Which of these ships would you rather run if the other two ships are Ello with r2 and heroic and Snap with r2 and heroic? (7pt bid)

T-70 X-wing - •Poe Dameron - 73
•Poe Dameron - Trigger-Happy Flyboy (68)
Heroic (1)
R2 Astromech (4)
Integrated S-foils (Closed) (0)

T-70 X-wing - •Nien Nunb - 73
•Nien Nunb - Sarcastic Survivor (55)
Heroic (1)
R2 Astromech (4)
Shield Upgrade (6)
•Black One (2)
Integrated S-foils (Closed) (0)
Pattern Analyzer (5)

Total: 146/200

Upgrade Snap to Nien, honestly, and do both. Snap needs someone in the list who's lower on Initiative than him.

16 minutes ago, Stefan said:

Upgrade Snap to Nien, honestly, and do both. Snap needs someone in the list who's lower on Initiative than him.

Conventionally, that makes sense. However, Snap makes an incredible flanker - he can generally survive long enough against aces to run away and regroup, and if a swarm turns towards him, he can boost+focus->barrel roll to dodge most of their arcs. I don't think Nien can accomplish the same without a lot more points invested.

Not as a flanker, but he has higher PS and can get double mods easily.

Snap wants composure

Gotta go with hierarchy in Resistance list building:

For T70s, I always take Nien first, Poe second and Ello third.

...and don't get me wrong...other T70s are a BLAST (I have flown Kare and Snap a bunch, plus tons of heroic Experts and the lot), but by the time you've optimized their pilot abilities, you're into the 60's and might as well go with Ello or Nien.

It's just that simple.

For T70s, competitively, it's aces or bust (until mid-I points adjustments and hopefully some cheaper Tech).

Just my opinion, but otherwise fly what's fun!