So I was thinking that some of us may never use certain upgrades or pilots because we just don't see the point or don't think they are worth the points for what they do. So this is a thread to get some help on any pilot/upgrade that we don't see the value of. Maybe someone out there has had great success using it and can share the benefit of their experience. Or maybe the community will confirm that our assessment of a Pilot/upgrade was dead on and no one ever uses it.

I'll start with Sensor Jammers. I think 4 pts for the ability to turn a hit into an eyeball is kind of a bit too much to justify. Its likely that your opponent has a focus, since it seems to be the default action most of us take, or they have a TL, which lets them re-roll that eyeball with a 50/50 chance of getting another hit, or even worse a crit. It seems to be a highly situational upgrade. What am I missing? Have you found it to be worth the points?

Arvel and fel's wrath=pointless

Sensor jammer is great. It's one of the best defensive upgrades you can take. One of its hidden strengths is that it forces your opponent to use focus for offense. This can be quite important, especially if you shoot first. Do they use the focus to prevent damage before shooting back or not?

The biggest problem is that it is only useable on craft that otherwise need that system slot. B-Wings are served much better by advanced sensors and the Lambda is often using FCS or Advanced Sensors. I believe that this upgrade is a sleeper upgrade. Either a new ship will come along with a system slot that can really use this, or more B-Wing builds will start taking it. Right now it's super hard to work this into a 4 ship rebel build, especially at PS4

So I was thinking that some of us may never use certain upgrades or pilots because we just don't see the point or don't think they are worth the points for what they do. So this is a thread to get some help on any pilot/upgrade that we don't see the value of. Maybe someone out there has had great success using it and can share the benefit of their experience. Or maybe the community will confirm that our assessment of a Pilot/upgrade was dead on and no one ever uses it.

I'll start with Sensor Jammers. I think 4 pts for the ability to turn a hit into an eyeball is kind of a bit too much to justify. Its likely that your opponent has a focus, since it seems to be the default action most of us take, or they have a TL, which lets them re-roll that eyeball with a 50/50 chance of getting another hit, or even worse a crit. It seems to be a highly situational upgrade. What am I missing? Have you found it to be worth the points?

Edit: After re-reading the card text i realized that TL/Re-rolls can not be used on this modified dice. So SJ just got a little better in my book. This thread is working for me already

A friend of mine runs a very good sensor jammer list:

ORS + ENG Upgrade + Intel Agent

Blue + Sensor Jammer + HLC

Blue + Sensor Jammer + HLC

Sensor Jammer is going to be brilliant alongside Opportunist. Either they deal less damage, or they have to dodge more damage. Either way, they lose.

Sensor jammer either prevents one point of damage or forces the opponent to use focus for offense. It's worth 4 points.

Ibitsam with sensor jammer and elusiveness is not bad. Mainly because pilot ability and advanced sensors do not combine well.

Other useless stuff:

Winged Gundark

Maarek Stele

R5-D8

Sensor Jammer is going to be brilliant alongside Opportunist. Either they deal less damage, or they have to dodge more damage. Either way, they lose.

That only applies if the opponent attacks first.

One upgrade that I never seem to use is Intelligence Agent. The card says:

"At the start of the Activation phase, choose 1 enemy ship at Range 1-2. You may look at that ship's chosen maneuver."

I can't see myself using it, as by this time all movements have been chosen. Maybe for a low PS ship, but still how much can it help you?

One upgrade that I never seem to use is Intelligence Agent. The card says:

"At the start of the Activation phase, choose 1 enemy ship at Range 1-2. You may look at that ship's chosen maneuver."

I can't see myself using it, as by this time all movements have been chosen. Maybe for a low PS ship, but still how much can it help you?

Intelligence Agent allows you to boost/barrel roll someone with low PS (not necessarily the ship with Intelligence Agent) into position to force overlapping. or consider an ORS with intelligence agent, navigator and APL.

My list of cards that I almost never see played:

R5-D8

R5-K6

Daredevil

Expose

Autoblaster

Saboteur

Although there are others that are uncommon (Weapons Engineer, Navigator, Dead Eye, etc), those six are the ones that I truly almost never see in builds.

Sensor Jammer is going to be brilliant alongside Opportunist. Either they deal less damage, or they have to dodge more damage. Either way, they lose.

That only applies if the opponent attacks first.

No, it applies either way. If the opponent attacks first, he has to decide to use it on offense, or keep it for D. Most likely will use it for offense.

But if the SJ ship attacks first, the enemy can choose to spend the focus on D to evade more damage, knowing that a hit will be denied on offense. I like it on Ibby and feel like as the year progresses, the AdvS rave will die down, and more people will start using SJ, probably as early as Regionals. Once a few people do well with them, others will start trying them out.

One upgrade that I never seem to use is Intelligence Agent. The card says:

"At the start of the Activation phase, choose 1 enemy ship at Range 1-2. You may look at that ship's chosen maneuver."

I can't see myself using it, as by this time all movements have been chosen. Maybe for a low PS ship, but still how much can it help you?

It's primary use is regarding when to boost/BR, or use navigator. If you don't have a method to modify your movement, then it's rather useless, though I suppose it could help with action selection.

I never use blaster turret, but I know some people do, so I guess that doesn't count in here.

Expose is the one that pops to mind, but we've talked about that in detail in the past

R5-K6

Proximity Mines

Intelligence Agent allows you to boost/barrel roll someone with low PS (not necessarily the ship with Intelligence Agent) into position to force overlapping. or consider an ORS with intelligence agent, navigator and APL.

OK, i think I get it now. It seems it would be useful on the Firespray and shuttle. I guess since I haven't run many ships with crew slots, not to mention the ability to boost or barreI roll. I'll have to look at it now that I recently acquired one of each.

One upgrade that I never seem to use is Intelligence Agent. The card says:

"At the start of the Activation phase, choose 1 enemy ship at Range 1-2. You may look at that ship's chosen maneuver."

I can't see myself using it, as by this time all movements have been chosen. Maybe for a low PS ship, but still how much can it help you?

It is brilliant if your Low PS pilots have the ability to alter their ending position through Boost, Barrel Roll, or Navigator.

Try this fleet on for size:

Outer Rim Smuggler

+ Intelligence Agent

+ Navigator

+ Anti Pursuit Lasers

[33]

Outer Rim Smuggler

+ Intelligence Agent

+ Navigator

+ Anti Pursuit Lasers

[33]

Outer Rim Smuggler

+ Intelligence Agent

+ Navigator

+ Anti Pursuit Lasers

[33]

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Sensor Jammer is going to be brilliant alongside Opportunist. Either they deal less damage, or they have to dodge more damage. Either way, they lose.

That only applies if the opponent attacks first.

No, it applies either way. If the opponent attacks first, he has to decide to use it on offense, or keep it for D. Most likely will use it for offense.

But if the SJ ship attacks first, the enemy can choose to spend the focus on D to evade more damage, knowing that a hit will be denied on offense. I like it on Ibby and feel like as the year progresses, the AdvS rave will die down, and more people will start using SJ, probably as early as Regionals. Once a few people do well with them, others will start trying them out.

If the SJ/opportunist ship attacks first it cannot use opportunist as the target has a focus counter. The explanation above is about the effect of SJ not the effect of SJ and opportunist. So I stand by what I said: The combination of SJ and opportunist only works if the opponent attacks first.

Sensor Jammer is going to be brilliant alongside Opportunist. Either they deal less damage, or they have to dodge more damage. Either way, they lose.

That only applies if the opponent attacks first.

No, it applies either way. If the opponent attacks first, he has to decide to use it on offense, or keep it for D. Most likely will use it for offense.

But if the SJ ship attacks first, the enemy can choose to spend the focus on D to evade more damage, knowing that a hit will be denied on offense. I like it on Ibby and feel like as the year progresses, the AdvS rave will die down, and more people will start using SJ, probably as early as Regionals. Once a few people do well with them, others will start trying them out.

If the SJ/opportunist ship attacks first it cannot use opportunist as the target has a focus counter. The explanation above is about the effect of SJ not the effect of SJ and opportunist. So I stand by what I said: The combination of SJ and opportunist only works if the opponent attacks first.

Put Sensor Jammer on a different ship, mate. Kagi or Yorr alongside some Saber Squad Opportunists would be pretty sweet.

Sensor Jammer is going to be brilliant alongside Opportunist. Either they deal less damage, or they have to dodge more damage. Either way, they lose.

That only applies if the opponent attacks first.

No, it applies either way. If the opponent attacks first, he has to decide to use it on offense, or keep it for D. Most likely will use it for offense.

But if the SJ ship attacks first, the enemy can choose to spend the focus on D to evade more damage, knowing that a hit will be denied on offense. I like it on Ibby and feel like as the year progresses, the AdvS rave will die down, and more people will start using SJ, probably as early as Regionals. Once a few people do well with them, others will start trying them out.

If the SJ/opportunist ship attacks first it cannot use opportunist as the target has a focus counter. The explanation above is about the effect of SJ not the effect of SJ and opportunist. So I stand by what I said: The combination of SJ and opportunist only works if the opponent attacks first.

Oh snap (reference to the 90s) I totally misread the first post and didn't see the reference to opportunist.

Arvel and fel's wrath=pointless

I disagree on both counts. IMHO, Arvel is better than Tycho! Read the text: You may declare an enemy ship inside your firing arc that you are touching as the target of your attack.

This means you can jam a ship by getting into its way, or purposely running into it yourself, and STILL be able to attack said enemy ship. Because the enemy ship is touching Arvel's base, it is unable to attack Arvel. This is a great way to bust up a swarm of Tie Fighters!

Fel is a great 2nd or 3rd Interceptor. He's your guy when you need to take down a enemy ship with a higher SP. Say you've finally reduced Han Solo down to just a hull or two, but he's blasting everything before it gets the chance to fire. There is no staying out of his firing arc, because his main weapon is a turret! Enter Fel's Wrath. Yeah, he's probably going to die, hut Han is going with him. You've lost 23 points and your opponent has lost 46+

Arvel's ability is great...but not for his Pilot skill. He's the one that's doing the bumping (and thus losing action) way before people are bumping into him. That's why Arvel gets the wrap he does...

Fel is terrible because his ability only works when he is leaving the board, while everyone else's abilities work while they are on the board. Int's are fragile and expensive enough to where i do not want to spend points on a ship that's ability only works when he dies.

Sensor Jammer is going to show it's worth more when Carnor Jax & Kir Kanos start showing up...IMHO.

Sensor jammer is great. It's one of the best defensive upgrades you can take. One of its hidden strengths is that it forces your opponent to use focus for offense. This can be quite important, especially if you shoot first. Do they use the focus to prevent damage before shooting back or not?

The biggest problem is that it is only useable on craft that otherwise need that system slot. B-Wings are served much better by advanced sensors and the Lambda is often using FCS or Advanced Sensors. I believe that this upgrade is a sleeper upgrade. Either a new ship will come along with a system slot that can really use this, or more B-Wing builds will start taking it. Right now it's super hard to work this into a 4 ship rebel build, especially at PS4

Yes! Just think if the Tie-Advanced could take it you could go..

Vader + Sensor Jammer + Stealth Device (36)

That would be VERY hard to hit!

Fel is terrible because his ability only works when he is leaving the board, while everyone else's abilities work while they are on the board. Int's are fragile and expensive enough to where i do not want to spend points on a ship that's ability only works when he dies.

And his ability only works if he dies at the hands of someone with PS 6 or more. Against some builds it cannot possibly come into play at all.

My list of cards that I almost never see played:

R5-D8

R5-K6

Daredevil

Expose

Autoblaster

Saboteur

Although there are others that are uncommon (Weapons Engineer, Navigator, Dead Eye, etc), those six are the ones that I truly almost never see in builds.

Autoblaster is good on Ten Numb

Yep, Fel's Wrath is terrible. Only use him if for some reason you need the PS, which isn't even that great... so never use him

Arvel would be a beast if boost let you collide. Either an addendum to his pilot ability, or a "may" insertion into the boost text, or a title is needed for Arvel awesomeness!

Green Leader, awing, unique only: when you choose the boost action and it would cause your base to overlap, you may choose to treat your boost as a 1 speed maneuver of the same bearing.

Almost feels like they designed him with boost being able to cause collisions and then saw all the blocking shenanagins that would ensue and changed it but not him; I'm sure it's not that simple, but that's what it feels like.

Or just an EPT so he can take daredevil.