I'm playing Aces High tonight. We're not allowed anything higher than I4. 70pt max. Bomb damage counts. Lone Wolf banned. I've hardly played Aces High yet so I'm still trying to work out what's going to matter. Here are my ideas so far. Be glad of feedback and suggestions.

Dalan:

StarViper -class Attack Platform - •Dalan Oberos - 70
•Dalan Oberos - Elite Bounty Hunter (54)
Advanced Sensors (10)
Adv. Proton Torpedoes (6)

Total: 70/200

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Recoil:

TIE/vn Silencer - •“Recoil” - 65
•“Recoil” - Quantity Over Quality (58)
Predator (2)
Pattern Analyzer (5)

Total: 65/200

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Vynder:

Alpha -class Star Wing - •Major Vynder - 65
•Major Vynder - Pragmatic Survivor (41)
Intimidation (3)
Fire-Control System (2)
Adv. Proton Torpedoes (6)
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout (0)
Proton Torpedoes (13)

Total: 65/200

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Bomb damage is going to count apparently, so here's another one for the mix:

Quadrijet Transfer Spacetug - •Constable Zuvio - 70
•Constable Zuvio - Missing Sheriff of Niima Outpost (35)
Crack Shot (1)
•Maul (12)
Proximity Mines (6)
•Cloaking Device (5)
Afterburners (6)
Pattern Analyzer (5)

Total: 70/200

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Oh lord, Vynder being the highest initiative on the board? Uh, yes please!

Lone wolf/trickshot over intimidation, though. Why help the enemy?

1 minute ago, wurms said:

Oh lord, Vynder being the highest initiative on the board? Uh, yes please!

So I figured this was probably the most competitive. I'm assuming a bid is a good thing so I can slam re-actively. I'm slightly nervous about being blocked, hence Intimidation to really discourage people from getting in the way of my blues - does that seem worth it to you?

• Bounty Hunter (64)
• Proximity mines (6)

Done.

Or how about:

Sol Sixxa (46)
Ion Cannon Turret (5)
Veteran Turret Gunner (8)
Proton Bombs (5)
Proximity Mines (6)

Tons of damage output in 3 different ways. Sure it can be focused down easily, but it's 10 hitpoints, so quite tanky while you take points, and then you respawn.

1 minute ago, Cerebrawl said:

• Bounty Hunter (64)
• Proximity mines (6)

Done.

Or how about:

Sol Sixxa (46)
Ion Cannon Turret (5)
Veteran Turret Gunner (8)
Proton Bombs (5)
Proximity Mines (6)

Tons of damage output in 3 different ways. Sure it can be focused down easily, but it's 10 hitpoints, so quite tanky while you take points, and then you respawn.

That looks awful to play against.

Aces high is such a good format for getting ships on the table that dont normally make it in.

1 minute ago, Cerebrawl said:

so quite tanky while you take points, and then you respawn

It's not clear to me that dying matters that much. It might even be a good thing to get charges back. The cool thing about that Sol build though is that you could conceivably damage three ships in one round.

1 minute ago, eljms said:

It's not clear to me that dying matters that much. It might even be a good thing to get charges back. The cool thing about that Sol build though is that you could conceivably damage three ships in one round.

Yeah that was the build idea. 😄

12 minutes ago, wurms said:

Lone wolf/trickshot over intimidation, though.

Not allowed Lone Wolf. Trick shot is a good shout. Keep FCS or prioritize a deep bid?

Just now, eljms said:

Not allowed Lone Wolf. Trick shot is a good shout. Keep FCS or prioritize a deep bid?

Gotta keep FCS cause title doesnt allow you to spend the lock after slamming

53 minutes ago, eljms said:

I'm playing Aces High tonight. We're not allowed anything higher than I4. 70pt max. Bomb damage counts. Lone Wolf banned. I've hardly played Aces High yet so I'm still trying to work out what's going to matter. Here are my ideas so far. Be glad of feedback and suggestions.

Dalan:

StarViper -class Attack Platform - •Dalan Oberos - 70
•Dalan Oberos - Elite Bounty Hunter (54)
Advanced Sensors (10)
Adv. Proton Torpedoes (6)

Total: 70/200

View in the X-Wing Squad Builder

Recoil:

TIE/vn Silencer - •“Recoil” - 65
•“Recoil” - Quantity Over Quality (58)
Predator (2)
Pattern Analyzer (5)

Total: 65/200

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Vynder:

Alpha -class Star Wing - •Major Vynder - 65
•Major Vynder - Pragmatic Survivor (41)
Intimidation (3)
Fire-Control System (2)
Adv. Proton Torpedoes (6)
Os-1 Arsenal Loadout (0)
Proton Torpedoes (13)

Total: 65/200

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English Mark? I'M WATCHING YOU!!!!

37 minutes ago, gennataos said:

English Mark? I'M WATCHING YOU!!!!

It's all a dastardly bluff - I'm flying something completely different to any of this ...

(although I do like @Cerebrawl 's Sol suggestion )

1 hour ago, eljms said:

It's all a dastardly bluff - I'm flying something completely different to any of this ...

(although I do like @Cerebrawl 's Sol suggestion )

Turr Phennir

+ Stealth Device

+ Shield

+ Snap Shot

= 67 points.

Could be stupid fun.

Snap, reposition.

Attack, reposition.

7th sister: supernatural reflexes + fcs 61 points

Thanks everyone for the input. I flew Vynder (no EPT, +Advanced Slam - doh).

Aces High was a lot of fun. Vynder worked out pretty well overall although I had trouble once my torpedoes were spent. Ideally I wanted to die so I could get the charges back quickly but I wasn't often a target once I'd given up first damage. Switching targets got complicated as I'd need to reload and take a new target lock which I can't do in the same turn. Points scoring targets were constantly changing and it was hard to adapt quickly enough. Also, SLAM is great, but not so great in a scrum, so I'd end up taking a couple of turns reloading and turning around before coming back in again.

three words... auto pilot drone.

fly in - deal 1 auto crit - repeat.

My thoughts were any scum ship with DMS. Come on, shoot me, i dare you.

On 11/22/2019 at 3:14 PM, bobafett1228 said:

three words... auto pilot drone.

fly in - deal 1 auto crit - repeat.

On 11/26/2019 at 9:12 AM, Bort said:

My thoughts were any scum ship with DMS. Come on, shoot me, i dare you.

Turns out.... neither of these works RAW. Had my first Aces High game last night and it turns out I missed a very important distinction in the way the rules were written. I made a fuss about it in another thread: second page

Aces High

(44) "Pure Sabacc" [TIE/sk Striker]
(6) Proximity Mines
(9) Fifth Brother
(6) Shield Upgrade
(4) Trick Shot
Points: 69

Total points: 69

Even I don't know where I'm going.

TIE/ph Phantom - •“Echo” - 70
•“Echo” - Slippery Trickster (51)
Crack Shot (1)
Passive Sensors (3)
Afterburners (6)
•Fifth Brother (9)

Total: 70/200

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I have fun with this build. For one, a fully kitted out K-fighter. The fact that I can somewhat control the amount of defence dice makes his ability work.

New Squadron

(44) Viktor Hel [Kihraxz Fighter]
(3) Contraband Cybernetics
(5) Cloaking Device
(5) Homing Missiles
(6) Stealth Device
(6) Shield Upgrade
(1) Crack Shot
Points: 70

Total points: 70