New Year and New X-Wing stuff...

So, only a little bit of X-Wing over the long break…  Much work on house, etc…  But DID listen a few times to an excellent cast from the Carolina Krayts (http://carolinakrayts.libsyn.com/podcast/listener-4-how-to-git-gud-and-other-aspects-of-being-good-at-games).  SO much excellent content in this episode.  They did skip all of the normal silliness and it mostly concerns game theory and how to get better at the game. 

Not entirely sure how much of this will end up with me on the table at the local events at least.  Mattoon is too small a venue to really bring out the “big guns” as it were.  Titan IS big enough, but the local Meta is…  Well, weird.  I’ve played some of the better “Meta” lists locally like the Triple Wookies.  Did OK, but it HAS been a long while since I made a local cut.  My “Try Hard” list (Nym/Dengar) made the cut at the larger SC in Bloomington.  Exhausting to play so many games, especially as the day went on and the quality of the opposition continued to improve.  NOT saying that the early rounds were pushovers, I simply had a better list than several of the guys I played against.  Oh, and I actually flew it pretty much perfectly against several of the other players.  Arc Dodging with a Heavy Bomber against TIE Fighters should not happen, but there it was…  Does not really happen anymore after the nerfing, but…

Looking at flying at LEAST one Starviper…  Slippery bastards they are, and I find that I really enjoy flying them.  JUST have to remember not to do something silly like say end up at Range 1 of a pair of TIE Defenders lest I simply melt in a single turn… 

Most likely this one:

OberosFennThweek (97)

Dalan Oberos (Kimogila) — M12-L Kimogila Fighter	25
Veteran Instincts	1
Harpoon Missiles	4
Unhinged Astromech	1
Guidance Chips	0
Ship Total: 31
Fenn Rau — Protectorate Starfighter	28
Push the Limit	3
Autothrusters	2
Concord Dawn Protector	1
Ship Total: 34
Thweek — StarViper	28
Advanced Sensors	3
Inertial Dampeners	1
Autothrusters	2
StarViper Mk. II	-3
Virago	1
Ship Total: 32

Missiles on the PS 9 reloadable ship…  Fenn is always solid and Thweek is kind of a wild card.  99% of the time he’ll just copy the highest PS out there.  Given the likelihood of the PS war continuing, having the bid and likely the highest PS backed with 2 9’s puts me in a pretty good place.

Other list I am looking at is:

FennGuriThweek (97)

Guri — StarViper	30
Intensity	2
Advanced Sensors	3
Inertial Dampeners	1
Autothrusters	2
StarViper Mk. II	-3
Virago	1
Ship Total: 36
Thweek — StarViper	28
Autothrusters	2
StarViper Mk. II	-3
Ship Total: 27
Fenn Rau — Protectorate Starfighter	28
Push the Limit	3
Autothrusters	2
Concord Dawn Protector	1
Ship Total: 34

2 Starvipers bouncing around with Fenn as the real threat…  Thweek being on the cheap end it might not be as effective, but it WILL be fun to bounce around the board a bit I think…

Really concerned about hitting loads of Imperial Gunboats…  Thinking they are about the most efficient ship out there at this point, and that’s why I am looking at flying something odd like Vipers…  Fly odd and dodge arcs I hope…