No Iden article?

[KarlVonCarstein 106]

So we've had the article spoiling Cassian for a week, and the live streem is in less than two hours. Did someone at FFG forget to put out an article for Iden?

[arnoldrew 1,712]

The day is far from over.

[manoftomorrow010 1,119]

it'll post after the stream. patience.

[nashjaee 750]

They said last week on the Discord that the article will post after the stream.

[TauntaunScout 4,276]

Who's Iden?

[Tirion 2,223]

6 minutes ago, TauntaunScout said:

Who's Iden?

Protagonist of battlefront 2 and it's prequal book. Interesting character.

[Darth Sanguis 6,324]

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/3/12/taking-the-lead/

[TauntaunScout 4,276]

12 minutes ago, Tirion said:

Protagonist of battlefront 2 and it's prequal book. Interesting character.

I don't follow the EU.

[Tirion 2,223]

4 minutes ago, TauntaunScout said:

I don't follow the EU.

I know I was filling you in.

[TauntaunScout 4,276]

9 minutes ago, Darth Sanguis said:

https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2020/3/12/taking-the-lead/

HOLY COW I AM GONNA PAINT THE HECK OUT OF HER AND THAT SQUAD AND FINALLY MY ARMY IS AWESOME.

But y'know. I'm gonna paint her/them like this.

[RStan 3,621]

Umm...Iden seems.....REALLY STRONG....

I'm concerned....

[thepopemobile100 977]

3 minutes ago, RStan said:

Umm...Iden seems.....REALLY STRONG....

I'm concerned....

She is, however 3 of her cards only benefit her and the 4th requires you to have SF that isn't strike teams to benefit from. She's basically an operative with a courage bubble. I doubt we'll see her in single commander lists.

Edit: Also she can't reconfigure her rifle so you can deal with her at range 4+ or close the gap quickly to take her down.

Edited March 12 by thepopemobile100

[RStan 3,621]

3 minutes ago, thepopemobile100 said:

She is, however 3 of her cards only benefit her and the 4th requires you to have SF that isn't strike teams to benefit from. She's basically an operative with a courage bubble. I doubt we'll see her in single commander lists.

That seems to be the only thing I see as the downside of her, but man....everything that is for her is SCARY. 

As scary as she seems stats and dice throwing wise, I do like the continued push to provide viable options of lists that don't involve current meta staples such as Tauns not looking great with Cassian and Iden wanting actual Special Force units and not Strike Teams.

Edited March 12 by RStan

[jocke01 920]

Holy crap she is powerful and cheap too. Easy an auto include for all empire going forward. No need for bounty hunters 😋

[thepopemobile100 977]

1 minute ago, RStan said:

That seems to be the only thing I see as the downside of her, but man....everything that is for her is SCARY. 

Oh yeah her offense is nuclear, but her defense isn't superb. Quick thinking + nimble will only get you so far. She's also vulnerable to pierce so snipers will work well against her.

[ScummyRebel 5,344]

Iden is bonkers good, aside from avoiding pierce. I’m not sure what to think now... feels like auto include unless you’re trying to run the bounty hunters for bounty 

[LunarSol 1,369]

9 minutes ago, thepopemobile100 said:

She is, however 3 of her cards only benefit her and the 4th requires you to have SF that isn't strike teams to benefit from. She's basically an operative with a courage bubble. I doubt we'll see her in single commander lists.

Having a "does work" commander is an interesting playstyle option that the Empire hasn't seen before.  I think she'll work better as an operative, but she'll make for some fun lists if nothing else.  Inferno Squad may well change our opinions on that 4th Command card.

[Darth Sanguis 6,324]

It'll be interesting to see what inferno squad brings to the table to support her. 

[JediPartisan 810]

Is Iden’s 3 pip very broken, or is it just me?

Not only does it give Steady and Tactical to 4 units, but with HQ Uplink more units can benefit too.

Not something the Imperial faction really needed.

 

Edit: just noticed it’s only SF. NM

Edited March 12 by JediPartisan

[thepopemobile100 977]

Just now, JediPartisan said:

Is Iden’s 3 pip very broken, or is it just me?

Not only does it give Steady and Tactical to 4 units, but with HQ Uplink more units can benefit too.

Not something the Imperial faction really needed.

It has to be SF in order to benefit so if you want to abuse it, it's gonna be expensive.

[Tirion 2,223]

Is the stream only on twitch?

[Necronsis 30]

12 minutes ago, thepopemobile100 said:

Oh yeah her offense is nuclear, but her defense isn't superb. Quick thinking + nimble will only get you so far. She's also vulnerable to pierce so snipers will work well against her.

Take the droid and put her behind heavy cover, suddenly snipers won't be able to do much.  One will be blocked by cover and the other you can use a shield token.   Also if Iden has the sniper rifle, what do you think she is going to be killing first?

[lunitic501 302]

6 minutes ago, Tirion said:

Is the stream only on twitch?

Yes. At least lately they have only been on twitch with them uploading to YouTube shortly after the stream finishes

[thepopemobile100 977]

1 minute ago, Necronsis said:

Take the droid and put her behind heavy cover, suddenly snipers won't be able to do much.  One will be blocked by cover and the other you can use a shield token.   Also if Iden has the sniper rifle, what do you think she is going to be killing first?

If Iden is running the sniper rifle, then her offense is substantially less scary. She's barely better than a sniper strike team and more than double the cost.

Also the droid doesn't count towards getting cover so hiding it is actually worse since it can't take a wound if it can't be seen. The shield also will only work once. Iden isn't going to want to recover at all so she can use Quick Thinking.

[Necronsis 30]

1 minute ago, thepopemobile100 said:

If Iden is running the sniper rifle, then her offense is substantially less scary. She's barely better than a sniper strike team and more than double the cost.

Also the droid doesn't count towards getting cover so hiding it is actually worse since it can't take a wound if it can't be seen. The shield also will only work once. Iden isn't going to want to recover at all so she can use Quick Thinking.

Take Veers, now she has two cards that give her recovery.  You can also just put Iden in heavy cover and with her current rule set that shouldn't be to hard to do.