Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27029853-20170703223814/@comment-454133-20180315045352

Well today I got totally reamed.

First I flew my 2 boosting resistance bombers and sheathipede, but did extremely poorly. I just got thrashed, only getting half points on his resistance bomber. I've decided to scratch that fleet off the list for CAC. It's just too hard to use and too toothless; it won't be fun to play for a full day.

For my next opponent I decided to fly the CAC list I'm leaning toward most, the Decimator and 2 TIE Phantoms. It's decently effective, but clearly casual enough to land squarely in the spirit of CAC. Unfortunately it turned out this player was practicing his Worlds list. He flew Torani, Trajectory + Genius + Bomblet Nym, and Captain Jostero, all with harpoon missiles and chips. First turn of combat he fired 3 harpoon missiles into my decimator and fired with Jostero's ability, doing 16 damage and removing the Decimator from the table in the first exchange of shots. From there he destroyed my phantoms with no effort.

Grumpy Conclusion:

I tell ya, Harpoons can't be nerfed soon enough, but I'm not actually optimistic it'll ever happen. I suspect FFG is to enamored with them, and they'll be the new normal for damage levels.

Cynical Conclusion:

If more than a couple people bring top meta to CAC, this is the last time I take a casual list to that tournament. :/  It's just not fun being effortlessly wiped off the table by a fleet that is objectively superior, and I don't want to spend a full day doing that. I may just bring two lists, one in the fun spirit of the tournament and one designed to play well. When I walk the room, if it looks like a bunch of worlds fleets, at least I can switch right at the last second. Playing top meta against top meta is more fun than being a helpless observer in my own games for 10 hours.