Store Championship AAR and more coming up so new versions I suppose...

So, made it to Titan (Springfield) and played in the Store Championship…  J  Spoiler I suppose, I went 0-4…  Had a blast playing, and made silly, high risk moves with Boba and Fenn.  And I was punished accordingly.  I cannot REALLY complain that my dice were terrible.  Well, they were, but I should never have put myself in those positions counting on average to above average rolls.  Mind, had I gotten the high rolls I wanted (but did NOT deserve of course) I would have probably gone 3-1 or better J… Embrace the variance and await the inevitable betrayal of your Agility Dice.  I found that betrayal like voting in Chicago.  Early and often.  Well, to be fair to my dice it was NOT just the Agility Dice that failed me.  Rolling Fenn into Range 1 with a Focus to roll 4 blanks and a Focus result is not the expected result.  Well, I came to expect it by the end of the day of course, but an AVERAGE roll would be far better of course and one could reasonably expect to cripple almost any enemy ship between the 2 heavy hitters both targeting it at Range 1 with rerolls and mods…  When that fails and you then roll equally poorly on your Agility?  Well, it tends to be a fairly short game at least?  Still, I played against excellent opponents and I had a great time laughing at the absurdity of it all at least.  I’d like to think my opponents also had a good time as I had a few newer players in the mix there and I REALLY want to be sure that the X-Wing scene continues to grow and new folks come in and have fun in our events.  Sadly Laetin in his M-3 was my best ship for the day...  But at the end of the day he is really just a TIE Fighter (with a neat ability and a potentially bigger gun)...  Fun to fly though, and something to keep in mind...

So, going forward?  Well, I still have two lists…  One is the more “try hard” list (Dual Firesprays) and the other is copying Kristofer’s list from Sweden (actually I think he played it in the English System Open, but…)…  So the Dual Firesprays:

Boba Frost HS (199)

Boba Fett — Firespray-class Patrol Craft	85
Fearless	3
Maul	12
Proton Bombs	5
Contraband Cybernetics	2
Slave I	1
Ship Total: 108
Half Points: 54 Threshold: 5
Koshka Frost — Firespray-class Patrol Craft	70
0-0-0	5
Proton Bombs	5
Rigged Cargo Chute	4
Delayed Fuses	1
Andrasta	3
Seismic Charges	3
Ship Total: 91
Half Points: 46 Threshold: 5

Nothing too extreme.  I think this is almost the same as the one that actually won the English SO (Timo Raabe’s?  From Deutschland IIRC)…  I make a few changes of course, probably not to the betterment of the list, but I REALLY like being able to drop a Bomb every turn from Ms. Frost’s ship.  And I do not particularly care about the bid.  I cannot reasonably compete with the stupid high bid possible with a Boba/Fenn list or the like and frankly I say a LOT of things that both of my Ships were simply higher I than in any case, so no bid required?  Rather have the fullest compliment of Toys.  And the Fuses on the Bombs give me a fair bit of flexibility to… Discourage pursuit when we get into the scrum.  Boba is a beast and while I would LIKE to put another Hull on him, points being too tight I think…  Will test it further I suspect and see.

Republic HS 1 (194)

Obi-Wan Kenobi — Delta-7 Aethersprite	48
Calibrated Laser Targeting	4
Ship Total: 52
Half Points: 26 Threshold: 2
Ahsoka Tano — Delta-7 Aethersprite	44
Calibrated Laser Targeting	2
Ship Total: 46
Half Points: 23 Threshold: 2
Plo Koon — Delta-7 Aethersprite	44
Calibrated Laser Targeting	4
Ship Total: 48
Half Points: 24 Threshold: 2
Ric Olié — Naboo Royal N-1 Starfighter	42
Outmaneuver	6
Ship Total: 48
Half Points: 24 Threshold: 3

And back to the Republic and the Jedi…  This one is fun to fly.  Ric with Outmaneuver is one thing I was running with my 3 Ship build for a bit as Juke went up in price to test a replacement.  Now with Hyperspace lacking Juke altogether, the Outmaneuver will do…  Solid if I fly it right.  Go faster, flank and they are rolling -1 Agility and I roll one more Attack…  Seems solid.  Not 100% of course, but the threat alone will make many hesitate.  And trying to chase down Ric when I just rabbit?  Good luck.  Other than that I have 3 solid Jedi with CLT.  REALLY want R5’s for Regeneration, but too expensive they are…  I DO have another list I was testing with R5’s on my main Jedi and a basic Jedi for the fourth ship…  Fun, but Ric is just a solid ship and pushing Damage is too important.  Not to mention another I5 giving me 3 5’s and a 3 who is really quite solid…  And a major bonus, my favorite Star Wars character (Ahsoka Tano).  This one will definitely be in my kit, and I will want to get in some testing before the Red Raccoon event in a few weeks… 

Otherwise?  Looking very much like we are going to go with the Champaign Titan Store Championship on 4 April…  Will be posting more when I get final confirmation from the Store…