New Cannons!

[Canex]

- Mangler Cannon, 4pts: 3 attack (R1-3). Change 1 Hit to Crit.
- Flechette Cannon, 2pts: 3 attack (R1-3). If hit, ship receives 1 damage and, if no stress, 1 stress.

This is going to invigorate list building for some Firespray and Defender builds, for sure.

[Admiral Agrippa]

That "Mangler" cannon certainly gives a decent substitute for the "Donut Dash" Outrider. I think I would prefer that.

And a Defender with a Flechette cannon would be an interesting combo. Go face-to-face, stress your opponent then pull a K-Turn and get behind them as they fly past trying to drop the stress.

It's nice to see the new faction still giving treats to the Imps and Rebs.

[raceygaming]

The "mangler" cannon looks like it was designed to make imperial Kath actually decent, it pretty much means every time she shoot she will stress someone or deal a critic hit. Could see the mangler or flechette be a cheap way to get Trelix a cannon to use his pilot ability.

As pointed out defenders will actually have a point effective choice of cannons and that flechette cannon will allow them to stay out of firing arcs by stressing and white k-turns tho not sure how powerful that combo will be with the defenders poor turning ability.

Also as an imperial player Cpt Jonus gets WAY more scare with all the free re-rolls he can hand out to cheap cannon upgrades.

For the rebel side of things obvious this is useful for dash or any YT-2400 outrider or otherwise but I think B-wing are getting the best of it. Cheaper cannons on higher pilot skill b-wing is massive. Ten Numb with mangler, so you cant cancel his free critical. plus 3 more ship options to put a cannon on PS5 or better.

All this on top of what ever the new scums Aggressor with cannon upgrade will bring.

Well done fantasy flight, well done.

[Canex]

Did I hear correctly that the Aggressor will be able to equip 2 cannons?

[Admiral Agrippa]

Dec 25, 2014 21:18:17 GMT -5 Canex said:

Did I hear correctly that the Aggressor will be able to equip 2 cannons?

Yes, it can.

In X-Wing, the IG-2000 is a powerful, large-base starfighter with three attack, three agility, four shields, and four hull. It can boost, it can evade, it can target lock, it can equip two cannons simultaneously, and it can whip through space at high speeds while performing the demanding Segnor’s Loop maneuver.

Found in here:

www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=4998

[Canex]

Very cool. It'll be interesting to see what the other three IG-88 pilots can do to make use of being able to carry 2 cannons. As I recall, IG-88D uses the hard-3 to do its S-Loop, which is amazing but obviously doesn't help in that regard.

[Admiral Agrippa]

I'm sure that they'll be spoiled at some point before their release.

Even if they're not, the IG-88 pilots are going to be deadly with that IG-2000 title allowing for them to group their pilot abilities. The only thing is that IG-88's are all 36 points (if I remember correctly) so you'll only see two in a standard 100 point list. But if you get the four of them together in epic, I'm sure that they'll be a force to be reckoned with just on their own.

[Canex]

For sure, that'll be cool. I remember the same: each being PS6 and 36pts, which is exceptional as the ships are 3 offence, 3 defence, 8hp, and can lock, focus, evade, and boost, as well as carry 2 cannons as mentioned, have access to an elite talent, carry a bomb, and equip a system.

Finally, I'll be able to combo a large base that can boost with intimidation, enhanced scopes, anti-pursuit lasers, and a seismic charge. That's a very disruptive core ship to build a list around.