World Cup Qualifier - Rule and Signup Thread

By BiggsIRL, in Star Wars: Armada

My list versus Pyqz will be:

Motti 2 ISD

Author: emfrank72

Faction: Galactic Empire

Points: 400/400

Commander: Admiral Motti

Assault Objective: Custom Objective

Defense Objective: Custom Objective

Navigation Objective: Custom Objective

Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)

- Captain Needa ( 2 points)

- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)

- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits ( 7 points)

= 136 total ship cost

[ flagship ] Imperial I-Class Star Destroyer (110 points)

- Admiral Motti ( 24 points)

- Relentless ( 3 points)

- Wulff Yularen ( 7 points)

- Flight Controllers ( 6 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

= 154 total ship cost

1 "Howlrunner" ( 16 points)

3 Firespray-31s ( 54 points)

5 TIE Fighter Squadrons ( 40 points)

See, the problem is that most of those names are better players than me - I mean who in their right mind is going to challenge the Shadowlord? Not this little black duck...

Well now that you've made it A THING everybody will. :D

Scheduling a match with JJ's JUGGERNAUT soon.

I'm in!

Maturin v Roquax

Sept 22 @ 9PM (EST)

Anyone want a game sometime this week during the day? I'm around 9-5 Pacific time.

Anyone want a game sometime this week during the day? I'm around 9-5 Pacific time.

I'm on Central Time, but I could do a 6/7PM my time which would be 4/5 your time. I work during the day, sadly.

I'm more than willing to be in. Though that RNG in Vassal hates me when playing tournaments (I'm not sure this will count.)

I'm more than willing to be in. Though that RNG in Vassal hates me when playing tournaments (I'm not sure this will count.)

It shouldn't, because this isn't!

JJs vs BrobaFett is scheduled for 11 AM Central Time (GMT -5) tomorrow, Tuesday September 20th.

My Fleet: Y-Spam

Points: 400/400

Commander: General Dodonna

Assault Objective: REDACTED
Defense Objective: REDACTED
Navigation Objective: REDACTED

[ flagship ] Assault Frigate Mark II B (72 points)
- General Dodonna ( 20 points)
- Skilled First Officer (1 point)
= 93 total ship cost

Assault Frigate Mark II B (72 points)
= 72 total ship cost

CR90 Corvette A ​(44 points)

- Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7 points)

= 51 ​ total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
- Bright Hope ( 2 points)
- Toryn Farr ( 7 points)
- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)
= 35 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)
= 18 total ship cost

3 X-Wing Squadrons ( 39 points)
8 Y-Wing Squadrons ( 80 points)
1 HWK-290 ( 12 points)

= 131 ​ total squadron cost

And I'm assuming fleet changes are allowed from game to game? It makes sense due to the large number of game that can be played per person. It isn't posted explicitly either way, so I'm just asking for clarification.

Absolutely!

JJs vs BrobaFett is scheduled for 11 AM Central Time (GMT -5) tomorrow, Tuesday September 20th.

My Fleet-

Callous Kallus

Faction: Galactic Empire

Points: 390/400

Commander: General Tagge

Assault Objective: Precision Strike

Defense Objective: Contested Outpost

Navigation Objective: Superior Positions

Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer (120 points)

- Agent Kallus ( 3 points)

- Ruthless Strategists ( 4 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Electronic Countermeasures ( 7 points)

- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)

- Leading Shots ( 4 points)

= 148 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)

- Suppressor ( 4 points)

- Jamming Field ( 2 points)

= 29 total ship cost

[ flagship ] Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)

- General Tagge ( 25 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 56 total ship cost

Gozanti-class Cruisers (23 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 31 total ship cost

6 TIE Bomber Squadrons ( 54 points)

1 Major Rhymer ( 16 points)

1 Dengar ( 20 points)

1 "Mauler" Mithel ( 15 points)

1 Darth Vader ( 21 points)

GK vs NebB

6-5 MoV 46 to me.

Neb was 1st player and we did my Intel Sweep.

For some reason I set up very defensively and maneuvered like rubbish. Only my squadrons and ONE AF actually did much shooting. I think my MC80 fired one rear shot or something. The final AF spent the entire game just chasing empty space.

Neb, on the other hand, had a streak of cold blue and black dice the likes of which I've rarely seen. Was it 12 black with no crits? Bad, but not exceptional. But he also had 17 misses on 18 blue anti-squadron dice...

In the end I got 4 objective tokens and killed one lousy YT-2400 and Dash. I did damage to all of his ships, but none of them were destroyed. Neb got 1 token, Tycho and 3 As, plus Bright Hope. In hindsight I could have saved Tycho, but that's a very minor point.

LTD vs Maturin ends 10-1 to my favour.

A game organised via the Facebook group.

Maturin's list of glass cannons and angry wasps succumbed to my (redacted - will edit in a week after Nationals) list with some surprising reroll fails.

GK vs NebB

6-5 MoV 46 to me.

Neb was 1st player and we did my Intel Sweep.

For some reason I set up very defensively and maneuvered like rubbish. Only my squadrons and ONE AF actually did much shooting. I think my MC80 fired one rear shot or something. The final AF spent the entire game just chasing empty space.

Neb, on the other hand, had a streak of cold blue and black dice the likes of which I've rarely seen. Was it 12 black with no crits? Bad, but not exceptional. But he also had 17 misses on 18 blue anti-squadron dice...

In the end I got 4 objective tokens and killed one lousy YT-2400 and Dash. I did damage to all of his ships, but none of them were destroyed. Neb got 1 token, Tycho and 3 As, plus Bright Hope. In hindsight I could have saved Tycho, but that's a very minor point.

I really hate talking about dice, and we all know they average out. In this game though I fired 17 black of which I got one crit (Tycho vs a ship), while non of my 14 vs ships got one....stray APTs were reportedly seen in Chiss space and near Dagobah. Immediate blood tests for the ordnance experts crew revealed a happy cocktail of glitterstim, decaf and illegal Romulan ale. Did I try to take on Home One? Nah, monstrous Bright Hope laughed in my face.

As for the blue dice, I hate them. Always did. And GKs counter and ship fire was almost 100% spot on. Test results from the galaxy anti-doping agency are awaited eagerly.

Having said all that, and with it getting some fun out of it hopefully, GK oc is a very good, rocksolid player and losing to him is not devastating. His Home One supported Ackbar zone of death was large and with CR90s and GR75s I was reluctant to go anywhere near it. I learned that lesson long ago, but it does not make for action - packed games. Room for manouver was also limited due to clever obstacle setup from GK.

In any case, the plan for a tepid 7:4 was there.

GK, as always thx for being such an accommodating opponent, always good to play you.

LTD vs Maturin ends 10-1 to my favour.

A game organised via the Facebook group.

Maturin's list of glass cannons and angry wasps succumbed to my (redacted - will edit in a week after Nationals) list with some surprising reroll fails.

LTD played well, and his list was well equipped to make a mess of mine anyways. I was going to complain about cold dice, but I think NebB has me beat on that one! :D

Now I gotta win the next two by a LOT to have a chance.....but I suspect I may never recover.

Maturin v Roquax

Sept 22 @ 9PM (EST)

Agreed, though hopefully we can get it started at 8PM (EST)......Roquax?

My list:

Start Your Attack Run v6

Author: Maturin

Faction: Rebel Alliance

Points: 400/400

Commander: General Dodonna

MC80 Battle Cruiser (103 points)

- Liberty ( 3 points)

- Chart Officer ( 2 points)

- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)

- Nav Team ( 4 points)

- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)

- XX-9 Turbolasers ( 5 points)

- Leading Shots ( 4 points)

= 134 total ship cost

[ flagship ] GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- General Dodonna ( 20 points)

- Bright Hope ( 2 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 52 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 30 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- Toryn Farr ( 7 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 33 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- Quantum Storm ( 1 points)

- Comms Net ( 2 points)

= 21 total ship cost

1 Jan Ors ( 19 points)

6 Y-Wing Squadrons ( 60 points)

3 X-Wing Squadrons ( 39 points)

1 HWK-290 ( 12 points)

Maturin v Roquax

Sept 22 @ 9PM (EST)

Agreed, though hopefully we can get it started at 8PM (EST)......Roquax?

My list:

Start Your Attack Run v6

Author: Maturin

Faction: Rebel Alliance

Points: 400/400

Commander: General Dodonna

MC80 Battle Cruiser (103 points)

- Liberty ( 3 points)

- Chart Officer ( 2 points)

- Gunnery Team ( 7 points)

- Nav Team ( 4 points)

- X17 Turbolasers ( 6 points)

- XX-9 Turbolasers ( 5 points)

- Leading Shots ( 4 points)

= 134 total ship cost

[ flagship ] GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- General Dodonna ( 20 points)

- Bright Hope ( 2 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 52 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- Boosted Comms ( 4 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 30 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- Toryn Farr ( 7 points)

- Bomber Command Center ( 8 points)

= 33 total ship cost

GR-75 Medium Transports (18 points)

- Quantum Storm ( 1 points)

- Comms Net ( 2 points)

= 21 total ship cost

1 Jan Ors ( 19 points)

6 Y-Wing Squadrons ( 60 points)

3 X-Wing Squadrons ( 39 points)

1 HWK-290 ( 12 points)

play me?

Sure NebB, let's try to work out a time. I'm usually available in the late evenings after 9pm PDT on weekdays. Weekends are variable. This week might be a bit busy as I'm on call and already scheduled with Roquax Thursday.

Hey wait, I suspect I'm going to be getting lots of game requests now, what with a 1-10 loss on my record!

:D

Now I gotta win the next two by a LOT to have a chance.....but I suspect I may never recover.

Remember, you get a mulligan on one result. ;)

Now I gotta win the next two by a LOT to have a chance.....but I suspect I may never recover.

Remember, you get a mulligan on one result. ;)

Ooooh, I forgot about that. Hmmmm, should I use it?

Yeah, maybe. :D

LTD vs Maturin ends 10-1 to my favour.

A game organised via the Facebook group.

Maturin's list of glass cannons and angry wasps succumbed to my (redacted - will edit in a week after Nationals) list with some surprising reroll fails.

LTD played well, and his list was well equipped to make a mess of mine anyways. I was going to complain about cold dice, but I think NebB has me beat on that one! :D

Now I gotta win the next two by a LOT to have a chance.....but I suspect I may never recover.

Edit: Beaten like a human in a pod race.

Edited by BiggsIRL

Hey guys, late to the party! I am a bit confused by the whole "qualifier" thing, but nevermind: when there's a vassal tournament I need to be in!

Can I join now or is it too late?

Hey guys, late to the party! I am a bit confused by the whole "qualifier" thing, but nevermind: when there's a vassal tournament I need to be in!

Can I join now or is it too late?

You're not too late. Registrations up until the 26th. Welcome!

Hey guys, late to the party! I am a bit confused by the whole "qualifier" thing, but nevermind: when there's a vassal tournament I need to be in!

Can I join now or is it too late?

Not a tournament. The tournament starts in January.

This is an excuse to play some vassal games, build community, (and guarentee yourself a spot in the tournament).