Nope, now that disposable capacitors are revealed, flotillas instantly die to Vic-ii's, are never worth taking, Rieekan Aces auto lose, Imperials are OP, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!!!! Rieekan is useless, Rebel squadrons are pointless, flotillas are dead on sight now!

Ellow-fay ebel-ray einds-fray: is-thay crackable-unay ode-cay ill-way ot-nay e-bay oken-bray. Ow-hay are-ay e-way oing-gay oo-tay ork-way ound-aray is-thay?

Looks like people just can't do math. Even with H9 VSD2 will generate enough damage to one-shot flotilla less than 50% of the time.

these troll threads antagonizing people who are concerned for the health of the game are really not helping the general ambiance of the forums.

And dare I say, we use less hysterical language when we share our concerns.

So, begone, troll.

4.125 average damage and 0.375 average accuracies. With the evade, it is indeed unlikely the VSD will one shot a flotilla on a consistent basis. However, the risk is high for the flotilla's commander. Would you really to want to risk giving it a clean shot?

I love what DCaps have done for the VSDII. It has the highest damage potential of any ship at long range. Gunnery Teams, H9s, and DCaps is just wonderful.

Just now, Truthiness said:

4.125 average damage and 0.375 average accuracies. With the evade, it is indeed unlikely the VSD will one shot a flotilla on a consistent basis. However, the risk is high for the flotilla's commander. Would you really to want to risk giving it a clean shot?

I love what DCaps have done for the VSDII. It has the highest damage potential of any ship at long range. Gunnery Teams, H9s, and DCaps is just wonderful.

funny how one 3 points upgrade makes a ship viable again.

1 minute ago, Truthiness said:

4.125 average damage and 0.375 average accuracies. With the evade, it is indeed unlikely the VSD will one shot a flotilla on a consistent basis. However, the risk is high for the flotilla's commander. Would you really to want to risk giving it a clean shot?

I love what DCaps have done for the VSDII. It has the highest damage potential of any ship at long range. Gunnery Teams, H9s, and DCaps is just wonderful.

Yeah, it's interesting. Gonna be a lot more staying in the back and trying not to get shot. I don't foresee 2 VSDs as that starts getting expensive, even with Jerry. But it does look like it's going to be priority number one for shooting.

1 minute ago, Truthiness said:

4.125 average damage and 0.375 average accuracies. With the evade, it is indeed unlikely the VSD will one shot a flotilla on a consistent basis. However, the risk is high for the flotilla's commander. Would you really to want to risk giving it a clean shot?

I love what DCaps have done for the VSDII. It has the highest damage potential of any ship at long range. Gunnery Teams, H9s, and DCaps is just wonderful.

One way to make flotilla death more likely is to have a 4- pack of sloane/ties to throw out there as well. Either you burn the scatter from the tie attacks, or you plink a couple of points of damage, and the evade isn't enough to save the blimp.

1 minute ago, geek19 said:

Yeah, it's interesting. Gonna be a lot more staying in the back and trying not to get shot. I don't foresee 2 VSDs as that starts getting expensive, even with Jerry. But it does look like it's going to be priority number one for shooting.

I see a single VSD II having having a good place as a support by fire ship. Think of it as space artillery.

Just now, Truthiness said:

I see a single VSD II having having a good place as a support by fire ship. Think of it as space artillery.

But as a Rebel, I don't want this hahaha

12 minutes ago, Sybreed said:

funny how one 3 points upgrade makes a ship viable again.

I disagree that the VSD-II was not viable until now. I typically fly the VSD-I, it's true, but that's as a carrier. When I want a gunship, I fly the -II, 'cause of its range. Jerry brought back the VSDs from relative obscurity as gunships by fixing their maneuverability. DCs merely make you more willing to go out of your way to fit one in a list.

4 minutes ago, geek19 said:

But as a Rebel, I don't want this hahaha

Yeah when I first saw this I was excited but when I saw Rebels don't have a lot of use for it im now sad

1 minute ago, X Wing Nut said:

Yeah when I first saw this I was excited but when I saw Rebels don't have a lot of use for it im now sad

Don't worry, well get our good stuff in a week or so. Plus that VSD didn't get harder to kill, just better at killing. Stay outta the front, it'll be ok.

I mean, uh, the same thing translated into Rebel code. Unbreakable Rebel code...

10 minutes ago, geek19 said:

But as a Rebel, I don't want this hahaha

This is a decidedly Imperial slanted wave, which I'm OK with. Rebs have pulled ahead a bit.

3 minutes ago, X Wing Nut said:

Yeah when I first saw this I was excited but when I saw Rebels don't have a lot of use for it im now sad

well, I'm mostly a rebel player, but if it makes the people I play against happy, I'm good with it. That way I get more games, they get to fly more types of lists... It's all good.

Just now, Truthiness said:

This is a decidedly Imperial slanted wave, which I'm OK with. Rebs have pulled ahead a bit.

But this inconveniences ME! And if I've learned anything from the last 4 weeks on the forums, the louder I shout, the more I get!

And in actuality, yes, what @Baltanok said. If it makes them happy, cool. Just one more ship I gotta learn how to kill on my side.

Waaaaait. I can put these on a ackbar mc80. HahahahagA. Damage!!!

edit. Doh. I'm an idiot. Haha

Just now, Blail Blerg said:

Waaaaait. I can put these on a ackbar mc80. HahahahagA. Damage!!!

Huh?

Just now, Truthiness said:

Huh?

He thought he could, but he could not. Sudden realization on his part.

Doh!

6 minutes ago, Blail Blerg said:

Waaaaait. I can put these on a ackbar mc80. HahahahagA. Damage!!!

edit. Doh. I'm an idiot. Haha

And now we know the real reason DCaps are limited to small and medium ships only.

1 minute ago, pt106 said:

And now we know the real reason DCaps are limited to small and medium ships only.

Eh, you still have Defiance. Not completely screwed. Same thing with ISDs though. Only the vic2 can take Leading Shots and use them. And that's a LOT of points invested in a Vic2 for one, maybe 2 uses a game.

1 hour ago, geek19 said:

Nope, now that disposable capacitors are revealed, flotillas instantly die to Vic-ii's, are never worth taking, Rieekan Aces auto lose, Imperials are OP, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!!!! Rieekan is useless, Rebel squadrons are pointless, flotillas are dead on sight now!

Ellow-fay ebel-ray einds-fray: is-thay crackable-unay ode-cay ill-way ot-nay e-bay oken-bray. Ow-hay are-ay e-way oing-gay oo-tay ork-way ound-aray is-thay?

I for one welcome our new Disposable Capacitor overlords.

2 hours ago, Sybreed said:

these troll threads antagonizing people who are concerned for the health of the game are really not helping the general ambiance of the forums.

And dare I say, we use less hysterical language when we share our concerns.

So, begone, troll.

He's joking. It's obvious he's joking. The whole tone is deliberately over the top and the bad attempt at coded pig Latin makes it clear he'd mostly like to discuss what people think Rebel fleets will do in reaction to new Imperial options. That's all.

If making jokes lightly aimed at the tendency of forum-goers to extremely overreact to things is trolling, then most of the best commenters on this forum are trolls. Ridiculing the ridiculous is natural and I don't see the harm so long as it's not mean-spirited or personal.

2 hours ago, pt106 said:

Looks like people just can't do math. Even with H9 VSD2 will generate enough damage to one-shot flotilla less than 50% of the time.

With Spinal Armament and Leading Shots in there I'd be curious as to what the averages come out to. It would be even better with Vader instead of Leading Shots so you can keep the whole dice pool.