Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27029853-20170129150901/@comment-454133-20170307164720

Cool, I love X-Wing fleets.

I suggest giving Luke Adaptability instead, to bump his PS to 9 with Poe. It's extremely helpful when maneuvering in formation if you can choose the order you guys will activate. Generally you'll have Jess in front so your maneuvers are not restricted to long leapfrogging ones, and then Luke and Poe can activate in the order that best avoids bumps.

I'd be tempted to give R2-D2 or R5-P9 to Poe, as it makes him absurdly durable and plays so well with PTL. Though BB-8 does great with PTL too, so it's up to you. Note that with BB-8, your wacky rolling/boosting hijinks will often be limited because you want to stay in formation... but actually at some point you'll want to peel Poe off to flank or draw a foe away. Know when to break ranks and I think you'll do fine.

Actually BB-8 might be really helpful though for formation flying, as Poe can react to problems by rolling to the side to give himself a safer landing spot, and even better, PTL. For example, Jess bumps and threatens to cause a bump chain that would leave Poe without his mandatory focus token. If Poe isn't blocked on the sides, BB-8 lets him roll to relative safety, and even if he'll still bump, he can PTL his focus beforehand.

Also keep in mind that the T-65's dial is quite limited compared to the T-70. Luke will be at a disadvantage and your formation movements will mostly center around what he can do; watch for that while flying in formation. Same goes while flying Corran Horn with x-wings -- I know it threw me off at first while flying him with Wes and Biggs. :)