Talk:R4 Agromech/@comment-86.145.165.206-20181218170810/@comment-454133-20181218193307

The card itself was nerfed with the 2nd FAQ item (see the article above). People used to equip Deadeye and this card, spend a focus token to fire Proton Torpedoes or Plasma Torpedoes (etc), and then get a target lock to use on rerolling attack dice. This FAQ item rules that this doesn't work anymore, because the defender is declared after spending the focus token to be able to perform the attack (so there's no defender yet for you to target lock).

If my memory serves me properly, this mainly affected (and was targeted at) U-Boats, a fleet of 3 Jumpmasters using plasma/proton torps, deadeye, and this astromech. They dominated the meta for a while, and it took multiple nerfs to various cards to end their reign of terror. They weren't the last, either.

Actually, the history of nerfs directly or indirectly targeting the Jumpmaster 5000 is fascinating. We should do an article on that someday!