With wave 8 imminent, I've been played around with what I think I want to try out when the new ships come out. I thought I'd pour out my thoughts onto a blog post!
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There's a couple of lists I'd like to think about, and this is the first:
Ghosting around (98)
"Chopper" (47) - VCX-100
Enhanced Scopes (1), Extra Munitions (2), Sabine Wren (2), Bombardier (1), Ghost (0), Ion Projector (2), Ion Bombs (2)
Ezra Bridger (28) - Attack Shuttle
Push The Limit (3), Ion Cannon Turret (5), Phantom (0)
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12) - Z-95 Headhunter
Bandit Squadron Pilot (12) - Z-95 Headhunter
It's not perfect by any means, but it's working off the idea that the Ghost is a big old ship that's likely to get in the way! With a 4 straight move on a large base ship, you are guarenteed to be able to reach your oppenant quickly. And by reach I mean bump. Or get him to bump you! And that's where the fun begins.
You've got enhanced scopes, which means if you choose, you can be PS0 in the activation phase. You then move first and jump right in where you think they'll be. If they hit you, they may get ion'ed. they will defo get a stress from choppers ability. Then you shoot something that isn't touching you, but may have got stacked up behind. Then you ion that because you can shoot the attack shuttles' turret! Hopefully if you're facing something in formation, you've really ruined thier day. Potentially, if you play your cards right you can block 3 ships, with maybe only 1 shooting you.
At this point I have to give complete credit to a friend (Shane hibbard) who showed me who devastating the ion projectors really are. Shoving it into the middle of somebody's formation is horrible!
If not, and they can break away, then you've got ion bombs that can go and speed two away from you. Both the ion projectors and chopper trigger every turn. So you could keep a ship there for a few turns, piling up its stress. When you eventually pull away, you can choose to drop the ion bomb before you move (screwing them again) and then parachute Ezra out if you as well, staying behind them and picking off what's left. The ion bombs help with this because they keep things going slow that extra turn.
The z95s are useful filler. I'd debated a bwing with a tractor beam, but it's a slower ship and one less ship. I'll see thou. I do love b-wings!I'm looking forward to trying it out on the tabletop. Do you have X-wing? What are you looking forwards to about wave 8?
Are enhanced scopes optional or compulsory? I'm looking forward to the TIE prototype. I dismissed it at first as another 2 attack dice ship for the imperials, but with the inquisitor himself always counting as at range 1, that gives 3 dice that love to hang at range 3. A novelty for a fast in your face TIE.
ReplyDeleteOh and a Space Balls conversion / repaint of that flying camper van could be fun too!
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