Honor among Scum: A Code of Conduct for the Morally Ambiguous

By E Chu Ta, in X-Wing

Just now, SabineKey said:

I think Ventress can be worth that cost.

However, if that's not your cup of tea, Fenn Rau might make a good come back, new Starviper options look fun, Palob is always a fun underhanded option, Y-Wings are solid, and Sycks have some nice filler options.

I like Ventress a lot, I just feel PtL EU Ventress is vastly superior to any other version I've tried, but in order to do that, you need to drop CM off Dengar, which drops his survival chances considerably.

20 minutes ago, Vineheart01 said:

Slang for crud, crap, he!l, etc.

Pretty sure the first time i heard it was from 40k players. Ork thing.

nope!

Gaunt's Ghosts novel series. It's a popular curseword of soldiers coming from a certain planet. Folks from another planet use the word "feth" the same way.

Or the same as "frak" in Battlestar Galactica...

People have to come up with ways to find a substitute for the F-word. Because little kids watching people get shot to death in TV is okay, seeing a lady's nipple or hearing a baddie bad word is not okay.

28 minutes ago, LordBlades said:

I like Ventress a lot, I just feel PtL EU Ventress is vastly superior to any other version I've tried, but in order to do that, you need to drop CM off Dengar, which drops his survival chances considerably.

Fair enough. I've always been more partial to Gyro Targeting on Lancers, but I can understand the love for EU.

1 hour ago, SabineKey said:

I am a little troubled with the whole "Jumpmaster pack now contains cards it can't use" part.

Well, honestly, TIE Punishers contain cards they cannot use either....heck, all the cards are unusable.

56 minutes ago, DrakodaLord said:

By all means, being reasonable about this is what should happen. To be perfectly fair, this nerf has been a long time coming. I am disappointed that mind link is now limited to 2 per squad, as it was good in 100 games and tons of fun in Epic, but oh well.

You used Attani on squads in Epic? Wow, you certainly have some kahunas.....holy crap, that had to be down-right child abuse.

Look at all these conversations about post-JM5K Scum lists.

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20 minutes ago, clanofwolves said:

Well, honestly, TIE Punishers contain cards they cannot use either....heck, all the cards are unusable.

You used Attani on squads in Epic? Wow, you certainly have some kahunas.....holy crap, that had to be down-right child abuse.

There is a difference between shouldn't and can't. Yes, there are cards in the Punisher pack that it doesn't really want to use for various reasons. But, it can legally equip any the cards that come with it. Based on the FAQ, the Jumpmaster can't even equip them.

1 hour ago, ficklegreendice said:

well, scum still has Rau

I have absolute certainty that he's coming back now that nym's basically gone

Makes one wish they'd given the Scurrg an ace that didn't exclusively focus on bombs to the exclusion of the entire rest of their sweet-as-heck upgrade bar, eh?

27 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

There is a difference between shouldn't and can't. Yes, there are cards in the Punisher pack that it doesn't really want to use for various reasons. But, it can legally equip any the cards that come with it. Based on the FAQ, the Jumpmaster can't even equip them.

Yeah, I was objectively incorrect, subjectively correct. I guess and whining about the JMK5s in any way, given their insane run, should get jokes at best.

Heck, I might even field mine now that it’s come down into the game’s atmosphere finally....but Dengar will be a better balanced ship, but still a squad beast.

10 minutes ago, clanofwolves said:

Yeah, I was objectively incorrect, subjectively correct. I guess and whining about the JMK5s in any way, given their insane run, should get jokes at best.

Heck, I might even field mine now that it’s come down into the game’s atmosphere finally....but Dengar will be a better balanced ship, but still a squad beast.

I don't want to seem like I am doing this because the poor Jumpmasters need a leg up. I think they will be fine (perhaps even great) as is. It's far more about new consumers and precedent for me.

1 hour ago, clanofwolves said:

You used Attani on squads in Epic? Wow, you certainly have some kahunas.....holy crap, that had to be down-right child abuse.

It was fun, but not insane. For one, not all of my ships were linked. For two, i was using both a yv and firespray, so they bled MOV, even though i won my games. And for three, the sheer number of guns pointed at stuff in Epic means that an extra token or two doesn't matter quite so much. It just helped out some of my ships be a bit more effective. I think it was also before the heavy scyk title buff, and i was running 3 or 4 of them.

2 hours ago, ficklegreendice said:

well, scum still has Rau

I have absolute certainty that he's coming back now that nym's basically gone

Rau, Poe, Vader, Fel, Wedge, Talon bane Cobra!

59 minutes ago, Darth Meanie said:

Look at all these conversations about post-JM5K Scum lists.

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Well I mean Dengar is still Dengar, and with FSR being pretty much gone, a double tapping ps8+ ship that doesn't need to go to final salvo will still be potent.

Why are people saying Scum Nym is dead?

Just because he can’t do the broken 0 point Genius and unlimited bomb zero skill crash and bomb routine? Is that all he has?

5 minutes ago, BlodVargarna said:

Why are people saying Scum Nym is dead?

Just because he can’t do the broken 0 point Genius and unlimited bomb zero skill crash and bomb routine? Is that all he has?

I think he's dead in the way TIE Defenders are dead. Substantially weaker, but probably still more than fair enough to bring.