Wednesday, October 30, 2019

X-Wing, what to fly next?


So, what to fly now in X-Wing?  My driving goal was to get my Dice and to have paid the “Iron Price” for them (yes, GoT reference)…  Got that and more.  I wound up winning the Prize Templates as well.  So, “neat” and I think I have officially lost my drive to “try hard” and prove that I am actually fairly good at the game.  But this does leave me in a rather odd position as I really have no idea what to fly from this point on…  The Dual Firesprays are fun and quite effective against a lot of things, but lack the ability to deal easily with Aces.  Can I?  Sure, if I play it well and (ideally) the opponent makes a few mistakes.  But against a top tier player on their game it is not a good matchup for me.  

Been playing around with a few other Scum builds and even a Super Dash list…  Pairing him with Wedge makes it interesting, but at the end of the day it is still just a 2 Ship list and not a particularly good one.  Sure, Dash and Wedge both can hit like trucks and Dash with the Focus and Bistan can get 2 Shots/Turn (albeit at different Targets) each of which is essentially a Proton Torpedo…  Still, a good opponent or just a Beef list will cause issues.

On the Scum side I tried a list with CPT Nym and Torini Kulda…  Amusing, but putting too many points in Nym means I have a 3 Ship list that is “meh” for the most part.  I suspect that Kulda is solid in a stripped down role (Snap Shot is nice here), and Nym for the Bomb chucking…
Nym Kulda and (200)
Torani Kulda — M12-L Kimogila Fighter
48
Snap Shot
8
Homing Missiles
5
R2 Astromech
3
Ship Total: 64
Half Points: 32 Threshold: 5

Captain Nym — Scurrg H-6 Bomber
48
Ion Cannon Turret
5
Veteran Turret Gunner
8
Proximity Mines
6
Proton Bombs
5
Havoc
4
Trajectory Simulator
10
R2 Astromech
3
Ship Total: 89
Half Points: 45 Threshold: 5

Crymorah Goon — BTL-A4 Y-Wing
31
Ion Cannon Turret
5
Veteran Turret Gunner
8
Seismic Charges
3
Ship Total: 47
Half Points: 24 Threshold: 4


WAY too much on the Skurrg there.  Amusing to fly, but…  Mostly I wanted to see if there was something to the Trajectory Simulator on that ship.  It is solid, but for a Critical Hit here or there?  Simply too expensive.  Mind, devastating against say, an unshielded Swarm build, but most other things simply ignore it while they kill him.

Still have my Jedi of course.  They are solid and fun.  I have a few ideas with Imperial things as well as we saw the TIE Advanced prototype and the Inquisitors start to really shine…  Imps can use the Force quite well, and it is really good it turns out…  Who knew?

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