NOVA Squadron Radio – Episode 51: Wave 9 and Regionals Review

By EvilEd209, in X-Wing

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NOVA Squadron Radio – Episode 51: Wave 9 and Regionals Review
Welcome to NOVA Squadron Radio! Sorry this one is late guys, between getting sick and the move it couldn’t be helped. This week we all the cool stuff FFG dropped on us for Wave 9. Plus, we talk about where the Regionals meta is at this point going into Nationals. All of that and a LOT more

NOVA Squadron Radio is:
Ed Horne – Host
Chad Brown – Co-Host
Sean Dorcy – Co-host
Bob Randall – Co-host
Kris Sherriff – Co-host
Richard Hsu – Co-host
Paul Heaver – Co-Host


Here are the show notes from Episode 51:

[0:00 – 1:50] Show Opening
[1:50 –37:13] Flight Deck
[37:13– 1:12:14] News:
The NOVA Open! http://www.novaopen.com/ September 1st - 4th, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency in Arlington, VA.
The Vassal X-Wing League - https://www.reddit.com/r/xwingonline/comments/4a13il/new_player_signups_for_the_xwing_vassal_league/
Social Meeples: http://clearbox.socialmeeples.net/home

System Open: Endor (Poland – Palp Aces) https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/5/11/imperial-victory-on-endor/
System Open: Jakku (France – Palp Aces) https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/5/12/imperial-victory-on-jakku/

Fly Casual - https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/5/18/swx-fly-casual/

Wave 9 has been Announced! https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2016/6/2/stay-in-attack-formation/

[1:12:14– 1:40:54] Main Segment: The Regionals Meta
[1:40:54– 1:51:16] Show Closing

Musical Credits go out to the band ‘Insane Ride’ and their songs ‘Sound of Rock and Roll’ and ‘Wrong or Right’ found on the Free Music Archive at http://freemusicarchive.org/

Audio Editing & Mixing by Podcast Masters www.podcastmasters.net

Thanks for listening, and talk to you again in two weeks!

Here is the direct link: http://novasquadronradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/NOVA_Squadron_Radio_Episode_51_final.mp3

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I am curious as to everyone's thoughts on the shorter format. Like? Dislike? Let us know.

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I listen in the car whilst driving around for work, so I love the long episodes, as long as it all stays relevant.

I understand though that doing the shorter episodes makes it easier for you to get it all sorted though.

So I'm happy to pick up what you're throwing down.

Appreciate the work you all do.

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I like the longer episodes. I also like the longer flight deck. Probably in the minority there.

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I am sure as content drives, longer shows will be in the future. The fact that we are no longer doing every ship and upgrade in the game has really cut down the time.

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I thought this was the perfect lenghth. It gave everyone their 5 mins for the flight deck, And the pacing for the main segment was great. Good show!

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I'm sorry but... 'sh-hara'?

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I have not listened yet but it was a lot of fun to record and I am glad that the more structured format seems to be making the episodes shorter.

For all the people who are missing the longer flight decks, there is scope for peoples tournament runs to become a main segment for some shows which will let us go deep on how they did, what they flew against and what their dice were like as we know lots of you enjoyed that, but we wanted to ket the flight deck moving and keep that segment brief.

I am sure the next show will have more than enough game break down for people :D

Kris

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I thought this was the perfect lenghth. It gave everyone their 5 mins for the flight deck, And the pacing for the main segment was great. Good show!

Thanks for the feedback!

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Longer episodes please.

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I liked it, though my main takeaway was Paul's 4-ship Rebel list, as I love rebels and really don't like having to fly two large ships to survive the current meta :). I don't mind the shorter format, as my commute to work has been shorter lately, so it matches perfectly!

Any chance you could put up all lists mentioned in the episode on the blog, or here, or both? Would be a nice service, even though I've already reassembled Paul's list from the podcast so I can try it myself :).

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Thanks! I mainly made the list because I like running small ships, and spreading out my answers to palp aces. It's been fun, since it plays differently in every game with all the different mechanics, and I never feel like I'm auto-losing a game. It's probably not going to win a high level event, but it makes your opponent make difficult choices.

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Was episode 51 uploaded to podbean?

Thanks!