Wedge Vs Soontir

By Commander Kaine, in X-Wing

Posted at
5 hours ago, Biophysical said:

The thing is that Soontir seems legit at as low as 54 points (just Predator). He can be made better with Hull Upgrade, Afterburners, whatever, but it's not strictly needed.

There's huge value to being the cheapest I6, who is also the 2nd most maneuverable (behind Reflex Vader).

How is he the cheapest... if they cost the same?

Edited by Commander Kaine
Posted at
4 minutes ago, Commander Kaine said:

How is he the cheapest... if they cost the same?

Because Wedge will never leave home without an astromech, usually an expensive one.

Posted at
1 minute ago, Rakaydos said:

Because Wedge will never leave home without an astromech, usually an expensive one.

And soontir isn't paying for an EPT? Possibly even an expensive one?

Posted at
3 minutes ago, Gadgetron said:

And soontir isn't paying for an EPT? Possibly even an expensive one?

Wedge is paying for one too. And elite slots that synergise with Wedge's full arc are more expensive than Predator or Crackshot that synergise with Fel's bullseye arc.

Edited by Rakaydos
Posted at
4 minutes ago, Rakaydos said:

Because Wedge will never leave home without an astromech, usually an expensive one.

And its not like that astromech will do nothing... if soontir could take astros he would. Not having upgrade slots is not an advantage...

Posted at
Just now, Commander Kaine said:

And its not like that astromech will do nothing... if soontir could take astros he would. Not having upgrade slots is not an advantage...

Sure, but because it would be stupid to leave the astromech behind, he's effectively more expensive than Fel, who can take or leave his modification slots.

Posted at
39 minutes ago, Gadgetron said:

And soontir isn't paying for an EPT? Possibly even an expensive one?

Probably not, there's not one he really needs.

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Personally, Soontir gets Predator--a measly 2 point upgrade. Dovetails well with his pilot ability which wants to have things bullseyed, and getting a double-mod attack either maximizes his one attack in five rounds, or means that his attack might actually do something when saving the focus for defense.

Plus, 54 is also still quite cheap.