Talk:Fearlessness/@comment-59.6.149.66-20161210012000/@comment-454133-20161211171945

Yea Advanced Targeting Computer is a beast. I finally have some and I'm excited to try flying a TIE Advanced.

And very yes, there's a massive opportunity cost to Fearlessness, as Dragoon said, both in squad construction and in use on the table. Its squad point cost is almost negligible, but there's a host of other dangerous EPTs you could choose, including Veteran Instincts  (out-fly arc-dodging aces),  PTL (very powerful when used well, especially on an arc-dodgy ace), Outmaneuver (on a non-protectorate), Expert Handling (lock denial vs ordnance and other abilities), Predator/Lone Wolf, and so on and so forth. Unless you're an A-Wing you only get EPT (and rebels cannot equipt this). Fearlessness will have to compete with all the other options that could be in that slot instead. After all, Adaptability costs zero points and gives you a free adjustment on PS... but it's not an auto-equip, because sometimes another more expensive option is clearly better for your fleet.

And finally, thre's the opportunity cost of use on the field. You have to actually get use out of fearlessness, which is tricky to line up, and very risky to perform if the foe survives or shoots first, and it has you playing in a way that might lower your effectiveness (as opposed to, say, arc-dodging with PTL or Outmaneuver, or hanging back at range 2 when you're shooting second). Opponents won't just happily joust all day with you; they won't let you face them eye to eye unless you find ways to force them to do so. PTL is common on protectorates   and other aces  for a reason, while you occasionally see someone gambling with Fearlessness.