I've been playing Imperials since I started with Armada, and have done ridiculously well with them (1 loss, 10 or so wins so far). Here's the thing, we've just started a second Corellian Conflict at our FLGS, and in order to balance the teams I'm on the rebel side. I've borrowed some ships and I'm getting a few more in at the moment, but there are some tough decisions ahead before my first game sometime next week.

What I know About the Imperials So Far:
1. Tarkin, flying with a Cymoon, VIC II and a Glad II. TIE ball escort with 2 gauntlets. Newest player of the group.
2. Mystery Admiral, almost certainly flying 2 VIC IIs and an ISD of some sort.
3. Mystery Admiral, almost certainly flying either 2 ISDs or an ISD, QUasar and gozanti.

Rebels Spoken For:
1. Ackbar flying an MC-8 and -75, plus a CR-90. Alphabet soup squadrons.
2. Rieekan, flying 2 MC-30s, 1 MC-7. Corran and a couple others.

What I want to Fly:

Assault: Opening Salvo
Defense: Capture the VIP
Navigation: Intel Sweep

MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63)
• Advanced Projectors (6)
= 69 Points

MC30c Torpedo Frigate (63)
• Advanced Projectors (6)
= 69 Points

CR90 Corvette A (44)
• Mon Mothma (30)
• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)
= 81 Points

CR90 Corvette A (44)
• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)
= 51 Points

CR90 Corvette A (44)
• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)
= 51 Points

CR90 Corvette A (44)
• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits (7)
= 51 Points

Squadrons:
• Shara Bey (17)
• A-wing Squadron (11)

Totalling 400 points.

Ridiculous firepower and activation advantage, but incredibly squishy at close range until I can get more defensive upgrades on. What I'm wondering is if the MC-30s would be better served by being given a title each, rather than the projectors, and if it'd b better to have a Toryn Farr gozanti nstead of the measly 2 A-wings?

I'm attacking Corellia itself in the first campaign round, so there's a lot of pressure on me to succeed here.

I love Cracken. He helps at every range. Drop those Advanced Projectors for sure. I wouldn’t bother with Toryn Farr, but a slicer tool gr75 might be worth consideration...maybe.

You could just bring vanilla MC30 scout and get them more TRC later.

Also consider the risk of assaulting Corellia if you are trying to balance the teams. If you are the most skilled player of your friend group it would be a nasty thing for the other team.

Definitely no Advanced Projectors. You could put Admonition on one MC30, and Ordnance Experts on the other, for the same amount of points. Or Ordnance Experts on both, if you feel confident about your defense.

Foresight is good with Mon Mothma, so you'll probably want it eventually.

Stick with Shara and A-Wing. I don't know what you would do with Toryn Farr GR-75. You're not shooting a lot of blue dice. You could fish for accuracies with the MC30s I guess, but tying down enemy squads seems more important to me.

On 7/1/2018 at 8:52 AM, CommanderDave said:

I love Cracken. He helps at every range. Drop those Advanced Projectors for sure. I wouldn’t bother with Toryn Farr, but a slicer tool gr75 might be worth consideration...maybe.

Toryn Farr is pretty handy for squadrons like Shara, but ultimately inefficient here, you're right.

On 7/1/2018 at 5:26 PM, ovinomanc3r said:

You could just bring vanilla MC30 scout and get them more TRC later.

I was thinking of it, but ultimately I figured the 50% chance of accuracy results was better than the little bit of extra damage granted by red dice. Plus, I've found that pure bodies in an all out assault can be crucial, so cheaper ships are very much better here.

On 7/1/2018 at 5:29 PM, ovinomanc3r said:

Also consider the risk of assaulting Corellia if you are trying to balance the teams. If you are the most skilled player of your friend group it would be a nasty thing for the other team.

Definitely a concern for us. I'll be playing against the most experienced player at our FLGS though, with a fleet they've been practising with for some time. Last campaign the rebels were really crushed early on, since Imperials got a guaranteed 4 repair yards, forcing us to attack two of them.

On 7/2/2018 at 12:03 PM, Bertie Wooster said:

Definitely no Advanced Projectors. You could put Admonition on one MC30, and Ordnance Experts on the other, for the same amount of points. Or Ordnance Experts on both, if you feel confident about your defense.

Foresight is good with Mon Mothma, so you'll probably want it eventually.

Foresight is really, really good. So is Lando. I've swapped out the projectors to put one of the two on each torpedo boat. I figure that if my MC-30s escape without being destroyed, I can easily refit my CR-90s, or just leave them scarred.