fooling around on the squad builder and came up with this. I think it seems serviceable. Thoughts?

Rear Admiral Chiraneau: General Hux, Emperor Palpatine, Engine Upgrade 63 pts

Howlrunner: Veteran Instincts 19 pts

Mauler Mithel: Veteran Instincts 18 pts

1 hour ago, BadMotivator said:

fooling around on the squad builder and came up with this. I think it seems serviceable. Thoughts?

Rear Admiral Chiraneau: General Hux, Emperor Palpatine, Engine Upgrade 63 pts

Howlrunner: Veteran Instincts 19 pts

Mauler Mithel: Veteran Instincts 18 pts

So just a few thoughts/considerations:

Generally speaking when you've got engine upgrade on RAC, you want him to be flat out dodging ships whenever possible. Sometimes that's harder to do at PS 8. At the very least, I would give him adaptability, which would up him to PS 9. The other trouble is with Hux. While it's super cool that you can spread focus to all your ships, stressing RAC means that clearing it makes it more difficult to avoid damage. I suppose timing and board state matter, but I don't know how much you're going to get out of it if they take out your ship in two to three rounds of concentrated fire that you struggle to get out of.

Howlrunner is at her best when she's giving that bonus to as many people as possible. She's flimsy though and is likely to go down very quickly. Palp helps, but only so much. I like that having her means target priority on RAC is tougher, but I don't know if you can dish out damage fast enough with two, two dice ships before they're toast -- even with focus spread from Hux. Maybe I'm totally off though, I've only seen Hux on the Upsilon.

What about something like this?

RAC (46), Adaptability (0), Vader (3), Palp (8), Engine (4) - 62 Points

Wampa - 14 points

Academy Pilot - 12 Points

Academy Pilot - 12 Points

Now you've got blockers, Wampa and Palpatine (a very effective combo) and Vader to cripple aces.

Or, if you wanted to stick with Hux:

RAC - Adapt Hux, Palp, EU, Title 65 points

Howlrunner - Adapt, Stealth Device (or Hull Upgrade) - 21 points

Wampa - 14 points

Good points. Limiting yourself to green maneuvers means you aren't getting full use out of the engine upgrade.

Howlrunner and Mithel were mostly just there because they fit in pointswise. And yeah, I have found the Tie's 2 base damage a bit of a drag. It seems the buffboat is more effective at higher points when you have some more stuff on the board. 100 is kinda stifling.

RAC: Adaptability, Vader, Palpatine, Engine Upgrade: 61 points

Howlrunner: Adaptability, Hull Upgrade: 21 points

Wampa: Hull Upgrade: 17 points

99 points