Blaster Turret Unginged?

By Epixca, in X-Wing Rules Questions

If you spend the token for turret, do you get it back with the mech?

No

edit: thought you were talking about the tl mech, this is not the answer you're looking for, move along

Edited by DeathstarII
Wrong mech

I think you mean Overclocked R4, in which case, yes, you can do that. Unhinged is the one that makes your 3-speed moves green.

27 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

I think you mean Overclocked R4, in which case, yes, you can do that. Unhinged is the one that makes your 3-speed moves green.

Oops, sorry. XD Wasn't there an Erretta about it though? When triple Scouts were a thing.

3 minutes ago, Epixca said:

Oops, sorry. XD Wasn't there an Erretta about it though? When triple Scouts were a thing.

No, that was the mech I was thinking of, the TL mech

Overclocked R4, yes. Because anytime you spend a focus during the combat phase, you can get another for a stress.

R4 Agromech, no. Because when you spend a focus token as part of the cost of an attack comes strictly before the target is considered the defender, so you don't have a valid choice for the TL to be acquired on.

1 hour ago, DeathstarII said:

No, that was the mech I was thinking of, the TL mech

OCR4 isn't the TL mech.

R4 Agromech is the TL mech, and as noted above, doesn't work in this context.

Just now, thespaceinvader said:

OCR4 isn't the TL mech.

R4 Agromech is the TL mech, and as noted above, doesn't work in this context.

I know, they said they thought it was FAQ'd that that doesn't work, and I said that the one that was FAQd was the one I thought they were talking about

get some orange and red paint and you can ginge that thing right up again.

Yeah, the FAQ that screwed Kavil and Aggro also screwed Baron Rudor. It's a good thing the timing rule was clarified because those two ships were totally destroying the meta ?

Now there is literally no reason to take blaster turret except maybe for Palob since he can steal a focus and stack tokens.

Before the attack timing you could have used R4-Agro to gain a TL after you spent the focus. It didn't work too well on Y-wings because it could still be blocked and Ion Turret was easier to use. Plus a 3 firepower attack was likely to land you only 1 point of damage anyways so you didn't loos any damage going BTL-A4 and Ion over BTL-A4 and blaster. Also blaster left you vulnerable to getting blocked which happens a lot when you are trying to get within range 1-2.

Now that timing has stated spending tokens (TL, Focus) for attacks is before the modification step and has placed R4-Agro on the other side of that step R4 is now only an overpriced Han Solo <crew>.

Wut?

No.

The clarification of the deadeye r4 interaction didn't stop r4 working during the mod step at all.

12 hours ago, GrimmyV said:

Yeah, the FAQ that screwed Kavil and Aggro also screwed Baron Rudor. It's a good thing the timing rule was clarified because those two ships were totally destroying the meta ?

Now there is literally no reason to take blaster turret except maybe for Palob since he can steal a focus and stack tokens.

Can you send me the link?

5 hours ago, thespaceinvader said:

Wut?

No.

The clarification of the deadeye r4 interaction didn't stop r4 working during the mod step at all.

Are you sure?

40 minutes ago, Epixca said:

Are you sure?

Yes. It stopped it working on focus tokens spent as a cost for firing only. You can still spend a focus token, get a lock, then spend it to reroll. But if you have two focus tokens you can't spend another for its default effect afterwards.