Lightrock 846 Posted August 25, 2017 13 minutes ago, MrAndersson said: Again, I get Harpoon missiles. They are a good missile in general and have the added bonus against swarm type lists. Definitely useful. But Ruthlessness. Yes, it can be used against swarms to splash a little bit of extra damage. But against 2 ship lists (which are still super common), it's pretty much worthless. It has a good chance of doing more damage to yourself than to your opponent. That's not a good use of 3 points and an EPT slot. QFT. Harpoons alone should be enough to wipe Biggs-blob lists out of the competitive meta and they're good enough otherwise to hold their own against other lists. Ruthlessness is a serious case of overkill here, that in many matchups will be dead points at best and cause self-harm at worst. As for harpoon carriers - I have a soft spot for Vader. High PS, ability to lock a target and get focus in a single turn, extra bonus if you don't have to spend the target lock, pretty decent survivability with Palp and a very open dial combined with double repositioning to deal with all the nasty bomblets being dropped left and right these days. He's only good if you like to be sneaky though. If you prefer in-your-face approach, QD is your man. 1 Stoneface reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ralgon 983 Posted August 25, 2017 23 minutes ago, MrAndersson said: Again, I get Harpoon missiles. They are a good missile in general and have the added bonus against swarm type lists. Definitely useful. But Ruthlessness. Yes, it can be used against swarms to splash a little bit of extra damage. But against 2 ship lists (which are still super common), it's pretty much worthless. It has a good chance of doing more damage to yourself than to your opponent. That's not a good use of 3 points and an EPT slot. That's your meta, that's not necessarily the op's. There will be places where the majority of players will simply blindly copy paste the number 1 meta wing list, regardless of what else is on it.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clanofwolves 4,136 Posted August 25, 2017 10 hours ago, MrAndersson said: I don't get it. No one uses Ruthlessness. For a reason. Why would it be good with Harpoon Missiles? It's been a long work week, I'm exhausted. "Waiter, I'll have what @MrAndersson is having." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eagletsi111 1,113 Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, Gingerleo said: Everyone has probably already noticed this, but i just realised that harpoon doesn't state ''friendly'' ships, just ''each other ship''...so the harpooned ship could turn into a kamikaze and stick itself amongst your ships at r1, forcing you to either inflict splash damage on yourself, or not attack that ship Very true, but who cares really. It's only one damage. The draw back is minimal compared to the amount of damage you can put out with it. Plus forcing them to use their next action to remove it. Edited August 25, 2017 by eagletsi111 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenDragoon 8,315 Posted August 25, 2017 17 minutes ago, eagletsi111 said: Very true, but who cares really. It's only one damage. The draw back is minimal compared to the amount of damage you can put out with it. Plus forcing them to use their next action to remove it. I cared yesterday when I proxied the card. First I cheered because I rolled a crit. Then I cursed because my own ship was in range 1... 3 Cpt Barbarossa, Ralgon and eagletsi111 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eagletsi111 1,113 Posted August 26, 2017 22 hours ago, GreenDragoon said: I cared yesterday when I proxied the card. First I cheered because I rolled a crit. Then I cursed because my own ship was in range 1... Well true. On your A-wings 1 damage is a lot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
