I tried this out last night:

Rey with EU, Expertise, Kanan, Finn and HotR title

Miranda with TLT, LRS and Threepio

It was good (need to be cagier with Rey and less cagey with Miranda but that's just me getting used to the list/ships) but is EU worth it?

It's great to sloop and then boost but with EU I feel I have to get my moneys worth so I'm boosting alot!

If I didn't take it where would the 4 points go??

In the current meta I'd far prefer Countermeasures. Ideally with Scavenger Crane if you can swing it. Munitions are a big threat for Rey.

Ordnance? Harpoons are choice de jour.

Just now, thespaceinvader said:

Ideally with Scavenger Crane if you can swing it.

I see what you did there

4 minutes ago, Dr Zoidberg said:

Ordnance? Harpoons are choice de jour.

Rey doesn't need them. Her attack in arc is about the same as a harpoon already, and Finn doesn't work on Harpoons.

Engine Upgrade is much better than countermeasure for avoiding harpoons, because you can arc dodge harpoon arcs, and use the EU boost to range control so that they can't fire at you.

Countermeasures clears one Harpoon TL, once ... EU helps you against it every turn.

High PS? Check

Large Base? Check

Turret? Check

---> Engine Upgrade > all

On Han EU is definitely amazing, assume it is on Rey as well.

Rey is at her most lethal at range 1, coincidentally harpoons are least lethal at range 1. Also, Rey CAN fire out of arc, poons can’t. Engine Upgrade all dang day.

Yes [to upgrade]

If you were running VI Rey, EU would be a waste of points, since you'e taking the focus action every round for your offense. But with Expertise, you'll definitely find it's worth the points.

The trouble is that Expertise/EU Rey is incredibly expensive. If you dropped EU you could bump Miranda up toLW+AO+R2D2 Poe, which is a massive step up in attack and defense.

Had a bit of success with Inertial and Countermeasures. But then I go with VI for Rey (back when PS11 wasn’t really much of a thing) so I always moved last.

I played her alongside Jan Ors for the extra dice so I always wanted to be in range 1, which had a lot to do with it.

Theres nothing wrong with EU on her though, it’s just a different way of playing.

Yes, engine on either the Kanan/Sloop or C-3P0/Evade builds.

You pretty much wanna put Engine on Rey if you have the points. If you wanna have a different load out for your wing mate, then you could go with Smuggling Compartment + Your pick of illicit & mods.

BUT...Engine is just incredibly useful in all situations. I fly mostly Rey + Poe and the games where I don't take Engine upgrade I ALWAYS miss having it.

EU is worth it on almost any large base if you can afford it. You could try and take bomblet generator on Miranda instead. It makes her less vulnerable to aces and restricts the opponent's movement options somewhat but I'd still take EU on Rey anyway.

I love the sloop and boost combo it's so much fun to watch someones face the first time you pull it off. They are always like "Wait, you can do that!?"

Always.
People will say "but countermeasures is better against harpoons", but if Rey boosts to Range 1 she won't be taking a harpoon.
Also being able to 3 sloop BOOST is a pretty fantastic move. Engine keeps people in Rey's arc, which is what she needs to do to win.

I agree, Engine is much better. big base with boost is down right dangerous. Even better with barrel roll and boost! oh dash PTL days lol

Counter measures is nice if your really can't find that one point... and with 38 points left over it can be tough to fit something in that hole.

Is Rey good enough for top level play? thats the major question. Can she be worked into a list that can beat the field?

2 minutes ago, Wiredin said:

I agree, Engine is much better. big base with boost is down right dangerous. Even better with barrel roll and boost! oh dash PTL days lol

Counter measures is nice if your really can't find that one point... and with 38 points left over it can be tough to fit something in that hole.

Is Rey good enough for top level play? thats the major question. Can she be worked into a list that can beat the field?

Yes. She is definitely top tier workable. Put her with Lowhhrick.

EU w/o debate. The greatest challenge with Rey is finding what to do with the remaining 38 pts.

16 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Yes. She is definitely top tier workable. Put her with Lowhhrick.

that is one of my wing options for sure...

Rey (45)
Expertise (4)
Finn (5)
Kanan Jarrus (3)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Millennium Falcon (1)

Lowhhrick (28)
Predator (3)
Jan Ors (2)
Jyn Erso (2)
Experimental Interface (3)

Total: 100

View in Yet Another Squad Builder

kind of janky.

You know, I think the commentators have changed my mind. I was with the Countermeasures people, but the Engine Upgraders made very good points. My regionals list is a Rey/Liberator and I haven't been able to choose the right moment to make Countermeasures work to it's fullest. And as Blod says:

4 hours ago, BlodVargarna said:

Rey is at her most lethal at range 1, coincidentally harpoons are least lethal at range 1. Also, Rey CAN fire out of arc, poons can’t. Engine Upgrade all dang day.

I think I know what we're going to do today Ferb.

4 minutes ago, Wiredin said:

that is one of my wing options for sure...

Rey (45)
Expertise (4)
Finn (5)
Kanan Jarrus (3)
Engine Upgrade (4)
Millennium Falcon (1)

Lowhhrick (28)
Predator (3)
Jan Ors (2)
Jyn Erso (2)
Experimental Interface (3)

Total: 100

View in Yet Another Squad Builder

kind of janky.

Dtf Ezra maul on low.

I'll add to the chorus that Rey wants Engine.

2 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Dtf Ezra maul on low.

sounds like fun, however I want to give Rey focus/evade and target lock at once, plus have reinforce for pure tankastic Rey!