Cloaking Device... meh, good or very underrated?

By Greedo_Sharpshooter, in X-Wing

56 minutes ago, Da_Brown_Bomber said:

great insight. thanks for sharing this. so if a scum player is flying 2 cloaked gunrunners in tight formation with palob, what do you do then? he knows u want to take out Palob so he is baiting you to come for him. Meanwhile Kavil is rolling 4 dice moded as soon as you slip into range.

I ve been flying several variations of this squad:

"Whisper" + Juke + Fire-Control System + Director Krennic

"Echo" + Juke + Collision Detector + Admiral Sloane

Major Vermeil + 0-0-0 + Darth Vader

Depending on the mood I put Gong on Echo or drop 0-0-0 to put 7th sister or Collision detector, all work just as well.
Positioning is half the game. Make a big cluster of asteroids on one side of the map and depending on how he places the gunrunners place in response.
If he places them across the relatively clear side of the map, put Whisper turned 45deg. at the corner facing them and Echo-Vermeil at the corner close to the asteroids.
Have Whisper run towards the other corner and stress Vermeil to prevent the ailerons and wait for him behind the rocks.
Echo and Vermeil have no problem decloack / aileron on a rock so practice how to use this to your advantage to either overshoot the Gunrunners or arc-dodge them, when they enter the asteroid field, and focus on Palob that will usually be behind them somewhere.

If he places at the narrow path near the rocks, place whisper parallel to the edge again at the corner facing them and Echo Vermeil at the clear side of the map.
Turn 1 hard with Whisper and decloack / wait behind the closest big rock near the edge till Echo and Vermeil move fast through the rocks and flank his squad.

Again depending on how he moves you need to adjust your movements, but make sure to use the superior speed and asteroid benefits of your squad to your advantage.

On 12/5/2018 at 6:07 AM, Pewpewpew BOOM said:

I loved it on Tweek in 1.0 and would have it on Guri noif they had an illicit.

I’ve always thought the Cikatro  Viza  go shennanigans felt off; I am surprised they lived into 2.0.

I was a bit miffed at first about the v2 Virago not having an Illicit... But I feel like the title now more accurately reflects how Xizor had the ship built. Plus there’s the whole bit about every Starviper having a system slot... So I can live with Guri not having a Cloaking Device.