Hello,
I am a complete beginner but my friend and I have each a core set and like to play deathmatches. I play imperial and typically our games are 2x VSD vs. 2x CR90 and 2x Nebulon-B and a smattering of squadrons on each side.
I regularly get beaten. The VSD looks impressive on paper but in practice I never manage to prevent his CR90 from getting in my rear arc. they are simply too fast. Also, he plays 4 ships vs. 2 which is a huge advantage if you alternate activating ships. He'll get to move one Cr90 in a far away corner and forces me to move my VSD in front of his Nebulon-B.
I am struggling also to understand in which formation to deploy my VSD. Right now, what works best is to put the VSD quite close to each other with a screen of fighter in front and move forward at 1 for the rest of the game.
What am I doing wrong?