Well now that Jabba is out, and he is not the Scum Palp we all hoped for. What about that cloaking device now that it has a temporary fail safe on it. You now could get at least 2 uses from it. Any thoughts or list ideas. We really need another scum ship with 2+ crew slots on it. I might be revisiting Talonbane on the Klingon Bird of Prey ship. (IMHO cloaking device should have started with an illicit token on it).
Scum Cloak 2.0, any good?
I'm not sure where it fits right now.
There aren't many good ships on which to put it that fit in well with a 34+ point YV.
Heck, there aren;t really many good ships to take it full stop. Guri is probably the best one but she's way too costly.
I had some luck with Cloaking Device on N'Dru in a Mindlink squad. If you were already planning on bringing Jabba and had 20ish points to spend he could be decent at carrying the cloak. If Scum ever gets a ship with a systems and a tech slot, I'd guess that cloaking, homing missile N'Dru might see a lot of play.
20 minutes ago, WWHSD said:I had some luck with Cloaking Device on N'Dru in a Mindlink squad. If you were already planning on bringing Jabba and had 20ish points to spend he could be decent at carrying the cloak. If Scum ever gets a ship with a systems and a tech slot, I'd guess that cloaking, homing missile N'Dru might see a lot of play.
The problem is that N'Dru really loves Scavenger Crane (for Cluster Missile), and now the Jabba-Hotshot blaster.
I played Cobra with Stealth Device+Stigium, it works pretty well (until the device will works).
2 minutes ago, Cerve said:The problem is that N'Dru really loves Scavenger Crane (for Cluster Missile), and now the Jabba-Hotshot blaster.
I played Cobra with Stealth Device+Stigium, it works pretty well (until the device will works).
Eh, N'Dru is still better with Stim rather than Crane IMO. Chances of him getting TWO cluster missiles off seem pretty slim.
Considering Jabba will only see reliable play in Epic, I'm going to guess the answer is still "no" when it comes to standard play.
In Epic, though, I can certainly see a space for it on a Quadjumper or Palob.
I love Cloak on Palob. His very presence is like a token stripping attack, so even if he doesn't decloak, he is doing work. Only decloak if you think he will have a safe attack, otherwise, don't bother.
Even cloaked, he draws aggro because he is quite hateful.
I'm still only going to use Cloaking Device for one thing once the CROC comes out - Cloaked Unkar with Cikatro for perma-cloak. I think Jabba is an excellent upgrade for Epic games, and will certainly give scum their own feel, but In standard play he's going to be really limited until scum gets a 2 crew option that isn't as slow as the YV-666.
4 minutes ago, Astech said:I'm still only going to use Cloaking Device for one thing once the CROC comes out - Cloaked Unkar with Cikatro for perma-cloak. I think Jabba is an excellent upgrade for Epic games, and will certainly give scum their own feel, but In standard play he's going to be really limited until scum gets a 2 crew option that isn't as slow as the YV-666.
More than Unkar, I thought the same for Zuvio+Scavenger+spacethug.
He will tractor and/or using mines all the game with the perma cloak
I don't think Jabba really affects my opinion on cloaking. The problem with it is less the fact that it might break and more the fact that scum lack ACD to really make a dangerous cloaker.
2 minutes ago, Cerve said:More than Unkar, I thought the same for Zuvio+Scavenger+spacethug.
He will tractor and/or using mines all the game with the perma cloak
Nice, my current tournament list doesn't have room for Zuvio though:
Fenn Rau (34)
Protectorate Starfighter (28), Push the Limit (3), Concord Dawn Protector (1), Autothrusters (2)
Unkar Plutt (21)
Quadjumper (17), Cikatro Vizago (0), Cloaking Device (2), Spacetug Tractor Array (2)
Asajj Ventress (45)
Lancer-class Pursuit Craft (37), Push the Limit (3), Latts Razzi (2), Shadow Caster (3)
This is brutal for a lot of reasons - not the least of which that it dishes out 3 tractor tokens a turn from incredibly hard to kill ships.
Mmmm ... Jabba plus Palob with Cloaking Device and Stealth Device.
30 minutes ago, Hawkstrike said:Mmmm ... Jabba plus Palob with Cloaking Device and Stealth Device.
Or Prince Xizor build with some sacrificial headhunters with hot shot blaster or glitter stim.
Edited by Marinealver15 minutes ago, Marinealver said:Or Prince Xizor build with some sacrificial headhunters with hot shot blaster or glitter stim.
Sacrificial Headhunters get Dead Man's Switches, and pair nicely with fava beans and a nice chianti.
Just now, Hawkstrike said:Sacrificial Headhunters get Dead Man's Switches, and pair nicely with fava beans and a nice chianti.
No, considering they have to be within range 1 of Xizor that would totally defeat the purpose of them. Sure you could use the YV-666 to tank some of the hits but it really doesn't need much help to go down on its own and I doubt it could keep up with the Virago as well as the Headhunters could.