Mkay, heard one that I had not heard before today and it got
me thinking. The writer essentially said
that the restaurant in question had a menu that was too high in quality to
maintain profitability. With a new Taqueria
that opened across the street from my office I had been thinking something
along those lines… They have their burritos
priced at $7 which is a full dollar or more less than every other local
place. AND they are not doing them as
the more “Mission Style” burritos with a lot of what I would consider “filler”
in the form of rice and beans (cooked and/or refried). I should preface it with it only opened Monday
and I’ve been there only once, so it might be incorrect in the longer run of
course… But that was the best Al Pastor
that I’ve not had that good outside of Mexico/Texas border in the ancient times… And I was actually fairly concerned about the
longer term viability of the place given what I felt was the quality of the
food I got… Guess we’ll see over the
longer run, and I am of course hopeful but I suspect the odds are not in favor of the place lasting...
Got in my first actual game with my Republic forces, I
played:
Unsaved Squadron (197)
Anakin Skywalker — Delta-7
Aethersprite
|
60
|
R4 Astromech
|
2
|
Delta-7B
|
18
|
Spare Parts Canisters
|
4
|
Ship
Total: 84
|
|
Half Points: 42 Threshold: 3
|
|
"Sinker" — ARC-170
Starfighter
|
54
|
Ship
Total: 54
|
|
Half Points: 27 Threshold: 5
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|
"Wolffe" — ARC-170
Starfighter
|
51
|
Veteran Tail Gunner
|
4
|
R2 Astromech
|
4
|
Ship
Total: 59
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Half Points: 30 Threshold: 5
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And I faced a S&V force with Han (trick shot), Fenn Rau
and 2 of the Mining Guild TIEs… Solid
build and the player was good… I lost
the Initiative roll so was player 1 which I suppose is something I need to be
concerned about with the I6 Anakin, but honestly? I think I was OK going first as I was able to
get the “dream move” out there with the 2 Sloop, remove Stress and drop the
Spare Parts on Fenn Rau who was already Stressed. He took no damage of course, but a triple
Stressed Fenn is NOT a happy Fenn. Wolfe
was a bowling ball, got the double shot off a few times before he finally died. The ARCs take a surprising amount of Damage
before they die, and with the Barrel Roll they actually make decent
blockers. Oh, Han had the Hotshot Gunner
de-incentivizing the taking of Focus as an Action… Rerolls from Sinker were nice and it is
fairly easy to maintain that “Side Arc” condition. Anakin was a monster Slooping and K-Turning
around Han until I killed him after Fenn died…
Oh, Anakin killed him but lost his Shields and took a Crit in the
exchange. Range 1 Fenn Rau is ALWAYS
dangerous, even if I get to shoot first…
Going forward I suspect my next build will have a pair of
the Aethersprites with an Arc. Either
Mace or Saesee seem like they’d fit in well enough. Guessing I’ll have to put in an actual bid as
well to continue testing for the 4 May event… Asoka with 3 ARCs is also a
possibility… Bring her as a Support Ship
and keep the big “Wall o’ Beef” in front of her? Maybe…
Just not sure that the low maneuverability of the ARCs combined with the
low Agility will keep them on the field and relevant long enough to win… One of the locals brought out the 4 ARC list
and lost to the 2 Sith Infiltrators…
While the named ones seem good, I question the base Ships en masse being
viable.
Bunch of other things got immediately added to Hyperspace as
well… I do not think anyone was really
expecting this, but in the words of the Seventh Sister “A surprise to be sure,
but a welcome one”. TIE Interceptors,
TIE Bombers, B-Wings, A-Wings and Star Vipers are all legal now… So, the Rebel list I WAS flying in the League
itself is almost HS legal. Just need to
swap AP5 for a U-Wing I suppose… Just
think that list is no longer closer to the top tier with everything else out
there. I could go toe to toe with some
of the Torpedo Alpha Strike lists and come out on top, but B-Wings are just not
maneuverable enough or high enough I to deal with actual Aces…
Seems to be a fair number of people griping about the
announcement that X-Wing Worlds will be the Extended format rather than the
Hyperspace everyone assume it was going to be…
Me? I’m fairly neutral about it
as I have no real chance to make the cut and go… I really just do not want to watch it devolve
to the camping TIE Phantoms or whatever other “technically legal” but actually
broken and sill lists bubble to the top by then. Eh, we’ll see I suppose… At the end of the day, not really anything I’m
overly invested in..
