I know this would most likely depend on which ship your flying, what upgrades it has and how it fits into your squadron, but generally speaking, if you could hmchoose an extra attack or an extra defense die, which would you choose?

Attack has better odds, and can remove an enemy before they can shoot you, but most ships/pilots only get to shoot once per round while...

Defense dice can be used more than once per round of you are attacked more than once and keep you in the fight longer so you can do more damage.

I would have to say is rather have an extra defense die.

Attack. Sure, you get to use Defence more often, potentially, but your goal should always be to avoid taking shots and with the potency of a lot of attacks nowadays unmodified greens aren't all that great, regardless of how many you have.

You really can't uncouple the dice from the ship, though. Actions and abilities are very important in determining how good your dice are. For example, an Academy Pilot has pretty bad attack with just 2 dice but with Howlrunner those 2 dice aren't nearly as bad. Change the Academy to a fully kitted out Omega Leader and those same 2 dice are very scary indeed against the right target.

The Defender before the fix was a good example of this with Defence dice. It got the same 3 dice as an Interceptor, but no Evade action, poor repositioning and high cost meant it was too fragile. Adding an extra dice wouldn't have helped that much compared to the x7 title's effects.

Extra attack die almost always. Killing ships is the best damage mitigation there is.

Attack die.

I'm not great (or even good at times) at flying this list, but it is the crème de la crème of flying in our beloved game, and man how it would fly if you added another red die......

Stupid Question.

You'd rather have AGI 2 B-Wings than attack 4 B-Wings?

There's a reason the Wave 1 of X-Wing was priced badly, and that was because the designers were giving every 'part' of the ship a points cost, with the ship total being the sum of the parts.

You might have noticed Wave 1 contains the Tie Advanced, X-wing, and stock Y-Wing.

Anything with a 2 value. I wouldn't care for an extra green on the Ghost, for example.

Attack.

Because the moment you face someone with that extra defense, you are just going to be glaring at each other and not doing any damage. 4+ dice is usually whats needed to bypass any real defense a ship may have. Face one of the many ships that dont have that kind of defense and you just melt them faster.

Always attack.

Stupid Question.

You'd rather have AGI 2 B-Wings than attack 4 B-Wings?

Stupid Question.

Ah, 5 whole posts until the mandatory 'I'm an over-opinionated internet a$$hat" response.

Stupid Question.

You'd rather have AGI 2 B-Wings than attack 4 B-Wings?

There's a reason the Wave 1 of X-Wing was priced badly, and that was because the designers were giving every 'part' of the ship a points cost, with the ship total being the sum of the parts.

You might have noticed Wave 1 contains the Tie Advanced, X-wing, and stock Y-Wing.

Oh, I didn't realize that costing and balancing suddenly got perfect starting from Wave 2 onward. Good to know.

Attack.

If results between red and green were equal then I would say Defense, just my gut reaction. But with more successes with Attack dice gotta play the odds.

Stupid Question.

You'd rather have AGI 2 B-Wings than attack 4 B-Wings?

There's a reason the Wave 1 of X-Wing was priced badly, and that was because the designers were giving every 'part' of the ship a points cost, with the ship total being the sum of the parts.

You might have noticed Wave 1 contains the Tie Advanced, X-wing, and stock Y-Wing.

Oh, I didn't realize that costing and balancing suddenly got perfect starting from Wave 2 onward. Good to know.

'costing and balancing suddenly got perfect starting from Wave 2 onward. ' - me 2016

That's right folks! You might not see it, but that's a direct quote from me!

'but wait!' I hear you cry 'your post doesn't say that at all, or even imply it in the slightest!'

Pfft. Amateurs. Reading is much more than understanding the base words of a passage and using a collective definition of a language to interpret meaning from the words. You also have to just make up things people you don't like said in a pitiful attempt at sarcasm!

Attack for sure.

The more attack dice you add, the more valuable each new die becomes, because the more likely that die is going to get past the defender's green dice to deal damage.

The more defense dice you add, the less valuable each defense die becomes, because eventually you start rolling more evades than you need. For example, there's not much difference between a 5 green dice Soontir and a 6 green dice Soontir when defending against TIE fighters.

I prefer more green as there currently isn't any easy way to remove damage

Not a stupid question, that's rude to say it is.

I'd pick attack, unless I was being attacked by a ton of.... nah, I'd pick attack.

I tend to play aggressively, so would pick attack if given the option.

Attack is a better buy. Just compare the basic X-wing to the basic (un-fixed) TIE Advanced. The attack dice has more successes on it, but also you have more opportunities to modify attack dice, meaning you are more likely to be able to turn an attack dice into a success. Just look at Fin. He is awesome and he gives you a blank attack die.

Attack, because you get better odds at it paying off. Though there are some special cases where I'd go defense.

Stupid Question.

You'd rather have AGI 2 B-Wings than attack 4 B-Wings?

There's a reason the Wave 1 of X-Wing was priced badly, and that was because the designers were giving every 'part' of the ship a points cost, with the ship total being the sum of the parts.

You might have noticed Wave 1 contains the Tie Advanced, X-wing, and stock Y-Wing.

Oh, I didn't realize that costing and balancing suddenly got perfect starting from Wave 2 onward. Good to know.

'costing and balancing suddenly got perfect starting from Wave 2 onward. ' - me 2016

That's right folks! You might not see it, but that's a direct quote from me!

'but wait!' I hear you cry 'your post doesn't say that at all, or even imply it in the slightest!'

Pfft. Amateurs. Reading is much more than understanding the base words of a passage and using a collective definition of a language to interpret meaning from the words. You also have to just make up things people you don't like said in a pitiful attempt at sarcasm!

I am really sorry. I clearly misinterpreted what you were saying. Can you forgive me? I'll try and not make up things in pitiful attempts at sarcasm in the future.

Attack dice are red. Everyone knows red cars go faster. The old saying goes "A quick game is a good game!"

Therefore, red dice = good game.

+1 red dice = +1 good game = better game .. right!? Simple maths really.

Stupid Question.

You'd rather have AGI 2 B-Wings than attack 4 B-Wings?

There's a reason the Wave 1 of X-Wing was priced badly, and that was because the designers were giving every 'part' of the ship a points cost, with the ship total being the sum of the parts.

You might have noticed Wave 1 contains the Tie Advanced, X-wing, and stock Y-Wing.

Oh, I didn't realize that costing and balancing suddenly got perfect starting from Wave 2 onward. Good to know.

'costing and balancing suddenly got perfect starting from Wave 2 onward. ' - me 2016

That's right folks! You might not see it, but that's a direct quote from me!

'but wait!' I hear you cry 'your post doesn't say that at all, or even imply it in the slightest!'

Pfft. Amateurs. Reading is much more than understanding the base words of a passage and using a collective definition of a language to interpret meaning from the words. You also have to just make up things people you don't like said in a pitiful attempt at sarcasm!

I am really sorry. I clearly misinterpreted what you were saying. Can you forgive me? I'll try and not make up things in pitiful attempts at sarcasm in the future.

Aww, how cute.

I prefer more green as there currently isn't any easy way to remove damage

Rebel Shield regen is pretty easy.

Attack has better odds of hitting and kill them before they get a chance to shoot and you need green dice.

It really depends on the ship and even the pilot.