Yes yes it’s time these folks get their day in the sun. It’s the BTL-S3/A4/B/what ever you can think up, my favorite non-TIE starfighter that isn’t GUNBOAT. Only one of em has an EPT and he ain’t even Reb.

lets go!

Number one is Horton, because he is tha man!

2 is Kavil, throw on a turret and go to town. Aggro is his best friend.

3 has to be Gold Squad, long live the stress hog!

4 is Thug, those trash mechs just make their TLT hurt.

5 is Drea with her never ending TLs. Too bad she can’t hang out with...

number Six Dutch, he gives out free TLs like they are candy! You go Gold Leader!

number 7 is Grey Squad, one of can take EPT droid and go for Deadeye Torp Boat. That’s about it.

bringing up the rear is that one I forget, the other Scum generic. He’s got nothing special at all other than not bring Predator chow.

and there you have it. Pure awesomeness straight from the Old Republic to the Empire’s war surplus to stolen Rebel hot rods. Y? Why not!

1 - Syndicate Thug

2 - Gold Squadron Pilot

3 - Kavil

4 - Horton Salm

5 - Drea Renthal

6 - Dutch Vander

7 - Hired Gun

8 - Grey Squadron Pilot

The low-cost generics are top of the pile due to TLT and droid efficiency. Unhinged is better than R2. Kavil is the best named pilot - high PS, native EPT to free up astromech slot and a boss ability. Horton pretty much needs the Elite Talent droid, and Drea's ability is more exploitable than Dutch synergy builds. 2nd tier Elite Talentless generics last as always, with Hired Gun sneaking past Grey Squadron again due to Unhinged.

Super Horton: TLT, title, EPT+expertise, Vectored Thrusters, 38 points of deadly accurate pew pew pew.

Alpha strike Horton:plasma torps, EM, chimps. You can go for ept and Deadeye or VI, or R2 or even Targetting Astro Or R7-T1. 30-32 points of alpha goodness.

Patrol Horton: TLT. That’s all you need. 31 pts.

Horton is teh man. Kavil can’t be number one because Aggro plus BT bit the dust. Now he’s just one extra die on TLT/Ion/whatever. Bummer.

oh also Alpha to Omega Horton, super Horton plus alpha strike, with EU thrown in. Let’s make a Y-wing half of the list!

Ah, @Celestial Lizards, you shoulda copyrighted this thing

But you can take credit for the inspiration!!

1. Gold Squadron: Stresshog beats all. Not favoured in this meta, but none of the pilots on this list are.
2. Syndicate Thug: TLT makes it super efficient and the generic scum mechs beat the rebel ones by a long shot. My preference is R4, but Unhinged also has proven to be very strong.
3. Kavil: Great ability and the option of equiping an Elite talent, with Attanni in the pool nevertheless!
4. Horton: Great ability (I'd even consider it higher than Kavil because it is free mods) and high PS he is held back by the lack of Elite upgrade. Still can find his place in PS10 alpha strike lists.
5. Drea Renthal: Good ability, but too restricted in movement, even with Unhinged.
6. Dutch Vander: Relatively good ability that requires way too much setup at his price point.
7. Hired Gun/Grey Squadron: Exemplary PS4 generics they are obsolete in this world.

Edit: Actually I think the rebel alphalist is good enough that Horton and Kavil should be switched. PS is king at the moment and his ability is so good with both Proton Torps and TLT.

2 hours ago, GrimmyV said:

Yes yes it’s time these folks get their day in the sun. It’s the BTL-S3/A4/B/what ever you can think up, my favorite non-TIE starfighter that isn’t GUNBOAT. Only one of em has an EPT and he ain’t even Reb.

lets go!

Number one is Horton, because he is tha man!

2 is Kavil, throw on a turret and go to town. Aggro is his best friend.

3 has to be Gold Squad, long live the stress hog!

4 is Thug, those trash mechs just make their TLT hurt.

5 is Drea with her never ending TLs. Too bad she can’t hang out with...

number Six Dutch, he gives out free TLs like they are candy! You go Gold Leader!

number 7 is Grey Squad, one of can take EPT droid and go for Deadeye Torp Boat. That’s about it.

bringing up the rear is that one I forget, the other Scum generic. He’s got nothing special at all other than not bring Predator chow.

and there you have it. Pure awesomeness straight from the Old Republic to the Empire’s war surplus to stolen Rebel hot rods. Y? Why not!

Mostly agree but I would switch Kavil and Horton.

Kavil with Attanni, Unhinged, Dorsal Turret, Vectored Thrusters.

Highly maneuverable, action efficient and a real pain in the backside. I've had a ton of success and fun surprising people with this guy.

Dutch gets my honorable mention for Epic. I have him lead a couple Greys, all with Ion torps, against the enemy's capital ships for some great epic mayhem.

36 minutes ago, Admiral Deathrain said:

1. Gold Squadron: Stresshog beats all. Not favoured in this meta, but none of the pilots on this list are.

...I must admit, I did forget about the Stressbot.

I found Dutch good fun when I ran him with a Gold Squadron pilot both sporting TLT's. Made the Gold quite accurate with TL and focus.

RoV

I rate Dutch quite high purely because of his synergy with my Nora build.

The generics I agree with been top of the list. They can do a lot of work for their points

Kavil TLT+Trickshot.