by Deadwolf
Well, I appreciate your "competitive energies" Roguethirteen :p I will never be in a tournament but I do enjoy playing the game competitively with my friends.I'm not sure where I stand on the interceptors, and I think until I use them I wont know for sure.
3 attack dice is a lot of power. A couple weekends ago I played 4 games in a row - 8 ties vs 4 x-wings, testing to see if the 8 tie swarm was OP or not. The X-wings won 3 games to 1. (I was controlling both sides however.) But it made me see how much firepower the X-wings bring to the table. It happened a few times where a rookie pilot at range 1 completely one-shot a full health evading Tie (4 hits - 0 evades). Its scary to think the Interceptor with that. But, it was also quite common for the rebels to take down 2 Tie Fighters in the opening exchange (while usually losing biggs) The problem with Tie Interceptors is that since they have the same HP as the Tie Fighters, they are just as vulnerable to concentrated fire from multiple x-wings, and more points go down with them with every kill.
I think in the post interceptor environment, pilot skill will be very important for the rebels as to ensure that you are attacking first.
Honestly, I really don't think the y-wing is going to cut it. Just plain not enough firepower to take the Ties down fast enough, and the 1 agility to 3 attack just means its going to be eaten alive. I still think Biggs will be fine. Especially in the opening engagement, the imps are going to focus on someone, it might as well be Biggs with additional defense.
On a bit of a side note: I wonder which would be the better swarm squad: 5 Tie interceptors (at 19 pts that would put them at 95 pts - I really hope 3 skill TIs are not 20 pts...) or 4 TIs & 2 TFs (100 pts)