Gearing up for some epic play soon, and I'm wondering about something. I've always liked automated

Protocols, but am considering going with ordnance tubes. Never used them, but I do like the idea of not having to spend energy on my shots, and can use it for comm relay and shield Regen.

However I've loved the fact I do get another action with automated protocols, seeing as I've always found I wanted that extra action to do reinforce or shield recovery. Also not too sure about only having the one range 4 shot with the primary, as the ordnance us only range 3 and under.

Just wondering how people liked ordnance tubes.

Playing around on the squad builder it does get pricey fast. Ordnance tubes is 5 pts, then you want weapon engineer so you have have two target locks to fire off your ordnance, maybe sensor team as well?

Suggestions?

What ship are you using?

Lots of people love Ordnance Tubes as it frees up the energy to do many other things. The weakness is that you really lose out on firepower outside of R3. If you want to go that route, you might want to take other upgrades that allow you to get bonus movement. Take the upgrades that will get you in range quicker. Also, watch out for those CR-90's that want to get around you and give you broadsides.

Automated Protocols works with the other Raider title that gives an extra shield back when you do a recover. You can also get the Shield Tech that allows you to pick how much energy you want to dump into it. So, you can get another action and then spend 2 Energy to just get 2 shield back, and save your energy.

Optimized Generators are good for when you want to keep up the fire on the enemy. You can move fast and still get some extra energy. Or you can unload on a turn and then get a lot more energy back quicker. Think of it as getting to fire a Single Turbo Laser for free every round.

What ship are you using?

This question seems important.

It's a matter of what ship you want to use and how you want to use it. That's the overall question. Oh, and what is the rest of your list going to do?

Also keep in mind that generic filler ships which are generally not that great in standard games (because of how often they get arc-dodged) are actually pretty solid in Epic games, and that the opposite is true for expensive aces, who really can't escape that many arcs or token up hard enough to dodge all that firepower, so they get burned down anyway.

In Epic play, the generic X-Wing, Z-95 and ye olde PS2, TLT Y-Wing are all just fine. Your Tie Fighters should probably still be Blackshots, because Blackshots.

And you cannot use any ordnance that requires Focus to fire, limiting options there.

Sorry using raider

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