I had tinkered around with brobots+1. Many did, as those topics pop up regularly here.

Points changes on these four bots are a thing of pure beauty, thank you FFG! (no sarcasm, this is pure honesty)

Look at the costs:

A 68, B 65, C 66, D 65, IG-2000 1

You can fit B/C/D with title for 199 points. You cannot fit A with two others and title on all of them.

I really love this. Including A in this triple would have been very strong, especially instead of B. But like this, you have three potent ships with good abilities, but they are not overpowered.

I will see how this works out tomorrow, guy in the club wants to try it.

For me, the real gem though, is that I can finally field this. Before the patch, it would have been 201 points 😉 points increase on Palob and moldy crow 😧 😘 compensated by IGs and engine upgrade

IG-88A (68)

IG-2000 (1)

IG-88C (66)
IG-2000 (1)

Palob Godalhi (40)
IG-88D (4)
Engine Upgrade (2)
Moldy Crow (18)

Total: 200

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🤨 I guess. This looks like more fun:

IG-88C (66)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88B (65)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88D (65)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

Total: 199

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All 3 with all 3 abilities being able to follow up with a Jam Beam if their primary misses to make the target easier to kill... 😈

I have a theory that B is still the most important one, even with weaker 2e cannons, since the low ship count might have trouble pushing damage through.

Maybe I'll get around to flying some of these. My personal fascinations are IG-88 D crew lists with only a single IG-2000 and the Advanced Sensors/Elusive combo, to have double calculate tokens and a defensive reroll, while keeping arc on something.

There'd be something thematic and fun to having a 4-LOM team-up.

• IG-88 B (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, IG-2000) 84
• 4-LOM (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, Mist Hunter, IG-88 D) 73
• Sunny Bounder (Heavy Laser Cannon, Afterburners) 40
  • No particular synergies, but this looks cute as heck. Try for the bonus result with sunny's 2-dice attack, or pound out 4-dice HLCs, and Afterburners are just cool.

Alternately, there'd be a lot of movement flexibility to this list:

• IG-88 B (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, IG-2000) 84
• IG-88 D (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, IG-2000) 84
• Lando Calrissian {Escape Craft} (Crack Shot, Tactical Officer) 32

Coordinate a Calculate, then AdvS into a boost into changing the bearing of the S-Loop... That's a lot of wiggle, just seems cool.

38 minutes ago, Hiemfire said:

🤨 I guess. This looks like more fun:

IG-88C (66)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88B (65)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88D (65)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

Total: 199

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All 3 with all 3 abilities being able to follow up with a Jam Beam if their primary misses to make the target easier to kill... 😈

Say...

What if you switched C for A, and took 4-LOM with IG-88 D crew...

• IG-88 A (Jamming Beam, IG-2000) 69
• IG-88 B (Jamming Beam, IG-2000) 65
• 4-LOM (Advanced Sensors, IG-88 D, Mist Hunter, Jamming Beam) 66
  • Maybe this doesn't need Advanced Sensors, and could just put talents on ships or such. Or Ion Cannons.

5 minutes ago, theBitterFig said:

What if you switched C for A, and took 4-LOM with IG-88 D crew...

• IG-88 A (Jamming Beam, IG-2000) 69
• IG-88 B (Jamming Beam, IG-2000) 65
• 4-LOM (Advanced Sensors, IG-88 D, Mist Hunter, Jamming Beam) 66

I get that people love the utility of IG-88 D crew, they're just sadly missing what the pilot can do when squaded up with the IG-88s as a pilot. The ability combo of the 3 pilots is the primary point of my list.

I mean, I have a B/D list above, so I understand the pilot ability.

Mostly, I'm just riffing on different ideas. 4-LOM is particularly cool as an IG-88 D carrier with B, since he too can bring some sort of a cannon. He's nifty with A, since he's got a non-action way to get Calculate tokens he could share.

Alas, can't fit B/C/Krassis Trelix in the same list... that'd be the jackpot. Someone who wants to boost, and who wants to use cannons.

For a Krassis/B list...

• IG-88 B (Tractor Beam, IG-2000) 68
• Krassis Trelix (Tractor Beam, IG-88 D) 76
• Torkil Mux (Moldy Crow) 56

Oooh, jamming beam is zero points now! That's nasty

Great ideas overall. Gonna put some of them on the table soon

I think this would be fun. 4 droids, 2 coordinate actions. You can move calculate tokens where you want.

IG-88A (68)
Trick Shot (2)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88B (65)
Trick Shot (2)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

L3-37 (Escape Craft) (26)

Lando Calrissian (Scum) (Escape Craft) (29)
Trick Shot (2)
IG-88D (4)

Total: 200

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or

IG-88A (68)
Fearless (3)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88C (66)
Fearless (3)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

L3-37 (Escape Craft) (26)

Outer Rim Pioneer (28)
IG-88D (4)

Total: 200

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20 hours ago, theBitterFig said:

I have a theory that B is still the most important one, even with weaker 2e cannons, since the low ship count might have trouble pushing damage through.

Maybe I'll get around to flying some of these. My personal fascinations are IG-88 D crew lists with only a single IG-2000 and the Advanced Sensors/Elusive combo, to have double calculate tokens and a defensive reroll, while keeping arc on something.

There'd be something thematic and fun to having a 4-LOM team-up.

• IG-88 B (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, IG-2000) 84
• 4-LOM (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, Mist Hunter, IG-88 D) 73
• Sunny Bounder (Heavy Laser Cannon, Afterburners) 40
  • No particular synergies, but this looks cute as heck. Try for the bonus result with sunny's 2-dice attack, or pound out 4-dice HLCs, and Afterburners are just cool.

Alternately, there'd be a lot of movement flexibility to this list:

• IG-88 B (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, IG-2000) 84
• IG-88 D (Elusive, Advanced Sensors, Ion Cannon, IG-2000) 84
• Lando Calrissian {Escape Craft} (Crack Shot, Tactical Officer) 32

Coordinate a Calculate, then AdvS into a boost into changing the bearing of the S-Loop... That's a lot of wiggle, just seems cool.

Say...

What if you switched C for A, and took 4-LOM with IG-88 D crew...

• IG-88 A (Jamming Beam, IG-2000) 69
• IG-88 B (Jamming Beam, IG-2000) 65
• 4-LOM (Advanced Sensors, IG-88 D, Mist Hunter, Jamming Beam) 66
  • Maybe this doesn't need Advanced Sensors, and could just put talents on ships or such. Or Ion Cannons.

That B/D Lando lists looks like tons of fun. Gonna try it tomorrow night at my LGS. Thanks for the idea.

On 1/30/2019 at 7:37 AM, flooze said:

IG-88A (68)

IG-2000 (1)

IG-88C (66)
IG-2000 (1)

Palob Godalhi (40)
IG-88D (4)
Engine Upgrade (2)
Moldy Crow (18)

Total: 200

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Let the Bots do the heavy lifting and fly your squad like this:

IG-88A (74)
Juke (5)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88C (72)
Juke (5)
IG-2000 (1)

Palob Godalhi (51)
Juke (5)
IG-88D (4)
Engine Upgrade (2)

Total: 197

View in the FFG squad builder

I tried it and its like:

The power between jamming/Juke would make B and D good options.

Im looking at manaroo with IG-88 to pass a calculate to each bot ( in combo with A). Blocking is good token denial.

But with such low PS, the evade propably gets shot away before they can, wich made me look at swarmleader serissu wich seems like a good option.

Might be that Palob/Juke is the stronger option here, but feels like my veins are about to pop.

Sooo close to something really good!!! GHAAAAAA!!!!

What about:

IG and Friend (198)
IG-88A — Aggressor Assault Fighter 68
IG-2000 1
Ship Total: 69
Half Points: 35 Threshold: 4

IG-88C — Aggressor Assault Fighter 66
IG-2000 1
Ship Total: 67
Half Points: 34 Threshold: 4

Lando Calrissian (Scum) — Customized YT-1300 Light Freighter 49
Trick Shot 2
IG-88D 4
Engine Upgrade 7
Ship Total: 62
Half Points: 31 Threshold: 6

I was thinking something along the lines like this

New Squadron

(66) IG-88C
(0) Jamming Beam
(1) IG-2000
(3) Seismic Charges
Points 70

(65) IG-88B
(0) Jamming Beam
(1) IG-2000
(3) Seismic Charges
Points 69

(56) Old Teroch
(3) Swarm Tactics
Points 59

Total points: 198

My take on the Bots (just loved flying 4-Lom with Dirty Hive, can't give him up!)

G-1A Starfighter - •4-LOM - 65
•4-LOM - Reprogrammed Protocol Droid (49)
Advanced Sensors (10)
•IG-88D (4)
• Mist Hunter (2)
Jamming Beam (0)

Aggressor Assault Fighter - •IG-88C - 69
•IG-88C - Conniving Contraption (66)
Trick Shot (2)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

Aggressor Assault Fighter - •IG-88B - 66
•IG-88B - Brutal Battledroid (65)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

Total: 200/200

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1 hour ago, trillclick said:

My take on the Bots (just loved flying 4-Lom with Dirty Hive, can't give him up!)

G-1A Starfighter - •4-LOM - 65
•4-LOM - Reprogrammed Protocol Droid (49)
Advanced Sensors (10)
•IG-88D (4)
• Mist Hunter (2)
Jamming Beam (0)

Aggressor Assault Fighter - •IG-88C - 69
•IG-88C - Conniving Contraption (66)
Trick Shot (2)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

Aggressor Assault Fighter - •IG-88B - 66
•IG-88B - Brutal Battledroid (65)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

Total: 200/200

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Why not remove Trick Shot and trade C with A so you can all share calculates?

5 minutes ago, DaProfezzur said:

Why not remove Trick Shot and trade C with A so you can all share calculates?

I don't like the ability. It's just one token, and how often will I need to load calculate tokens to just one ship. This way 2/3 are getting evades after the bost (unless I miss-understood the ability for A)

But having calculates are better than evades.

On ‎1‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 8:17 PM, tsondaboy said:

Let the Bots do the heavy lifting and fly your squad like this:

IG-88A (74)
Juke (5)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88C (72)
Juke (5)
IG-2000 (1)

Palob Godalhi (51)
Juke (5)
IG-88D (4)
Engine Upgrade (2)

Total: 197

View in the FFG squad builder

Help me out on what a typical turns looks like with this list. I don't see the value added for having IG-A since the Bros and Palob (minus the natural evade action) will want to either evade or boost for evade. My thought is since there wont be many or any, calculate actions in a turn why not save the 3 bid points and go with IG-B and get the extra attacks from a free Jam Beam (or additional mods)?

My guess would be to give the list the versatility to the 3 so when they are not shooting there is shared Calc token(s)

I am as intrigued as everyone else to tinker away at this list to perfection and with all the Jukes I am in heaven!

On ‎1‎/‎30‎/‎2019 at 7:01 AM, Boreas Mun said:

IG-88A (68)
Fearless (3)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88C (66)
Fearless (3)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

L3-37 (Escape Craft) (26)

Outer Rim Pioneer (28)
IG-88D (4)

Total: 200

View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0

I have a 3-ship Brobots list that looks kind of like this. It uses L3-37 carrying 88D. I'm having trouble loading the app, though, so I can't post it from there

Droid Revolution

IG-88B

Crack Shot (1) / Trajectory Simulator (10) / Jamming Beam (0) / Tractor Beam (2) / Tact. Scrambler (2) / IG-2000 (1) / Seismic Charges (3) Total 84 pts

IG-88A

Marksmanship (1) / Advanced Sensors (10) / HLC (4) / Jamming Beam (0) / IG-2000 (1) / Tact. Scrambler (2) Total 86 pts.

L3-37

IG-88D Total 30 pts.

Total 200/200

1 minute ago, feltipern1 said:

I have a 3-ship Brobots list that looks kind of like this. It uses L3-37 carrying 88D. I'm having trouble loading the app, though, so I can't post it from there

Droid Revolution

IG-88B

Crack Shot (1) / Trajectory Simulator (10) / Jamming Beam (0) / Tractor Beam (2) / Tact. Scrambler (2) / IG-2000 (1) / Seismic Charges (3) Total 84 pts

IG-88A

Marksmanship (1) / Advanced Sensors (10) / HLC (4) / Jamming Beam (0) / IG-2000 (1) / Tact. Scrambler (2) Total 86 pts.

L3-37

IG-88D Total 30 pts.

Total 200/200

Did you try it? I want to play some brobots, but have Hyperspace tournament this Sunday, so I need to practise Fangs 😕

1 hour ago, Boreas Mun said:

Did you try it? I want to play some brobots, but have Hyperspace tournament this Sunday, so I need to practise Fangs 😕

Only tried it once, so far. I'm trying to make Jumpmasters great again so I'm going to be flying them for a while, right now. I was a fan of the Dengaroo craziness, and I'd like to see what it can do in 2.0

4 hours ago, Glattyator said:

Help me out on what a typical turns looks like with this list. I don't see the value added for having IG-A since the Bros and Palob (minus the natural evade action) will want to either evade or boost for evade. My thought is since there wont be many or any, calculate actions in a turn why not save the 3 bid points and go with IG-B and get the extra attacks from a free Jam Beam (or additional mods)?

My guess would be to give the list the versatility to the 3 so when they are not shooting there is shared Calc token(s)

I am as intrigued as everyone else to tinker away at this list to perfection and with all the Jukes I am in heaven!

IG-88-A is the most expensive IG for a good reason.
It works similar to 1.0 Mindlink, you boost 2 ships in range for fire and keep one in the back to serve as the calculate provider each turn.
When you are at PS4 initiative is not that important any more to worry about bid IMO. Again you don't need the ship that calculated to be in range of the ship that needs the tokens since you can use the other ship as a relay point.
Juke will push in damage "if" you roll hits and if you did not use your evade for defense already. So you need a way to modify your dice and that's what the calculate tokens do.

16 hours ago, tsondaboy said:

IG-88-A is the most expensive IG for a good reason.
It works similar to 1.0 Mindlink, you boost 2 ships in range for fire and keep one in the back to serve as the calculate provider each turn.
When you are at PS4 initiative is not that important any more to worry about bid IMO. Again you don't need the ship that calculated to be in range of the ship that needs the tokens since you can use the other ship as a relay point.
Juke will push in damage "if" you roll hits and if you did not use your evade for defense already. So you need a way to modify your dice and that's what the calculate tokens do.

Thanks for the walk through. Always liked the idea of these ships, looking forward to putting them on a table

I love this thread! I just now went on a shoppings spree and got two IG-2000 I really want to run 4LOM with them.
Based on this thread, i will test out something like this:

IG-88A (68)
Juke (5)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

IG-88B (65)
Juke (5)
Jamming Beam (0)
IG-2000 (1)

4-LOM (49)
IG-88D (4)
Mist Hunter (2)
Jamming Beam (0)

Total: 200

View in Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0

Just played with IG88 C+D and A Hawk (Mux) this weekend. I did not have Advanced Sensors and regretted it. Spent too much time with no target locks and unable to juke after using IG88 D’s ability. Might just fly the two IG88’s but tool them up to he*l, in the future.

I’ve thought hard

I’m going to give this a whirl

Revolution

(66) IG-88C
(1) IG-2000
(0) Jamming Beam
(2) Tractor Beam
(10) Advanced Sensors
(5) Juke
Points 84

(68) IG-88A
(1) IG-2000
(0) Jamming Beam
(2) Tractor Beam
(10) Advanced Sensors
(5) Juke
Points 86

(26) L3-37
(4) IG-88D
Points 30

Total points: 200

please thoughts are welcome