Talk:Glaive Squadron Pilot/@comment-152.135.235.188-20160705183143/@comment-27221056-20160706164422

I find Tractor Beam to be much superior to Ion Cannon. The obvious benefit is the lowered agility vs the next shot due to title and from any friendly with target in arc. And here the second, more overlooked bonus comes to mind. You can move enemy small ships into arc of your friends, into range 1 of yourself, move it so the targeted ship doesn't have shots. You can also move that ship onto an asteroid or make sure they will overlap the asteroid in their next turn. This might cause another damage, but if you're at a higher pilot skill than the target, you can prevent that ship from shooting. These are of course all situational, but you will almost always have one of these opportunities.