So as some of you might of expected I’m a bit burnt out on the decimator. I’m going to try a few things to keep this challenge doable while keeping my sanity. I am happy to report that I have reached another milestone of 25 games, so at least there’s that.

First off I’m going to drop the report format of the blog entries as I don’t feel like they’re doing much for me and their probably adding to my list fatigue. I will keep recording my win/loss rate, but I’ll be writing these entries up more as a ramble/theorising session than just a standard report.

Secondly as you’ve probably seen my lists are really decimator & friends rather than a set list. I’m going to keep this up and experiment with different ways to outfit the decimator and see what “side” ships work well with it.

My last bunch of games went like this:

Thursday Games Night – 1-1

Thursday Games Night – 2-1

NSW Regionals at Games Cube – 1 (modified win)- 3 (dropped after 4th round)

Regionals was a great day. I did not play well at all on the day but the socialising made up for it. I did have some bad match up’s but also my gameplay was really off that day. I was very out of it and ended up doing silly mistakes. Maybe it was due to stress on myself to perform in the event or just having an off day like we all do.

It was great to go for one reason (other than catching up with familiar faces) to see the meta. I knew that the Decimator wasn’t going to do that well in the current meta but this really did open my eyes to how different my local meta is to the American meta. I listen to Nova Squadron regularly and it seems aces are more popular in the states than here. This is a real shame for me as my list likes to fight aces builds, especially the imperial variety.

My decision to drop was a good one in my books. I was just X-Wing’ed out for the day and wasn’t enjoying it. I ended up just chatting with other players and staff which turns out to be less stressful than being on tilt.

Where do I go from here? Well firstly I’m rewarding myself with the ability to play a different list this week like a normal or sane person…

I’ve been looking at Palp aces.

Then I’ll go back to fiddling with my Deci list. I’m going to drop gunner and vader and try Palp instead & three academy pilots for my “side” ships.