Happy Friday everyone,

I was watching Rebels with the family this evening and it got me thinking, what an ACE Pack for Rebels that had U-wing and T65s be any good?

Be excellent kids.

Depends on pilot ability’s and upgrade cards

Well, it certainly couldn't make them any worse .

First, TIE Reaper.

Then I can negotiate.

Happy Friday.

Good or not, I'm a sucker. I'd buy and fly them

6 minutes ago, LagJanson said:

Happy Friday.

Good or not, I'm a sucker. I'd buy and fly them

I'd buy them too. Not sure if I would fly them, but I that is due to no time to play. Still buying though.

Happy Friday all. I got my 2x Guns for Hire from MM this week. Nice to have them even if I don't know when I can try out the new stuff.

I'm still at a loss for how to possibly fix the U-Wing.

1 minute ago, PhantomFO said:

I'm still at a loss for how to possibly fix the U-Wing.

Support crew worth dedicating a ride to.

3 minutes ago, LagJanson said:

Support crew worth dedicating a ride to.

Why would I put them in a U-Wing instead of an Auzituck?

Ion side gunner could fix the U-wing...

7 minutes ago, PhantomFO said:

Why would I put them in a U-Wing instead of an Auzituck?

Looks?

10 minutes ago, PhantomFO said:

Why would I put them in a U-Wing instead of an Auzituck?

Heff's a better blocker or bodhi as a poor mans lrs?

I want to see a title card granting a new auxiliary arc, something that lines up with the swept back wings of the U-Wing. A full 360 arc doesn't quite fit the idea of a door gunner to me.

Then something along the lines of "When in Landing Mode when firing outside your primary arc add one HIT result to your roll."

Thematically it would represent the increased accuracy of landing mode with a little give and take since you lose the extra evade die in landing mode.

As far as pilots, the pilots from the Scarif scene in Rogue One and toss in Saw's Partisans as well. Oh, and K-2SO pilot and/or crew of course!

26 minutes ago, HelHound said:

I want to see a title card granting a new auxiliary arc, something that lines up with the swept back wings of the U-Wing. A full 360 arc doesn't quite fit the idea of a door gunner to me.

Then something along the lines of "When in Landing Mode when firing outside your primary arc add one HIT result to your roll."

Thematically it would represent the increased accuracy of landing mode with a little give and take since you lose the extra evade die in landing mode.

As far as pilots, the pilots from the Scarif scene in Rogue One and toss in Saw's Partisans as well. Oh, and K-2SO pilot and/or crew of course!

If there isn't an auxillary arc printed on the existing card, a title can't really add one on.

I would be OK with some sort of modification/title/whatever that allowed a 'door gunner' who fired out-of-arc at Range 1, attack 3, 1-damage-cap (effectively a single TLT shot at range 1) though, to represent crew-served guns being fired out the doors. Whether this is practical in a spaceship dogfight , on the other hand, is questionable, but hey, 'landing mode', right?

2 hours ago, DR4CO said:

Well, it certainly couldn't make them any worse .

FFG: Hold my beer.

Would this pack have K-2SO in it? If the answer is yes, then the pack would have some good in it.

Happy Friday CB!

For the T-65, I think a couple of titles would work. I say a couple because you don't want to make it a more expensive, less capable T-70.

A good start for the U-Wing would be to rewrite the title card so you don't telegraph your zero speed k turn. It needs more help but it's a start.

I’d buy if it made the UWing small base and gave the T-65 a significant boost.

How would you even fix the U-Wing? I mean the X-Wing is easy; just give it better moves (b-roll version of adaptive ailerons, but combat phase (my personal fix)))

Yeah, the U Wing is in such a weird place now that the Auzituck is out.

Straight up points reduction is an option, but I'm not sure getting it down to 21 points base is enough, and going below a T-65 seems like an inherently bad idea (also does nothing for the B Wing).

If all you wanted to do was get it on the table, you could go the Palp shuttle route: put out a really good double slot crew card with a Large Ship Only restriction - at that point you're competing with the Resistance Sympathiser and the Lothal Rebel, and a Blue Squadron Pathfinder is substantially cheaper than either of those, but I doubt FFG wants to do that: It's not really a fix, and it makes things pretty restrictive in terms of future development, and I think that Palp probably scared them a little - consider Jabba's near complete lack of an impact on the competitive scene. That said, it still might happen - the rebels do have some candidates, after all, and the "iconic character double crew card" has shown up for the other two factions, so... Maybe?

Beyond that... Well, it's not like it's so far away from being usable, the U Wing. A suitably powerful K2-SO pilot ability, possibly something regen related, would go a long way towards compensating for the chassis. Perhaps... PS8, with an EPT, once per round when your remove a stress token, regen a shield? It might basically be a single pilot ship at that point (or possibly two if they put out a double crew as above) but that would hardly be unique in X Wing: See exhibit A, Corran Horn.

could just adding this to the pivot wing title; "When you perform an all-stop, you may shoot out of arc, ignoring the range 1 attack bonus"

HFCB.

That's a novel idea.

Haven't heard that suggested before.

Nossir.

Not at all.

It’s Friday. I’m thinking X-Wing again. And you’re asking if we’d buy more pilots for the T-65?

DUH! Of course we would!

I'm gonna try some crazy lists involving a u-wing and some x wings soon so would love a boost to them!!

Also after watching rebels i may have to buy a U wing to mod like riders so will need more of them!!

1 hour ago, Sanguinary Dan said:

It’s Friday. I’m thinking X-Wing again. And you’re asking if we’d buy more pilots for the T-65?

DUH! Of course we would!

I'd actually be perfectly happy if they threw in one or two from the Rogue One era, but otherwise stuck to some classics - Corran Horn in an X-wing would not be shabby, given the price discount he'd be facing, and Tycho would just be downright hilarious. Possibly with a stressbot. Or Keyan Farlander with the same, for that matter - shoot the stress away!

3 hours ago, the1hodgy said:

How would you even fix the U-Wing? I mean the X-Wing is easy; just give it better moves (b-roll version of adaptive ailerons, but combat phase (my personal fix)))

U-Wing needs better crew and something to distinguish it from the Wookie boat. X-wings... I am uncomfortable with the endless 'make them more agile, and in fact in doing so leave A-wings in the dust' type approaches. Better to just give them enough firepower (they already got agility, see) to be the ship of choice whenever you want no frills, no fancy tricks, just more firepower . The kings of jousting don't need to end up being boost&barrel-rolling, white-K-turning monsters, you know? Let the X-wing take that crown. Heck, even if you break them stupidly, at least there's counterplay!