Hi all,

I like to mull over the game and think about the problems all you power gamers face...

It has always struck me that, bar a few individual cases, you are better off ¨ Going Second¨ , as apart from the fear of the blinded pilot crit or a stresshit messin with your expertise there is really no downside.

Would it change the way you play if the player with initiative, going first, could actually equal PS kill ships before they shoot back? Would it change your approach for ¨ your "normal" squads? (I.E not Whisper or other pilots that want initiative usually)?

Would it balance out the going first/second initiative bids that people pull? WOULD IT BRING BACK WEDGE!!!?!!?!?!

Whisper also likes to go first against other PS 9s, so she can cloak.

I think it only becomes important for the mirror matches, which are getting slowly rarer currently.

I think the best way to balance out the initiative is for the player with initiative to place the first three rocks, and the second player place the last three. Just a slight buff in turn 0.

Great, so the PS race is even more important than it already is. No thanks.

Also, initiative should pass back and forth, regardless of bids (IMO).

race to the bottom in bids now means 80-85 point list meta, VI Vader + VI QD and lots of open space