Tournament 010: Darksphere

What a week it’s been for X-Wing! The first points adjustment has taken place and oh boy did they they made it a good one. From cracking down on Imperial and Scum top tier lists to making large base and Rebel ships a bit more tempting, pretty much everything we wanted to happen was made a reality. As an Imperial player I’m totally down with the changes. My Deathrain build has gone up by 10pts and that’s fair. All things considered he’s a tanky aggro magnet that can engage a joust on his terms and uses bombs for board control. Proton Torpedoes have gone up as well which is great as the triple torp alpha strike is the only thing he fears.

This episode’s adventure begins on a Friday. I have been invited/nagged my way onto Firestorm Squadron Firecast, a relatively new X-Wing stream, who are looking for special guests to come on the show to play games, talk strats, and have a laugh. I was looking forward to showcasing various ship types and and upgrades to see how they handled after the change. It had started to snow a bit so I left work early just to make sure I got to Basingstoke on time.

That decision turned out to be a clutch move as the trains behind mine were either delayed, cancelled or diverted back to Woking due to fallen trees on the tracks. I was 10 minutes out before the south west of England turned into Hoth in mere moments. Blizzards won’t stop me. If I say I’m going somewhere then that’s where I’ll be. A big thank you to the fabulous host Nic who gave me a place to crash, a burger to eat, and a dog to pet. Who’sagoodboythen? In case you missed it the games can be found here, here, and here. Word of advice; skip the first link unless you want to see me embarrass myself. Some of my time in Basingstoke was spent helping the local hero get stranger’s cars unstuck that were trapped in the snow. Random acts of kindness makes the world so much better.

I quite like the snow. If I drove a car I’d probably think different.

Onto Saturday and it’s tournament time, it has been too long. Four of our squadron are popping down to Darksphere to do battle with the 186th. Well that was the plan at least. When we got there only one of them was in attendance. So we kicked bins over and stood on your favourite chairs. This our ends now fam.

Unnamed Imperial List -188pts

Darth Vader w/ Fire-Control System, Afterburners

Whisper w/ Juke, Fifth Brother

Major Vynder w/ Xg-1 Assault Configuration, Ion Cannon, Advanced SLAM

The perfect collection of post patch Imps. Vader without Supernatural, Whisper without Vader, and Vynder who’s one of my ‘pilot spotlight’ projects yet to prove himself in a real fight.