Mynock Podcast 74: How to Fly the VCX with guest Calen Wong

By Rytackle, in X-Wing

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The mastermind behind Calen's Pride joins us today, the intelligent Calen Wong! Have you ever been frustrated playing against Kanan Biggs? Then you have this guy to thank! We've got another long episode this week, but it's worth it because Calen has a ton of great advice/wisdom for both new and experienced pilots!

  • [00:00:00] Introductions
  • [00:04:00] Interview with Calen
  • [01:20:00] State of Talonbane
  • [01:40:00] HWK Retrospective
  • [01:50:00] Upgrade Card Spotlight
  • [02:15:00] Calen’s Tip

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Dont go on a double or triple date with jess. You will get shut down.

Simple fix for Sabine. Make her ability a attack die roll instead of auto damage.

On 6/27/2017 at 4:48 PM, MegaSilver said:

Simple fix for Sabine. Make her ability a attack die roll instead of auto damage.

But then she'll be competing with saboteur for that sweet crew slot!

I've been banging the drum for Chopper ghost in this Attanni meta for a bit now, and I've got to say, I don't think Biggs is mandatory to keeping the ghost alive.

I've taken my Chopper/Thane list to 2 store champs now and have yet to have a game where the ghost died way too early due to a lack of Biggs. The closest I got to that was when I faced Nand Torfs' 2017 worlds list and I lost the ghost in 3 turns, but still won the game.

Thane with M9-G8 and tactician offers enough support, control, damage, and tankiness that he often times takes on the roll of Biggs but with something other than defense to offer.

Add to that, the freedom to separate my ships to force opponents into making tough choices, and I feel I've been able to get more out of each ship individually than I would by keeping them in range 1 of each other.

I've found the best way to mitigate damage with the ghost is to not get shot in the first place! Chopper is amazing at it, both because he can bump for no consequence to avoid shots, and then to get away from the stressed ship by restricting their dial.

On ‎6‎/‎27‎/‎2017 at 11:49 AM, Rytackle said:

Hurray, I can download to my phone again.

Thank you for the Direct Download!!!

If you go on a date with Jess, she'll re-roll her eyes at your cheesy jokes.

On 6/27/2017 at 7:48 PM, MegaSilver said:

Simple fix for Sabine. Make her ability a attack die roll instead of auto damage.

My group of XWing players have pretty much agreed that this would be the simple and probably best fix. Then you compare Cad Bane that will give you more consistent bomb damage output while Sabine has a chance for a higher damage output. Both are still up to the dice rolls.