Wing Leaders

By jmswood, in X-Wing

1 hour ago, Hawkstrike said:

Beer Squadron comes after Dinner squadron, but before Silly Squadron, I think.

We already know is that Silly Squadron has a base in Camelot, and will deal with them soon enough. We are interrogating Rebels to discover the locations of Beer Squadron and Dinner Squadron. We do, at least, have some leads for the latter:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Dinner_Squadron

Edited by Darth Meanie

This thread went downhill fast.

Oh well.

wheres my blue leader!

5 hours ago, Darth Meanie said:

Yeah, what a stupid idea. Why have one big card sitting there not affiliated with anything when you could have 3-4 little cards cluttering up the table but affiliated with the associated ships? ;)

It still is. He's just choosing to implement it as a non-title "battlefield" card. Which leaves the Title slot open for other things, in truth (such as the T-65B "fix" card, if it ever happens). That way, you can build ships as normal, then say "hey, for 3 points, this is Red Squadron."

I was thinking one title card on "Red Leader" who would benefit all the other members not a bunch of little titles. The idea of a battlefield card is intriguing and I am not opposed to it though.

I like this thread, but...

I don't know if its the right thing to do, to encourage people to build squads with 3-4-the-same-ships.
Flying in a V-formation (with the hi-PS leader first and lo-PS pilots following) is almost practically impossible.

I am thinking (and maybe I am just in the wrong thread) that it could be better to just address hi-ps-generics with titles:

Red Wing Special Ops: Red Squadron Pilot Only
1pt. Add 1 shield. +1PS. Gain Elite Upgrade icon.

Red Wing Recon Group: Red Squadron Pilot Only
2pt. Add [Cloak] to your action bar. +1PS. Gain Elite Upgrade icon

Red Wing Strike Group: Red Squadron Pilot Only
1pt. You may equip Proton Torpedo for 0pts. +1PS. Gain Elite Upgrade icon

Red Wing Prototype Pilot: Red Squadron Pilot Only
0pt. You may use X-Wing T-70 maneuver Dial. -1PS. Gain Elite Upgrade Icon

The idea here is that the Red Squadron Pilot for 23p is almost never used. Lacking Elite Icon is one reason, being slightly over priced is another.
Such titles would not affect Biggs who is already good. It would also widen the possible uses for X-wings without inventing completely new types of X-wings (compare TIE: Advanced, Adv Prototype, Striker, Interceptor, Phantom, and so on).