One of the things I've found is how drastically wave two cards strengthen wave one ships. I'm currently running a three X-wing build that is just disgusting. I shot down a seven tie swarm with little effort and acomplished all mission objectives in the scenario we were playing. Before wave two I never would have played these pilots together. Now however their ability to play off each other and use their abilities and upgrades to not only deal out some pain but avoid it as well makes themincredible.

Some combos I've found;

R2F2 + stealth device

Black squadron pilots withveteran instincts.

Marksmanship on YT-100 with gunner

firespray with heavy canon marksmanship and ggunner

wedge with expose, andBiggs

i know there are more, these are just some I've played with the most value.

Picasso said:

I'm salivating over Wedge + R2 Astromech + Push the Limit, Push the Limit + Concussion Missiles, and (it's in your list, but worth mentioning again) anything that can mount Marksmanship + Gunner.

I saw Marksmanship used by a player in a 3 Ship Rebel list. Makes sense on Mister Horton Salm if he can get a target lock from his colleagues, or still has it from the turn before. He destroyed two ties with that tactic since i focused on Wedge. But when he was out of torps, he was basically done with damage. Also the combo cost 11 points of equipmemt alone. And i would have cared if i had played an elite list but i played a swarm. Crits are also often useless if the enemy sports shielded ships, so it is really a very poor option.

Honestly i think marksmanship is one of the poorest options you have. Swarm Tactics, Squadron Leader, and some of the new cards like push the limit or daredevil are so much better and they dont cost more. Which leads me to the problem that this very situational upgrade costs 3 points. Plain focusing costs nothing and is definitely more versatile.

Sorry for double posting.

ForceM said:

Horton can't take Marksmanship.

You can't use marksmanship on Horton. Y-wings don't have that upgrade option.

Picasso said:

Okay i guess then my opponent was cheating. Although i think it is ridiculous how overpriced Y-Wings are, especially named ones, so i am not really mad if he takes even more pretty useless stuff XD. I must say nobody checked his list or even took notice as i was not his only enemy. Personally i thought at least the top Y-Wing pilot would have the medal symbol, therefore i didn't look.

It's lame that they don't have one guy with that option. I'm thinking they are going to release cards with out ships at some point and a Wes janson would have that option.

Picasso said:

To be sure, Marksmanship applies after Heavy Laser Cannon, since HLC does say immediately?

Sunsteel said:

Yup. So does an ability like Merc Copilot.

The_Brown_Bomber said:

Exactly, for example take push the limit, so you can focus and Target Lock, far exceeding the results of marksmanship for the same cost. In fact it is even inferior to plain Focus since this at least can be used defensively. I think this upgrade is useless, or at least 2 points overcosted!

ForceM,

are you kidding me? Are we still debating this? Yes marksmanship is a situational card. Just like PTL. Yes PTL is better on Wedge. It's about how you fly. I'd NEVER put PTL on a YT-100. It has better options. So every card has a situation. Every card has a use. To say marksmanship should be altered is insane. Reducing its cost allows for when it is used effectivly to be deadly. It would also allow for additional points else where in your list. You can't say ANY card in this game is useless. There is a use for every card.

Maybe it was just luck of the dice, but played a 60 point game with a friend last night (my collection only involves a core set, A-WIng and TIE/in), and he had Marksmanship on Luke and just ripped me apart.

well i have used marksmanship at events and destoyed most fleets

HAN,GUNNER,and MARKSMANSHIP,and for defence CHEWBACCA

ok not much defence

but offence is OTT

and people say crits are bad but when you hit out a lot of crits the 2 hit crit cards just come up more often,and a lot of other cards use up actions .

blackthorn

wblackthorn said:

People really need to re-examine the notion of "Crits suck" now that the big ships are here.