7 hours ago, Admiral WigT said:

I wouldn't characterize this as stubbornness...more of playing to Cracken's strength, and definitely having fun with it.

I agree, and that was maybe a poor choice of words. I just meant that you don't always have to if dropping to 2 for a round benefits you more, like by letting you stay out of a big arc or keeping your arc on an important target, especially if that ship isn't being threatened at the moment anyway or if the main threat is squadrons which Cracken doesn't help against. I've definitely fallen into the trap of thinking "must go at 3+ at all times no matter what". Then again, in CC not losing ships is more important so the priorities may be different.