A little surprised to see Phantoms still have a crew slot. With the Phantom cost reduction + health bump, are they a viable "commander" crew carrier? Sloane on the cheapest Phantom is 54 points vs. 51 on a Reaper or 53 on a Lambda.

3 minutes ago, Transmogrifier said:

A little surprised to see Phantoms still have a crew slot. With the Phantom cost reduction + health bump, are they a viable "commander" crew carrier? Sloane on the cheapest Phantom is 54 points vs. 51 on a Reaper or 53 on a Lambda.

Devs actually confirmed thats thier idea for it in the ama

Veteran tail gunner at 4 seems super cheap. Can't see much reason not to take it on an ARC, Firespray, and presumably TIE/SF when it reappears

9 minutes ago, Boom Owl said:

80	Boba
3	Fearless	Talent
0	None	Canon
0	None	Missile
10	Perceptive	Crew
0	None	Bomb
0	None	Illicit
0	None	Mod
3	Marauder	Title
4	Han Solo	Gunner
100

ig88d over perceptive, jesus

20 minutes ago, Brunas said:

ig88d over perceptive, jesus

Maul > IG88D ?

How good is true passive modification?

Luke - Supernatural - R2-D2 - Servomotor S-Foils - 82

Norra - Ion Cannon Turret - Veteran Turret Gunner - R5-D8 - 64

Dutch - Selfless - Ion Cannon Turret - R3 Astromech - 54

Ace, Brute, Support?

6 hours ago, Major Tom said:

? Iden Verso Up Up Up! ?

Exact same cost as Howlrunner is fine. She's literally a backup drive for Howlrunner.

2 hours ago, Brunas said:

ig88d over perceptive, jesus

Boba + han gunner + fearless + marauder title = 90 points

(Skull Squadron + fearless) x2 = 106 points

7 minutes ago, skotothalamos said:

Exact same cost as Howlrunner is fine. She's literally a backup drive for Howlrunner.

She is a ship in her own right as well as keeping Howelrunner (who I would have put at about 50pts given she essentially adds another /ln of value and has a high initiative) in the fight. I would have priced Iden at Howelrunner, plus an academy plus some for her initiative, so about the 75pts mark. I may well be being over cautious. The dominance of TIE swarms in the early days of X-Wing actively kept people out of the game in the early waves. TIE swarms are thematic only as long as they loose to Wedge, Luke et al. Their dominance was also the root of the cascade of power creep that eventually made 2.0 necessary. I would be surprised not to see Iden and Howlrunner increase in price. Maybe not to my values, but certainly to the point where you can only field four other TIEs with them. That said, there may well be something that preys on swarms enough to keep them in check (supernatural aces seem positive) and I may be worrying about nothing. The devs certainly have more info than I do on the subject.

I personally can’t wait for resistance and first order to drop with all 4-to-5 ships each compared to the 20+ of the other factions.

im sure they’ll be able to hang well.

2 hours ago, Q10fanatic said:

Maul > IG88D ?

I mean... yes? But 13 > 4 so that checks out

1 hour ago, Makaze said:

I mean... yes? But 13 > 4 so that checks out

I guess my question could have been better phrased. Given the point differential, is Maul still a better choice than IG crew?

2 hours ago, Tlfj200 said:

I personally can’t wait for resistance and first order to drop with all 4-to-5 ships each compared to the 20+ of the other factions.

im sure they’ll be able to hang well.

Yeah, this seems like a real problem...

26 minutes ago, Brunas said:

Yeah, this seems like a real problem...

Just make Rey/Poe gods amongst mortals and I’m good.

1 minute ago, gennataos said:

Just make Rey/Poe gods amongst mortals and I’m good.

That sounds fun and balanced.

33 minutes ago, Brunas said:

Yeah, this seems like a real problem...

Thats on the long list of reasons why I'm hoping for a 2.0 and on format to be the main format, resitance and fo will either be comically busted and strangle the game, or be really really outgunned by lack of options. Buuut if the format is 2.0 release only they can slide right on in.

1 hour ago, Tlfj200 said:

That sounds fun and balanced.

1 hour ago, catachanninja said:

Thats on the long list of reasons why I'm hoping for a 2.0 and on format to be the main format, resitance and fo will either be comically busted and strangle the game, or be really really outgunned by lack of options. Buuut if the format is 2.0 release only they can slide right on in.

I don’t really want them busted, just competitively viable.

I don't ever want anything to be busted. I want everything to be viable and either outplay someone or be outplayed and learn from it. Don’t be sad, @Tlfj200!

4 hours ago, Clutterbuck said:

Luke - Supernatural - R2-D2 - Servomotor S-Foils - 82

Norra - Ion Cannon Turret - Veteran Turret Gunner - R5-D8 - 64

Dutch - Selfless - Ion Cannon Turret - R3 Astromech - 54

Ace, Brute, Support?

Self-Quoting; please forgive

Thinking on it more, I think I got the interaction of Dutch and R3 Astromech wrong. I was thinking, gain two locks because of R3, get a bonus lock for Norra and one for Luke. I think it is, take a lock action, get one bonus lock for R3, then share one lock with one team mate. Is it the greedier interpretation, or the more reasonable, less advantageous one?

47 minutes ago, Clutterbuck said:

Self-Quoting; please forgive

Thinking on it more, I think I got the interaction of Dutch and R3 Astromech wrong. I was thinking, gain two locks because of R3, get a bonus lock for Norra and one for Luke. I think it is, take a lock action, get one bonus lock for R3, then share one lock with one team mate. Is it the greedier interpretation, or the more reasonable, less advantageous one?

That would work with 1.0 Dutch, who triggers off of acquiring a lock, so would trigger twice when acquiring 2 locks.

2.0 Dutch:

You only perform one Lock action, so you only get to choose 1 friendly ship.

I think I may have broken my own personal record for dumb list ideas in one day.

Just now, Boom Owl said:

I think I may have broken my own personal record for dumb list ideas in one day.

same

I want to record these and post them in like a year, just for posterity's sake

5 hours ago, Tlfj200 said:

I personally can’t wait for resistance and first order to drop with all 4-to-5 ships each compared to the 20+ of the other factions.

im sure they’ll be able to hang well.

Ok they have to like, release twice as many pilots for the existing ships, right??

Right???

Now imagine if FFG really does somehow decided to do clone wars era factions. Things would become a joke real quick.

23 minutes ago, Kdubb said:

Ok they have to like, release twice as many pilots for the existing ships, right??

Right???

Now imagine if FFG really does somehow decided to do clone wars era factions. Things would become a joke real quick.

If they did, im sure all 3-4 of their ships will be able to hang with the 20+ rebel/empire/scum ships too.

:(

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