This time I will include generics, sorry about missing them last time.

1. Lord Vader

2. Lt Colzet

3. Tempest Squadron Pilot

4. Juno Eclipse

5. Zetrik Strom

6. Commander Alozen

7. Maarek Stele

8. Storm Sqd Pilot

1. Darth Vader
   *big gap*
   *more of that big gap*
   *the thing about this gap, right, is that it's really big*
   *you know that bit in Bill & Ted where they're falling and screaming and just keep falling and screaming and then they look at each other and say "this is a really long fall" and then carry on falling and screaming? This gap is like that*
2. Lt Colzet
3. Juno Eclipse
4. Tempest Squadron Pilot
5. Maarek Stele
6. Commander Alozen
7. Zertik Strom
8. Storm Squadron Pilot

8 minutes ago, Stay On The Leader said:

1. Darth Vader
   *big gap*
   *more of that big gap*
   *the thing about this gap, right, is that it's really big*
   *you know that bit in Bill & Ted where they're falling and screaming and just keep falling and screaming and then they look at each other and say "this is a really long fall" and then carry on falling and screaming? This gap is like that*
2. Lt Colzet
3. Juno Eclipse
4. Tempest Squadron Pilot
5. Maarek Stele
6. Commander Alozen
7. Zertik Strom
8. Storm Squadron Pilot

So, what I infer from your subtle hints is that Vader, at least in a few instances, is usually a slightly better choice than some of the other Advanced pilots.

In my experience Darth Vader's pilot ability is worth slightly more than the 1pt extra he costs over Juno Eclipse.

Colzet is second only to Vader. He's hilariously good. In fact, I've regularly taken Colzet as my only Advanced ace and run riot. When Wampa arrived on the scene, they were instantly best buddies.

I can still hear the cries...

30 minutes ago, Stay On The Leader said:

1. Darth Vader
   *big gap*
   *more of that big gap*
   *the thing about this gap, right, is that it's really big*
   *you know that bit in Bill & Ted where they're falling and screaming and just keep falling and screaming and then they look at each other and say "this is a really long fall" and then carry on falling and screaming? This gap is like that*
2. Lt Colzet
3. Juno Eclipse
4. Tempest Squadron Pilot
5. Maarek Stele
6. Commander Alozen
7. Zertik Strom
8. Storm Squadron Pilot

Yup, pretty much this.

Vader, then a gap the size of the Death Star, then everyone else in a clump with Colzet just peeking out the top.

Actually, Juno aint that bad either, especially with prockets.

The others mainly shine in epic.

Yes, especially, the lowly ps2 generic. (With Cluster missiles, ac and chips)

I've honestly run 4x Tempest with AC and Cluster Missiles a lot around the time the Raider released. That list took so many scalps it was absolutely insane. Then I switched a Tempest for Colzet and it became even better/worse.

Zertik and Colzet are the only advanced pilots I've ever run more than once, and I far prefer Zertik over Colzet as his ability is hilariously good when you stick him smack in the middle of everything. Vader and maybe Juno are still better than him in my opinion, but I don't think that he deserves to be so far down the ladder.

I've been flying Vader, Juno and Maarek with Cruise Missiles. Lots of fun, but not competitive.

The big problem with using Colzet is also needing Kylo (crew or Ups pilot) instead of something more interesting. Tie Silencer needed!

Juno is really good. If maneuvering was worth more in this game she'd be amazing.

I've always liked accuracy corrector Juno, even if that's only because I view her as a budget Ryad

There are Advanced Pilots other than Vader? Hahaha

19 hours ago, NakedDex said:

Colzet is second only to Vader . He's hilariously good. In fact, I've regularly taken Colzet as my only Advanced ace and run riot. When Wampa arrived on the scene, they were instantly best buddies

I can still hear the cries...

When I run colzet, I run him with a Chiraneau equipped with Kylo. In that scenario, he's one of the best ships in the game.

1. Give blinded pilot to a ship.
2. Colzet shoots that ship, getting a TL with FCS.
3. Colzet continually flips the BP crit until the game's over.

4 minutes ago, Astech said:

When I run colzet, I run him with a Chiraneau equipped with Kylo. In that scenario, he's one of the best ships in the game.

1. Give blinded pilot to a ship.
2. Colzet shoots that ship, getting a TL with FCS.
3. Colzet continually flips the BP crit until the game's over.

In the current meta, the weak point is 2: colzet shoots. Getting arc is never easy when the bulk of the enemy is high PS turrets and you're a low PS arc.

3 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

In the current meta, the weak point is 2: colzet shoots. Getting arc is never easy when the bulk of the enemy is high PS turrets and you're a low PS arc.

True. But it's not as bad as it might be when you're just bothered about getting a shot, not necessarily a good shot. Barrel rolling to line up an arc or firing at range 3 are perfectly acceptable.

More importantly, Colzet doesn't have to shoot; FCS just lets you get the lock without using an action - he can always just target lock as his normal action.

True. And the Kylo RAC/Wampa/Colzet list can be a real pain in the butt if you're not prepared for it. But it's not that good, it just doesn't pump out that much damage.

1. Darth Vader. Full Stop.

(more Darth Vader......... <-- those are lots of full stops after the more darth.)

2. Lt. Colzet

3. Zertik strom

4. Tempest Sqdn. Pilot

Others. (I don't play them enough to rank them properly)

I really like Zertik. Once I was flying him (three way casual) with Sensor Jammer, Stealth Device, and Elusiveness (I know, It isn't that great - but it saved me more than once in this game)

He survived unhit for two rounds despite being the range one target of Fat han + Gunner, Fenn Rau, Talonbane Cobra, and Drea renthal + R4-B11 + TLT + Btl_a4(Range 1). He Died a couple of rounds after failing to de-stress, being unable to take action, and thus not having Elusiveness.

See comments here for me being more excited about the victory. Written Just afterwards.

2 hours ago, thespaceinvader said:

True. And the Kylo RAC/Wampa/Colzet list can be a real pain in the butt if you're not prepared for it. But it's not that good, it just doesn't pump out that much damage.

I was thinking of trying something like this tonight actually, with added Palpatine so Wampa can just be a sniper, and Colzet can hide in the safety of RACs turret.

5 minutes ago, NakedDex said:

I was thinking of trying something like this tonight actually, with added Palpatine so Wampa can just be a sniper, and Colzet can hide in the safety of RACs turret.

It will murderise any 2 ship list, with a particular emphasis on Fenn, Dengar, Miranda, Corran and Any 'normal' Imperial ace.

In my experience, HotCop + Gunner > Palpatine, since otherwise you have no reliable way to push a kylo crit through.

Yer all wrong, here's the list:

Lord Vader

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Garbage (the rest)

7 hours ago, Astech said:

When I run colzet, I run him with a Chiraneau equipped with Kylo. In that scenario, he's one of the best ships in the game.

1. Give blinded pilot to a ship.
2. Colzet shoots that ship, getting a TL with FCS.
3. Colzet continually flips the BP crit until the game's over.

Doesn't that only work if the Blinded Pilot hit is the only facedown damage card?

I mean, I suppose you can keep that ship locked down till you have the rest of the list dead, but it seems like a tough thing to do for 3-4 turns. Especially if he's also shooting the target himself. He's eventually going to do some damage.

Though I will be trying this out to see if it's good.

I keep wanting to try out Maarek Stele with Advanced Homing Missiles (probably... Crack Shot, GC, ATC), but I know there are certainly better ships at the cost.

7 hours ago, BadMotivator said:

Doesn't that only work if the Blinded Pilot hit is the only facedown damage card?

I mean, I suppose you can keep that ship locked down till you have the rest of the list dead, but it seems like a tough thing to do for 3-4 turns. Especially if he's also shooting the target himself. He's eventually going to do some damage.

Though I will be trying this out to see if it's good.

Well, if colzet's 2 die attack with only focus to modify can put damage on a ship, it's probably the wrong ship to put blinded pilot on in the first place (except Ghosts and Decimators)

If all else fails, you can always use the TL action on Colzet, then you've got a range 1-3 bubble of death for whoever's blinded.