Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-454133-20171102205841/@comment-27029853-20180110195831

First match was a 12 point victory over Quickdraw and 3 Nus, he killed my Nu and I killed his Quickdraw, and from there the Delta was impossible for his Nus to get a grasp of and Kylo was way too slippery. I was actually unlucky in that after time was called I threw a 3 hit attack (after focus) with my Delta and his obstructed 1 hull Nu at range 3 without focus managed to roll 3 evades.

Second match was my best MOV using this list, I faced off against VI Vader with no missile and Predator Rear Admiral Chiraneau with Kylo crew and Gunner. I'd practiced a fair bit against VI RAC, so this was relatively easy in comparison. I got in a good round of attacks against RAC and dealt 7 damage, but then knew RAC was turning around the asteroid so rather than pursuing I set up a killbox for Vader which slipped in some Structural damage and then took him down by the next turn. RAC slipped a Damaged Cockpit onto Kylo, but since I'd been practicing against higher PS Rac, I wasn't particularly bothered. Before I managed to get the kill in on RAC however, his Kylo crew and Gunner managed to slip in enough damage cards to kill my Kylo without piercing the shields.

Third match was against Countess Ryad with Crack Shot and two Glaives with Trick Shot, all with TIE/x7 and Twin Ion Engine Mk. II. Despite I think managing the best engagement that forced his squad to split up, the dice weren't on my side and then they made it difficult to continue targeting a particular one. I only managed to disable shields on one and reduce another to one shield. Time was called as we were setting dials and my Nu was down to 1 hull and Kylo was down to one hull with structural damage, so I ran and prayed for the best in the final salvo, which was 9-8 in his favour. Then I rolled 2 hits to his 5.

4th match was against Nym with Trajectory Simulator, VI, Proton Bombs , Thermal Detonators , Genius , Havoc , Extra Munitions , Harpoon Missiles , and Long Range Scanners. The list also had Thweek with Virago, Starviper Mk. II, Fire Control System, and Autothrusters and Sunny Bounder in a "Heavy Syck" Interceptor and an Ion Cannon. Oooh boy, this was a rough one. I had practice against Nyms and Mirandas, but I was not prepared for a Nym or Miranda that was worth more than Kylo. The result is I cannot win 1-on-1s with Kylo, and In can't play conservatively but must rush the game in my favor. I had a great killbox on Thweek, but my opponent mentioned that he was very lucky Thweek didn't bite it and it went downhill from there with Nym's bombs. My opponent made 2nd in Swiss that day, and generally the Nyms with Trajectory Simulator did fantastically. I think they all made the cut and 3 of them were in the top 4.

At this point, I knew that I was out of the cut, so I could play casually.

I played against Miranda with Bomblet Generator, Long Range Scanners, Sabine, and TLT, Lowhhrrick with Threepio, and Ezra with R3-A2 and Gunner. This Miranda was cheap enough I could play my way, and I managed to pincer my opponent's force. Miranda melted rather quickly although got some bomb damage on Kylo, my Defender then harassed Lowhhrick staying behind him at all times where my Nu and Kylo took Ezra down. Kylo went down I believe but time I had taken it.

Last round I played against 3 Karthakk Pirates, all with Long Range Scanners and Cruise Missiles, 2 with TLT, 1 with Autoblaster, one with Intel Agent, one with Dengar, and one with Boba Fett. I lost the Nu relatively early, but was able to whittle two down and finally managed to kill the Intel Agent/Autoblaster one after time was called to win by 8 points.

So I achieved my goal of going 4-2 which was nice, and while my MOV was way off the cut (as I knew it would be if I went 4-2) one of my losses was a final salvo. Plus with the exception of that Nym nightmare and maybe my 2nd round victory where my opponent said I predicted him perfectly and got lucky killing Vader in 2 turns, all of my games were relatively close affairs.