Aww are you kidding me? No Independent Outfit on Kota? That totally sucks

Kota led, he was not led.

I just did and I guess that makes sense. I would think as a Jedi they would leave behind their prideful arrogance, but that isn't a givin with Jedi. See many examples of arrogant jedi, I'm not going to name names *Cough* *Cough* Kyp Durron *Cough* *Cough*

I don't know why these aren't up yet, but they were spoiled already

http://swmresources.com/downloads/bhccards2013.pdf

Anything outside of IO on Kota would have dropped My Pets from Myrkr, Kota isn't a follower so he doesn't get the 2nd CE. So he's only compatible with one/third of Talons big abilities. Galen and Kota don't really need the extra damage, but using Talon to give Galen the speed boost is still really really big.

I would say galen needs the damage, he gets bonus if he is in imperial squads, which is why he is so much better there. I guess rapport 6 helps galen in rebels, but still don't think giving kota IO would have been wrong or game breaking. Although this is personal preference, and not a huge deal or anything. looks like Kota was designed to be a fun/theme type piece that has a strong squad idea that may have some success, but may never win a big regional or gencon, to that I say awesome.

Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya is so good it looks like he might become the next NR auto-include.

I agree that it would have been cool to see Independent Outfit on Kota, but he's plenty good without it.

16 points for 30 points of reserve, a movement breaker and a (nearly) guaranteed 40 damage. Looks like a bargain to me.

The Shaper Adept and the Yun-Harla Fanatic will be a match made in Mouse Droid Hell

Elbee is interesting. I've been wanting to see him for a while now. The Jedi Hunter ability has me scratching my head (though its been years since I read KOTOR, maybe im forgetting a specific arc or scene), and while the Single Shot Blaster ability is clearly for game balance, it feels off due to the character's melee attack restrictions (there for, not having a blaster to single-shot with). Otherwise, i feel like he's a good representation, and far more playable than the old non-unique dock loader droid that was unplayable because of his heavy weapons restriction.

On the same thread of single-shot being out of place, I can't say im a fan of sith rage on Kota. After all, he's the one who stopped Galen from murdering palpatine when he had a chance to free the galaxy from slavery and corruption, because it "Wasn't ok to kill someone when you're really really upset with them". Kota isn't exactly the rage-type. I suppose this could be viewed as another balance driven decision, but the name of an ability has a heavy effect upon the character's flavor. I'd have also liked Indy Outfit on him, but that's just personal preference. Opening up +4/+10 and rapport six for Galen would have made both rebel variants far more playable. Not really sure why the v-set opted to not include this after all their complaints about how poorly the V-set star killer got neutered. Desipite, i'm still a fan and kota themed squads look like they'll still be find to play.

The snow trooper is a nice update. Not particularly exciting, but well needed. For +3 points you get +2 speed, his slow starting possition is addressed, +20 hp, +2 Def, +3 attack. I think that he's solid and far more playable now, though likely to fall to his old achilles heel in anything except a swap squad.