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Jun. 16th, 2019 12:14 amCame back to Louisville a few hours earlier than had planned to Thursday morning. The Niece was moving into her new apartment and she and Mom&Dad asked me to help with some of the heavier lifting, and I can't resist any of them. Didn't take long, and I got home in time to get a nap in before a short evening shift. Towards the end of the shift, supervisor called to see if I could work a day shift instead of my scheduled evening shift on Friday, and of course I could because that cleared things for gaming Friday evening.
Got in a couple of X-Wing matches. First Order squadron got whupped by Ken's Rebels, and my Rebels did pretty well against a Republic squadron. Took the Rebels (Wedge, Thane, and Dutch) to a tournament on Saturday, and that went poorly. 1-2 on the day, but a fun time - I think the chosen format kept the more competitive and less-fun types from showing up. Went home with a stack of promo cards, and that's really all I wanted out of the day, besides a fun time with good folks.
I'm just about finished playing through the First Order. There are some good pilots in the faction, but I think it's the weakest of the seven. No bombers, and the TIE/FO is just expensive enough that fielding a TIE/LN-type swarm isn't viable. LNs benefit by having Howlrunner providing rerolls; there's no equivalent for the First Order, and rolling just two attack dice, those FOs need every advantage they can get. SFs and VNs can dish out more damage - natively on the VN and ordnance on both - but they're correspondingly more expensive. The big Upsilon shuttle is a darn good combatant when it's flown right, and it's got plenty of room for crew.
Got in a couple of X-Wing matches. First Order squadron got whupped by Ken's Rebels, and my Rebels did pretty well against a Republic squadron. Took the Rebels (Wedge, Thane, and Dutch) to a tournament on Saturday, and that went poorly. 1-2 on the day, but a fun time - I think the chosen format kept the more competitive and less-fun types from showing up. Went home with a stack of promo cards, and that's really all I wanted out of the day, besides a fun time with good folks.
I'm just about finished playing through the First Order. There are some good pilots in the faction, but I think it's the weakest of the seven. No bombers, and the TIE/FO is just expensive enough that fielding a TIE/LN-type swarm isn't viable. LNs benefit by having Howlrunner providing rerolls; there's no equivalent for the First Order, and rolling just two attack dice, those FOs need every advantage they can get. SFs and VNs can dish out more damage - natively on the VN and ordnance on both - but they're correspondingly more expensive. The big Upsilon shuttle is a darn good combatant when it's flown right, and it's got plenty of room for crew.