Why no Flechette Cannons?

[Wretch 109]

Why are flechette cannons not part of more builds? They are cheap, do damage and stress. They can't stack stress like stressbot but they also don't have a negative affect. They aren't range dependent like tactician, but the stress from FC is contingent upon damage and not automatic like stressbot and tactician. I would think a FC equipped B wing with FCS would pair well with a stresshog to drown a target in stress, assuming the B has the higher PS.

 

Am I missing something?

 

Maybe something like this (a homage to Paul Heaver's championship list):

 

Blue Squadron Pilot (22)
Fire-Control System (2)
Flechette Cannon (2)

 

Gold Squadron Pilot (18)
Ion Cannon Turret (5)
R3-A2 (2)
BTL-A4 Y-Wing (0)

 

Poe Dameron (31)
Veteran Instincts (1)
R5-P9 (3)
Autothrusters (2)

 

Bandit Squadron Pilot (12)

 

Total: 100

 

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Edited November 7, 2015 by Wretch

[ficklegreendice 34,359]

Because they don't stack stress

That's literally THE reason

Only found them to be decent on generic defenders; hard counters aggressors something fierce

Edited November 7, 2015 by ficklegreendice

[Parakitor 5,583]

Because they don't stack stress

That's literally THE reason

Only found them to be decent on generic defenders; hard counters aggressors something fierce

Don't generic defenders already hard counter Aggressors? They do in my experience. Though I do agree that Flechette Cannons would move them up to "hard counter" territory.

[Sarcon 621]

Why go for flechettes when you can get lasers?!

[ficklegreendice 34,359]

Because they don't stack stress

That's literally THE reason

Only found them to be decent on generic defenders; hard counters aggressors something fierce

Don't generic defenders already hard counter Aggressors? They do in my experience. Though I do agree that Flechette Cannons would move them up to "hard counter" territory.

Ya know, it's possible

Had a casual against Mr 2nd place at regional and the Deltas CARRIED after I lost soonts like an idiot. Still can't believe they won

But they carry harder with it, because the poor aggressors can't turn

Edited November 7, 2015 by ficklegreendice

[WWHSD 9,273]

Because they don't stack stress

That's literally THE reason

Only found them to be decent on generic defenders; hard counters aggressors something fierce

Don't generic defenders already hard counter Aggressors? They do in my experience. Though I do agree that Flechette Cannons would move them up to "hard counter" territory.

My Defenders have never gotten anything but destroyed by Aggressors. Having Flechette cannons helped but with IG-88B and Predator they ate my poor Deltas up.

[WWHSD 9,273]

The other disadvantage that Flechette Cannons have when compared to R3-A2, Tactician, and Flechette Torpedoes is that the Flechette Cannons still need to hit.

[Bahoola 5]

I’ve been toying with this in the squad builder. It haven’t hit the table yet though so I have no idée about how it will perform.

 

Blue Squadron Pilot (27) x 2
B-Wing (22), Flechette Cannon (2), B-Wing/E2 (1), Tactician (2)

Gold Squadron Pilot (23) x 2
Y-Wing (18), Ion Cannon Turret (5)

[Biophysical 15,515]

I think it's because everything that you really want to stress hard is unreliable to hit with a single 3-dice attack and/or generates its own stress before you can hit it with Flechette Cannons.

[Rakky Wistol 2,903]

Most cannons already come on 3att primary ships.  You are giving up damage to maybe deal stress and 1 damage.  Not a good trade even for 2pts.

 

If they had added something like "If the target of your attack has 1 or more stress tokens, do not cancel dice results" or "... deal 2 damage instead" then it would probably see play.  You give up damage to do it, and you can't stack, not great, even for 2 pts.

[WWHSD 9,273]

When I take them, I'm usually paying 2 points to negate the range three bonus. Dealing stress is a nice benefit if it happens.