Talonbane is paying double to get it though, at a minimum. It's not bad for him though, except Mindlink.

I'm not seeing a huge range of users for it TBH. It doesn't give rerolls or allow you to combine it with things that give rerolls (so importantly no TL/Focus), and it doesn't go on big ships to get K4 with it, so it's not so hot on scum big ships. And anything Scum wants Mindlink in preference to it anyway, there are very rarely going to be cases where it's better.

It goes nicely with TLTs, but thus far the only EPT TLT users are R2-D6 Y wings, Attack Shuttles, and Kavil. R2D6 Y wings are lol, ATtack Shuttles might get some use out of it (except that the best one is Sabine who is nailed to PTL), and Kavil wants Mindlink.

Maybe it'll be really great for Nym? Jake loves it too, but more than VI/PTL? I'm not convinced.

It seems solid but unexceptional, especially when Mindlink exists.

OTOH, Intensity COmm Relay is a thing now. Whether it's a useful thing...

Just now, thespaceinvader said:

Talonbane is paying double to get it though, at a minimum. It's not bad for him though.

I'm not seeing a huge range of users for it TBH. It doesn't give rerolls or allow you to combine it with things that give rerolls (so importantly no TL/Focus), and it doesn't go on big ships to get K4 with it, so it's not so hot on scum big ships. And anything Scum wants Mindlink in preference to it anyway, there are very rarely going to be cases where it's better.

It goes nicely with TLTs, but thus far the only EPT TLT users are R2-D6 Y wings, Attack Shuttles, and Kavil. R2D6 Y wings are lol, ATtack Shuttles might get some use out of it (except that the best one is Sabine who is nailed to PTL), and Kavil wants Mindlink.

Maybe it'll be really great for Nym? Jake loves it too, but more than VI/PTL? I'm not convinced.

It seems solid but unexceptional, especially when Mindlink exists.

It goes well with anything that gets some sort of free repositioning action (Sabine, BB-8, Jake).

BB-8 approves of intensity.

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Intensity is a fun card. I like it.

Also liking the ship itself. Kestal is a pain in the Autothrusters crowd.

You're all focusing on one half of Intensity - the important part is how easily you can disengage and flip it back painlessly.

I like it with Primed Thrusters.

"unique pilot ability that allows her to spend a focus token to cancel all of an opponent's blank and defense results."

" it's worth noting that Kestal's ability to cancel all of her opponent's blank and defense results works even.."

Really? Forgot the pilots ability whilst writing the article? Ha! Love it.

The error:

Lieutenant Kestal is also an excellent candidate for elite pilot talents like Predator and Expertise , especially if she's firing multiple modified shots from a Twin Laser Turret. Here, it's worth noting that Kestal's ability to cancel all of her opponent's blank and defense results works even if she's firing outside her arc

Should be blank and [focus] defense results

2 minutes ago, Smudger13 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong but in the last scenario, Poe can simply flip those two eyeballs due to his ability and not spend the focus token? Which makes him a poor choice of pilot for that situation...

You can change 1 result with Poe's ability.

1 minute ago, Smudger13 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong but in the last scenario, Poe can simply flip those two eyeballs due to his ability and not spend the focus token? Which makes him a poor choice of pilot for that situation...

Poe's ability is only to flip ONE eyeball.

2 minutes ago, WWHSD said:

It goes well with anything that gets some sort of free repositioning action (Sabine, BB-8, Jake).

BB8 definitely wants PTL more. BB8 PTL is stressless free actions of your choice forever. Similarly anyone with Pattern Analyser access is going to be heavily weighted towards PTL. Sabine similarly, she can do any actions of her choice stress free every round without having to save anything, if she dials greens.

The penalty of this makes it really expensive to take, given that you're either only using it every other round, or you're having to save tokens to regen it at which point you might as well have not used it in the first place.

It's gonna be good but niche, I think.

2 minutes ago, Viktus106 said:

"unique pilot ability that allows her to spend a focus token to cancel all of an opponent's blank and defense results."

" it's worth noting that Kestal's ability to cancel all of her opponent's blank and defense results works even.."

Really? Forgot the pilots ability whilst writing the article? Ha! Love it.

Wow TWO deliberate mistakes in this one. FFG are really changing it up.

Nice surprise to begin with the Empire first ! Thank FFG !

Nice troll about the TLT

Look good but we don't know the dial, I put my bet the dial wille be similar to the tie fighter.

Both the elite have Elite Upgrade rather than the generic pilot.

Nice multi role ship ! Turret ? Missile ? Both ? Choose your favorite config !

15 minutes ago, Tbetts94 said:

Intensity seems like a good fit on Vader

Yeah, I like it on Vader a lot. Looks interesting on SFs, potentially. Barrel Roll out of a shot and keep your offense up. Pair Primed Thrusters to do this even while stressed. I'm not sure it's worth it, but definitely interesting. Combine with Comm Relay instead to load up the Relay on turn 1, pay off Intensity on turn 2, and on turn 3 you have effectively two tokens in reserve, although Comm Relay prevents you from having a double-evade.

I like it on some X7s. Perform Barrel Roll as needed, get a Focus for offense, then trade out your Evade if you didn't need it for defense.

Intensity could be intriguing on x7 defenders I think. Allows a barrel roll to give a focus still and they have extra tokens lying around sometimes. Likewise it's interesting on tie sf since barrel rolling with 2 arcs is especially potent.

Edit: Biophysical apparently is in my brain and faster at typing.

Just now, Biophysical said:

Yeah, I like it on Vader a lot. Looks interesting on SFs, potentially. Barrel Roll out of a shot and keep your offense up. Pair Primed Thrusters to do this even while stressed. I'm not sure it's worth it, but definitely interesting. Combine with Comm Relay instead to load up the Relay on turn 1, pay off Intensity on turn 2, and on turn 3 you have effectively two tokens in reserve, although Comm Relay prevents you from having a double-evade.

I like it on some X7s. Perform Barrel Roll as needed, get a Focus for offense, then trade out your Evade if you didn't need it for defense.

Ooh yeah, Comm Relay Intensity just got a bit better. Might be better enough to stick it on T70s even, but I wonder if this is planning for the TLJ A Wing we all know is coming.

They do seem to really be pushing the hit and run tactics at the moment with this, Quinn Jast, ARC Caster, PRS, etc etc.

1 minute ago, thespaceinvader said:

BB8 definitely wants PTL more. BB8 PTL is stressless free actions of your choice forever. Similarly anyone with Pattern Analyser access is going to be heavily weighted towards PTL. Sabine similarly, she can do any actions of her choice stress free every round without having to save anything, if she dials greens.

The penalty of this makes it really expensive to take, given that you're either only using it every other round, or you're having to save tokens to regen it at which point you might as well have not used it in the first place.

Well not always, as if you have it with BB-8 on Poe, you could end up not using your token because of his ability (meaning you get to flip it that turn) or you just take a focus as your normal post-move action, meaning you have a 'spare' to flip it if you want to. or you just have a double-focused Poe which is even worse to try and hit than normal

And it saves you a point over PTL on him, meaning your list can squeeze in that slightly better upgrade on someone else/him, or frees a point for Black One if you didn't have it.

Not really feeling the ship besides Kestal great ability, but Intensity on Guri and certain A-wings should be quite fun.

2 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Poe's ability is only to flip ONE eyeball.

BB8 definitely wants PTL more. BB8 PTL is stressless free actions of your choice forever. Similarly anyone with Pattern Analyser access is going to be heavily weighted towards PTL. Sabine similarly, she can do any actions of her choice stress free every round without having to save anything, if she dials greens.

The penalty of this makes it really expensive to take, given that you're either only using it every other round, or you're having to save tokens to regen it at which point you might as well have not used it in the first place.

It's gonna be good but niche, I think.

Wow TWO deliberate mistakes in this one. FFG are really changing it up.

One of these days, I swear . . FFG will have an article where the only mistake will be:

"... this ship, with his unique pilot ability synergies exceptionally well with the Gunboat expansion pilot - Bloodfire."

And it will never get mentioned again. . .

Ever.

The article will be changed within thirty minutes, just long enough for people to screen capture it and blast it across the internet.

Then we will realize that all of these mistakes where done on purpose, the great joke played by FFG.

Focus/TL is almost always going to be better than focus/focus, but focus/evade has a strong argument in its favour.

BB8 Poe getting Focus/Evade and Autothrusters with Sensor Cluster is going to be mean as heck to put damage through on.

I suspect I'm focussing a little too much on the focus part of it; giving people without Evades access to the EVade action is really big.

4 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

BB8 definitely wants PTL more. BB8 PTL is stressless free actions of your choice forever. Similarly anyone with Pattern Analyser access is going to be heavily weighted towards PTL. Sabine similarly, she can do any actions of her choice stress free every round without having to save anything, if she dials greens.

The penalty of this makes it really expensive to take, given that you're either only using it every other round, or you're having to save tokens to regen it at which point you might as well have not used it in the first place.

Intensity really should have been a 1 point upgrade. It would make it a cheaper alternative to PTL.

3 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Ooh yeah, Comm Relay Intensity just got a bit better. Might be better enough to stick it on T70s even, but I wonder if this is planning for the TLJ A Wing we all know is coming.

They do seem to really be pushing the hit and run tactics at the moment with this, Quinn Jast, ARC Caster, PRS, etc etc.

Hit and Run isn't a common strategy and I think it's something the game should continue to explore and support. Right now it's mostly, hit really hard and fly around a bit to finish it off. Making actual hit and run "passes" on opposing ships isn't really there right now since there isn't much of a reason or strategies to support disengaging that quickly since most opposing ships will just start chasing you anyway and you have to try and turn around at some point.

The trouble is that disengaging completely is rarely possible. Very few ships can control range well enough to engage one round and be completely out of range the next.

Well, at the very least Empire will now have it's own version of Thug Life. Except tougher to hit. And with barrel roll capability. And probably better dial. Not looking forward to it TBH.

3 minutes ago, WWHSD said:

Intensity really should have been a 1 point upgrade. It would make it a cheaper alternative to PTL.

1 seems too cheap to me. 2 puts it into that not for everyone but still cheap enough to be great on certain people place I think.

I'm late to the party, but the Empire back.

Intensity may be the best EPT Imperials could have hoped for - unfortunately it's balanced lol

Did somebody order TWO evades on a defender?