Yup just as i feared.

Faced a Rey pilot buddied with an offensive Poe that had the title. Bombers couldnt do jack other than drop bombs and fire 2 dice.

Not bringing bombers to regionals this saturday thats for sure lol

Just wait until you see that a defensive Poe can do.

Title was the issue, not the poe. Poe actually didnt do jack diddily squat other than piss off my LRS bombers, Rey did all the damage (almost exclusively)

Title was the issue, not the poe. Poe actually didnt do jack diddily squat other than piss off my LRS bombers, Rey did all the damage (almost exclusively)

Thats sort of the point, he doesn't need to do much besides hold on to points, remove target locks and add damage to Rey's out put. He is a monster to try and damage now with sensor clusters in this swarmless meta.

I can't wait to face black one to be honest as a Common Wealth defender player. Unless they have PTL or BB8, it means they are wasting an action to just get rid of their TL while I still have two ships with Focus and one with Juke.

I doubt you'd see it on a ship which isn't getting the boost or barrel roll free; getting rid of a target lock's not that amazing.

But it does go a long way to making BB-8 appealing as an alternative to R5-P9. Essentially shutting down Omega Leader and Norra Wexley's abilities with a free action every turn is impressive, and (depending on PS) taking Vader's Advanced Targeting Computer out of the equation is good too (hell, even if you just make him spend one of his actions every turn to keep the lock in place, it's still worth it).

it also pisses off any FCS user.

Ran my triple X70 list against a FCS Ghost and he never got his TL because i jsut BB8'd every turn lol. Only ship he could fire at i couldnt title the TL away from was consistently out of arc of his other ships, so he never bothered splitfiring. Nein Numb isnt the perfect candidate for it since PS7 but against FCS or lowbies LOL

I don't know how big it will be in DFW but I do remember how popular Poe was this time last year. Because of those memories, I'm really reconsidering how often Vessery will be included in my lists (which is sad, he's my favorite pilot).

Just have to pair vessery with an FCS, or a PS9+ ship that moves after Poe, and you are good to go.

Whisper, Echo, Backdraft, Soontir with TC, Vader, Maarek or Rexlar with VI

Also, Vessery without a TL is still a good ship, basically a Glaive Defender.

I think that the number of TLs in the meta at the moment mean that B1 will become popular as a spoiler card. Yes higher PS counters it but given the number of PS8 ships that seem to like TLs at the moment, PS9 Poe can make very good use of it.

Or in my case, PS5 bombers lol.

Really the only ships PS9Poe wont be able to mess with are TIE Advs/Phantoms that dont have init and same/higher ilvl. Everyone else is either lower than him or doesnt really use TLs anyway.

I usually VI snap and add Black One to his ship instead. Not the most thematic thing, but Snap is ability boosting and just makes TLs go away. Typically that will allow for me to have a more offense oriented Poe w/ PTL TL focus.

Edit: So yes I think it will be a thing once people see how well it can work...I always have it on a T-70 that is capable of carrying it.

Yup just as i feared.

Faced a Rey pilot buddied with an offensive Poe that had the title. Bombers couldnt do jack other than drop bombs and fire 2 dice.

Not bringing bombers to regionals this saturday thats for sure lol

Split your target locks he can only remove one per boost/ roll so to remove both he has to do both and not have other actions like a focus for poe.

Not sure how common it will end up being, but it was definitely annoying last night when he kept stripping the target locks I got from R4 Agromech to fuel future TLT shots...

Yup just as i feared.

Faced a Rey pilot buddied with an offensive Poe that had the title. Bombers couldnt do jack other than drop bombs and fire 2 dice.

Not bringing bombers to regionals this saturday thats for sure lol

Split your target locks he can only remove one per boost/ roll so to remove both he has to do both and not have other actions like a focus for poe.

With a BB8/Snap build, both have been stripped before he has even decided to action.

I would guess you will see it 50:50 on Poe, A LOT more on the other pilots (especially Nien Nunb), also sometimes on Snap (with Veteran Instincts)