Talk:Blue Squadron Novice/@comment-138.163.0.42-20151001192824/@comment-71.59.160.238-20151003061230

At 24 points for a slightly upgraded X-Wing, this guy is too expensive to be a good cheap swarm/blocker...one of these things could get you two Headhunters if that's what you're going for...and for costing roughly a quarter of your overall alotment of points without any upgrades and a PS of 2, it's still a pretty hefty opportunity cost for what is, at the end of the day, a slightly upgraded low PS X-Wing.

Complaining about the new X-Wing being too good for its point cost by comparing it to the Defender misses the point that it isn't the new X-Wing that's too cheap, it's the Defender which is unfortunately overcosted. Making the T-70 more expensive would do nothing but guarantee it never saw the table which is the exact problem the Defender has right now, nobody flies the damn thing. This isn't a matter of principles, you're basically asking for FFG to make ships shittier for no beneficial reason. The T-70 isn't going to spell some radical upheaval in tournament play, it's not going to dominate either casual or competitive metas, I guarantee you that inside three months no one's ever going to even care about the T-70 anymore.

Also calling this a move towards "pay to play" is a laugh and a half. X-Wing has always been "pay to play" unless BBBBZ and Fat Han just fall from the trees where you live.