29 minutes ago, Undeadguy said:

Bright Hope is probably the most effective thing at attacking squads because only bombers and double hits can deal damage which then gets scattered away. 20 points for a ship that's basically immune to all squadron attacks and gets a black die on all of them is amazing.

Smart bombers would attack bright hope from the rear.

22 minutes ago, pt106 said:

Smart bombers would attack bright hope from the rear.

I'm fully aware of the limitations of BH. It says on the card that it does not apply to the rear.

10 hours ago, Blail Blerg said:

This is definitely a drastic call. Which is why I said I wasn't sure. (I actually meant I was kidding.)

What I meant was basically, if you didn't attack a squadron this turn, you could make a 3rd attack, as a normal attack against squadrons, in one arc.

I am not sure what you're saying about triangles and shapes.

Shapes:

How you organize your ships on the table. So, a Triangle formation would be 3 cap ships in a V or upside down V. Diamond would be just like a triangle, but with a 4th ship. Trapezoid would be 2 cap ships abreast, with 2 flankers either leading or trailing. Now, I have to modify my comments about overlapping fields of AA fire. small ships can be fully covered by blue-range AA from a closely spaced formation buddy, but medium or large ships can't. So, a triangle of 3 ISDs would generally have about 120 degrees of arc per ship that was only covered by it's own fire, 180 degrees of arc covered by 2 ships, and 60 degrees of arc that was covered by all 3.

1 hour ago, Undeadguy said:

Bright Hope is probably the most effective thing at attacking squads because only bombers and double hits can deal damage which then gets scattered away. 20 points for a ship that's basically immune to all squadron attacks and gets a black die on all of them is amazing.

Until the bombers figure out how to shoot it in the tailpipe!

Is VSD+Warlord+H-9 for a guaranteed 1 damage on all squadrons at medium range good enough?

2 hours ago, Rekk said:

Is VSD+Warlord+H-9 for a guaranteed 1 damage on all squadrons at medium range good enough?

It was and it should be now. Even better with Ruthless Strategist. But I think I didn't play it since Ackbar. I should give it a try again, maybe with Tua.

However is an expensive combo for an AA platform. Thankfully, it works as a carrier too.