The sky is falling, oh, wait, not. (U-Boat Talk)

[emmjay 319]

Now, it goes without saying that with the change to Deadeye, the current iteration of triple U-boats is dead.  Now, that doesn't mean the Jumpmasters in general are dead, or that a good player can still effectively play a triple or double U-Boat build.  Dengaroo wasn't affected much (though the clarification of steps 8 and 9 in the flowchart does allow for Whisper with ACD to cloak before Dengar returns fire).  Manaroo in her many support rolls isn't affected.  Putting PTL, Unhinged, and Rec Spec (or any other crew) still makes for a cheap, effective, support ship.  Even the Contracted Scouts themselves at 25 points are great blockers.  Just add Intel Agent and APL/Ion Projector and BMST and you have a great, cheap, high survivability blocker.  Even better than 2x Z-95's.

 

Now, on to Torp boats.  Yes, they can still be played.  However, they take much more skill to do so.  Higher PS ships move after you and can get out of arc/ be out of range.  They are still great against lower PS ships and builds like the 4/5 rebel ship build. 

 

Will the Deadeye change create a shift in the Meta?  Sure.  Will it make players change their builds a month out before Worlds?  Yes.  Does it signal the end of X-Wing?  No.  It does show that FFG sees a problem and then attempts to correct said problem.  They did it first with the astromech/flowchart change, but players adapted.  Players will adapt to this.

 

Out.

[ficklegreendice 34,359]

The sky is rising!

[Hrathen 1,463]

You can still Dangaroo.

[Sarcon 621]

Scouts will disapear, Dengaroo will live on.

[Crabbok 9,798]

Scouts will be more fun now in my opinion.  Granted I've never flown them, but now at least it won't be like you are simply copying the meta.  

 

  Find a new way to do triple scouts and be hailed as king... or at least a clever jester

[WWHSD 9,273]

I don't really see anyone complaining about the change. It seems like it's mostly rejoicing over the change.

 

I'm a little bummed because it means I'm going to have to find another way to spend 35 points before regionals (or trade Deadeye and Dengar for Adaptability, K4, and Unhinged) but that's just me pissing and moaning over inconvenience more than anything. 

Edited October 18, 2016 by WWHSD

[MegaSilver 2,762]

Mindlink

[ficklegreendice 34,359]

Honestly, after plsyin them v fangs and x7s, theyre still lethal

Just gota adjust for tls

Hell, with crackshot theyre even deadlier

But tlt dengar mux has been putting in work with them