Talk:Auzituck Gunship Expansion Pack/@comment-174.79.50.198-20180417170610/@comment-454133-20180417175359

IMO the arc isn't the main reason.

There's only two ships with 180 degree arcs, the Auzituck and YV-666. If you're investing in a Party Bus (YV-666), then the Decimator is also a great crew shuttle for a similar cost (but very different experience). There's also the TIE Bomber, VCX-100, Falcon, and the ever popular Palpmobile... lots of crew transports out there. Firing arc is just one factor among many, such as cost, faction crew choice, durability, mobility...

As LasseKaa said, the Auzituck's reinforce action and health play extremely well to its role as a cheap, durable crew transport that's hard to just wipe off the table. Its attack power and arc further help by making it an effective offensive contributor, despite its dial lacking k-turns, but that's not the deciding factor. If FFG removed the ability to fire to the sides and dropped its cost to compensate, it'd still be an effective crew transport just because it's so hard to kill.

The Rebels' problem with crew transports is they don't have as many Empire-styled crew that explicitly help allies, so their crew tend to be focused on the transport's effectiveness instead. This makes the offense-oriented Auzituck happy but not, for example, the U-Wing.