I decided to throw myself in at the deep end and take part in a charity tournament which gave me my first six ever games of x wing. Used Imperials.
1st Game - I played against 2 T-70s and a Y Wing, I made so many mistakes, I basically killed Soontiar Gel on asteroids! Didn't even get all the shields off one ship.
2nd Game - 3 jump masters with Boba Fett, someone said it was a meta list? I lasted about 15 mins
3rd Game - Ghost and a K wing, things went much better I managed to inflict a point of hull damage which would have been more if I didn't reveal a K turn that was meant to be a bank.
4th Game - 2 Y Wings and a jump master, did a fair bit of damage before once again crashing into asteroids.
5th Game - IG88 and slave one. Got slave one down to half hull and then it slipped off the board giving me my first points! Still lost.
6th Game - played against a TO from another city who correct every mistake I made and taught me how to play properly. I won but naturally it doesn't really count.
I learnt a lot and everyone was incredibly patient and helpful.