Talk:Maarek Stele (TIE Defender)/@comment-31354887-20170811032949/@comment-454133-20170811145937

The trouble is, the TIE/D and TIE/x7 titles were designed to fix the TIE Defender's cost-to-benefit ratio. I don't think a Mangler Cannon is nearly as terrifying as shooting first with a Tractor Beam or even Ion Cannon, then following up with a Primary Weapon attack. And Maarek benefits a lot from other sources of crits, such as Calculation or Emperor Palpatine (or even Marksmanship as Desmothenes, though it's arguably a touch overpriced for what it does in the current meta).

I'd like to fly a TIE Defender with an Autoblaster, but the cost just doesn't work. :(