On 8/24/2019 at 1:23 PM, cpdilloway said:

Wondering where people are at with upgrades? Do you like using a lot of them to trick out your ships? Do you like a few just for some flavor or some added capability? Or is "upgrades...who needs 'em?" more your style? I really like that the game supports all three play styles and any of those can work and be both fun and competitive.

Me, I like a few upgrades, but if there's too many with too many triggers to keep track of, I tend to lose track of it all and will miss some triggers, often at bad times; so either one ship with some upgrades or a handful spread across the list but I'm not opposed to running naked ships either, since some have plenty of power on their own without a lot of added bells and whistles.

I dont like a lot of stuff you need to keep track of and plan for so i prefer naked or bare minimum. A lot of the named ones are just too good to not take for the points and half the time I even forget about their special rules lol.

Lots few or none?

Yes. All approaches have proven viable in 2.0. Although I would say you need to know what you are doing and why you are doing it if youre going to do lots of upgrades and fewer ships, and if you're the type that relies on rules of thumb, fewer upgrades are better.

I usually prefer flying 3 ships with just 2/3 upgrades on them at most, but at the moment I'm having a lot of fun with a list that has got 7 upgrades on just 1 ship

3 hours ago, xwingMinty said:

L I'm having a lot of fun with a list that has got 7 upgrades on just 1 ship

What monster is that?

It depends on what you are flying. For me, its usually a matter of hull/shield vs agility ratio:

- Hull / shield determines how much I can survive, even when dice are not cooperating

- Agility : how much I should consistently be evading.

So if I pilot Fenn, a crackshot will do just fine

If I pilot 2 x IG-88: they come fully loaded with every slot filled. I usually have fun putting my upgrades on the table in chaotic sequences just to mess with my opponent because each of them has 8 upgrades, hehe

6 hours ago, Scum4Life said:

What monster is that?

A Falcon with all the trimmings, 142 points of madness

I tend towards 4 ship mid I builds lately (mostly as a iconoclast rejecting the ‘meta’) so tend towards lean. Usually between 2-6 upgrades per list.

I’ve also run loaded lists, and naked lists, but the things I tend towards generally have 2 ships with 0-1 upgrades and 2 ships with 1-3 upgrades. More is exceptionally rare.