@gryffindorhouse, what is your opinion of my question on this thread?

I hope my answer made sense, I responded on that thread.

I got an R3-M2 Lego figure from Toys R Us for spending at least $30 on Lego sets during Force Friday.

I made him a card:

This could lead to pretty nasty torpedo strikes. Is this card too cheap or expensive?

The best thing to compare this to would be Deathrain? Deathfire? Whichever one it is, and that is not very good. That said, I would consider this op, except for the ever present one upping of all new things.

No top meta (mandatory Biggs eexception) ships actually use astros, so...it wouldn't see meta play. But this is casual.

All that to say, cool card!

Redline. And as a unique astro, probably not too expensive. Would go very nicely on Tarn, to make him REALLY scary to shoot from in arc of him.

What would you all think of this?

Gimballed Thrusters

Small ship only. Modification.

After executing a 4- or 5-straight maneuver, if you did not overlap an obstacle or ship, you may perform a free barrel roll action. You can equip this card only if you have the [evade] action icon.

This would be for those poor TIE Fighters and Interceptors who want to be cool again. I based this off of @citruscannon's Vectored Thrusters in his XvT game mod, so give credit to him for the mechanic.

Squad Point Cost: 0 or 1?

29 minutes ago, AwesomeJedi said:

What would you all think of this?

Gimballed Thrusters

Modification.

After executing a 4- or 5-straight maneuver, if you did not overlap an obstacle or ship, you may perform a free barrel roll action. You can equip this card only if you have the [evade] action icon.

I really do enjoy this concept. I think the only place you'd really run into trouble is when a TIE Interceptor with Push the Limit would get 3 actions a turn. Not something I particularly mind since mine are sad in their box, but someone might wave an OP flag on the play. What I really like about this card more than anything else is that it makes the named TIE Interceptor pilots that don't have EPTs really happy, because Kir Kanos could've been great, but doesn't have enough action efficiency for the ship that he's flying. I'm also tempted to say make this TIE only or TIE Interceptor only, but I doubt that's what you had in mind. Certainly include small-ship only, I think, the Barrel Roll option for Large base ships should be tightly reigned in.

Also, only 4- or 5- straights? Or would you include K-turns? You could make TIE Defenders and other ships that can get rid of their stress on turning very very happy. Maybe OP.

29 minutes ago, Praetorate of the Empire said:

Certainly include small-ship only

Yep.

30 minutes ago, Praetorate of the Empire said:

Also, only 4- or 5- straights? Or would you include K-turns?

Just the staights. I want this to be the part of dogfights where your TIE or A-wing is flying super fast and it drifts/rolls to the side.

Thematically speaking, TIE Defenders can't do that.

Interesting. I like the Evade action restriction. Many of the ships that aren't seen much have Evade, they could really enjoy this upgrade. I might look into it for the guys I play with, so I'll certainly follow the development of this card closely. Keep it up!

26 minutes ago, Praetorate of the Empire said:

Interesting. I like the Evade action restriction. Many of the ships that aren't seen much have Evade, they could really enjoy this upgrade. I might look into it for the guys I play with, so I'll certainly follow the development of this card closely. Keep it up!

Thanks for your support.

2 hours ago, AwesomeJedi said:

Gimballed Thrusters

Small ship only. Modification.

After executing a 4- or 5-straight maneuver, if you did not overlap an obstacle or ship, you may perform a free barrel roll action. You can equip this card only if you have the [evade] action icon.

Oh, yes, I forgot to add that this card costs 0 squad points.

Hm. I think it should probably cost at least 1 point. Yeah, it's situational, but the biggest abusers of this modification will be the TIE Interceptors with the Royal Guard TIE title. This plus Autothrusters would likely get a bit out of hand. Of course, if you feel the way I do about Interceptors, it wouldn't be terrible. Though I would easily spend 2 points for this upgrade, I think 2's a little high. I'd put it at 1; I think it's a bit too helpful to be free.

Comparing it to Primed Thrusters in usefulness is pretty accurate, I think. It has situational usefulness, mildly restricted to what it can be used on. Will probably be useful a couple times in a game.

Also, I've been thinking about what it can be equipped to. I've compiled a list:

• Rebels/Resistance
  • A-Wing
  • E-Wing
  • Attack Shuttle
• Imperial/First Order
  • Advanced
  • Fighter
  • FO
  • Interceptor
  • Phantom - likely not used
  • Striker - can't be used
• Scum & Villainy
  • Mist Hunter
  • Scyk

I think what's really cool about this upgrade is that it gives action efficiency to ships that want it. I think you could potentially see more use of generics without EPTs with this upgrade. Generic A-Wings are already a thing, but maybe people would actually fly a non-Corran with it? I know that I'd always put these on every RG Interceptor I fly, would probably put it on Juno or Vader for light builds. It becomes an auto-include on most TIE Fighters and FOs and any generic Advanceds. I think it'd do some reviving of the Swarm, but I think 0 point upgrades are usually unwise.

On 9/15/2017 at 8:43 AM, AwesomeJedi said:

What would you all think of this?

Gimballed Thrusters

Small ship only. Modification.

After executing a 4- or 5-straight maneuver, if you did not overlap an obstacle or ship, you may perform a free barrel roll action. You can equip this card only if you have the [evade] action icon.

This would be for those poor TIE Fighters and Interceptors who want to be cool again. I based this off of @citruscannon's Vectored Thrusters in his XvT game mod, so give credit to him for the mechanic.

Squad Point Cost: 0 or 1?

Does anyone know of any good images I can use for this card?

Finished this card, and I am satisfied with its appearance.

I have an idea for a new card, but I don't know what to apply it to:

"When performing a primary weapon attack against a ship you have locked, you may roll one additional attack die. If you do, you may not modify any attack dice."

What thematically pairs with such an ability?

4 hours ago, AwesomeJedi said:

When performing a primary weapon attack against a ship you have locked, you may roll one additional attack die. If you do, you may not modify any attack dice."

That’s going to have the same issue as Expose—rolling an extra die is actually worse than being able to modify. Say you’ve got three dice and a focus. That’s .75 hits per die, so 2.25 total. Four dice, meanwhile, will be 50/50, giving you 2 hits on average. To be honest, I think that the card would be better without the last clause; when locked, roll an extra die. If you really want, make it so you can’t spend your lock.

On 9/23/2017 at 10:27 PM, Ailowynn said:

That’s going to have the same issue as Expose—rolling an extra die is actually worse than being able to modify. Say you’ve got three dice and a focus. That’s .75 hits per die, so 2.25 total. Four dice, meanwhile, will be 50/50, giving you 2 hits on average. To be honest, I think that the card would be better without the last clause; when locked, roll an extra die. If you really want, make it so you can’t spend your lock.

It's better than Expose, because you can combo it a LOT more usefully - it only takes one action to activate, not one every round, and doesn't penalise agility.

If it just said 'you cannot spend target locks during this attack' and was primary only, it would be fine.

Here is the corrected version of Gimballed Thrusters. I added the word speed.

13 hours ago, AwesomeJedi said:

I like it! I did make a minor modification when I made this one - since it was such a good idea - and made it for 3-, 4-, and 5-speed straight maneuvers. I think that it gets a bit more use that way and is for sure worth the one point cost, rather than .5. Was there a particular reason you didn't include 3-speed?

2 hours ago, Praetorate of the Empire said:

I like it! I did make a minor modification when I made this one - since it was such a good idea

You made you own card? Let us see it!

2 hours ago, Praetorate of the Empire said:

I think that it gets a bit more use that way and is for sure worth the one point cost, rather than .5. Was there a particular reason you didn't include 3-speed?

I agree that it would get used more and I like that idea to add the 3 Speed Straight maneuver. I had not added it earlier because I had got my idea from citruscannon's power for certain ships in his XvT mod.

On 10/3/2017 at 6:55 AM, Praetorate of the Empire said:

I like it! I did make a minor modification when I made this one - since it was such a good idea - and made it for 3-, 4-, and 5-speed straight maneuvers. I think that it gets a bit more use that way and is for sure worth the one point cost, rather than .5. Was there a particular reason you didn't include 3-speed?

On 10/7/2017 at 8:15 PM, AwesomeJedi said:

Excellent. I have yet to find a good picture for mine, but I will, someday...

Please make a Chiss Clawcraft or TIE Reaper. Then I'll be happy.

8 minutes ago, Celestial Lizards said:

Please make a Chiss Clawcraft or TIE Reaper. Then I'll be happy.

Ha ha! I'm working on the Reaper model now, working on the cards for the Clawcraft! The Clawcraft'll be pretty janky, but should be a blast. The Reaper's pretty straight forward, nimbler than a shuttle, can still technically use TIE only modifications.

1 minute ago, Praetorate of the Empire said:

Ha ha! I'm working on the Reaper model now, working on the cards for the Clawcraft! The Clawcraft'll be pretty janky, but should be a blast. The Reaper's pretty straight forward, nimbler than a shuttle, can still technically use TIE only modifications.

Um...

Do you take commissions?

Just now, Celestial Lizards said:

Um...

Do you take commissions?

Oh man, I scratch-build, I don't 3D print. If I took commissions I'd never get anything done. Plus, I only started a few months ago and have produced one fully finished ship and am almost done with the second one.

I'd consider it if people like what I've come up with, but I haven't posted pics and such to see what people think...

Just now, Praetorate of the Empire said:

Oh man, I scratch-build, I don't 3D print. If I took commissions I'd never get anything done. Plus, I only started a few months ago and have produced one fully finished ship and am almost done with the second one.

I'd consider it if people like what I've come up with, but I haven't posted pics and such to see what people think...

I need to learn how to scratch-build. I can do without knowing how to paint for awhile, I have a friend who can do that.