Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27666888-20170109125804/@comment-454133-20170116231035

I really like the autoghost version, at least for casual play. The autoblaster is mean to the really evasive ships that rely on damage avoidance (evade/focus token with 3+ AGL) over damage soaking (high HP). Against a smaller ship range 1 is easier to evade, but the ghost's large size allows it to be trickier. I'd actually consider putting autoblaster turret and accuracy corrector on the lowest skill pilot with "Zeb" and Hera crew, so I could force dodgy aces to ram me before I light 'em up with 5 attack dice, followed by a guaranteed 2 unblockable hits at the end of the round. Works on both your arcs too, so you have some great options when you need to tear into position and block. If you can pull off a surprise block on TIE Defenders trying to joust, it's hilarious, and it really freaks out x7 players who don't know their stuff all that well yet (skilled defender players are much harder though; they tend to see the block coming, at least after the first time).

But as dragoon said, the TLT is consistent damage to just grind them down, and you don't have to finagle your way into range 1 to make it pay off. It can reliably have 4 shots per turn (and often have 1 lock per shot pair) if you keep them out of your donut. That puts odds on your side, and you gradually wear them down because they can't reliably evade them all. The best way they can avoid it is to get into your donut, and if you can position your arcs right, that puts them in a much worse position (range 1 in arc). They either need to flank your side at range 1, or stay outta range, and with all your points tied up in Biggs + Ghost, staying away isn't a valid option.

But yea, it's a really tricky ship to use well just because its defense is pure 16 HP with no agility, and many fleets can chew through that really fast even with Biggs on the team. The ghost epitomizes the need to get the most damage out the door before death, so you've got to avoid the expensive but limited tricks like the sabine conner net.