She is seriously OP. Just played her and wow! C3PO and R2-D2. She's a TANK. It's really kinda jerky. A lot like Miranda with a TLT

... Shes bites the dust hard to alpha strike. (Its really common to be able to do 9 hits in one turn).

Shes totally out PS'ed and maneuvered by most aces.

She hits only about as normally hard as a normal set of ships, meaning a BBBBZ or 5 Kirjahjskdf isn't that bad.

... What is she really that good at?

Shes decent, but most builds require external support in Shara TLs or Biggs. Does decent damage, the back arc is okay. Upgrades are all good, but really, shes not overly powerful vs anything.

Oh and turrets still eat her little by little.

Love my PTL + Title + Kyle +R2D2 + EU Norra. She moves and hits hard.

Norra hits like a truck, I think some of these other post's underestimate her. Personally, the only reason Im not flying Norra every game is cost, a fully kitted Norra is expensive, closer in price to a large ship like the freighters than to a heavy fighter.

I like Expertise Norra, she's self sufficient and can dance within BB8 or tank with R2D2 and C3P0.

Personally BB8 is my fav as that dancing ability helps you work both arcs pretty well.

Killed her twice last night. She's tough, but not that tough.

only real problem with Norra is I can see no reason to use her instead of Miranda, other than the ARC is the most beautiful goddamn thing FFG has ever and probably will ever produce

Norra was good a couple waves ago, nowadays she's just OK. As mentioned above she melts to alpha strike (or focus fire) very fast which is pretty common nowadays. Miranda is just better overall (albeit more expensive to kit out).

Norra is more tanky than miranda.

If miranda gets hit by the same alpha strike, norra stands a better chance.

Norra is a terror if she gets past that stage though. That's the trick!

Predator/Rey Norra's awesome.

Not as defensive, but she's immune to stress and hits harder.

If I were better at flying, I'd also use Predator & Rey (plus title, R2D2, EU). Instead, I need VI and an initiative bid.

But Miranda is a better partner for Dash because Norra cannot survive being shot at by 2+ ships each round, whereas Miranda can slam out of the way, allowing Dash free reign if they chase her. Or, allowing her free reign if they chase Dash. Norra merely buys Dash 2 to 3 rounds while she blows up. Maybe a better player than me can do more, but I need Biggs!

41 minutes ago, ModernPenguin said:

Norra is more tanky than miranda .

If miranda gets hit by the same alpha strike, norra stands a better chance.

Norra is a terror if she gets past that stage though. That's the trick!

Only if you joust which you should never do with Miranda. She lives by her mobility.

Personally, I prefer the less tanky BB8+ Nien Nunb+ title + PTL build. Still hits like a truck, but makes her squirrelly.

what is the debate about Norra vs Miranda? I just use both!

8 hours ago, ficklegreendice said:

only real problem with Norra is I can see no reason to use her instead of Miranda, other than the ARC is the most beautiful goddamn thing FFG has ever and probably will ever produce

But Thane+Miranda+Ultra Biggs does not fit iirc
And unlike Miranda you get a lot more 5 hit attacks per game. Though better don't place yourself that way to Old Terech, that gets frustrating fast with Nora ;-)

I use expertise rey and Norra. In store champs today rey took out fenn and then died leaving Norra to take on 2 jumps. Nailed em! 5 hit shot followed by a r hit shot dud for one and then a slow whittin down if the other.

Norra, expertise, R2D2, alliance overhaul, shield upgrade and nien numb!

Struggled in the third game when someone boba fetted R2D2 off her!

12 hours ago, DarthCognis said:

Norra hits like a truck, I think some of these other post's underestimate her. Personally, the only reason Im not flying Norra every game is cost, a fully kitted Norra is expensive, closer in price to a large ship like the freighters than to a heavy fighter.

Playing against Norra i find her to be a hot and cold ship. One game i played against her she smeared tge floor with me all other games she was almost useless. Is she good? Undoubtedly. But far beyond OP. She needs other ships to support her (*cough* biggs). She also rivals Miranda on points. And Miranda is a better all around pilot and can operate independently.

gotta agree with the "hot and cold"

see, the ARC's rear primary is a giant croc of **** and Norra's the only one that can overcome that inherent limitation using her ability (as opposed to Braylen who can overcome it with r3-a2 + gunner)

of course, that's only when you get full hits +focus on the initial roll so you can add another hit

and some games, she just doesn't want to deliver and it suuuckkks

1 hour ago, ficklegreendice said:

gotta agree with the "hot and cold"

see, the ARC's rear primary is a giant croc of **** and Norra's the only one that can overcome that inherent limitation using her ability (as opposed to Braylen who can overcome it with r3-a2 + gunner)

of course, that's only when you get full hits +focus on the initial roll so you can add another hit

and some games, she just doesn't want to deliver and it suuuckkks

She does deliver something. Snap.

Just now, Fuzzywookie said:

She does deliver something. Snap.

hesitant to call that "something"

I usually play her with R2D2, AO, PTL, VT with Nien Nunb or lately Recon Spec.

On 6/24/2017 at 7:46 AM, ficklegreendice said:

only real problem with Norra is I can see no reason to use her instead of Miranda, other than the ARC is the most beautiful goddamn thing FFG has ever and probably will ever produce

This is exactly why I play a two Arc list so often. I just love that model. The day they came out I'm getting ready to open my first and someone asks "What's in that?"

"Don't know."

"You bought a ship you don't know what upgrades are in?" came the sneering incredulous reply.

"Look at this model. It is awesome. It is beautiful. That is enough."

When i saw the ARC preview i thouggt it sucked

Expensive, 1 agi, very situational (or ****, shara) abilities and a TWO DICE aux arc!? Utter crap

Then i saw the 3d spinning model, "...**** o guess this is myfavorite ship."

So i bought 2, played them obessively, and was happy to find theyre nowhere near as bad as they were in the previews

On 2017-06-24 at 2:57 AM, Fuzzywookie said:

She is seriously OP. Just played her and wow! C3PO and R2-D2. She's a TANK. It's really kinda jerky. A lot like Miranda with a TLT

Shes really good but i dont feel like shes OP when i play against her. Compared to Miranda: Rear Arc is much more avoidable than a turret, she doesnt have SLAM/bombs and her PS is 1 point lower. I think her point cost is also spot on. IMO she fits in the category of "well balanced" ships (and fun to build/play). We would see her much more often if it was not for the other power creeps...

Shes also got a really nice combo with BB8, experimental interface, marksmanship and Kyle Katarn.

Once i started playing with ARCs, i started winning tournaments. Just sayin'.

Norra is really good, and i've even come to have respect for Shara Bey. Then there's also Thane and Braylen, whom are both great pilots too.

OP though? Nah. ARCs just aren't flown enough for people to know that there are two rules: 1. You don't joust Norra. You'll lose. and 2. Norra needs to die first. Norra can go to endgame and almost always win because of regen and guaranteed damage mitigation, the rest of the list probably can't. But only if it is, in fact, Regen Non-Expertise Norra. Any other kind of Norra is hot trash that isn't utilizing the things that make Norra so good. Expertise = no defensive mods(why take Expertise when you could take PTL, or Kyle Katarn, or RecSpec), and BB-8 equals NO REGEN, both of which are necessary on a 1 agi ship...(If you're smart you can barrel roll with VT and target lock if you're shooting out the back; it's still a guaranteed crit)

Norra is great, but if you throw more than 2 big attacks at her per turn, she starts to crumble. And when Norra crumbles, so does the entire list. Thats why biggs, rex, or stressbot is important because they mess with target priority and pull it away from Norra, cause Norra has two strengths; Kill **** on the opening pass, don't die in the final rounds. You MUST play to these strengths in order to succeed with Norra, and you must force your opponent to let you, too.