Obviously, higher ps is always an issue for Whisper, but you just have to know your matchup and act accordingly.

Other than ps issues, what holes are there? at ps4, without Deadeye, the biggest hole I see is the Black one title.

Countermeasures is start of combat so that's not really a ps issue.

Any thoughts? and thanks.

Honestly? I really like that. Those are 98% my favorite Rhos - I like Adv. SLAM too, but you are fighting for points.

While you could downgrade to a Vader or something to afford those Adv. SLAMs, I admire your desire to use Whisper - and with Intel Agent, it actually helps deal with high PS fairly well.

While Whisper's PS 9 isn't too high these days, I still also think I'd take a bid for her. Personally, I don't like PTL Rhos without Advanced SLAM, so maybe I'd consider something like Deadeye. Maybe both a missile and torpedo? Flechette are only 2 points, and spot stress control might come in handy. It's at least a 3-dice Guidance Chips attack which gets reloaded for free. Alternately, going to Nus with HLC might be a good idea.

You both have helpful feedback, thanks. The idea of the cannons is intriguing.

I dropped the Nu's on both to pick up points and played around with the HLC, but wasn't getting what I wanted.

I dropped HLC to mangler, and poons to each for versatility. With two manglers and Whisper, Poe isn't as much as an impossible task as before.

I still have LRS and the harpoons for non-black one targets.

thoughts?

"Whisper" — TIE Phantom32

Veteran Instincts1

Fire-Control System2

Intelligence Agent1

Advanced Cloaking Device4

Ship Total: 40

Nu Squadron Pilot — Alpha-class Star Wing18

Harpoon Missiles4

"Mangler" Cannon4

Linked Battery2

Long-Range Scanners0

XG-1 Assault Configuration1

Ship Total: 29

Nu Squadron Pilot — Alpha-class Star Wing18

Harpoon Missiles4

"Mangler" Cannon4

Linked Battery2

Long-Range Scanners0

XG-1 Assault Configuration1

Ship Total: 29

I actually like those a little less. If you want missiles AND canons, I would stick with a canon you can fire - Flechettes, probably.

Perhaps these?

Nu x 2

XG-1

Flechette Canon

Linked Battery

Harpoons

Adv. SLAM

2 minutes ago, Greebwahn said:

I actually like those a little less. If you want missiles AND canons, I would stick with a canon you can fire - Flechettes, probably.

Perhaps these?

Nu x 2

XG-1

Flechette Canon

Linked Battery

Harpoons

Adv. SLAM

With the latest FAQ adding clarity, there's no question that such Flechette Cannons are able to trigger Harpooned! explosions. Personally, though, I think I'd stick with LRS, to get TLs at distance, and roll into a lot of fights with Focus/TL. They'd probably be too cheap without it, though, for the normal list.

Hrm. Rho with Crack Shot, Harpoon, XG-1, Flechette, and LRS are also 29 points.

I don't dislike the Mangler version, per se. I mean, if you could take Harpoon Missiles and Long Range Scanners on a T-70 X-Wing, that's about what you'd have with those Mangler/Harpoon Nus. I think that's probably still solid, but it's just worth recognizing that they're kinda expensive.