Talk:StarViper Expansion Pack/@comment-30131536-20161013034902/@comment-454133-20161013151119

I really like Guri -- he has a very reasonable ability that's naturally useful in any fleet, and sometimes amazing. As said, his low PS really cheats him of his intended potential, but he's still useful. And the StarViper's maneuvers and action bar are quite good.

I've never been impressed with the prince (perhaps I'm not seeing his potential), as his ability is only amazing if he's paired with a beefy ally who's worth offloading crits to... and then you have to ask whether the ally is better served by not taking the crits and just focusing on being itself (is the prince more valuable alive, or is the ally?). My main reason to take him is his PS, and it feels low somehow (this is a problem for all starviper pilots).

Maybe pair him with a hound's tooth? Its shields can absorb a few crits safely, and crit cards are not necessarily terrible for it. He makes a nice agile escourt to the deadly, front-loaded, but gracelessly flying turd that his the YV-666. That said, I'm still tempted to take Guri instead.