A quick question: If Points where no concern, would you prefer Engine Upgrade or Vectored Thrusters on Norra Wexley (Ptl, RD-D2 version), and why?

N´Kata

Largely depends on the situation, but I would prever Vectored Thrusters. A Boost lets you cover a larger distance, but with a Barrel Roll, you can actually get closer to ones behind you if you are chased. If you can't outrun them, make them overshoot or bump.

Engine Upgrade is better for running away, Vectored Thrusters is better for lining up range one/auxillary arc shots. So I guess it depends on which type of player you want to be!

I prefer the utility VTs offer when maneuvering through the asteroids.

VT for me. Norra needs to be cheap as she can go down pretty fast and I feel like VT helps you to better take advantage of those two arcs.

VT because in my opinion this upgrade is a need to "feel" ARCs. Agile ship...but only AGI 1. When writing a Cinematic involving ARCs quite often include VTs. And sometimes a second Mod upgrade.

This are the warhorse's of skilled veterans, ships still in active duty after decades. They should be "custom" choppers.

As everyone else has said, VT is generally better.

I used to use VI and Rey crew along with EU and an initiative bid because getting out of range 1 of Fenn Rau used to be key in killing him instead of dying miserably, and then chasing Assaj down was also feasible.

But unless Parattanni or equivalent becomes popular again, VT would be used more often.

Vectored Thrusters all day.

I guess you would go with VT because its an action that is IMO more usefull on its own than Boost. Since points are no concern I have not counted that in my opinion.

Vectored

The aux arc is almost comically useless at range 3, so the extra distance created by boost is no bueno

The aux arc also gives you some degree of freedom ito facing, which further reduces the need to boost

I've had a lot of success with Engine Upgrade and prefer it. Norra is a fearsome predator against lower pilot skill ships when she can boost into range one. With EU I find myself rarely using my front arc more often than my back, because I'm faster and can turn better. Asteroids are your friend.

I run Norra, Title, PTL, Kyle Katarn, R2-D2, and Engine Upgrade.

The big thing with Norra is surviving the Alpha strike.

I like running it with Kyle so that every turn I get a free focus which frees me up to TL and boost.

Vectored Thrusters are good, and Norra does need SOME kind of repositioning, I just like EU better. It really is situational. Someone just won a regional with her and she had VT, it was so cool to watch. The guy stayed close to a Ghost and kept barrel rolling to the side blind spot. In that case VT was amazing and definitely superior to EU, but I can't tell you how many times I'd boosted into range one of some poor sap and laid 5 hits on him, and you are going to have a hard time doing that with VT.

Overall VT. The ARC isn't fast enough to run away even with boost so you're often better off doing a 1, regening a shield, BR back, and letting them run into the back of you or fly right past. Plus it's cheaper.

Having said that... in the current harpoon meta EU may actually be the smarter choice. In the past you wanted to trade R3 shots, get your 2 greens, maybe + an extra auto evade due to ability, then next turn regen a shield and brawl at R1. But with harpoons everwhere R3 is a bad place to be and due to the ARCs slow dial it's virtually impossible jump into R1 to prevent the harpoon shot whereas with EU you can close the distance from just outside R3 to R1 even if they only do a 1 straight.

Given the aux arc, its quite rare a roll wont give her a shot but a boost could totally end up in that perfect spot where you still aint got one.
Not to mention its 2 more points on an already pricy ship.

Boost would help her run away but ... its an arc....arcs dont run...they cant freakin' run lol

2 hours ago, ficklegreendice said:

Vectored

The aux arc is almost comically useless at range 3, so the extra distance created by boost is no bueno

The aux arc also gives you some degree of freedom ito facing, which further reduces the need to boost

I love outmaneuver and tailgunner on Norra. -2 reduction in agility for your opponent is awesome.

I like flying Norra with BB8 and therefore would go with EU, but usually, I don't have the points left for it. With BB-8 and EU however, she can go to places you could not dream off...

15 minutes ago, warmdown said:

I like flying Norra with BB8 and therefore would go with EU, but usually, I don't have the points left for it. With BB-8 and EU however, she can go to places you could not dream off...

I have a cool "Slender Norra" that uses BB-8:

2 minutes ago, Boba Rick said:

I have a cool "Slender Norra" that uses BB-8:

I remember this post from last year, but actually never gave it a try. How was it working out at the end?

1 minute ago, warmdown said:

I remember this post from last year, but actually never gave it a try. How was it working out at the end?

I feel like it has a lot of potential, but it's unintuitive for me. It's hard for me to take a ship that I am used to flying one way and then flying it in a complete opposite manner.

R7-T1

If you can get away with no regen. Line up that shot and be more accurate at the same time!