This ryad build has me a tingle and a flutter.

I'll be pairing it with 49 points of vessery.

Ryad, push the limit, proton rockets,heavy laser canon,shield upgrade.

Casual night is going to get THICK.....like peanut butter.

I would gladly run my dual Punishers against such a monstrosity.

Sorry, but the first time I saw your user name I read velveeta's. I can never get past that. I know its velvet Elvis, but I just can't help but picture velveeta every time. Kinda cheesy I know but hey.

On topic...

Since I only have 2 Defenders I may have to try that build. It looks like a ton of fun and I got like 6 guys in my league who are in love with Punishers for some reason so these will be perfect.

Try it with 50pt Rexler Brath! Expertise, Stealth Device, Prockets, TIE/D, Ion Cannon!

Oh man...dat brath do!

19 minutes ago, pickirk01 said:

Sorry, but the first time I saw your user name I read velveeta's. I can never get past that. I know its velvet Elvis, but I just can't help but picture velveeta every time. Kinda cheesy I know but hey.

On topic...

Since I only have 2 Defenders I may have to try that build. It looks like a ton of fun and I got like 6 guys in my league who are in love with Punishers for some reason so these will be perfect.

I'm super comfortable with being some cheesemonger product.

If three TIE Defenders cannot get into the top tables, what makes you think 2 will?

Sounds like you fell into the trap common with TIE Bombers and other ships with loads of upgrade options and that is overloading a single ship. Only you did that twice. In the two ship meta at least on of thsoe ships had more than 6 hit points. Trim them down and get another ship in there.

Waiting on Bio's ideas with this...

Might as well go for Engine Upgrade instead of Shield. Nobody expects a boosting Defender.

9 minutes ago, Marinealver said:

If three TIE Defenders cannot get into the top tables, what makes you think 2 will?

Sounds like you fell into the trap common with TIE Bombers and other ships with loads of upgrade options and that is overloading a single ship. Only you did that twice. In the two ship meta at least on of thsoe ships had more than 6 hit points. Trim them down and get another ship in there.

Why do you hate all things fun?

I think I like two with hlc. Try to be snipey with them.

Like miniature brobots.

Is it good? Nah.

Is it a good idea? My blood alcohol content said... yep.

Now I want to try this :

TIE Defender: · Rexler Brath (37)
Expertise (4)
Proton Rockets (3)
Tractor Beam (1)
Engine Upgrade (4)
TIE/D (0)
TIE Defender: · Countess Ryad (34)
Push The Limit (3)
Homing Missiles (5)
Heavy Laser Cannon (7)
Twin Ion Engine Mk. II (1)
-- TOTAL ------- 99p. --

56 minutes ago, pickirk01 said:

Sorry, but the first time I saw your user name I read velveeta's. I can never get past that. I know its velvet Elvis, but I just can't help but picture velveeta every time. Kinda cheesy I know but hey.

I see what you did there ??

HLC Defender is great. I used to run Procket Vader(Adapt+Engine+ATC), HLC Vessery(Hull+VI), and a PS3 Generic TIE FO, and it felt really good for its time, which was pre Imperial Veterans. 4 Dice attacks can never be discounted, in my opinion.

43 minutes ago, RampancyTW said:

Why do you hate all things fun?

I didn't say TIE Defenders are not fun, I just said fly more than 2.

Back in mah day we didn't no fancy shcmancy titles. (yes we did, Falcon, slave 1, Royal guard tie, etc.)

We had to choose between cannons and primary attacks.(still do, unless TIE/D title)

HLC defenders were king (no they were not.) The were king! (they were allot of fun)

11 hours ago, Marinealver said:

I didn't say TIE Defenders are not fun, I just said fly more than 2.

" Casual night is going to get THICK.....like peanut butter."

Let the man run two, and keep the "top table" advice out of a casual night thread. C'mon, man.

6 hours ago, RampancyTW said:

" Casual night is going to get THICK.....like peanut butter."

Let the man run two, and keep the "top table" advice out of a casual night thread. C'mon, man.

Well in that case, Bomber Swarm it.

1 hour ago, Marinealver said:

Well in that case, Bomber Swarm it.

Now we're talking.

4x Proton Bomb Gammas or bust.

1 hour ago, Marinealver said:

Well in that case, Bomber Swarm it.

I've played against five.

On topic: I had a lot of fun with two Expertise TIE/Ds on Squadron Benchmark. I settled on Vessery and a Glaive. Unfortunately, I couldn't try it in real life. They sure chewed through things, though.

I think for funsies, I'd enjoy the shenanigans of EU Ryad. K-turn, boost BR can put you in some funky spots.

21 hours ago, Velvetelvis said:

This ryad build has me a tingle and a flutter.

I'll be pairing it with 49 points of vessery.

Ryad, push the limit, proton rockets,heavy laser canon,shield upgrade.

Casual night is going to get THICK.....like peanut butter.

20 hours ago, JediRush24 said:

Waiting on Bio's ideas with this...

Right now I'm a huge fan of Engine Upgrade on Defenders, but that's mostly for TIE/D. I think Shield Upgrade works with PTL Ryad, but try Engine Upgrade a couple of games. On her, you don't necessarily use it reactively as much as to set up positioning before the merge. It also gives crazy speed for elusiveness and unpredictability of position.

I remember once trying a dual e wing build with etahn and corran.....

On 05/06/2017 at 6:12 PM, pickirk01 said:

I just can't help but picture velveeta every time. Kinda cheesy I know but hey.

I see what you did there.

I'll see you Thursday where I expect to probably lose to this monstrosity of design. The guns are larger than the ships!