4 minutes ago, ficklegreendice said:

right, because FFG is so great at knowing what their game is like

that's why we never needed this FAQ in the first place

look, there's no question it isn't a set-back from ADV. SLAM. But how much of a set-back is it really? Imo, not a whole **** lot

LMAO! Fair point about FFG. I'm sure the Destiny folk will agree with you, seeing as they got a major nerf with the game really only a year old. However, I never feared Miranda except when she had action bombs. So really this nerf will make her a P-ussy cat.

11 minutes ago, PhantomFO said:

As for the new meta: triple Auzitucks with Breach, Tacticians and Expertise are legit scary. Panic Attack 2.0.

That's one of the two lists I'm considering for a tournament Sunday, only I'd run 2x Predator Liberators, and an Expertise Lowhhrick. I don't have 3x Expertise

1 hour ago, Biophysical said:

Rebel Nym isn't with Dengar, so that's something. The Genius nerf hurts him, too, albeit not as much.

Yep...Rebel Nym's area denial shenanigans take a pretty big hit with this, to the point that I wonder if VI/Havoc Nym is still the default Rebel version.

1 hour ago, PhantomFO said:

As for the new meta: triple Auzitucks with Breach, Tacticians and Expertise are legit scary. Panic Attack 2.0.

Yep, or variants thereof.

1 hour ago, MaxPower said:

Loww miranda jess maybe?

You mean like this? I agree and have for a few months!

1 hour ago, theBitterFig said:

That's one of the two lists I'm considering for a tournament Sunday, only I'd run 2x Predator Liberators, and an Expertise Lowhhrick. I don't have 3x Expertise

There's an argument for your version to be better. You could take turns taking focus with the Liberators, increasing your attack mods and creating target priority confusion.

Do not forget, harpoon missiles are incoming... lists that still rely on close proximity may have an issue with the harpoon. On the flip side, with the death of FSR 2.0, I don't know if the 4 points will be worth it as I do believe the list will be more dominated by 2 ship lists. Thus, more Rac/Lo.

Dash/Miranda

Rac/QD

Shadowcaster/Nym

Nym+1

I see as major lists going forward.

Thus I will be flying 4 snap shot A-Wings with prockets.

2 hours ago, SabineKey said:

I disagree with Fairship. It still has damage mitigation, though now you only have to target Biggs once, meaning you can then eat Rex than move on to the next target of your choice.

As I understand it, Rebel Nym still uses Genius, so will have to change and adapt.

Miranda is untouched as is Dash, so I expect them to be the list to beat.

Just use the original Fairships with Lowhhrick instead of Biggs. Not as stupid resilient because Thane only has 9 HP behind agi 1, but close enough. ;-)
Still Fenn Rau is imho back, this time with PTL and maybe we see some Soontir again too

The genius nerf is really the best thing that could happen for aces.

Belgian nationals are on the 11th November, so we will have an big tournament with the new FAQ right away ^-^