36 minutes ago, FrogTrigger said:

Which matches were you in on this feed?

All of them (except we obviously did not do round 1). I was also T.O. so there was that added stress. Still, I had a lot of fun, but was also super happy that VTTV could showcase our event. IA does not get enough coverage. I get it, it's not as huge as X-wing, but it's good to know that some people are willing to take a chance and showcase "smaller" games.

I'm TO for Nationals too, and I'm going to record the final. I hope to have it up on youtube soon after the event, but I'm limited by my technology so it may take me a few days. VTTV is busy doing Armada and X-wing.

Ok sorry to be more clear which list was yours lol

1 hour ago, FrogTrigger said:

Ok sorry to be more clear which list was yours lol

Ha, he was the TO and commentator, Frog! The TO doesn't play. ;D

1 hour ago, FrogTrigger said:

Ok sorry to be more clear which list was yours lol

Kento is on here as @Kenseventy, though, and @Kalandros is Pierre-Yves, if I've got the players straight. They've been identifying themselves by their games in the thread.

14 hours ago, GottaBadFeelingAboutThis said:

Ha, he was the TO and commentator, Frog! The TO doesn't play. ;D

That's right. Since it's a formal event, TO can't play. I had a Chewy list that I came in top 8 at Michigan with.

Dave @cleardave also did some commentary. Canadian Nats is sold out!

1 hour ago, NeverBetTheFett said:

That's right. Since it's a formal event, TO can't play. I had a Chewy list that I came in top 8 at Michigan with.

Dave @cleardave also did some commentary. Canadian Nats is sold out!

A Chewie list! I took him to MN and went 2-2, missing top 8 by tiebreaks, though my losses were to a 4-0 and 3-1 opponents. Chewie's also been pretty solid on Vassal for me. What's your experience -- I've been debating swapping Han in for him: two big shots instead of one, and better defense synergies, although I suppose if you play 3P0 with Chewie, his extra hp are basically equivalent to Han's Cunning bonus. Free slam can matter in some match-ups, and the threat of stunning Vader (or Han) is nice, plus that basic wookie synergy with Drokatta and Wild Fury is nice. But Han still seems to be a more reliable closer. Makes me wonder if I've been playing Chewie too aggressively.

My list was Chewie, Drok, ESabs, RCP+, 2xSmugglers -- what did you run?

1 hour ago, GottaBadFeelingAboutThis said:

A Chewie list! I took him to MN and went 2-2, missing top 8 by tiebreaks, though my losses were to a 4-0 and 3-1 opponents. Chewie's also been pretty solid on Vassal for me. What's your experience -- I've been debating swapping Han in for him: two big shots instead of one, and better defense synergies, although I suppose if you play 3P0 with Chewie, his extra hp are basically equivalent to Han's Cunning bonus. Free slam can matter in some match-ups, and the threat of stunning Vader (or Han) is nice, plus that basic wookie synergy with Drokatta and Wild Fury is nice. But Han still seems to be a more reliable closer. Makes me wonder if I've been playing Chewie too aggressively.

My list was Chewie, Drok, ESabs, RCP+, 2xSmugglers -- what did you run?

That's crazy man. I also went 2-2 and lost to a 3-1 and 4-0. But my ext SoS got me 8th. Lucky me! I'll post a video of my top 8 game soon, but I'm almost embarrassed. I had a really great chance to win but blew it.

My list was:

Chewy, eRangers, Gideon, Threepio, eEcho Base, Hera

I learned that you really have to hold him back for a turn. After that, he needs to do his thing. The free slam is amazing. I almost played him with that being my primary first move (move him 8 spaces and slam), then set up for his next activation. Either next round or you dangle out a sacrificial lamb (usually was an Echo Base...what a trooper!) and hope they take the bait by killing him, thus triggering "debts repaid". LOL! Most people forget about "debts repaid".

So far, that's the most fun list I've ever run in IA. Chewy is absolutely my favourite rebel figure now.

10 minutes ago, NeverBetTheFett said:

That's crazy man. I also went 2-2 and lost to a 3-1 and 4-0. But my ext SoS got me 8th. Lucky me! I'll post a video of my top 8 game soon, but I'm almost embarrassed. I had a really great chance to win but blew it.

My list was:

Chewy, eRangers, Gideon, Threepio, eEcho Base, Hera

I learned that you really have to hold him back for a turn. After that, he needs to do his thing. The free slam is amazing. I almost played him with that being my primary first move (move him 8 spaces and slam), then set up for his next activation. Either next round or you dangle out a sacrificial lamb (usually was an Echo Base...what a trooper!) and hope they take the bait by killing him, thus triggering "debts repaid". LOL! Most people forget about "debts repaid".

So far, that's the most fun list I've ever run in IA. Chewy is absolutely my favourite rebel figure now.

Fascinating. I tend to run the smugglers to play objectives; usually my opponent is willing to off a smuggler for 2 points, (especially if it means gaining the 4 point objective) even if it triggers Debts Repaid. It seems like they figure they might as well get it out of the way. That said, I think DR is much stronger in round 2 than round 1, and holding him back makes a ton of sense to me. Frankly, with Hera and his +acc surge, he can often Wookie-Snipe something even 7 or 8 spaces away fairly reliably with focus.

11 minutes ago, GottaBadFeelingAboutThis said:

Fascinating. I tend to run the smugglers to play objectives; usually my opponent is willing to off a smuggler for 2 points, (especially if it means gaining the 4 point objective) even if it triggers Debts Repaid. It seems like they figure they might as well get it out of the way. That said, I think DR is much stronger in round 2 than round 1, and holding him back makes a ton of sense to me. Frankly, with Hera and his +acc surge, he can often Wookie-Snipe something even 7 or 8 spaces away fairly reliably with focus.

I lost to Logan's Han/Leia list and a big swing was when he played "Take Initiative", I played "Negation", and then he played "Comms Disruption". Chewy was ready to tear some arms off, but instead got shot up from a wave of Leia "battlefield leadership" using Han (not very thematic I know. LOL).

I lost to Brian's Ugg list. UGGGGGGGGGG...I had no idea how to proceed as he just sat his squad safely in his deployment zone in Jabba's Palace while his junk droid came in and picked off my figures. I really believe that if I had prepped better, i.e. expected Uggs, I would have done better. But I was just a little like a deer in the headlights. Now I know the way to do it is just rush everyone in and take your lumps. It's better than sitting back and watching your figures get picked off one by one.

I found the Echos were really not worth their points in most games. I used them as fodder mainly and to score the 4 pt objectives, but otherwise they didn't do too much. It got to the point where I was happy to have them take one of them out instead of one of my other figures. So, I suppose they took aggro?

1 hour ago, NeverBetTheFett said:

I found the Echos were really not worth their points in most games. I used them as fodder mainly and to score the 4 pt objectives, but otherwise they didn't do too much. It got to the point where I was happy to have them take one of them out instead of one of my other figures. So, I suppose they took aggro?

Yeah, I think they're a rebel version of an ERiot -- they hold turf and take a few hits to kill, but they're not the units you use to trade up in damage or points. If you can get two attacks off with them, they may well dish out 8 or so, but really they're in the list to eat cards like Assassinate and Tools for the Job for a mere 4 points for your opponent. And with Call the Vanguard and Grenadier, they're a real threat on the board in the meanwhile!

12 hours ago, NeverBetTheFett said:

Now I know the way to do it is just rush everyone in and take your lumps. It's better than sitting back and watching your figures get picked off one by one.

As long as your learned something in the end...

It's a funny meta call, because I think it's widely accepted that after Heart, the Ugs lose some reliability to win non-Raining-Freight matches (ie-most matches), so they seemed to have mostly dropped off. But then a janky list that people forget how to deal with could be just what the doctor ordered for some surprise trolling match wins?

On 2018-03-14 at 4:12 PM, GottaBadFeelingAboutThis said:

Ha, he was the TO and commentator, Frog! The TO doesn't play. ;D

Oh duh lol.

watched a bunch of the videos, great stuff. Quality was very good and commentary was great. A lot of feeds can be annoying because the commentators lose focus on the game, I get it they are having fun in the moment, but for those of us watching it's really hard to follow without the commentators help. So well done!

14 showed up? Is that better or worse from last year? But nationals is full?

That Vader list did really well, it's a strong list for sure.

8 hours ago, FrogTrigger said:

Oh duh lol.

watched a bunch of the videos, great stuff. Quality was very good and commentary was great. A lot of feeds can be annoying because the commentators lose focus on the game, I get it they are having fun in the moment, but for those of us watching it's really hard to follow without the commentators help. So well done!

14 showed up? Is that better or worse from last year? But nationals is full?

That Vader list did really well, it's a strong list for sure.

Thanks man! I have to admit, the whole day was still super fun. I was a bit disappointed with 14, but many said they'd come for Nationals instead since it was only 2 weeks later. This seems to be true.