6 minutes ago, Captain Lackwit said:

No  downside there at  all.

At R3 they get their bonus defense die.

5 minutes ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Oh crap you're right. Well that's also very good! Means I'm rolling 4 at every range. No downside there at all.

The only downside is the difficulty of getting the Bullseye on target for most ships. Poe I think will manage better than most, but it's still iffy. I loved HLC Defenders in 1.0 before Imperial Veterans came out, now I think I'd rather go for the Ion Cannon or no Cannon at all. I'm actually more looking forward to the idea of Concussion Missiles or Cluster Missiles on my T-70s than the Cannon slot.

7 minutes ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Alright so black One's the title right? That one doesn't recharge. But Poe's ability does recharge, so he can PTL at least once per turn. Gonna' have to seriously equip him with something that can clear stress- he'll need it I think. I almost said he has no linked actions, but very technically all those actions can link into each other with that 1.0 PTL baked into his card. **** he's scary. Gonna' have to find some REAAAAALLLLLLYYYYY good reasons not to run Poe...

Lord am I pumped for The Resistance..!

Yep, Black One is a title, seen here.

With Poe basically having baked in PTL, giving him r4 Astro to make his 2 turns blue sounds like where it’s at, though I wouldn’t mind if the new BB-8 synergized well with Poe’s ability.

There is also an interesting idea of giving him Debris Gambit to give him access to the Evade action.

1 hour ago, Stryker359 said:

Just heard on the Gold Squadron stream at Coruscant that the kit will contain TEN Tech Upgrade cards.

And all the scum exclusive players with tug boats loose their minds because “they HAVE to buy resistance stuff to get the cards...”

15 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

Yep, Black One is a title, seen here.

With Poe basically having baked in PTL, giving him r4 Astro to make his 2 turns blue sounds like where it’s at, though I wouldn’t mind if the new BB-8 synergized well with Poe’s ability.

There is also an interesting idea of giving him Debris Gambit to give him access to the Evade action.

I suspect bb8 will be basically the same, maybe every other round.

3 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

I suspect bb8 will be basically the same, maybe every other round.

Do you mean basically the same as R4 or Poe?

Just now, SabineKey said:

Do you mean basically the same as R4 or Poe?

As 1e.

1e BB-8 would still go great with Poe for stress removal. Do a barrel roll, link an action off of that, blue maneuver to clear stress, and take another action.

2 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

As 1e.

Gotcha. Possibly.

Another thought I discussed with friends is maybe BB-8 will add the Calculate action, making a target for Resistance 3P0.

1 hour ago, Hiemfire said:

From the way the post was formatted it looked like they were suggesting that Poe be a Falcon pilot as well as on the T-70.

No the post seemed pretty clear to others, especially when the Poe Dameron (T-70) was compared directly to Fenn Rau (Fang Fighter) at 68 points.

On 10/3/2018 at 9:26 AM, ScummyRebel said:

And of course it has to go to one of the most disliked characters in the franchise...

Rose is one of the _most_ liked new characters in franchise.

13 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

Gotcha. Possibly.

Another thought I discussed with friends is maybe BB-8 will add the Calculate action, making a target for Resistance 3P0.

Eh. He’d have to do something special to make it viable without 3PO, too, though. And getting 2 Calc tokens is too common, in various ways.

2 minutes ago, SpiderMana said:

Eh. He’d have to do something special to make it viable without 3PO, too, though. And getting 2 Calc tokens is too common, in various ways.

It would definitely need to be in addition to something else, much like both versions of 3P0 and IGD crew.

I like this conversation kit a lot as a “kitchen player”.

Will allow me with one touch of blue acrylic paint to convert two of my overstock X-Wings (V1 core x 2 + Tantive IV + X-Wing pack x 2 ? ? ? ) into proper Resistance X-Wing proxies ;)

Now turning my overstock Ties into FO Ties proxies will require a bit more work ...

38 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

Yep, Black One is a title, seen here.

With Poe basically having baked in PTL, giving him r4 Astro to make his 2 turns blue sounds like where it’s at, though I wouldn’t mind if the new BB-8 synergized well with Poe’s ability.

There is also an interesting idea of giving him Debris Gambit to give him access to the Evade action.

Poe Dameron (w/Debris Gambit, Title + Astro) of choice sounds fun. Especially paired with Rey with Finn and Rose or any other combo thanks to all the solid choices revealed in the article. If they both fit, Rey/Poe will be formidable.

12 minutes ago, Cgriffith said:

Poe Dameron (w/Debris Gambit, Title + Astro) of choice sounds fun. Especially paired with Rey with Finn and Rose or any other combo thanks to all the solid choices revealed in the article. If they both fit, Rey/Poe will be formidable.

Agreed. I will be very interested to see how much Black One costs. It’s a better Burnout Slam, but limited to one ship type.

1 minute ago, SabineKey said:

Agreed. I will be very interested to see how much Black One costs. It’s a better Burnout Slam, but limited to one ship type.

Because it’s limited to 1 charge and you gain a disarm/ion, I’d say somewhere between 4-8 points.

3 minutes ago, Cgriffith said:

Because it’s limited to 1 charge and you gain a disarm/ion, I’d say somewhere between 4-8 points.

I’m thinking more like 2-3, but that might be me undervaluing the disarm or Ion tradeoff.

4 minutes ago, SabineKey said:

I’m thinking more like 2-3, but that might be me undervaluing the disarm or Ion tradeoff.

I’d be ecstatic if it only 2-3 points, but I guess we need to find out how FFG values the Slam Action on a higher agility ship.

especially SLAM when you can choose to still shoot if you want, even with a penalty. With turnarounds on the dial that's a ludicrous amount of positional flex.

do we know what BB-8 will do in 2.0? it would be nice if the droid that belongs to a named character was actually a strong choice for that pilot in the game.

Poe+Black One+BB-8 ought to be a combo that plays well, instead of forcing us to mix and match combos like 1.0 did.

24 minutes ago, mithril2098 said:

do we know what BB-8 will do in 2.0? it would be nice if the droid that belongs to a named character was actually a strong choice for that pilot in the game.

Poe+Black One+BB-8 ought to be a combo that plays well, instead of forcing us to mix and match combos like 1.0 did.

Well, in 1.0 BB-8's best synergy combo was PTL, so if he remains functionally unchanged you should be in decent shape there

7 hours ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Oh **** he does. But only once, right? I don't think he can just get his charge back, can he?

Also tbh I am VERY HYPE to throw HLCs on T-70s!

Just checked, it’s a recurring charge. He can do it every round.

it literally is the same effect as 1.0 push the limit.

8 hours ago, Stryker359 said:

The only downside is the difficulty of getting the Bullseye on target for most ships. Poe I think will manage better than most, but it's still iffy. I loved HLC Defenders in 1.0 before Imperial Veterans came out, now I think I'd rather go for the Ion Cannon or no Cannon at all. I'm actually more looking forward to the idea of Concussion Missiles or Cluster Missiles on my T-70s than the Cannon slot.

Barrel roll would make it 100% easier to get that bullseye on target, but regardless it's a very very nice option to have. I mean with PTL, Poe can boost then focus or PTL and easily clear stress next round. But that's Poe, and Poe's very good. Dunno' bout the others!

But ****, why put clusters or concussions in when you can rock Prockets?

God, Poe with all this and SLAM..? I may very well have a fresh new main pilot to fly. He's pretty much my main fighter hero in Battlefront II 2 as well. He has so many options!

15 hours ago, Captain Lackwit said:

Barrel roll would make it 100% easier to get that bullseye on target, but regardless it's a very very nice option to have. I mean with PTL, Poe can boost then focus or PTL and easily clear stress next round. But that's Poe, and Poe's very good. Dunno' bout the others!

But ****, why put clusters or concussions in when you can rock Prockets?

God, Poe with all this and SLAM..? I may very well have a fresh new main pilot to fly. He's pretty much my main fighter hero in Battlefront II 2 as well. He has so many options!

Again, it's that Bullseye arc. Ultimately, there will be a multitude of ways to play Poe, none of which are right or wrong until the meta decides they are; even then, there are often those little crazy ideas that shouldn't work that come swinging in from the left field and upset the apple cart.