Interesting episode and it's fun to hear about Mark and Bob's thoughts on the Aggressor. However it's kind of weird how you spent over an hour discussing IG-88 builds and strategy without a single mention of the build that won the first Nationals of this year.

Oh, that one was a little unusual. An asymmetric (barely) brobots build. I like it.

48 IG-88B, PTL, AdvS, Auto, Title, Mangler

51 IG-88C, PTL, AdvS, Auto, Title, HLC

Yeah, that's the one.

This was one of the better episodes yet, and SG was a great guest! Insightful and articulate.

I would love to see (hear) more of this type of discussion in future shows, even as a small segment each time. These tactical discussions are much more useful for both new players, and experienced players compared to "this ship is good because of math" and "this ship is bad because of math".

It would also be great for you to bring on other "expert guests" that have won regionals using other squads.

Keep up the great work!

This is definitely one of the stronger episodes you guys have done. Great tactical discussion

If NOVA Squadron wants to pull in people with unusual builds, it might be effective to have the hosts play the guest on a game or two on VASSAL before you start the show. I can see some of the discussion would be more productive if everyone was able to see it a bit for the discussion. It would be cool to hear such things as "I was really surprised at x in our game and didn't even think about that when I thought about y before."

That's a really good idea.

That's my favorite setup, but I run Predator instead of PTL and usually IG-88D. I just don't like running IGs without Advanced Sensors. I feel like I'm not getting the most out of the ships maneuverability.

Sable, would you consider putting Boba in his Slave 1 and running Extra Munitions when that is available?

You would have to clear up two points which mean Tactician would have to be dropped or maybe even going down to a Mangler on IG. But 2 Proton Bombs might be worth it...

Tactician is too critical. I've considered other changes and the new bombs might be interesting to use instead. But I have other plans for this list with Wave 7. Nefarious plans. MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Loved this episode. My favorite so far. Great insight. Hope u guys do more tactical shows (just not all the time)