July X-Wing post points adjustment... Gearing up for Gen Con... And moving maybe?

So, a few more games in with the new points and I think I have boiled my long term lists to the following:

Anakin Obi Wan Ric (192)

Anakin Skywalker — Delta-7 Aethersprite	62
R2 Astromech	6
Delta-7B	20
Ship Total: 88
Half Points: 44 Threshold: 3
Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7 Aethersprite	47
Calibrated Laser Targeting	4
Ship Total: 51
Half Points: 26 Threshold: 2
Ric Olié — Naboo Royal N-1 Starfighter	42
Juke	7
R2 Astromech	4
Ship Total: 53
Half Points: 27 Threshold: 3

Or:

Obi-Wan Ric 2 x 104 (199)

Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7 Aethersprite	47
Calibrated Laser Targeting	4
Ship Total: 51
Half Points: 26 Threshold: 2
Ric Olié — Naboo Royal N-1 Starfighter	42
R2 Astromech	4
Ship Total: 46
Half Points: 23 Threshold: 3
104th Battalion Pilot — ARC-170 Starfighter	42
Seventh Fleet Gunner	9
Ship Total: 51
Half Points: 26 Threshold: 5
104th Battalion Pilot — ARC-170 Starfighter	42
Seventh Fleet Gunner	9
Ship Total: 51
Half Points: 26 Threshold: 5

Common theme there of course being that Obi-Wan is OK with the Calibrated Laser Targeting (CLT) and that Ric is a solid choice.  I DO like Juke on him and I am finding that the way I fly he is almost always getting 3 Dice on Attack and Defense…  If I am in trouble, 5 Straight away, get the free evade, regen a Shield and either Focus or Boost/Barrel Roll to try to dodge Arcs… 

First build is my “I fly Aces” build with I5/6 being the whole trio…  Anakin is amazingly solid still at 88 points.  Obi-Wan is pretty good and Ric I think will be the “sleeper” piece that gets hit with a points hike ASAP but until then…  Well, 3 Dice Attack backed by Juke and likely at least one dice mod is darn good…  And with 2 of the Ships being Regenerators I can do the Klingon Saber Dance and just wear down the enemy…  So, DEFINITELY my play style and exactly what I envisioned with these ships.

The second one is one detailed out by Chris Allen on the “Fly Better” (Mynock) podcast…  REALLY close to one I was testing and I picked up a 4^th ARC (2^nd Republic ARC) since I do really like that ship…  But with the 2 x 7^th Fleet Gunners it allows for some 4 Dice Attacks from the 2 Ace(ish) ships…  Technically, Obi-Wan can go to a 5 Dice Attack iff he can line up the Bullseye arc…  Could be a really nasty surprise, and frankly it might be the one I fly at Gen Con as it is a LOT easier during a long day…  The specific thing I was testing was Anakin loaded out with the 2 104^th/7^th Fleet Gunners…  Solid but not nearly so nasty as this one I think…  NOT going to be one I can sit back to go to Final Salvo with as half of my Ships are 2 Attack on the card…  And I’m not the type who would do the fortress to time for that sort of a win in any case….  Mind, if I am winning late in the game, I have NO problem running/dodging to time, but that means that we had an actual game and I did more damage to that point…  Just me of course, nothing wrong with it per se as it would be technically legal…  J  But if I DO encounter say a TIE Phantom fortress, both of my lists are built to take it down handily I suspect as the Phantom is NOT built to withstand 4-5 Dice Attacks.  Kill one to two and then just turn out to make them come out and play…  Or just keep crashing in to wipe them off the field I suppose…  Agility 2 ships shouldn’t last long in that grinder…  But in any case, with the points update I do not think the 4 Phantoms are a good list…  Frankly not entirely sure WHAT I’ll encounter.  Tyler’s Sense Vader list is pretty scary, but even that?  Eh, I have no need to get close and most of my ships are reasonably fast… 

 Other than that?  Had one interview locally and getting ready for 2 Video Conference interviews...  Should be interesting at least.  Worst case, good interview practice.  HUGE plus side, I am GETTING interviews for these positions that include things like "VP" or "CIO" in the title...  So, the tweaked resume is working and the fact that I DO have the required prerequisites for these jobs is actually quite heartening...  So, at least I can smile at that part...  Minor down side would be moving if I get one of the "more distant" jobs, but both of those are places I'd not mind ending up I think...