Non-Impact: Everything Rebel, especially the ARC and HotR.

Ya, Rey (both crew and pilot), Braylen and Nora aren't seen at ALL. Totally non-impact.

/sarcasm

Non-Impact: Everything Rebel, especially the ARC and HotR.

Impact: Scum and Imperial goodies of Wave 7 and 8 and Imp Vets (Jumpmasters, Guidance Chips, Inquisitor, TIE Adv v1, X7s, Zuckuss, 4-LOM, Manaroo, Dengar (crew and pilot), Latts Crew, Asajj, Ryad, Collision Detector, Attani Mindlink, Fenn Rau, Protectorate Title, ...

See a pattern...?

that rebels still got to the final table at worlds and empire did not?

Non-Impact: Everything Rebel, especially the ARC and HotR.

Impact: Scum and Imperial goodies of Wave 7 and 8 and Imp Vets (Jumpmasters, Guidance Chips, Inquisitor, TIE Adv v1, X7s, Zuckuss, 4-LOM, Manaroo, Dengar (crew and pilot), Latts Crew, Asajj, Ryad, Collision Detector, Attani Mindlink, Fenn Rau, Protectorate Title, ...

See a pattern...?

that rebels still got to the final table at worlds and empire did not?

How'd that work out for them?

Non-Impact: Everything Rebel, especially the ARC and HotR.

Ya, Rey (both crew and pilot), Braylen and Nora aren't seen at ALL. Totally non-impact.

/sarcasm

I wanna play in your meta!

X/7 is definitely at the top of the list Followed closely by Zuckuss. The Contracted Scout was at the top, but FFG kindly nerfed it.

Must have missed that in the last FAQ. I know they changed Deadeye to make it small ships only, but I didn't know they'd nerfed Contracted Scouts as well.

Tongue out of cheek....

Non-Impact: Everything Rebel, especially the ARC and HotR.

Impact: Scum and Imperial goodies of Wave 7 and 8 and Imp Vets (Jumpmasters, Guidance Chips, Inquisitor, TIE Adv v1, X7s, Zuckuss, 4-LOM, Manaroo, Dengar (crew and pilot), Latts Crew, Asajj, Ryad, Collision Detector, Attani Mindlink, Fenn Rau, Protectorate Title, ...

See a pattern...?

that rebels still got to the final table at worlds and empire did not?

How'd that work out for them?

a 2nd place finish

Utterly shameful isnt it?

Tractor Beam =/= Tractor Tokens

Spare me your ******* sympathy and learn to read.

So much anger. Tractor beam is still quite good in certain circumstances. You just need to know when and how to use it. It is no tie x/7 ease of use.

a 2nd place finish

Utterly shameful isnt it?

Worlds higher then what he would done with a "meta squad".

Aside from the major notables, some other top dogs were

Inquisitor and Mind-link.

Non-Impact: Everything Rebel, especially the ARC and HotR.

Impact: Scum and Imperial goodies of Wave 7 and 8 and Imp Vets (Jumpmasters, Guidance Chips, Inquisitor, TIE Adv v1, X7s, Zuckuss, 4-LOM, Manaroo, Dengar (crew and pilot), Latts Crew, Asajj, Ryad, Collision Detector, Attani Mindlink, Fenn Rau, Protectorate Title, ...

See a pattern...?

that rebels still got to the final table at worlds and empire did not?

How'd that work out for them?

Better than it did for any imperials...

Also, presumably you are including the Ghost in Everything Rebel.. I'd say that expansion has been brilliant: Sabine, Kanan, Chopper and Hera crews and the Lothal rebel pilot are all reasonably common in Rebel lists

Heck yes, the Ghost crew will continue to strengthen rebel squads for a long time to come. Anyone who says the ARC is bad must have only tried it with jank builds, that ship is a swiss army knife that succeeds in what it tries. Stress-Braylen is just worlds better than the Stresshog, Norra is the strongest partner for Biggs atm with how she can actually do damage unlike Poe.

Also, presumably you are including the Ghost in Everything Rebel.. I'd say that expansion has been brilliant: Sabine, Kanan, Chopper and Hera crews and the Lothal rebel pilot are all reasonably common in Rebel lists

I feel like this was a year of titles. Almost every new ship comes with a free title now. It's bad and good at the same time. Bad because it signalizes power creep and need to make ships "fixed" right from the start, but on the other hand, it makes them feel more different.

I feel like this was a year of titles. Almost every new ship comes with a free title now. It's bad and good at the same time. Bad because it signalizes power creep and need to make ships "fixed" right from the start, but on the other hand, it makes them feel more different.

It's a workaround for the early design choices. Generic pilots do not have special abilities, so if a ship should allow a certain ability, one of the few ways to add it is through a title. This doesn't have to lead to power creep, if the titles are balanced - but effectively, the titles just take up space that could have used for a PtL or Crack Shot card. Ah well.

A clear example power creep are the 0 point upgrades that only offer advantages and can be added to most any ship, like Trick Shot, Adaptability and Collision Detector.

The only thing that annoys me with the title thing is how they missed the opportunity to create a new "unique feature" upgrade type so there is no issue with future titles that represent unique ships or pilot traits.

If, in ep. VIII, Kylo Ren steps into a cool personalized TIE Striker with some radical paint job (how radical can you be with black?) then that becomes a problem, if that's what you mean. Suddenly, 'Adaptive Ailerons' and 'Kylo Ren's Striker' have become mutually exclusive. But I think that in these kind of cases, some phrasing can be used to allow both advantages. Or Ren's title could be better than AA.

But yes, there is a slight annoyance that titles are not exclusively for things like 'Slave I' and 'Millennium Falcon'. Those really feel like titles. AA does not.

I feel like I'm the only Dorsal Turret fan It's become a staple for my multi-Y double-tap lists.

It is what I use when I cannot afford anything else.

and dice; dice are absolutely atrocious in general

I know we've been through this before, but...

...are you SURE you're playing the right game?

I was just going to whine about something, but then I changed my mind

Boba was an incredible card in the former dominating 3 jump list, while not been as meta shifting as Zuckuss crew or Palpatine, I can't honestly say it was a miss. Especially if you consider it's only lacking a ship that could abuse it.

On a similar note, ARCs are way more effective than people in this thread are picturing them. They suffered a bit by the Biggs nerf, but that only affect some matchups. Double ARCs+Biggs is still a very strong list, and both Thane and Braylen fits in many rebels builds. I won't consider them metashifting but they are also far from being a miss.

SFT can be make working, there was a Quickdraw, Backdraft + Omega which did very well at some regional. One of my meta mates is testing it out and it's way better than it seems, especially now that he can field Pure Sabacc instead of Omega. SFT is nearer than ARC to being a miss, but It's not that bad.

G1-A on other hand... Yeah, they won a regional but they had some very easy matchup there and with questionable strategy since there are no more draws (final against 3 bombing Ks with a list that has no problem with staying still the whole game in a corner?)

Non-Impact: Everything Rebel, especially the ARC and HotR.

Ya, Rey (both crew and pilot), Braylen and Nora aren't seen at ALL. Totally non-impact.

/sarcasm

I wanna play in your meta!

I really agree with AllWingsStandingbye here. A lot of people on this forum seem to be enthousiastic about ARCS, and while they are not bad ships, they are just not a big part of the meta. At Worlds they were almost non-existent and I haven't seen them win regionals after that. HoTR is also a very mediocre expansion talking about useful rebel pilots or upgrades. Granted, Rey crew is very good, but that's it. Rey pilot is not that bad, but also not that good. Maybe with Expertise...

Th3 problem with "the meta" is it doesnt really affect the majority of us

Unless youre local store hosts worlds scale attendence, that is

Arcs can easily compete with x7s and mindlinks and they CURBSTOMP dengar via tailgunner

Theyre more than adequate for the average 3-5 rpunds

"Swing'miss" Heroes of Resistance pack.

Poe 9 33p is fail, new Falcon pilots are laughable and bad.

Only snapshot, trickshot, pattern analyser and primed thruster were interesting to use.

"Swing'miss" Heroes of Resistance pack.

Poe 9 33p is fail, new Falcon pilots are laughable and bad.

Only snapshot, trickshot, pattern analyser and primed thruster were interesting to use.

"Swing'miss" Heroes of Resistance pack.

Poe 9 33p is fail, new Falcon pilots are laughable and bad.

Only snapshot, trickshot, pattern analyser and primed thruster were interesting to use.

Rey and Finn crew are fantastic. Add those 4 cards you listed it sounds like a good expansion to me.

Rey crew is an absolute joy

Makes Uwings incredible between all the bumping and occasional 0k and focus stacking 2 agi

Could also be great on kanan ghost. In general, a vcx with free focus can evade too