a modifier on his 2 attack dice to give another ship an action....like TL for an ordnance carrier or something.
N'Dru would love to ensure he's out of R2 of a friendly to get the bonus attack die. Maybe he has PTL and won't lose the action, either. Or maybe get within R1 of enemy AND out of R2 of a friend. Sure, a Focus is better than one extra attack die, but maybe not 2 red dice.
People said that Cobra Talonbane is not competitive and we shouldn't consider him. Wait....wasn't he not competitive because he's an ace without repositioning ability? Umm....doesn't this totally fix what he's lacking for 2 pts less than Engine Upgrade?
The Kihraxz Fighter has a 1 sharp turn, so it can also BR, as well. That can be like a 90 degree pivot from where you start. Any of these ships should love that.
Man, I was reading this thread and going to post, but had to work. 3 hours later and there are 3 pages to check up on! Still, no one says any of the points I was going to make.
Who would like Vectored Thrusters?
Any Y-wing and HWKs that have turrets with range restrictions....like....all of them. Autoblaster Turret comes to mind. OK.... couple of people did recommend this. All the other turrets like it, as well. That includes TLT's, as well. Why....any ship that wants to move into a better spot for Turrets would love it.
There are a few specific ships that would love it:
All Rebel HWKs have range restrictions. It would be good to stay in range for that.
All the Scum HWKs have range restrictions. Palob can BR into range and grab a Focus from you. Or Torkhil can BR and zap you down to PS 0.
Cracken could BR into R1 of a friendly to fire and give off that free action. Might be better overall for him to lose a modifier on his 2 attack dice to give another ship an action....like TL for an ordnance carrier or something.
N'Dru would love to ensure he's out of R2 of a friendly to get the bonus attack die. Maybe he has PTL and won't lose the action, either. Or maybe get within R1 of enemy AND out of R2 of a friend. Sure, a Focus is better than one extra attack die, but maybe not 2 red dice.
People said that Cobra Talonbane is not competitive and we shouldn't consider him. Wait....wasn't he not competitive because he's an ace without repositioning ability? Umm....doesn't this totally fix what he's lacking for 2 pts less than Engine Upgrade?
The Kihraxz Fighter has a 1 sharp turn, so it can also BR, as well. That can be like a 90 degree pivot from where you start. Any of these ships should love that.
As a primarily Scum pilot, I see a lot of potential for this, although on specific targets.
All unique HWK pilots (yes, even Dace) will love VT to death. Frees up space for Glitterstim/Feedback Array, takes up a hardly ever used space on HWKs and make its repositioning choice NOT an RNG. One hell of a win-win for me.
Palob will apreciate it the most, I believe, as he hardly ever needs his standard actions depending on his setup. I mean...Palob...repositioning...yumm...
Kavil, as mentioned, will also give it some love. Soaking up 2 pts from Engine Upgrade to give him a closing option sounds good.
Kaa'to, also, will find it very attractive. He's already the cheapest Mindlink solution available to Scum. With BR, his utility opens up greatly. I don't imagine generic Zs running it, though. But who knows...
Finally, all Kihraxzes. BR and Glitterstim on a K should be good.
I kinda did, back in page 3, while I'm not into Rebel that much.
I don't think N'Dru will give up his optimal setup for VT, but I guess you could budget him into a 21-pt range with just Lone Wolf and VT.
And Cobra's problem wasn't really repositioning for the sake of it, since EU doesn't fix him. It does make him cheaper, though...
Am I the only one looking forward to the gratuitously overcosted, competitively inefficient ball of fury which will be:
Wedge + R7-T1 + PTL + Vectored Thrusters?
with kyle and jan as wingman
br + boost + targetlock + focus + 1 die on attack mwahahahahahhahahha
I'm so going to pilot this just for ***** and giggles. gonna go buy another HWK now then.
If only you could fit Roark in there too...
right now my build looks like
Yeah, the problem with Talonbane is that he's a fantastic example of how people expect aces to behave when they fail to dodge arcs - fast boom. He's got punch, he's built with dodge, but he's got no backup plan for when he's got a stress token and a face full of red dice.
Finally my X-Wings shall be able to barrel roll as they do in the books
Envisioning an HWK-290 doing a barrel roll
Ludicrous!
Give Talonbane a cloaking device and stygium particle accelerator
Give Talonbane a cloaking device and stygium particle accelerator
Neither of these things make the boom-boom
I kinda did, back in page 3, while I'm not into Rebel that much.
Well....shiver me timbers!