Flight assisted Pilots

By Browncoat50, in X-Wing

Now that it's been out a while, who.ate your favorite pilots to pair with flight assist astromech? Right now I've been flying a lot of Thayne Kryell and Horton Salm.

It's not a sensible choice, but Blue Ace is hilarious with Flight Assist...

Gold Squadron Pilot, with your choice of action bombs :)

Snap Wexly and Blue Ace.

18 minutes ago, Jarval said:

It's not a sensible choice,

yet???

5 minutes ago, Mu0n729 said:

yet???

Blue Ace sadly don't have an ept and the t-65 fix won't do him no good.

Edited by Dwing

...........yet?

I’ve been enjoying it on Wes Jansen.

Norra has been the biggest surprise for me. (VI/Rey/Flight Assist/Title) at 33 points she is easier to slot in, now shoots at PS9, and still hits like a ton of bricks and is not relying on greens like other builds. Sure you need to build some Rey's, but usually not an issue to have 2-3 focus's before engagement starts. This has become my favorite build of any ship in the game since I started playing in wave 6.

Wedge w/Expertise and Flight Assist is tons of fun, but suffers from usual X-Wing death syndrome.

Ello Atsy w/VI/Flight Assist/Auto Thrusters/Adv Optics has also been really entertaining.

Edited by Wiredin
8 hours ago, Giledhil said:

Gold Squadron Pilot, with your choice of action bombs :)

Don’t have the exact list on me, but I ran 3 GSPs with FAA & bombs alongside Ahsoka w/ bombs and Sabine; it was a blast!

Edit: Added the list!

Gold Squadron Pilot — Y-Wing 18
Bomb Loadout 0
Extra Munitions 2
Flight-Assist Astromech 1
Proximity Mines 3
Ship Total: 24
Gold Squadron Pilot — Y-Wing 18
Bomb Loadout 0
Extra Munitions 2
Flight-Assist Astromech 1
Proximity Mines 3
Ship Total: 24
Gold Squadron Pilot — Y-Wing 18
Bomb Loadout 0
Extra Munitions 2
Flight-Assist Astromech 1
Proximity Mines 3
Ship Total: 24
Ahsoka Tano — TIE Fighter 17
Veteran Instincts 1
Sabine Wren 2
Scavenger Crane 2
Proximity Mines 3
Captured TIE 1
Sabine's Masterpiece 1
Ship Total: 27

Edited by Innese
  • Had a lot of success with Wedge with flight assist... "Darn, guess I'll just have to shoot you then..."
  • Gold Sqdn Pilot, BTL-A4 title, TLT, Flight Assist...
  • I'm dying to try Blue Ace... Just never seems to fit in a list...
7 hours ago, Browncoat50 said:

Now that it's been out a while, who.ate your favorite pilots...

Who ate all the pie(lot)s?...

... Jabba did, of course!

Edited by ABXY
6 hours ago, SabineKey said:

I’ve been enjoying it on Wes Jansen.

VI FAA Wes jansen is cheap and good.

9 minutes ago, Archangelspiv said:

VI FAA Wes jansen is cheap and good.

Definitely. 31 points for PS 10 token stripping with FAA to help keep targets in arc is very nice. I'm very excited to see what the cards in the Partisan pack can do for this build in particular.

9 hours ago, Dwing said:

Blue Ace sadly don't have an ept and the t-65 fix won't do him no good.

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WHO DO WE APPRECIATE?

R2-D6 GIVES US OUR EPT FIX!!!

Snap Wesley, Wes, the humble Rookie, Blue Squadron Novice, Red Vet.... any pilot with an Astromech slot that isn’t fighting stress can benefit from one of these.

3 hours ago, SabineKey said:

Definitely. 31 points for PS 10 token stripping with FAA to help keep targets in arc is very nice. I'm very excited to see what the cards in the Partisan pack can do for this build in particular.

I am primarily an Imperial player.. I know BOO HISS!!!! But with every man and his dog with an EPT being an Expertise carrier, I want to try this list out. Haven't flown it vs Fenn + VCX yet, not sure how it would go. But this is it.

Poe Dameron (PS9) — T-70 X-Wing 33
Veteran Instincts 1
R2-D2 4
Advanced Optics 2
Autothrusters 2
Black One 1
Ship Total: 43
Wes Janson — X-Wing 29
Veteran Instincts 1
Flight-Assist Astromech 1
Integrated Astromech 0
Ship Total: 31
Gold Squadron Pilot — Y-Wing 18
Ion Cannon Turret 5
R3-A2 2
BTL-A4 Y-Wing 0
Ship Total: 25

Total 99.

Even 1 point for int bid, like that even counts. Went Ion turret over TLT for control over damage. Now with Palp Aces rearing their heads, would rather a predictable 1 move, rather than 1 extra damage.

So far I found it best on Wes and Wedge, both at PS10. They can suddenly cover a lot more ground which catches people out.

7 hours ago, FlyingAnchors said:

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WHO DO WE APPRECIATE?

R2-D6 GIVES US OUR EPT FIX!!!

But then there is no room for flight assisted astromech ;)

5 hours ago, Estarriol said:

Snap Wesley, Wes, the humble Rookie, Blue Squadron Novice, Red Vet.... any pilot with an Astromech slot that isn’t fighting stress can benefit from one of these.

Prime thrusters is a must, and only 1 point.

Pretty much any X-Wing or Y-Wing pilot, really. Seriously, FAA is that good .

Gold Squadron Pilot (18)
Ion Cannon Turret (5)
Bomb Loadout (0)
Flight-Assist Astromech (1)
Cluster Mines (4)
BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0)

Total: 28

Fly them in pairs with a Sabine carrier, and they will ruin anyones day,

13 minutes ago, JaceDK said:

Gold Squadron Pilot (18)
Ion Cannon Turret (5)
Bomb Loadout (0)
Flight-Assist Astromech (1)
Cluster Mines (4)
BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0)

Total: 28

Fly them in pairs with a Sabine carrier, and they will ruin anyones day,

Funny you should say that... I've just been looking at

Heff Tobber - Pivot Wing, Electronic Baffle, Sabine Wren, Bombadier, Cluster Mines, Extra Munitions, Anti Pursuit Lasers - 36
Grey Squadron Pilot - BTL-A4, Ion Cannon Turret, Flight Assist Astromech, Bomb Loadout, Cluster Mines, Extra Munitions - 32
Grey Squadron Pilot - BTL-A4, Ion Cannon Turret, Flight Assist Astromech, Bomb Loadout, Cluster Mines, Extra Munitions - 32

It's no Miranda, but it is fun...

13 minutes ago, FTS Gecko said:

Funny you should say that... I've just been looking at

Heff Tobber - Pivot Wing, Electronic Baffle, Sabine Wren, Bombadier, Cluster Mines, Extra Munitions, Anti Pursuit Lasers - 36
Grey Squadron Pilot - BTL-A4, Ion Cannon Turret, Flight Assist Astromech, Bomb Loadout, Cluster Mines, Extra Munitions - 32
Grey Squadron Pilot - BTL-A4, Ion Cannon Turret, Flight Assist Astromech, Bomb Loadout, Cluster Mines, Extra Munitions - 32

It's no Miranda, but it is fun...

http://lists.starwarsclubhouse.com/get_tourney_details?tourney_id=4014

100 participants - 4th place - it works. :)

Edited by JaceDK
8 minutes ago, JaceDK said:

Great stuff, obviously the Miranda version is ( far, far, far ) superior to the U=Wing version, by virtue of mobility, regen, TLT and Harpoons, but it's great to see the wishbones doing well!

I'm in awe of that second placed list. Ten Numb !