Only recently started playing and am interested in doing some tournaments. it seems like the tournaments that Ive researched have an inordinate amount of rebel squads in the semi/finals. Is this because of the point system/time limit and the rebel ships being worth more? I know that a tie swarm won GenCon this year but that seems to be the anomoly.

Questions:

1. are rebel squads just better suited than imperial for tournament play?

2. is there an imperial strategy (not necessarily an imperial build) that seems to work best in tournament play?

Rebel ships are more forgiving than imperials. I fly both in tournaments, but my goto is rebels.

1. are rebel squads just better suited than imperial for tournament play?

No, in fact until Worlds it was more commonly accepted that the Tie Swarm was somewhat unbeatable.

2. is there an imperial strategy (not necessarily an imperial build) that seems to work best in tournament play?

Swarms seem to work best from what I've seen. The advantage of the swarm is you have more dice to roll, which means a single bad roll will have less impact on your game over all.

Plus most tourney's don't seem to care how many ships are destroyed, just win/lose so having lots of ships seems to help out there as well.

You know what the funny thing about tourneys is?when u face someone with a 'none standard list' you struggle.

I'd say find a style of play that u enjoy and go with it, push your lists to suite.

Basically, take a fleet with which YOU are good. You're not going to be so awesome that playing the meta will make that big of a difference at your first tourney ;-)

The rebel {scum} may win a battle here and there but they'll never win the war! We have numbers, manunverability, better technology, better pilots, and law and righteousness on our side!

No matter which side you choose, choose with your own strengths in mind. If you've never flown swarm then taking it to a tourney is asking for a really long day of learning. There are a lot if synergistic rebel lists out here right now but, again, if you don't know how to make it really tick, it does no good.

Indeed, trying to fly a swarm in a tourney without having practiced is asking for a TIE pile.

whats a good tactical plan with a swarm so i can practice in friendlies?

whats a good tactical plan with a swarm so i can practice in friendlies?

Formation flying, particularly surrounding Howlrunner.

Knowing how to properly navigate an Asteroid Field.

"Blocking" (i.e. putting your forwardmost ties where they'll get run into).

Knowing how to properly navigate an Asteroid Field.

Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!

Knowing how to properly navigate an Asteroid Field.

Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!

NASA actually estimates the odds of HITTING anything in the asteroid field accidentally are much longer odds than that. The fields seen in Star Wars would surely re-coalesce into planets as gravity and collisions took their combined toll.

Knowing how to properly navigate an Asteroid Field.

Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!

NASA actually estimates the odds of HITTING anything in the asteroid field accidentally are much longer odds than that. The fields seen in Star Wars would surely re-coalesce into planets as gravity and collisions took their combined toll.

That's why we run off crazy Michael Bay physics in the Star Wars universe. It doesn't make sense, but it sure looks cool.

Sound in space? Aerodynamic space fighters? Non-aerodynamic fighters still flying in atmosphere? Constant thrust equals constant speed? Travelling at 200mph and getting between planets in a few minutes? All awesome. All wrong.

Knowing how to properly navigate an Asteroid Field.

Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!

NASA actually estimates the odds of HITTING anything in the asteroid field accidentally are much longer odds than that. The fields seen in Star Wars would surely re-coalesce into planets as gravity and collisions took their combined toll.

That's why we run off crazy Michael Bay physics in the Star Wars universe. It doesn't make sense, but it sure looks cool.

Sound in space? Aerodynamic space fighters? Non-aerodynamic fighters still flying in atmosphere? Constant thrust equals constant speed? Travelling at 200mph and getting between planets in a few minutes? All awesome. All wrong.

That last one could actually work, from a specific point of observation. One that viewed the planets moving in the opposite direction at a few milliard miles per second...

Knowing how to properly navigate an Asteroid Field.

Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!

NASA actually estimates the odds of HITTING anything in the asteroid field accidentally are much longer odds than that. The fields seen in Star Wars would surely re-coalesce into planets as gravity and collisions took their combined toll.

We did a rough estimation of asteroid proximity in the last astronomy course I took. I think we concluded that asteroids in the main belt of our solar system (between Jupiter and Mars) average about 100,000 miles between each other. While I find the odds of hitting one in the Falcon highly unlikely, I also don't believe in space samurai with mind powers and laser swords. It's still friggin' cool though.

Knowing how to properly navigate an Asteroid Field.

Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately three thousand, seven hundred and twenty to one!

NASA actually estimates the odds of HITTING anything in the asteroid field accidentally are much longer odds than that. The fields seen in Star Wars would surely re-coalesce into planets as gravity and collisions took their combined toll.

We did a rough estimation of asteroid proximity in the last astronomy course I took. I think we concluded that asteroids in the main belt of our solar system (between Jupiter and Mars) average about 100,000 miles between each other. While I find the odds of hitting one in the Falcon highly unlikely, I also don't believe in space samurai with mind powers and laser swords. It's still friggin' cool though.

Sad to be you, it must be.