My buddy (also an XMG player) has been filling me in on Squadrons lately...
One of the things he has noted is the the good ol Tie Fighter is a BEAST, feeling much more like an equivalent to the X-wing. Not shielded, but heavy-hulled.
He also said he watched some YouTube or other about the history of the squishy weak TIE coming from computer games more or less needing the DND goblin equivalent of weak monsters for the Level 1 Characters to smash through. Kinda interesting...
He was thinking it felt like the TIE Fighter was more 5 Hull similar to a Torrent.
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I thought it would be interesting and fun to play some heavy TIEs.
I realize game-wise there’s probably no design space here... start stepping on the bomber and brute’s toes. But still.