shnar wrote:
Don't get hung up on statistics. I have yet to see a game play out according to the statistics.
I don't understand what this means? Does this mean, for instance, you've never seen an 8 TIE Swarm squad win? Or does it mean you've never seen ships, across your experience, roll near the expected damage when all their rolls are averaged together? Certainly that's not it, because no one would track all of that every game.
Just another attempt to take a swing at the "Stats Straw-Man?"
But yea, in my opinion pilot skill isn't really worth the points you pay, typically (especially because it depends on the opponent's squad as to whether or not those Obsidian Pilots were worth the points over Academy Pilots). What is worth the points, though, are the abilities of unique pilots that seem to be scaled and factored into the costs of higher pilot skill.