Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-454133-20171102205841/@comment-27221056-20180202001835

I have been seriously neglecting this site and this thread, mainly due to my pc messing up with login session or some bulljank, so I couldn't post. But I recently learned it works fine from my tablet. But I won't link to pages, as it's a hassle without a mouse, so apologies for that.

Anyways, my very strong scum prototype list with Fenn, N'dru and Nym landed me a 3-3 at our regional in December. First match was against a buddy flying VI RAC and QD and I knew I couldn't win. I'm even the one who suggested he switched Predator and Expertise for VI. Well...

My second match... I don't know. I was unlucky, I guess and made a few mistakes. Initially it looked like the match was going my way, but something happened and it went down-hill. I can't remember.

Third match was just bad luck. I had Nym left with five hull and Autoblaster Turret and a target lock on Kath Scarlett with one hull at range 1 (used my action to barrel roll) and in her rear arc. I just needed a hit and I would have won. First I rolled a focus and a crit. She had an evade, so I had to re-roll. A blank and a crit. The she proceeds to roll 3 hits and two blanks and Dengar re-roll those blanks to two hits. I didn't roll and evade and lost.

The rest of the tournament was me lecturing newer players on the merits of cruise missiles and I snuck into top 16, landing me the orange stress tokens. I think we were 57 players as well, as we were an ofd number of players. I then won the escalation side-event (the last, two hour match was over in 40 minutes. Crazy destructive!) giving me the choice of one of the wave 12-13 ships. Went with a second starwing.

All in all a positive experience, but I realized my otherwise fun and powerful list won't cut it for the current meta. Too many high ps pilots. And I'm also getting a little tired of it, so it's fine. But I've been struggling to find a new list for the upcoming Copenhagen Systems Open. Those 16 dice at ps 9-10 is hard to match! But I think I've finally settled on a yanky list, which is fun to fly and really suits my style (rolling dice in round 1):

In Yo Face!

Quickdraw - Fire Control System, Harpoon Missiles, Veteran Instincts, Advanced Optics, Special Ops Training and Guidance Chips.

Pure Sabacc - Veteran Instincts, Adaptive Ailerons and Light-weight Frame

Lieutenant Dormitz - Fire Control System, Hyperwave comm scanners x2, Kylo Ren's Shuttle and Courier Droid.

So the shuttle can setup at ps 0, 3, 6, 8 or 12. I set him up as 8 and then the other two, granting them a focus and evade each from the hyperwave comm scanners and at range 2 of Dormitz. I then move and coordinate an action from either of the aces. Then adapt Sabaccs ailerons as needed and 2 or 3 straight and QD 3 or 4 straight. From the few matches I've played, none of my opponents wants to meet my tokened-up aces head on, which makes them veer off (except for a rookie flying Poe-Han and lost on four rounds). This can give me an edge in the approach. The shuttle can bring up the rear and actually gets to shoot some heavy shots and then gets to stress one of the opponent's ships.

I think the list can surprise many players, which can give me an advantage. Dormitz is a rare sight and no-one likes Pure Sabacc with 2 focus and evades. He is a hoot to fly, but I must learn to get used to the pre-reveal maneuver and better measure his final position. And he hits like a mule! He's usually the first target, so QD is left for the end game, where she is strongest. The title on Dormitz gives him an advantage over smaller ships without a green turn, because that makes him turn faster, eventually getting them in arc.

So without any expectations to my results for the systems open (it will most likely be streamed, btw. It's the 10th), I will bring a non-standard list and have fun. If I do good, the great! Of not, then I get to participate in the two side-events. Either way it's a win :-D