Talk:Biggs Darklighter/@comment-32612507-20170802083148/@comment-454133-20170802145307

Is that Jess Pava fleet being flown at tournaments with success, or is it mainly successful on paper? I'm not being snarky, I actually don't know. I haven't seen it yet, and I'm always suspicious of the FFG forum's proclaimations. :)

End of Biggs would also make it hard to field B-Wings (Nera is one of my favorite pilots, but I've learned to not field her without the Biggs Bubble; current meta one-rounds her every time). A lot of rebel ships require cost and/or power adjustments and often they've been using Biggs as a crutch to still be relevant.

But Biggs has also been called OP for a long time. People kinda hate him, either because he dominates rebel fleets and it's hard to field certain ships without him, or because he dominates rebel fleets and it's hard to fight rebels without seeing him. I think that's exaggerated, but you see him often enough that people have been predicting a nerf for a very long time. He requires a big strategy shift when facing him, and fleets that do great overall might be frustrated by his presence. The threat of a biggs nerf isn't new.

And he's been nerfed once before, by the ruling that lets you choose a weapon before choosing a target. This allows a lot of loopholes for piercing the Biggs Bubble. He is still strong, but not as impassable as before. Despite this, he survived and remains in the meta. The upcoming nerf, if there is one, could be another relatively light tap.

And if there is a Biggs nerf, that means T-65s and other classic ships could have a buff coming with it, which a lot of us rebel players would welcome. Mere speculation is limited in its utility... Time will tell.