Hello,

With it being Father’s Day in the US, (happy Father’s Day) it got me thinking about this,

Darth Vader looks to be the best Pilot in 2.0 for imps and still is really good in 1.0, Is having the Dark Father being so strong a good and/or a healthy thing for 1.0 and 2.0? He will continue to be the go to for teaching people the game and will only get better when we see the Dark Side Force abilities.

On a side note I really wish an FAQ would come out that gives Vader a natural Boost in 1.0.

On a different side note check below if you did not know about Vader being a “Dark Father” in German.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/11/28/did-german-speakers-understand-the-darth-vader-reveal-before-anyone-else/amp/

Vader will be good, but not overpowered in 2nd Edition. He is an excellent pilot with a lot of Force to give him actionless Focuses, but he gets huge nerfs from 1.0: No native Boost (Afterburners being an approximation but nowhere near as solid), and critically, no native Evade. In my proxy games with him, he will need cards that give him actions to get full use out of his ability and is still very vulnerable to dice variance. To call him the "best" pilot for the Empire really oversells the TIE Advanced, especially when Valen Rudor, Rexlar, and Ryad all exist in that monstrous Defender.

I don't know what you mean to say when you ask if a strong Vader is good or bad for X-Wing. It just... is. Vader is strong. He's not broken, and he's not weak.

Yes -- iconic ships and characters on the board is nothing but good for X-wing.

By the way, the Dark Father thing is a myth. Vader was named long before Lucas decided to make him Anakin Skywalker. Like a whole movie before. Read "The Secret History of Star Wars" if you'd like to shatter some more popular myths.

Definitely better. We need all the most iconic characters to be good in the game.

17 hours ago, Cubanboy said:

... check below if you did not know about Vader being a “Dark Father” in German.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/11/28/did-german-speakers-understand-the-darth-vader-reveal-before-anyone-else/amp/

Well you have to be insanely drunk to get the German equivalent of dark father out of darth vader.

The father part, maybe, but no way on the dark part

20 hours ago, Cubanboy said:

...and will only get better when we see the Dark Side Force abilities.

Speaking of which, have we seen any Light Side force upgrades yet? Wish there was a pinned link to everything currently leaked. Hmm, maybe some of those wikis with all the cards on have been updated with 2nd edition...

Vader isn't the best ship in 1.0, and I can guarantee he isn't the best ship in 2.0 either. However, I'll bet that every fan favourite character is just under the power curve, so that new and old players can enjoy thematic squads while actually having a chance in competitive play.

Having iconic characters like Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Boba Fett and Han Solo be strong is good for the game. Most players want to play thosevships with those characters, and having enough points/design space and them being competitive will always be good for XWING