I'm a newbie, so forgive me if I'm off base; I'm studying, playing and watching guys who do well. Anyway, what if FFG gave Capital ships better resistance to and attacks against small fighters? Seems the game is too fighter heavy.
Again, I'm still kinda on the outside peering in...?
21 hours ago, Ginkapo said:Thing is, any scoring system calls 6-5 or equivalent a draw. He went for the draw and got it. Then went big over the rest of his games.
A 6 win 1 loss player makes the cut no matter how you score it. More swiss rounds the fairer the result regardless of scoring system.
Agreed. the trouble is most tournaments being 3 rounds the "Draw Strategy" is a problem
I hope one day all tournaments are 7 rounds it would fix all the problems
12 hours ago, clanofwolves said:I'm a newbie, so forgive me if I'm off base; I'm studying, playing and watching guys who do well. Anyway, what if FFG gave Capital ships better resistance to and attacks against small fighters? Seems the game is too fighter heavy.
Again, I'm still kinda on the outside peering in...?
ships do have some upgrade cards that are meant to help but really don't. Flechette Torps work well at shutting down squadrons, very well on a raider, but that's about it the best way to deal with them is squadrons of your own. 4 Defenders/4 A Wings can do really well at shutting down/tying up large numbers of squadrons to give ships room to do what they need to do.
The fighter game is one of the thing I enjoy a lot about the game. Its rare for me to take less then 11 squadrons
Guess I just need to keep learning and get more squadrons as they seem to be the thing when you play above kitchen-table casual ?
1 hour ago, X Wing Nut said:Agreed. the trouble is most tournaments being 3 rounds the "Draw Strategy" is a problem
I hope one day all tournaments are 7 rounds it would fix all the problems
5 is sufficient.
we did 5 in 1 day at nationals. Tough but doable
Just now, Ginkapo said:5 is sufficient.
Nice. I hope it was an early start I always hate it when stores start late the last regionals I went to started at 11am and I got stuck with the bye
I wouldn't mind 5 rounds in 1 day nothing worse when you have to travel back just for 1 game. Last years Nats in OZ started at 2pm 2 swiss rounds 1 day then 2 more and the final 2 the next. They denied it but I think it was so the could get players from an X Wing tournament in that started at 9am that morning. as well as other factors that schedule turned me right off