Around 20 minutes left on the game clock is the fatal mistake. Also lots of bungling just getting used to TTS platform. Which will be my excuse for every mistake. 😜 😬

On 4/12/2020 at 7:29 PM, Cuz05 said:

(82) Countess Ryad [TIE/D Defender]
(3) Autoblasters
(1) Marksmanship
Points: 86

(51) "Echo" [TIE/ph Phantom]
(5) Lone Wolf
Points: 56

(53) Soontir Fel [TIE Interceptor]
(3) Targeting Computer
(2) Daredevil
Points: 58

Total points: 200

My boy did let me run this against him, but may not let me do it again!

1st time I've beaten his horrible Seps (Chertek, Grievous, 404 with MPM and APT, 2x strut, buzz Vultures) .

He did not greatly enjoy the experience. Chief factor being the stupid slipperyness of both Soontir, (obviously), but also Echo. Cloaked at R3 with an evade token and a reroll, makes her obnoxiously difficult to hurt. Especially if she's also dived behind an obstacle. He even gave me Init, so I had to pre-dodge all the various repos he can throw about.

Meanwhile, with those 2 running the bait and switch, Ryad just zoomed around, freely plinking. Advantage over Rex is the 5k and engage, or 5 straight and p**s off option.

Typical trip Imp aces basically, whoever they target can run and shrug. Whoever they don't, can flip on a sixpence and land painful shots.

To me, that makes Ryad the obvious early target, she's fairly predictable, the most expensive and will be the hardest to score on the longer you leave her. But then, this is ideal for Soonts and Echo.

So you force a squishy one to run and turn on Ryad with everything. However, if you're ready for that, you should be in the driving seat.

This was my boys mistake, he forced Soontir to run, and run hard, but overcommitted to that and allowed me to make inroads with Ryad and Echo before he switched. Did mean Soontir achieved little, but the score was always going in my favour from that point.

So he did eventually switch to Echo and took her out, but it took way too long, even with an MPM stripping the evade early on that switch. So in the process, I had time to box in and ensure a positive trade for her. It was way too late to put enough of a dent into Ryad and Soontir could turn in, or not, simply based on my mood. We ended it there, 75-56.

Can't wait to get back to the tables and run it again. Would prefer to do more switching, less running and more point scoring.

Forgot to mention that my biggest takeaway by far, was the excellence of LW Echo. Been a fan for a long time, but have never run her like this. Juke/Outmanouvre was a thing, but could be very variance prone and a large squish risk. More recently, ALL THE TOYS have been available. But just LW is solid . Suits her perfectly and keeps her relatively cheap.