Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27029853-20170703223814/@comment-27029853-20170821191846

So I'm still not managing many games, but I did just manage a game on an online program called Vassal.

I ran Messery Backfire (credit to Wazat for the name), which I'm thinking of bringing to Canadian Nationals, but if Guns for Hires is tournament legal at the time, then there'll be a minor change which I used.

The list is:

Deathfire with Extra Munitions, Harpoon Missiles, Cluster Mines, and Long-Range Scanners

Colonel Vessery with Crack Shot, TIE/D, and Ion Cannon

Backdraft with A Score To Settle, XX-23 S-Thread Tracers, Special Ops Training, Lightweight Frame, Fire Control System, and Pattern Analyzer

I played against Miranda with Sabine, Long Range Scanners, Extra Munitions, Proximity Mines, Ion Bombs (I think), TLT, and Plasma Torpedoes and Captain Nym with Bomblet Generator, Genius, Havoc, Guidance Chips, Homing Missiles, Veteran Instincts, and Advanced Sensors, and TLT

We set up a spread out asteroid field in the center of the table, and he both of us facing towards each other, range 2 away from the side of the left table edge. He snaked left and I snaked right, going alongside the board edge. I managed to lure him into the asteroid field...where he blundered badly twice and set both of his ships on rocks. With Miranda, the more dangerous of the two IMO within range of all my ships where she got Ioned and took some hull damage. My opponent conceded there and we started a new game, but they chose to drop Nym's Homing Missiles to Cruise Missiles and upgrade Miranda's Long Range Scanners for Advanced SLAM.

This match we set up another spread out asteroid field similar to the last time, but he went directly through the asteroids whereas I snaked right and hugged my board edge.

I buggered up the opening engagement however, with Nym and Backdraft the only ones squaring off agaisnt each other, and his 4 dice Cruise Missiles went off, stripping two shields from Backdraft.

The next turn Nym disengaged but dropped a bomb to hassle Vessery the turn afterwards. Meanwhile Miranda faced off against Backdraft and Deathfire. Nym took a shield from Vessery with his TLT and Miranda used her Plasmas to take Backdraft to 1 hull. Backdraft and Deathfire managed to take away all of Miranda's shields however and Vessery Ionized Nym and took away 4 of his shields, taking him out of the match for another turn.

Vessery koigraned and then barrel rolled away from the suspended bomb to try to get Miranda in arc whereas Deathfire and Backdraft tried to set up a bump trap for Miranda. Unfortunately Miranda saw it coming and managed to Proximity Mine Deathfire who took two damage and 1 was added to Backdraft, killing him. Miranda tried to PS kill Deathfire so didn't regen a shield, but Deathfire managed to hold on. Vessery and Deathfire laid on the damage to Miranda, Ionising her, but she survived with a single hull point.

Deathfire then just bombed her, killing her with his Cluster Mines. Deathfire and Vessery and Nym then set off for another jousting run against each other. Deathfire managed to create a bump, forcing Nym to fire at the mostly healthy Vessery, and in exchange Vessery laid in some more damage and Ionised Nym. Deathfire then set up his easiest bombing run ever and hit Nym with two Clusters, the last one being right in Nym's way, and it took all 3 Mines to kill Nym off. Once Nym moved forward.

I forgot to take screenshots until the very end, but here it is:



Toronto, which is going to be the main source of players for the nationals, tends to buck the meta a fair bit, so I'm not expecting too many Jumps (although nerf would still be great), but I am expecting a ton of the little Scurrgs in there, if not Nym's, and this match seems to be promising that Nym's not too hard to get in arc and *will* melt to pressure, in addition to Ion mucking with the Bomblet Generator, forcing Genius drops without getting to pre-maneuver barrel roll. Either way, I'm basically committed to this list, the only question being if Harpoons are involved or not.

Also, Deathfire is love, as pictured