https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2017/3/27/jabba-the-hutt/

I see lots of full stops and drug use on the horizon!

Man I was hoping for something a little more than that. In regular play you have to bring a YV and occupy most of its crew slots to hold him, and the effect is good but not amazing.

Maybe if Scum had a nother 2-crew-slot ship.

disappointing.

I wonder how he will interact with cikatro

Just now, thespaceinvader said:

Man I was hoping for something a little more than that. In regular play you have to bring a YV and occupy most of its crew slots to hold him, and the effect isn't really all that useful.

Maybe if Scum had another 2-crew-slot ship.

disappointing.

Something a little more than getting two uses out of all of your glitterstims?

Granted yeah, a YV is a bit of an awkward carrier and it's too bad scum doesn't currently have any other options for standard play but it's not like this is a minor effect.

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Ketsu Onyo can jettison a pair of Rigged Cargo Chutes while Pushing the Limit to SLAM across the battlefield and out of her enemies' firing arcs?

Pretty sure in the new FAQ you cannot slam as a free action?

I like Hot Shot Blaster again.

4 minutes ago, Timathius said:

Pretty sure in the new FAQ you cannot slam as a free action?

It's actually on the original reference card for SLAM. Can't do it as a free action.

1 minute ago, Timathius said:

Pretty sure in the new FAQ you cannot slam as a free action?

Yup. Spot the "deliberate" mistake time.

3 minutes ago, Otacon said:

Something a little more than getting two uses out of all of your glitterstims?

Granted yeah, a YV is a bit of an awkward carrier and it's too bad scum doesn't currently have any other options for standard play but it's not like this is a minor effect.

It costs a minimum of 35 points to field him (29 for the YV, 5 for Jabba and 1 for an illicit to use him on) so he's occupying more than 1/3 of your list. His effect had better be AMAZING. And it's just not.

Especially when it costs you two crew slots you could have had more useful crew in. I honestly rarely bring illicits unless I happen to have a point spare, I can't see having to spend 34 points to get EM being worth it.

Um... nothing overwhelming. It does lessen the reliance on mindlink for epic play; now you can imagine fielding part of your squad with glitterstims instead.

Oh come on FFG, you messed up the wording on this one! Technically only the ship Jabba is equipped to can spend the illicit token because the wording on the card is "when YOU are instructed to discard an illicit upgrade..." "You" always refers to the ship to which the upgrade is equipped. So, while everyone can put illicit tokens on their ships, RAW only Jabba's ship can spend them...

He's going to be great in Epic though, and I have less of an issue with him in that light. Jabba in a YV plus a fleet of Zs with HSBs is going to be pretty mean.

That Jabba plus 4 HSB Zs list could actually be non-awful.

Just now, Nhoj4 said:

Oh come on FFG, you messed up the wording on this one! Technically only the ship Jabba is equipped to can spend the illicit token because the wording on the card is "when YOU are instructed to discard an illicit upgrade..." You always refers to the ship to which the upgrade is equipped. So, while everyone can put illicit tokens on their ships, RAW only Jabba's ship can spend them...

lol

FFG come on

ur not even tryin

3 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

lol

FFG come on

ur not even tryin

Like seriously, how many Waves before they get a proofreader?

hmm, obviously strong as hell in epic since unlike Palp his ability gets stronger the more ships there are while Palp got overburdened. But currently the YV666 is the only nonepic that can tote him around, i kinda feel like right now thats too limited to be viable.

also, HAZAA they finally got PTL right! (slam adds it to you bar rather than be its own action)

Asajj Ventress with 4 glitterstim sounds interesting....

Just be glad oh players of the Scum, for given the vastness of his Exaltedness size alone, he should take 6 crew slots.

Hmm... Jabba might end up being a sleeper hit like Sabine or Attani Mindlink, but it looks like FFG tried hard not to make Palpatine 2.0.

Can't say I'm surprised, honestly- I don't think FFG actually likes the Epic ships being considered $90 taxes for a single card.

1 minute ago, Vineheart01 said:

hmm, obviously strong as hell in epic since unlike Palp his ability gets stronger the more ships there are while Palp got overburdened. But currently the YV666 is the only nonepic that can tote him around, i kinda feel like right now thats too limited to be viable.

also, HAZAA they finally got PTL right! (slam adds it to you bar rather than be its own action)

Except that they didn't because you can;t SLAM as a free action

Just now, Squark said:

Hmm... Jabba might end up being a sleeper hit like Sabine or Attani Mindlink, but it looks like FFG tried hard not to make Palpatine 2.0.

Can't say I'm surprised, honestly- I don't think FFG actually likes the Epic ships being considered $90 taxes for a single card.

I'm really not sure. A priori the things people are suggesting are pretty great (Shadow Casters with 4 uses of Stim, in particular) but that's not the whole story - you have to spend 34+ points on a YV with only one open crew slot to get that on the field. And arguably you lose the ability to spend the tokens when the YV dies.

Exactly what most of us thought. Will be interesting to see him on the table. Hilarious FFG still doesn't know how to word their cards.

Is Sabine good with four Glitterstims?

Wait no, I just checked, she's still bad run Asajj.

In all seriousness, I think there might be some sort of janky YV-666 + IG Bravo build with double Glitterstim on both that is almost practical. Double Glitterstim on two strong ships seems worthwhile.

2 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Except that they didn't because you can;t SLAM as a free action

...right

whoops

1 minute ago, Mangipan said:

In all seriousness, I think there might be some sort of janky YV-666 + IG Bravo build with double Glitterstim on both that is almost practical. Double Glitterstim on two strong ships seems worthwhile.

The bad part about Jabba in standard play is that Dengar just has to take up that last spot in the YV. IG is a reasonable idea but the bus needs those rerolls.

This will encourage more swarmy lists in Scum, but I also think that it will allow more great 2-3 ship lists. Dengar/Bossk will become a thing, I feel. Slaver/Asajj lists will find their place, perhaps with another cheap wingman or TLT HWK.

It's not blatantly super powered, but its good and it will be a sleeper hit. And its REALLY good in Epic.

How does Deadman's switch work with Jabba? Does it proc twice?