With so many Palp aces out there he should be a very good pick. What makes him not so good?

He eats up a crew slot for a one-time-use ability, yet the Scum faction has SOOOOO MANY good crew options competing for their available slots which are both awesome AND re-usable?

Cause it was made by Paul Heaver, and that guy isn't even good at X-Wing.

Because by the time you get to use him, you usually don't need him any more.

I think it's a combination of you have to deal a face-up damage card, so when you get the chance, the opponent is usually already halfway dead.

The other part is: there's actually very little place to put him. Dengar, Manaroo, and the Party Bus are all full-up with stuff they NEED.

I remember Torp Scout lists would sometimes have Fett on one ship, but other than that, not much.

Too unpredictable. There are so many better 1pt Scum crew cards out there that you'll get constant use out of.

I use him all the time

With so many Palp aces out there he should be a very good pick. What makes him not so good?

You gotta ask yourself, is this comb worth the points and slots and action and attack.

With so many Palp aces out there he should be a very good pick. What makes him not so good?

You gotta ask yourself, is this comb worth the points and slots and action and attack.

No. No, it's not.

The problem with Boba is that whilst his effect is AMAZING in some fights (Engine Upgrades on large ships, Palp on Decimators) the Crew slot is probably the best one there is in Scum, and there are at least four better options for the crew slot for most if not all ships.

Zuckuss

4LOM

Dengar

Latts Razzi

And that's without getting into the faction-nonspecific ones

Gunner

Hotshot Copilot

Tactician

Scum crew just have so much synergy available and Boba doesn't synergise particularly with any of them except maybe Greedo.

Boba Fet is almost like APT in that it is so hard to set up. Take the role of Palp assassin. Well you still need to get at least 5 hits to knock down the shields (6 on the new shuttle). Then you have to score a critical hit to deal a face up. Now first of all Palp could be using his ability to cancel a hit by turning up a green die so again Palp will be giving you problems until you get rid of him. Now you could try the AHM Boba combo but again that is still hard to set up because you will need a target lock and to be at range 2 with palp in arc. Palp being able to go speed 0 in a shuttle can really get your range off to where you can't use it. So yeah if you were able to knockout palp you either so far behind you already lost or you were winning anyways and it didn't matter.

He's awesome, we just don't have the right card combos available yet to make him super.

For instance: He was awesome when r4 agromech proton Torp uboats were a thing. If manglers were more easily feilded, he might pay off there too.

...And we should probably be glad he's in a different faction to Kylo Ren.

Most of the time, by the time he triggers, the target is near dead anyway.

For an extra point, he could have been Scum & Imperial only.

That's only my thoughts though. For that one point he's a **** good card, but not as good an investment compared to other Scum crew.

For an extra point, he could have been Scum & Imperial only.

That's only my thoughts though. For that one point he's a **** good card, but not as good an investent compared to other Scum crew.

For 1 point he could have been Scum or Imperial only tbh. Making him imp available doesn't add a lot of ways to screw with things, with the exception of Kylo Ren upcoming. Imps have a bunch of ways to get better at crits, but not many that have crew slots - RAC being the obvious exception. I don;t think he would have been broken at all to make him available to imps.

Heh, too bad the change to the Heavy Scyk title didn't give the M3-A a crew slot. A Manngler Scyk with Boba on board would get soooo much agro.

With so many Palp aces out there he should be a very good pick. What makes him not so good?

You gotta ask yourself, is this comb worth the points and slots and action and attack.

Zuckuss killer.

With so many Palp aces out there he should be a very good pick. What makes him not so good?

You gotta ask yourself, is this comb worth the points and slots and action and attack.

Zuckuss killer.

So you're going to put this combo into your list to prepare for a card that costs 1/4 of its price? That's the problem. Paying one point to snipe an Engine Upgrade or the Emperor sounds good, except that it's hard to make happen. Paying 4 points to snipe any one point card is a waste of points and resources and could put you in poor position, especially considering that card will likely have already triggered once or twice. He's fine at one point. It's never anything but a waste to spend more points to get him to work.

With so many Palp aces out there he should be a very good pick. What makes him not so good?

You gotta ask yourself, is this comb worth the points and slots and action and attack.

Zuckuss killer.

So you're going to put this combo into your list to prepare for a card that costs 1/4 of its price? That's the problem. Paying one point to snipe an Engine Upgrade or the Emperor sounds good, except that it's hard to make happen. Paying 4 points to snipe any one point card is a waste of points and resources and could put you in poor position, especially considering that card will likely have already triggered once or twice. He's fine at one point. It's never anything but a waste to spend more points to get him to work.

Not a waste if it's FUN...but fun doesn't win acrylic.

I'd save my points and drop the Missiles...

Mangler, K4 Security Droid, 4LOM on YV666 works well at getting Crits in, for me...but I've been loving Gonk (really keeps me alive long enough to blow stuff up).

Problem with boba isnt that hes bad, its that Scum have a ridiculously diverse and insane crew selection and only a few crew slots.

They have...what 2 scum only crew they dont use at all?

Problem with boba isnt that hes bad, its that Scum have a ridiculously diverse and insane crew selection and only a few crew slots.

They have...what 2 scum only crew they dont use at all?

Just one AFAICT - Outlaw Tech. ANd even he's not awful in the right context, just eclipsed by better things.

Greedo was in at least one list that I saw on the Worlds stream who's the other one who's just not worth much.

THough he's comedic on Bossk...

Zuckuss killer.

So you're going to put this combo into your list to prepare for a card that costs 1/4 of its price? That's the problem. Paying one point to snipe an Engine Upgrade or the Emperor sounds good, except that it's hard to make happen. Paying 4 points to snipe any one point card is a waste of points and resources and could put you in poor position, especially considering that card will likely have already triggered once or twice. He's fine at one point. It's never anything but a waste to spend more points to get him to work.

Your right.

Zuckuss should have its cost increased.

Just wait until Rey gets popular, people will start bringing Boba more to throw Finn out the window.

Problem with boba isnt that hes bad, its that Scum have a ridiculously diverse and insane crew selection and only a few crew slots.

They have...what 2 scum only crew they dont use at all?

Just one AFAICT - Outlaw Tech. ANd even he's not awful in the right context, just eclipsed by better things.

Greedo was in at least one list that I saw on the Worlds stream who's the other one who's just not worth much.

THough he's comedic on Bossk...

Right.

I never see either. But they arent bad, theyre outshadowed.

Bad is Moff Jerjerrod or Ysanne Isard. Complete jokes of a crew for their cost.

Problem with boba isnt that hes bad, its that Scum have a ridiculously diverse and insane crew selection and only a few crew slots.

They have...what 2 scum only crew they dont use at all?

Just one AFAICT - Outlaw Tech. ANd even he's not awful in the right context, just eclipsed by better things.

Greedo was in at least one list that I saw on the Worlds stream who's the other one who's just not worth much.

THough he's comedic on Bossk...

Right.

I never see either. But they arent bad, theyre outshadowed.

Bad is Moff Jerjerrod or Ysanne Isard. Complete jokes of a crew for their cost.

Isard was on one of the top 32 I think. She's solid but maybe a touch overpriced.

Bad would be Flight Instructor...

Ysanne Isard is fine... on the Decimator*. And that's her problem- She had to be costed for the decimator, which benefits so much more from her that she's overpriced on any other Imperial Ship with a crew slot. She's not 3P0 on 1 agility good, but history (and math) have shown us that that was a dreadful mistake.

*At least prior to the rise of the Twin Laser Turret and U-boats, which drastically changed the landscape.