I have discovered why gamma vets will never take off like scouts did

By ficklegreendice, in X-Wing

No, it's not the lack of shields

No it's not the lack of pwt or over clocked defensive tech or stiffer dial or lack of white segnors

No it's not that palp aces are the only list worth playing

It's that they can't take feedback

**** green dice

Scouts for life

(Yes I know bombers can take bombs; not that easy to use between arc and action dependent ordnance and without Sabine seismics are just wimply.

Death fire conners is neat, but he's not a gamma vet :P)

Edited by ficklegreendice

Came in 4th at a local 15 man tournament with 2 vets with crackshot, homing missiles, prox mines, long range scanners and extra munitions. Backed up by a ruthless tractor Vessery.

One shot a soontir in game one, tractored Miranda onto a prox mine and killed her with it. Killed omega leader without ever firing on him.

New bombers are good, but for the points new defenders are better.

New defenders can't take feedback either :(

But they're pretty okay ;)

Not really an Imp player i have to admit, but what about this:

Gamma Sqd. Vet (x3)

-Deadeye

-EM

-Concussion Missile

-GC

Scimitar Sqd. Plt

-Tie Shuttle

-Fleet Officer

97pts

Seems like that could be decent. TL with two of your gammas then have the shuttle use fleet officer to give them focus. You would then have rerolls with the TL, could change a blank to a hit with concussion missiles, and change a die to a hit with GC. Admittedly with the low PS you might have a bit of trouble acquiring the TL though.

Edited by Evenflow30

If common speculation about HotR is correct... Guess who will be able to take feedback?

Dash Rendar. That's who.

What's that Soontir, do you really want to donut my HLC?

If common speculation about HotR is correct... Guess who will be able to take feedback?

Dash Rendar. That's who.

What's that Soontir, do you really want to donut my HLC?

hey, he's not boosting :P

i do hope it's a free feedback array, though

I'd be 100% down with a 31 point Fringer with int agent and feedback

33, though...that's a **** hard sell

Cant shoot out of arc also can be blocked easier than contracted scouts.

Edited by Marinealver

Bombers take a different play style than scouts. You just have to outfit them. If you try to fly them the way you would scouts, it won't work. They aren't for everybody's style of play.

Bombers are just fine, and they are just as competitive as scouts in the right hands.

I have a feeling people are taking my thread too seriously :(

Sadly true. The Gamma Vets can do the same job as the Scouts and are much better looking. Beyond that..... Who cares?

Idk, I love what ffg did to the jm5k model

They're goddamn wizards at making goofy things awesome (especially the glorious K)

But that gamma vet repaint...drool worthy :D

Edited by ficklegreendice

There's a reason why they package their ships in a clear plastic so you can see the glorious miniature models and paint jobs.

Bombers are my jam so more options are nice.