Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27029853-20170129150901/@comment-454133-20170629061047

Today I played Dragoon's Vessery + Backdraft + Deathfire fleet and got moderate results: 6th place in the tournament. If I had played better and paid attention, I wouldn't have made the critical mistakes that threw one of the games for me, and dragged down my MOV in other games. For example, despite my efforts to repeatedly put it in my field of view, I stupidly forgot to use Crack Shot every time. Also, I 4-straighted into a position where I had no shot, and was easily killed; I should have won that match handily and instead I barely lost (Deathfire with no munitions left vs a Braylen Stramm stressbot, both basically unharmed, and I came so close). Should've 3-straighted or less, and if I'd been thinking I'd have not made such a stupid mistake.

It's been a long couple of work weeks and I'm exhausted, so I won't give a blow-by-blow. Plus I don't remember it well. I did have fun though, so it wasn't a wasted evening. It's a good solid fleet, and I just needed to snap awake and use it right.

I did manage to cluster mine a jumpmaster (Tel Trevura) to death in one game, and Biggs in another, and Deathfire's homing missiles did some solid harm. I'm just saddened by how delicate TIE Bombers are. Deathfire usually dies first.