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* Imperial Excellence

Elite Pilot Talent.

Imperial only.

Increase your pilot skill by 3.

2 pts.

Instead of changing VI (I doubt it will happen), what if Imperials got a better version of it? It is not uncommon, Rebels have the better gunner Luke, etc.

It would help showcasing the Imperial niche of elite pilots, and since Imps have many PS 7-8 pilots, they would become much better, revitalizing the imperial roster.

Besides... if anybody has to have the highest pilot skill, its gotta be Vader.

It's unique, so you can't abuse it to your full squad, but it will give you that extra special punch you need!

Whisper (though imps would need all the help they can get)

Maybe give it a celling of PS9? That would get Echo in the game without creating a PS11 Chiraneau. Or, frankly, a PS10 Backdraft.

Come to think of it, I do kind of like the idea if setting PS9 as the universal maximum, with Roark Garnet being the only card that allows a ship to break this rule.

10 minutes ago, Punning Pundit said:

Maybe give it a celling of PS9? That would get Echo in the game without creating a PS11 Chiraneau. Or, frankly, a PS10 Backdraft.

Come to think of it, I do kind of like the idea if setting PS9 as the universal maximum, with Roark Garnet being the only card that allows a ship to break this rule.

Epsilon ace...poor Icarus...you're special to me!

3 hours ago, RufusDaMan said:

Instead of changing VI (I doubt it will happen), what if Imperials got a better version of it? It is not uncommon, Rebels have the better gunner Luke, etc.

It would help showcasing the Imperial niche of elite pilots, and since Imps have many PS 7-8 pilots, they would become much better, revitalizing the imperial roster.

Besides... if anybody has to have the highest pilot skill, its gotta be Vader.

It's unique, so you can't abuse it to your full squad, but it will give you that extra special punch you need!

I like it, but FFG doesn't know how to spell "Imperial Only".

3 hours ago, DeathstarII said:

Epsilon ace...poor Icarus...you're special to me!

Oops! Er, him too.

Then scum would be given a 0point crew that gives ps 11 to all friendly ships at range 3, better be carefull what you wish for

The question I have is 'Is it actually better at 2 points?' The reason VI is so good is that you pay only 1 point for such a huge benefit to the pilots that its good on.

4 hours ago, Nyxen said:

The question I have is 'Is it actually better at 2 points?' The reason VI is so good is that you pay only 1 point for such a huge benefit to the pilots that its good on.

I'd pay one point more for a ps10 whisper

Or Vader at PS 12

10 hours ago, HolySorcerer said:

FFG doesn't know how to spell "Imperial Only".

Well, they do.

They just do it on stuff like Yssane Isard.

Although I do like Rebel Captive, Palp, Kylo, and Vader...

25 minutes ago, Celestial Lizards said:

Well, they do.

They just do it on stuff like Yssane Isard.

Although I do like Rebel Captive, Palp, Kylo, and Vader...

Yssane is okay on the deci...

The problem is that for every Rebel Captive crew we get two Moff Jerjerrod crew.

Where is our Sabine? or our Rey, our Kaanan, our Jyn Erso, our C-3PO, our Finn, our Ketsu Onyo, or our Cad Bane etc.

We are ****** with crew. Kylo is nice, but a huge NPE for everyone (but we have no other options), Palpatine is good, but very expensive after the nerf (just the impact of 1 card in the game, compare it with Sabine in terms of power for value), Vader hacks his ride to pieces, and doesn't have many good rides (1).

The others are... meh. Let's just say, if Mara Jade was a Rebel or Scum card, she wouldn't check for stress, maybe for even a point less.

Imperial Excellence

Faction Directive.

Imperial only.

Stop playing X-Wing and play Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition. Imperials are awesome over there!

0 pts.

Dev 1: Should we give the Imps more crew?

Dev 2: Yes, but they have Kylo and Palp, so make sure they're pretty horrible compared to everything else.

I like the concept.

Furthers the discipline and training of the Empire.

I agree with the cost. And the sentiment.

But I do disagree a bit with the balance of it all. The few pilots that alter PS to 12 (Roark Garnet, Epsilon Ace, is that all?) have clearly set aside PS 12 as unattainable by any other means. While I do like this upgrade for all the reasons I've stated, PS 12 has been reserved for special PS-changing abilities. So maybe cap it at PS 11, which would mean pilots like Vader, Quickdraw, and Kylo Ren won't care for it, but Juno, Whisper, Echo, Vessery, Maarek Steele, and Rexler Brath will all love you.

31 minutes ago, RufusDaMan said:

Where is our Sabine? or our Rey, our Kaanan, our Jyn Erso, our C-3PO, our Finn, our Ketsu Onyo, or our Cad Bane etc.

We are ****** with crew. Kylo is nice, but a huge NPE for everyone (but we have no other options), Palpatine is good, but very expensive after the nerf (just the impact of 1 card in the game, compare it with Sabine in terms of power for value), Vader hacks his ride to pieces, and doesn't have many good rides (1).

The others are... meh. Let's just say, if Mara Jade was a Rebel or Scum card, she wouldn't check for stress, maybe for even a point less.

To be honest Imps don't have that many good crew carriers anyway.

48 minutes ago, Hannes Solo said:

To be honest Imps don't have that many good crew carriers anyway.

To be honest Imps don't have that many good <insert game object here> anyway.

17 hours ago, RufusDaMan said:

Instead of changing VI (I doubt it will happen), what if Imperials got a better version of it? It is not uncommon, Rebels have the better gunner Luke, etc.

It would help showcasing the Imperial niche of elite pilots, and since Imps have many PS 7-8 pilots, they would become much better, revitalizing the imperial roster.

Besides... if anybody has to have the highest pilot skill, its gotta be Vader.

It's unique, so you can't abuse it to your full squad, but it will give you that extra special punch you need!

Oh. Very elegant solution. If only FFG would listen...

1 hour ago, Favoritism Flight Games said:

Imperial Excellence

Faction Directive.

Imperial only.

Stop playing X-Wing and play Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition. Imperials are awesome over there!

0 pts.

Lel...

We'll see how long GW can last before ******* up. I give them less than a year. They have a long history of ruining things, and a few months of 8th edition is really not enough to change my mind. Besides... that game is... just dumb. Sit in cover, roll a bazillion dice, hope to roll good, done.


FFG might have strayed from the Path, but GW is worse.

19 hours ago, DeathstarII said:

Whisper (though imps would need all the help they can get)

I think this kind of answer is great because it highlights how good the Imperials used to be, that fearing a PS10 Whisper is the gut-level response.