LTD's Armada Blog

By LTD, in Star Wars: Armada

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This post is to draw attention to my various blog entries as I make them.

​I will update this first post when I make new entries.

​Updates for May:

Mutiny on the Bounty - Part One

http://daveswargames.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/mutiny-on-bounty-part-one.html

Updates for June:

Mutiny on the Bounty - Part Two

http://daveswargames.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/mutiny-on-bounty-part-ii.html

Intensify Forward Fire When Ready

http://daveswargames.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/intensify-forward-fire-when-ready.html

Wave 3 Battle Report - LTD vs PT106

http://daveswargames.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/armada-battle-report-ltd-vs-pt106-wave.html

Updates for August:

LTD vs thecactusman17 video report

http://daveswargames.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/ltd-vs-thecactusman17-video-vassal.html

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Quite liked that battle report. For the love of all things holy, can you move your mouse/keyboard away from the mic, or dampen next time pls.

I would add a little bit at the start explaining the philosophies behind the two fleets. Especially with something like pt's, it makes a big difference knowing why he has three gozanti seemingly doing nothing.

That A wing did make all the difference... scatter or no scatter.

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The mic is built into the machine, so at most 8 inches from the keyboard - I tried to tell myself to hit the button softly, but when I get excited I tend to thump it a bit.

I will try harder in future...

Thanks for the feedback.

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The mic is built into the machine, so at most 8 inches from the keyboard - I tried to tell myself to hit the button softly, but when I get excited I tend to thump it a bit.

I will try harder in future...

Thanks for the feedback.

Put it on a rubber/foam surface instead then!

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The mic is built into the machine, so at most 8 inches from the keyboard - I tried to tell myself to hit the button softly, but when I get excited I tend to thump it a bit.

I will try harder in future...

Thanks for the feedback.

Probably time for a USB microphone then ... Well worth the investment.

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Congratulations to your performance! I liked to read it.

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Just watched the LTD vs PT106 video. Great fun.

I like how some of the objectives serve to draw opposing fleets into close combat (Fire Lanes and Contested Outpost). It results in exciting brawls!

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Your video reports are great - thanks for posting them.

Tiny suggestion for your Vassal reports; try hold down the page down button or press it gently. It sounds like endless wardrums :D

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Program your mouse wheel to spam space bar when it is turned.

Many Logitech mice have a free wheel mode that doesn't click of anything and can be programmed via Setpoint.

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@Gink - thanks for fixing that link. Don't know what happened there.

@Shadowlord - I was pressing it quietly! There were some clicks early on, but it stopped eventually when I went to PgDn rather than the mouse, yes?

@Amanal - thanks - good suggestions.

I'm thinking of doing a report on a game I did not play - like the "Match of the Week" that BiggsIRL talks about. I will try to improve my methods.

Cheers!

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The second one was much quieter.

I liked that you stopped to spend more time on the moment where you decided to split MC30's either side of the ISD. Its moments like that which define a game and its what I want to see in a game report. And muck ups with your admiral...

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A new video report from Vassal.

There are some clicks early on, then it seems to smooth out.

http://LTD vs thecactusman17 video report http://daveswargames.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/ltd-vs-thecactusman17-video-vassal.html

"He has very few upgrades on that ship"

Literally out loud "Haha WHAT!?"

That said, thank you for the honest rundown of how I played.

Before you congratulate yourself too highly though, I should advise you of two things.

As you're aware, this game started at 2am and ended around 5am local time. That's the first thing.

Second: I also played against your list in a way that I can only describe as "against the grain" compared to how I would normally fly it, in an effort to challenge a list that is very different to most typical lists. A fleet with six ship activations and 9 deployments? Very impressive design there and you played it very well. Most other fleets would not have been so efficient at denying points in a similar situation.

Still not sure which was more important to the outcome, but in either case an excellent game. I really feel I hit my worst possible opposing list in this game: a combination of high activations, lots of squadrons, and bad objective choices. Frankly, I was fully expecting a 10-0 loss.

Beyond that, I won't be commenting here until later next week, as I think the meta of the list shifts drastically with wave 3+ ships. But I will say that I caught both lucky and unlucky breaks over the course of this game, and demonstrated some solid counters to what would be hard stops normally. One that I think is useful is pointing out that I correctly guessed that you were itching to use a few of your ships in particular ways, around turn 4 with Devastator in serious jeopardy, and maneuvered Devastator to encourage you into moving ships before you probably should have. I think this is what allowed me to gain the extra point when all was said and done.

Best of luck moving forward with the tournament!