You already have Barrel Roll, so Expert Handling won't give you stress - however you can't Barrel roll twice in one turn, so it effectively just upgrades your standard barrel roll. Your only source of stress would be activating R2-F2/MM via EI. However I absolutely would NEVER leave home without a Fire Control System on Corran, because of the crazy action economy it gives with his double taps. Marksmanship and a FCS means you're shooting with super-focus and a Target lock, at everything, except for the first shot you take at it. If you've got him near Dutch or Cracken, even better.
This.
I'll keep this in mind. The one thing that makes me hesitate about a big ship list is the low number of attack dice. I know the big boys are tougher and can last longer, but I like rolling 10 attack dice per turn if I can, especially against those delicate ties.
It's always nice to roll a lot of attack dice, but it's also a question of quality. A big turret ship doesn't roll anywhere near the number of dice that a TIE mini-swarm rolls, but that turret can shoot every turn without fail. There's no missed opportunities because you passed the enemy and had to get them back in arc, or you were arc dodged, if they're in range you've got a shot. Add to that upgrades like Gunner/Luke and predator, and your turret can consistently get 3 hits, which cheap spammed ships can struggle to do. Engine Upgrade allows your turret to easily outpace and arc-dodge lower PS ships and is almost mandatory on any large based turret ship.
The problem with large ships is that they function best in tournament games due to the time limit. In 45 minutes you can be reasonably sure of killing a TIE or two, and surviving yourself. That's enough to net you a win. In friendlies, where the games continues so long as someone has ships on the table, it's a different story.
It's an interesting list, but it's incredibly vulnerable to several lists/ships. First a decent joust list will shred these two ships, especially because they don't have any repositioning ability other than Dash's barrel roll. big ships caught in a joust will pretty much always lose, unless the opponent makes some big mistakes. Also Soontir, Echo, Corran, Whisper and pretty much any PS8 ship that can easily get into Dash's donut hole can wreck this list, but I suppose that's what chewie is for, to block the R1 band for Dash.
