Talk:TIE Defender Expansion Pack/@comment-31119284-20170627004043/@comment-454133-20170627013928

The TIE Bomber doesn't suffer quite that much. It still sees good use, though not much at the top tiers of play (most ships don't, actually). It can be a TIE Shuttle and serve a support role (e.g. Captain Jonus or Scimitar Squadron Pilot), a bomb-villain (see "Deathfire"), a munitions-monster (Tomax Bren, Major Rhymer, or Scimitars), and so on. It's a niche ship but I still see it a lot at my Wednesday games, where there's lots of very competent players. I see them much more than T-65s and T-70s, actually. Owning one or maybe two bombers could work pretty well. Just don't equip them too heavily... they burn easy and you don't want unspent munitions dying with them.

The punisher? Hmm... it has been suffering, but when the Scurrg and TIE Aggressor land, they might (?) give the punisher the boost it needed. Minefield Mapper and/or Unguided Rockets could bring it up to at least seeing semi-regular play, but we'll see. I'm optimistic.