I'll admit, thematically the Millennium Falcon title is practically mandatory if Han Solo, Chewie, or Lando are piloting the Modified YT-1300. After all, the ship belongs to Han Solo, and formerly belonged to Lando (who won it in a Sabbac game as I recall). Thus so far since I'm running Lando as the pilot, I've been using the title card. But the more I look at the title card Millennium Falcon and think about how I play the ship, the more I question if I'm just wasting those six points. As I'm sure most of you know, the title card does the following two things. First, it gives the Modified YT-1300 the Evade action. And second, if you have an Evade token it lets you reroll any one defense die. On paper, this sounds good. In practice however I find I'm never taking an Evade action. I am Focusing, Target Locking, Rotating Turret, or sometimes Boosting. Alternately, I use an action to repair a crit condition if needed. Evade isn't something that I even consider doing since it's the least useful thing I can do with my action(s). Then I start wondering if there's a better use for those 6 points and begin looking through Gunner upgrades, Elite Pilot Talents, and Force Upgrades in my (admittedly small) collection. But at the same time, it makes sense for Han Solo or Lando to be piloting the Millennium Falcon instead of any other modified YT-1300.

What are your thoughts on the matter? Is it worth taking the Millennium Falcon title? Either way, why do you feel the way you do?

My answer is:

Yes, it's essential.

Also, it's unnecessary and should be omitted.

It entirely depends on how you're building your falcon and it's role in your list.

Eg A basic Lando just needs Nein Numb crew. Everything else is optional and can be removed in favour of spending points on the rest of your list. Same with Han: he wants Engine Upgrade and maybe Trickshot and that's it.

On the other hand, a Fat Han wants everything: Luke Gunner, Kanan and R2D2 crew, Falcon title, Trickshot, extra shield or hull. He works by costing more than the opponent's remaining list and never going below half health. He hides behind rocks at long range and uses Target Lock as his action when no-one is able to shoot him (so he can reroll every dice if he needs to, or reroll selectively plus use force tokens on focus results); conversely, he Evades if somone can shoot him - then he gets his own rerolls from being near an obstacle, plus a green dice reroll, plus up to 2 force tokens and his evade token to avoid taking any damage.

And he boosts if he has to to avoid being shot/get to shoot/hide behind rocks.

A Fat Lando can be run similarly, but no-one plays him like that. Not sure why not?

1 hour ago, Gilarius said:

A Fat Lando can be run similarly, but no-one plays him like that. Not sure why not?

My rebel list currently consists of Luke Skywalker piloting his T-65 X-Wing (with proton torpedoes, R5 Astromech, and Heightened Perception) and Lando piloting the Falcon. Mostly because my collection consists of (currently) the Core Set, a Millennium Falcon expansion, and a Tie X1 Advanced expansion I bought so I can provide a full 200 point list for an opponent. As such, my list is filled out via a plethora of upgrades. Cluster missiles, Nein Nunb, Leia, Engine Upgrade, Shield Upgrade, Hotshot Gunner, and the title is my current setup. I'm thinking of picking up another Rebel Alliance ship on Sunday, and am researching which one(s) I need for some of the upgrade cards I want.

Gods, I love having Leia's ability to turn Red maneuvers into White ones every few turns. Every time I've pulled that against a friend of mine he ends up calling bovine excrement. Granted, we've only played 3 matches with my full list since Han and the Tie X1 Advanced only arrived this afternoon. But I've been practicing the list with the Fly Casual Simulator most of the week. Which is how I know I kinda want Hotshot Gunner and Trick Shot. When I buy another ship, I'll probably be dropping a bunch of upgrades so I can fit the new ship into my list too. But right now, the Falcon is the backbone of my current list (sitting at close to 120 points)

EDIT:

Which is kind of why I'm curious about the opinions of others. After seeing how I tend to play the ship, I'm starting to wonder if I'm wasting the points including the title. On the other hand, it feels practically mandatory for thematic reasons.

Only really see the value of it on Hand and his obstacle shenanigans

The utility of the title lies in not getting your low agi *** Swiss cheesed by concetrated fire

Lando can also benefit from it, as he can target himself with his ability. You can Evade and Focus, Evade and Boost, Focus and TL... whatever is most beneficial at that moment.

Yeah, when given the choice of any two actions, I found I was opting for Focus and Target Lock or Focus (or target lock) and Rotate Turret. That said, after thinking about it, I'm thinking of switching Luke as pilot out with Jek Porkins so Luke can rotate the turret as needed at the start of engagement. There's probably better pilots I could use, but I don't have them (yet).

If it's the thematics that's the issue, imagine that Han's running the Falcon under a falsified transponder code to go incognito, so it's not currently ID'd as "Millenium Falcon". 😆

On 10/18/2019 at 10:36 PM, Faerie1979 said:

After all, the ship belongs to Han Solo, and formerly belonged to Lando (who won it in a Sabbac game as I recall).

As you recall from a film that came out 18 months ago?

I find the title most effective on lando honestly.

2 hours ago, Talonbane Cobra said:

As you recall from a film that came out 18 months ago?

I haven't watched the Solo movie, and not particularly planning on doing so either. Actually, I'm not sure if I will watch Rise of Skywalker. And I've been a huge Star Wars fan all my life. Phantom Menace was... Well, it was okay. The rest of the prequel trillogy however... I managed to sit through about 40 minutes of the 2nd one before giving up. And haven't seen the 3rd one. The two new ones were okay, but nothing special. Not to mention they felt like a cop-out with the way Luke and Han were killed off. Plus like many, I just can't really say I like Rey or Finn. Finn is a more developed character, true. But that's not saying much. As for Kylo Ren, the character just doesn't have the charisma or intimidation factor to be a main antagonist. Thus making the way Luke got killed off feel even lamer.

No, I actually own the two trillogies that followed Lando's early career after he got the Falcon and Han's early adventures after getting the Falcon. Been a while since I read them, but they were good stories. I think Lando or Han mentions how Lando had gotten the Falcon in one of the original trilogy of movies too. Might be remembering that wrong though. It's been close to 20 years since I watched A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

2 hours ago, JBFancourt said:

I find the title most effective on lando honestly.

Why do you think this?

2 hours ago, Faerie1979 said:

Why do you think this?

Not to speak for @JBFancourt , but I suspect it's because Lando is the only Falcon that can innately get two actions, making Evade + SOMETHING a bit more appealing, since most other Falcons will always be doing that SOMETHING instead.

Even then, though, I think the Falcon title is a total waste of 6 points. It's pretty situational, and only really relevant if you're getting shot at multiple times AND don't roll an Evade the first time AND even then you may not roll an Evade the second time, and if you don't then you're spending away the Evade token on the first attack anyways (or saving it and eating sure-thing damage to maybe avoid would-be damage in a later shot). Either way, the Falcon is not a ship that wants to try and weather multiple attacks during a round. Granted, if you can get Range 3 or Obstructions, the title becomes a little better because it can be relevant even if you're only getting shot once, but even then it's weak for 6 points.


tl;dr: The Falcon title is, in my experience and opinion, a waste of 6pts.

Then again, the YT-1300 is generally a colossal waste of points anyways. Large-based ships that aren't geared toward support (e.g. the Lambda) just generally can not cut it in a 2.0 meta where average ship counts are pretty high, especially if those large-based ships are paying the absurdly high "dual turret" tax. So, if you really want to spend points on a YT-1300, I guess 6pts on the Falcon title is, in relation, not the worst thing

@Faerie1979

Mainly because Han already gets rerolls and I tend to fly him with Bistan and perceptive co. I never want to evade. Lando can either evade focus or focus TL as the situation dictates.

My double falcon build:

Hando

(82) Han Solo [Modified YT-1300 Light Freighter]
(8) Perceptive Copilot
(14) Bistan
(5) Lone Wolf
Points: 109

(80) Lando Calrissian [Modified YT-1300 Light Freighter]
(5) Nien Nunb
(6) Millennium Falcon
Points: 91

Total points: 200

On 10/18/2019 at 5:36 PM, Faerie1979 said:

What are your thoughts on the matter? Is it worth taking the Millennium Falcon title? Either way, why do you feel the way you do?

I ran this a while back and went 3-1 during some league play. I was just going for a fun themed list and I rarely fly large bases so I made a ton of mistakes, but it was ridiculously hard to kill and held its own on offense.

• Chewbacca, Selfless, Perceptive Copilot, Jyn Ersa, Hull Upgrade, Shield Upgrade, MF Title, 99 points
• Lando, Leia, Nien Nunb, Hull Upgrade, Shield Upgrade, 98 points

The title was key on Chewie. He just focused every round and his crew combo gave him a focus and evade token so he had mods for offense and defense. If they targeted Lando, Selfless Chewie could soak up any crits with no ill effects. If they focused on Chewie, well he had a reroll and a token and was pretty much immune to crits and Lando could use his own 2 actions for some powerful return fire. With 15 total hit points each, they could take a ton of damage before giving up any points and had lasted long enough that even when greatly outnumbered, they could take out several enemies before either died.