"this looks like a tie fighter and a star destroyer had a baby !" this is what my friend who's never seen this ship before , said when he saw it for the first time .
Currently running a Rebellion In The Rim campaign with some buds, my Imperial fleet was made purely to mess with the rebels, who expected big ships. Imagine their surprise when 2 raiders and an arquitens came flying at them at top speed
@@elementairttv I think a big problem I have with it is that a lot of the UI and game design feels very dated, justifiably so given how old the game is, but there's only so much a mod can do to fix that. Whenever I encounter something irritating, nine times out of ten I think "this wouldn't be in here if the game was made today".
The raider is my favorite imperial ship in terms of design. Its form perfectly communicates its function. FFG knocked out out of the park. Which is funny because even though I play Imperial and love their design I hardly ever run them, but this video did give me a lot of good ideas.
Raider I, Minister Tua for the upgrade slot to add cluster bombs, ordinance expert, quad laser turrets, Flechette torpedoes Went with Impetuous so that you could potentially trigger the torpedoes on everything, then with the title attack try to finish a squadron off or get a 2nd chance at a squadron that you whiffed on. Or if your against a unique squadron with Evade, there's a 2nd chance to shoot them after they spent the potential Evade. 67 points total
I have been fond of the Raider for a while now. Agent Kallus, Ordinance Experts, Quad Laser Turrets, Flechette Torps, and Impetuous on the Raider I can shut those rebel squadrons right down!!! I love it!!!
Honestly this almost works better as a pure deterrent than anything else. Can lock down squads, run in and punch ships, and the ability to reposition a 4-speed ship with this much close range damage for only 2 points is pretty amazing.
Themed fleet idea: swat raid!!! raider swarm with a quasar and lots of fighters and bombers. High activation, high squadron count, High speed. Could be a cool “shock force” themed fleet, and shakes up the imperial meta a bit
When your doing your ship builds, it would be quite cool if you did another Rebel Squadron build if you used ONE of each ship and not double transports or Assault Ships. The reason is that a lot of people don't buy double ships till later; they prefer to get different ships, so we can't do a classic Crabbok 'Double Assault ship' squadron build! Just an idea. Maybe an Assault, Pelta, Yavaris, Bright Hope build...?
Love these! I've been playing ever since this game was released. Was sad to see so much time between updates but this keeps things going. Awesome work!
I'm no Imp player so this is wild speculation; What would the utility of running two Raider-IIs and a VSD in a nice little murderball be? Using the Raiders to screen snub-fighters moving in while being able to lance out and do precision strikes against larger ships moving in? I know the meta is ONAGERONAGERONAGER, but I never play for victory but fun.
While they decided ultimately to use the Raider in x-wing, its not like they didnt have other choices to bring into the role. The Tartan-class patrol cruiser was the CR-90s mirror for the Empire in Empire at war, a star wars RTS, then there was the Lancer-class frigate, a anti star fighter vessel in the expanded lore novels.. They had choices here for the Imperial Fleet.
I wish they made a new Imperial Escort Frigate. They mentioned a new Imperial Fast Frigate in the RPG and had an Imperial Stealth Recon Frigate statted there but no details other then its connection to the Stealth Recon Frigate. (The Stealth Recon Frigate used the same Hull frame as the Fast Frigate design much like how the Immobilizer class Interdictor Cruiser and the Enforcer class Picket Cruiser used the same Hull frame as the Vindicator class Heavy Cruiser)
A great idea for a ship with the special forces role, shame there is not a card for those troopers being deployed to an enemy to damage internally or maybe capture etc
The two raider build I use are codenamed the squadbuster and the little f**k. Squadbuster is a raider 1 with ordinance experts, kallus, and flechettes. Double black flak to toggle all the enemy squadrons is just mean. The little f**k build is a raider 2 with gunnery teams, overload pulse, Palpatine and disposable capacitors. Drive up, nail the two biggest enemy threats with overload and fly away. If they want to respond, they have to discard a token. And with disp caps, there's a decent chance it gets to do that 2-3 times
Oh snap, he uses similar builds. But seriously, Palpatine on that overload raider is brutal. To get rid of that little tick they need to discard 1, maybe 2 defense tokens. That's brutal. Palp is a dirt cheap force multiplier for that raider build. Not only are all their tokens red for your other attacks, but they have to discard them to get the raider which can supplement its bad survivability by making people not want to attack it with big flagship shots
It's nice to see something more original design wise but it's kinda funky 😂. Also I'd love to see a series like this with the x-wing ships maybe not as ship detailed but pilot/upgrades!
Overload pulse on the Raider combined with boarding troopers on another ship larger ship can easily strip all the defence tokens in a turn off most ships.
Whatever you do, do not think this is the empire version of the cr-90. The cr-90 can zip around and shoot at long range. The raider has to get close and put itself in danger. I find it's best at hunting down flotillas or trying to set up a squadron crossfire trap
I must admit the design is rather sexy for a inanimate object. Have tried to buy the bigger version for x wing but they have a ETA for like ³Rd quarter this year 😒
This game has the same problem as Axis and Allies in its highly playable and balanced, but needs more accessibility like a video game or phone app. It’s a gold mine to be home, could be as big and customizable as Magic the gathering 🤷♂️
"this looks like a tie fighter and a star destroyer had a baby !" this is what my friend who's never seen this ship before , said when he saw it for the first time .
Currently running a Rebellion In The Rim campaign with some buds, my Imperial fleet was made purely to mess with the rebels, who expected big ships. Imagine their surprise when 2 raiders and an arquitens came flying at them at top speed
I'd like to see some revivals from things like Empire at War. Honestly, underrated game
Empire at war is an excellent game the new mod that remakes it is great but would love to see a new release in that style
@@elementairttv I think a big problem I have with it is that a lot of the UI and game design feels very dated, justifiably so given how old the game is, but there's only so much a mod can do to fix that. Whenever I encounter something irritating, nine times out of ten I think "this wouldn't be in here if the game was made today".
I Play Empire at War. I actually created the Alliance at War mod on Steam. The Raider-class is feature in it. ':^)
The raider is my favorite imperial ship in terms of design. Its form perfectly communicates its function. FFG knocked out out of the park.
Which is funny because even though I play Imperial and love their design I hardly ever run them, but this video did give me a lot of good ideas.
I mean it's originally from BF2
@@deerhawk7788 you’re wrong there, the raider was originally an epic model for x-wing. It was then made in armada, and then years later bf2.
@@thecoolerrats7144 ahhhh
Raider I, Minister Tua for the upgrade slot to add cluster bombs, ordinance expert, quad laser turrets, Flechette torpedoes
Went with Impetuous so that you could potentially trigger the torpedoes on everything, then with the title attack try to finish a squadron off or get a 2nd chance at a squadron that you whiffed on. Or if your against a unique squadron with Evade, there's a 2nd chance to shoot them after they spent the potential Evade.
67 points total
Visually this is one of my favorite ships. FFG did an excellent job designing it.
I have been fond of the Raider for a while now. Agent Kallus, Ordinance Experts, Quad Laser Turrets, Flechette Torps, and Impetuous on the Raider I can shut those rebel squadrons right down!!! I love it!!!
Man, I really hope the X-Wing 2.0 raider releases sometime soon. Such a pretty ship!
I think they said were not going to re-release for 2.0 as you can get a 1.0 and use large ship upgrade pack
The big ships was more or less a novelty anyway.
Just got another Raider for my fleet. Speedily zipping around space is fun.
Honestly this almost works better as a pure deterrent than anything else. Can lock down squads, run in and punch ships, and the ability to reposition a 4-speed ship with this much close range damage for only 2 points is pretty amazing.
One of my favourite 'new' ships in Star Wars. Just looks great!
This is my new favorite ship in the Star Wars ‘verse!
These "Ship Breakdowns" are Great. Keep them coming please!!!!!
This is my favorite small ship in the game.
Huh, what a coincidence. The 4 raiders I bought just arrived today. This must be a sign.
I really enjoy this ship and the opening it fills in cannon.
Love this. Serious competition to my favorite CR-90. Good starfighter killer.
Really liked the Raider model in xwing, looks like it’s plays kinda similar in armada
Themed fleet idea: swat raid!!! raider swarm with a quasar and lots of fighters and bombers. High activation, high squadron count, High speed. Could be a cool “shock force” themed fleet, and shakes up the imperial meta a bit
When your doing your ship builds, it would be quite cool if you did another Rebel Squadron build if you used ONE of each ship and not double transports or Assault Ships.
The reason is that a lot of people don't buy double ships till later; they prefer to get different ships, so we can't do a classic Crabbok 'Double Assault ship' squadron build!
Just an idea. Maybe an Assault, Pelta, Yavaris, Bright Hope build...?
Love these! I've been playing ever since this game was released. Was sad to see so much time between updates but this keeps things going. Awesome work!
These have only just come back into stock, in shops in the UK. Finally I have one!
I'm no Imp player so this is wild speculation; What would the utility of running two Raider-IIs and a VSD in a nice little murderball be? Using the Raiders to screen snub-fighters moving in while being able to lance out and do precision strikes against larger ships moving in? I know the meta is ONAGERONAGERONAGER, but I never play for victory but fun.
I have the X wing version of the raider. Now I must get these for my fleet.
I just got mine for Armada (I live in New Zealand) and I now have it sitting on top of my X-Wing scale Raider :P
While they decided ultimately to use the Raider in x-wing, its not like they didnt have other choices to bring into the role. The Tartan-class patrol cruiser was the CR-90s mirror for the Empire in Empire at war, a star wars RTS, then there was the Lancer-class frigate, a anti star fighter vessel in the expanded lore novels.. They had choices here for the Imperial Fleet.
Thank you for your insights, really helped me take my matches to the next level.
One of my favourite ships for both X wing and armada
Love the raider in xwing.
Raider This original Imperial version looks great especially
I wish they made a new Imperial Escort Frigate. They mentioned a new Imperial Fast Frigate in the RPG and had an Imperial Stealth Recon Frigate statted there but no details other then its connection to the Stealth Recon Frigate. (The Stealth Recon Frigate used the same Hull frame as the Fast Frigate design much like how the Immobilizer class Interdictor Cruiser and the Enforcer class Picket Cruiser used the same Hull frame as the Vindicator class Heavy Cruiser)
I love this in xwing epic, I run it all the time, gona order myself a raider for armada soon. Great vid as always
Love it thanks again for great content! Please MC-75 next!!!
A great idea for a ship with the special forces role, shame there is not a card for those troopers being deployed to an enemy to damage internally or maybe capture etc
As much as i want a Separatist fleet for Armada I refuse to until a Lukrahulk is released lol
definitively love Raider corvette, good vid. Best Regards From France
This seems like it should be a good ship for extra support
Great video again! Love this series.
love this ship
1 game into Armada but about a dozen of your videos downloaded... thank you, great stuff 😎 ... ... Simon
I may not be a "Raiders" fan but, I am a Raider enjoyer.
The two raider build I use are codenamed the squadbuster and the little f**k. Squadbuster is a raider 1 with ordinance experts, kallus, and flechettes. Double black flak to toggle all the enemy squadrons is just mean. The little f**k build is a raider 2 with gunnery teams, overload pulse, Palpatine and disposable capacitors. Drive up, nail the two biggest enemy threats with overload and fly away. If they want to respond, they have to discard a token. And with disp caps, there's a decent chance it gets to do that 2-3 times
Oh snap, he uses similar builds. But seriously, Palpatine on that overload raider is brutal. To get rid of that little tick they need to discard 1, maybe 2 defense tokens. That's brutal. Palp is a dirt cheap force multiplier for that raider build. Not only are all their tokens red for your other attacks, but they have to discard them to get the raider which can supplement its bad survivability by making people not want to attack it with big flagship shots
When do you plan to make a ship breakdown for the SSD? I don't imagine that there's a lot of demand, but it'd sure be entertaining!
Great vid as always Crab! Really liking these updated breakdowns!
Well, I just ordered some Armada stuff.... 😎 Tired of playing with my friends fleet. Time for me to fledge my own!
Raiders are cool!
Best looking ship in Star Wars.
It's nice to see something more original design wise but it's kinda funky 😂. Also I'd love to see a series like this with the x-wing ships maybe not as ship detailed but pilot/upgrades!
Love armada content
Overload pulse on the Raider combined with boarding troopers on another ship larger ship can easily strip all the defence tokens in a turn off most ships.
Best star destroyer ever
I think this has to be one of the best looking ships of the Star Wars universe
Whatever you do, do not think this is the empire version of the cr-90. The cr-90 can zip around and shoot at long range. The raider has to get close and put itself in danger. I find it's best at hunting down flotillas or trying to set up a squadron crossfire trap
I must admit the design is rather sexy for a inanimate object. Have tried to buy the bigger version for x wing but they have a ETA for like ³Rd quarter this year 😒
Just got a raider going to try em out against a friend who loves to squadron ball me.
Love this ship, but it doesn’t really fit my Armada play style. I do like the options of using it to take out squadrons and push your own though
Will you do these kind of videos for legion more?
This game has the same problem as Axis and Allies in its highly playable and balanced, but needs more accessibility like a video game or phone app. It’s a gold mine to be home, could be as big and customizable as Magic the gathering 🤷♂️
Ugh I could use the Amazon card to fill my gap on gozantis ^^
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It looks sinister
where get i a second one from in Europe?
My dad has always loved the design but there’s just something about it that throws me off idk
Just put Iden on a raider 1
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defender destroyer lol
Too bad you don't really like this fast and nimble ship. :)
they could make a raider traitor for the rebels since the inferno squad brought on into the rebel alliance.
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