Talk:HWK-290 Expansion Pack/@comment-24.250.55.194-20160807160450/@comment-31354887-20170717045322

I feel like Intensity might shake things up a little for the A-wings (particularlly Jake who gets the most use out of it). Any time a new elite upgrade it put out there is always the chance the A-wing can make it twice as good as it normally is on any other ship because they can combined it with another EPT. (i.e. Jake + Intensity + Juke nets you a focus, a reposition, and an evade that you can use offensively all off of 1 action). But we'll have to wait for the dust to settle on the new wave to really see how it tilts the meta, Intensity could turn Jake into the Biggs of A-wings, or could catapult all the pilots back up into the meta, or it could flop and just be a cool circus trick to throw into your fleet now and again.

I can't say much for Imperial or Scum but I feel like the Z-95 probably holds the title of worst rebel ship. It lost it's filler spot to the captured tie fighter, both the Tie and the HWK can be cheap crew shuttles for Kanan or Sabine and now not only can the HWK serve as a cheap TLT boat pulse ray shield lets it be a regening TLT boat. The A-wing might be a little more expensive but it makes a better missile boat than the Zed (you get what you pay for I guess) and it is still a respectable arc-dodger unlike the Z-95 which puts around with only slightly more maneuverability than a HWK. The T-65 and the B-Wing haven't aged well (as is the case with many older ship) but they're still solid and they can do what they were meant to do relatively well, just not as efficiently or with as many fancy tricks as the newer ships.

tl;dr the Z-95 lost it's spot as a filler to the captured Tie, isn't as good of a missile boat as an A-wing, doesn't support as well as a HWK, and isn't as durable or packs as much of a punch as a T-65 or B-Wing.