On 5/31/2017 at 11:55 AM, nigeltastic said:

Why tho. If it was modification on an unsuccessful result into a successful result that'd be something good but is changing a success to a slightly better(?) success actually good for the well contested team spot?

If you're up against another epic ship, it's fantastic. Crits on epic ships hurt!

3 hours ago, VanderLegion said:

If you're up against another epic ship, it's fantastic. Crits on epic ships hurt!

Hmmm... that's given me an idea... with regards to the (seemingly) commonly held belief that Huge ships are too easily overwhelmed by the smaller ones...

... what if only Huge ships (and rocks) could cause Crits on other Huge ships - that during the deal damage step, if the weapon causing the damage was not equipped to a Huge ship, Crit results get treated as Hits.

(and purely for thematics, errata the text for Proton Torps to make them an exception to the rule)

On 31/05/2017 at 3:55 PM, nigeltastic said:

Why tho. If it was modification on an unsuccessful result into a successful result that'd be something good but is changing a success to a slightly better(?) success actually good for the well contested team spot?

Another thing to keep in mind: typically, these upgrades have a "once per round" clause (gunnery team, ordnance expert). This card does not. So on a Raider, that can transform into a lot, lot of crits. 5 crits if all weapons are fired, more if it's an ordnance model with cluster missiles. For 1 point, this card can hurt a whole lot.

Perhaps an indication that FFG may start a phase of increasing Huge ship potency...?