So, recently my girlfriend got into my lovely game of tiny spaceships, but while I pretty much exclusively revel in Rebel and Imperial aces, she has been drawn to the Star Viper. Ok so not my factions, not my ship of choice, but I have been tying my best to get her a solid ship out of that thing, and I'm not seeing it. Xizor's ability and price seem a bit bloated, Guri seems good for her ability, but had a pretty low PS compared to what I typically play, and I feel the ship is designed for an ace, not generics. Any suggestions?

Currently, Guri is probably the best pilot for the Starviper. The thing I've been hearing is her with Intensity is workable. Throw Virago, AT, and FCS into the mix and you may have a decent fighter. Another option is slotting her in with a Mindlink list.

Now, once Guns For Hire comes out, that Guri build is gonna get cheaper, which is good. Also, Thweek is should be tons of fun with a similar, generalist build.

Three words. Guns for hire. It becomes legendary good because of the upgrades. Advanced sensors is huge on it. That or run Xizor as a swarm leader (elite pilot skill card) and pulsed ray shield (mod) with a bunch of light skykes for some super survivability.

31 minutes ago, BlueMusketeer28 said:

Any suggestions?

Build the best list you can with 3-4 of them. Then, "let the Wookiee win." It's your Only Hope.

OTOH, Guns for Hire will probably help.

18 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:

Build the best list you can with 3-4 of them. Then, "let the Wookiee win." It's your Only Hope.

OTOH, Guns for Hire will probably help.

See she's too competetive for that. Only a satisfying test of skill will sate her bloodlust. Then again, I fly X-Wings more than anything else, so that just might be fair.

Just proxy the title that comes in the Guns for Hire pack. As long as she's not planning on entering any tournaments in the next month or two, who cares if it hasn't been released yet?

When the new title is out you can easily run a 4 PS1 starviper list and have 12 points left over for a Z-95 or Sunny Bounder with the light scyk title.

If she prefers maneuverable high PS ships Dalan Oberos has a fun ability, especially when combined with advanced sensors, and with VI can get up to PS 8. With pre-move BR or boost and the ability to turn any left or right move into a tallon roll using the original template he can do some crazy things. Just using the one hard turn to the right maneuver I plotted out some of the possible end locations on Vassal. It's potentially really maneuverable as long as it starts the turn without stress, and all of these moves could be rotated 90 degrees by electing not to use his ability.

Guri,virago, autothrusters, predator, sensor jammer.

It's a solid independent ship that can go into any squad.

I ran it with palob, TLT,trick shot and a party barge.

These days I'd swap the barge for more tlt or a jumpmaster.