I look at the Sensor Cluster and wonder if that would be any good on the T-70 X Wing. I think it has the most benefit to Poe since he could trigger his ability first (if necessary) and then use the focus to change a blank and paired with Auththrusters at range 3 if could be a pain to hit him. Has anyone with wave 9 tried this yet?

I recently played a game where my opponent used a decked out Poe with sensor cluster. I was using Dengar at two tlt ywings. In one and a half hours I still couldn't take Poe off the board.

TLTs roll 3 dice, Dengar rolls 3 dice. Poe can only roll 2 evades... guess you never rolled all 3 hits?

TLTs roll 3 dice, Dengar rolls 3 dice. Poe can only roll 2 evades... guess you never rolled all 3 hits?

He was probably regening everyturn. So he probably did score hits just not the 7x hits required + however many poe regend.

But what do I know... You clearly know more about the game in question don't you?

TLTs roll 3 dice, Dengar rolls 3 dice. Poe can only roll 2 evades... guess you never rolled all 3 hits?

Well its less about getting through 3 hits once, and more about getting 3 hits 6 times without Poe being able to regen.

I think sensor cluster is a good upgrade for Poe, definitely worth the points, although as always its about whether you can afford to drop 2 points from the list somewhere else (3 if you were taking r5-p9 before and now have to switch up to r2-d2).

Sensor Cluster is pretty good but works best on Poe for obvious reasons. X-wings have always been a bit weak on damage mitigation so this may help. I want to play with it some more before I can decide if it is worth its points on other pilots. Of course it may soon face competition from Pattern Analyser once HOTR comes out.

I think Sensor Cluster is going to be a good upgrade for Poe if you're not taking R5-P9. If you want to build a Black One/BB-8 'Movie' Poe, then Sensor Cluster gives you a chance to make him extra hard to hit - you've no shield regen, but if you spend your focus whilst defending to prevent a point of damage with a [blank] to [evade] you've done just as much.

Plus with BB-8's free barrel roll you should be getting hit less often anyway, and there are occasions that a [blank] to [evade] will be more important than a regenerated shield - becasue avoiding being hit in the first place prevents ion cannons and similar effects from triggering.

Yes, and it's good.

I think once HotR drops we'll see two major Poe builds - standard regen poe, probably at PS10 or 11, with Pattern Analyser, R5P9, autothrusters, and BB8 Poe at PS9 with PTL, BB8, Autothrusters, Sensor Cluster. Both with Black One title.

And they will both be very solid.

For an AGI 2 ship to be able to generate 2 evades automatically when at R3 or out of arc, or almost automatically everywhere else, is huge, especially given that both those results are mostly immune to Zuckuss crew.

Sensor Cluster + R2-D2 + Autothrusters gives a lot of damage resistance. I wonder if it is enough to make Regen viable in the meta again. Triple U-boats have died down slightly in favour of Dengaroo which does not quite generate the same spike of damage of that 3 torpedoes per turn can.

Of course, /x7 Defenders seem to be the new hotness on the Imperial side and R2-D2 only works when pulling greens. I am imagine that he would be difficult to trigger late-game with Defenders just pulling white K-turns for days while Poe struggles in the middle.

What does pattern analyzer do?

What does pattern analyzer do?

We think it probably lets you take your action before gaining the stress when doing a red manoeuvre. Meaning Poe could then guarantee getting his focus for R5P9 every turn as long as he wasn't bumped.

stolen from someone at reddit: Pattern Analysis (tech) (x2): When executing ... you may resolve the Check Pilot Stress after the "Perform Action" instead of before.

On the assumption that the missing bit reads 'when executing a red maneuvre' it would only kick in on a red maneuvre meaning you would still need to perform a green the next turn to lose the stress and get an action.

Although it may read something different.

Pattern analyzer is money on poe and targeting astromech red vets with crackshot and integrated

**** better be a point though

it's 2 pts which i think is pretty good compared to advanced sensors at 3pts

everyone keeps whining about xwings are no good, i think with all the new toys that are coming out, T70's are fine. One ship doesn't need to do everything (although Poe, looks like he can do it all) and he can fit at least 2 fully loaded t70's along side him.

eh...

so if I had to guess, they're still distinctly below defenders ito competitive...ness

the new Hotr pilots are stellar, but the advantages they bring over the defenders are offense and maneuverability based

the reason this is less competitive than x7s is because the evade token is a guarantee while red dice and maneuverability are not

this is not to say that the pilots are bad or that the strengths they bring aren't worth it, they are simply more taxing to use correctly

and if not used correctly, sometimes even the slightest most insignificant mistake will lose you a ship. It all depends on how unforgiving the dice are

so I don't think the Hotr X-wings will be "no good" but they probably will not be x7 defender tier and they won't really stack well v torpscouts unless you're a wizard (play well enough with Snap/Nien and you can just hug range 1 all day; just hope the 3 dice won't kill you before you get them)

they will , however, be fun as hell

imo, pattern analzyer does a lot of work for Poe (just focus on trolls), Nien (Stay on target + boost can get you into range 1 before check pilot stress ie before Nien's ability triggers) and Snap (combine with r2 astro and ptl, wheeeeeeeee!).

EDIT: why am I comparing them to defenders?

they're very similar in price

x7 Juke Glaive = 34 points

PTL r2 astro with pattern analyzer Snap (integrated astro) = 34 points

Stay on Target Nien with targeting astromech and pattern analyzer (integrated astro) = 35 points

I think a lot of this will come down to piloting ability. X7 is something almost anyone can fly successfully. The newer t70 with all the tech, in the hands of a good pilot may be better, in the hands of a novice or unpracticed pilot, probably a lot worse