If X-wing included a general ship ability, in addition to pilot abilities, for example the titles for the ARC-170 and the TIE/SF would most likely just be their ship abilities, what abilities do you think ships would have? The idea if just to help make ships even more distinct, while opening the design space for future cards down the line if they needed them.

45 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

If X-wing included a general ship ability, in addition to pilot abilities,

I have to break this down piece by piece. Because grammar.

45 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

for example the titles for the ARC-170 and the TIE/SF would most likely just be their ship abilities

Accomplishing this without a title card would require reformating the pilot cards. Another box with more text. Most of the ships without title cards don't have any thematic characterisitic deserving of additional abilities. Special actions like Cloak and SLAM also sefve the purpose of representing a ship's thematic abilities.

45 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

what abilities do you think ships would have?

This question is how T-65 fix threads start.

45 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

The idea if just to help make ships even more distinct

The basic idea and motivation are fine. I like your suggestion in principle. Functional distinctions are the source of flavor in squad building.

45 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

opening the design space for future cards

True, but also opening another front in the theatre of power creep.

54 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

If X-wing included a general ship ability, in addition to pilot abilities, for example the titles for the ARC-170 and the TIE/SF would most likely just be their ship abilities, what abilities do you think ships would have? The idea if just to help make ships even more distinct, while opening the design space for future cards down the line if they needed them.

This already exists as Title and Modification cards, of which each ship can take one. I think the main "problem" here is that these cards are generally issued as fixes rather than as an explored design space in the moment.

We don't need a new ability, we just need more Titles for ships.

1 minute ago, Darth Meanie said:

This already exists as Title and Modification cards, of which each ship can take one. I think the main "problem" here is that these cards are generally issued as fixes rather than as an explored design space in the moment.

We don't need a new ability, we just need more Titles for ships.

well, were generally issued as fixes

considering the trend of titles as innate abilities began Wave 9 , I'd say the recent trend is the exact opposite

i.e ARC and TIE/sf, now U-wing and essentially the Striker (Because why the hell would you fly one without Adaptives?)

18 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

well, were generally issued as fixes

considering the trend of titles as innate abilities began Wave 9 , I'd say the recent trend is the exact opposite

Eh, fair enough, but I'd say the recent titles are more auto-includes to move the ship's special ability off the ship's card for printing reasons, rather than explore ways to make one ship "special" vis-à-vis "Millennium Falcon."

Edit: Which you just pointed out in your edit