Shooting and Wings

By Hatemonger, in X-Wing Epic Play

My friend got the new Epic kits, but I haven't (yet), so I'm trying to learn the rules as well as I can from the references alone.

If I understand correctly, Wings are all about movement. I see nothing inherent in Wings pertaining to shooting, other than the ability on the Wing Leader card(s). As such:

1) Ships in a Wing shoot independently, just as normal. Each Engages and chooses its own target separately, again, as normal.

2) Ships in a Wing are targeted separately, just as normal. There is no such thing as shooting "at a Wing".

With regards to Wing composition, the wing leader cards I've seen only specify ship type , but no restriction for any individual element to be named or generic. So:

3) Wedge's wingmen could be 2 generic X-Wings, or they could be Luke and Biggs

4) Likewise, Luke could have Wedge as his wingman

5) In such a case, the wing still activates at the initiative of the Leader (e.g. Luke), even if a wingman is higher

6) ... but they also Engage at individual initiative, so Wedge will shoot before Luke

Please correct me on any I got wrong. The rules reference seems pretty clear, but it does run counter to how I assumed they would work, based on other wargames.

You got it!

Also, if your opponent shoots at the wing leader, you can spread some of the damage to the rest of the wing.

Yep! I'm looking forward to getting my first game in tonight with Wings!