Executor is a beast? [MERGE]

"Kelthuzil;c-2289047" wrote:

"Starslayer;c-2288985" wrote:

"Kelthuzil;c-2288929" wrote:
Another thing I’ve seen thrown around a lot is “for the investment” regarding executor, while it’s true that it requires 2 r8 which is a pain in the butt, outside of that, I don’t see a hell of a lot of difference between that and any other meta fleet (save malebolence who skates by.)

r8, jka 7, fives 7, ashoka 5+, Rex 5+, up to you on plo adare etc but los have those relic as well.

Ackbar r2+, chewie Han 5+, srp bistan r0-3, biggs r3, wedge relic 5, up to you on rogue one.

Finalizer needs everyone mid to high relic.

Sure executor has slightly higher requirement, but it’s not like the other ships skate by with all g9 and expect to be competitive. If they make the ship unbeatable, they officially killed gac.

Except for ackbar, srp and bistan, every character from those fleets are either strong characters or prerequisites for GLs. For executor: Bounty hunters pilots are… bounty hunters, piett at r8 is crazy overgeared and tie fighter pilot is a benchwarmer (Vader is fine though). Usefulness of the pilots is a big part of the investment cost imo.

I had bobba and bossk r5 to begin with, and tfp was already r6 as well
The argument though of “investment” doesn’t really hold water.

lol ok

"Legend91;c-2288989" wrote:
Just to add to the Executor fiasco:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F0OjHjJBmg&ab_channel=RogueLeader
Take a look at 8:14 - HT very low and Executors heal+re-taunt special ready, so a perfect opportunity to heal up HT back to full and give it the taunt back. Instead it "heals" the RC (which was on full HP and protection anyway) and puts the taunt on the most important ship for the fleet since it's the engine for all the breaches.
So either:
1) another proof that playtesting pretty much didn't happen beyond a "lets run this on auto 1 time against a Negotiator (and nothing else) - if it wins, it's fine; if it doesn't we'll take a look again"
2) the targeting for the healing special is random - which would be very stupid (just like Plo giving taunt to Ani)
3) the AI is coded to prioritize RC with that ability - then that's some 60 IQ design that someone came up with who probably thought that with all the %defense the RC is oging to be oh so tanky

So whichever (combo) of the possibilities above is true, it's just utterly hilarious.

Another example of how maxing a unit makes it worse. A safe bet is that they're just reusing Plo special AI behavior and they didn't test almost any of this at all except to make sure it didn't interfere with SUPER RARE jawa relic mat popups.

Executor: *opens with basic*

CG: "Here's where this new meta ship really crushes. If you're countering it, good luck"

Counter fleet: *pew pews HT with g12 rebels and some luckyish crits*

Executor: *sticks taunt on RC and then rolls over so the counter fleet can rub its tummy*