Fly Better Podcast

Welcome back to Mynock Flight Academy!

This lesson looks to bring you up to speed on list building, the most important part of X-Wing that doesn't involve actually playing on a board.  We bring on Marcel Manzano to help us discuss what exactly goes into a good list, and how to identify list building decisions that can weight you down.

• [00:02:00] Motivation
• [00:09:00] List Building Basics
• [01:10:00] How do you choose upgrades?

This doubles as Mynock Podcast Episode 160.

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Welcome to another Mynock Faction Breakdown! This week special guest Travis "The Johnson" Johnson joins us to discuss what the Empire can do to stay relevant in both the Extended and Hyperspace Metas.  Is Vader an "Ace"? Should you be considering Gunboats? Is the TIE Swarm an A-Tier squad? All that and more this week!

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:04:00] Faction Breakdown: Empire Extended
• [01:02:00] Faction Breakdown: Empire Hyperspace
• [01:49:00] Dee's Toronto Experience with a special guest.

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For this week's episode we continue our Mynock Interview Series with the best X-Wing Judge in the country (and maybe the universe) Iain Hamp! Iain discusses the "waiter" side of the "X-Wing Restaurant" and why you should still tip even if the food isn't great. He then answers some questions from the listeners about some of his toughest calls, and the extraordinary effort that goes into planning events.

• [00:00:00] Intros/Dee's Dice Updates/Alt-Arts
• [00:15:00] Iain Takes Over!
• [01:09:00] Questions on Judging
• [01:37:00] Hyperspace/Extended talk, Final Roundup Chat

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Hola fellow skreeiers! Today Dee and Ryan break down the Guardians of the Republic squadron pack as well as give their brief opinions on Wave 4! Which Jedi will you be flying? Are V-19s better than TIE Fighters? How many shots after a Jamming Beam do you need to take to make it worth it? Some of those answers and more available now!

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:08:00] Guardians of Republic
• [01:30:00] Wave IV

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Welcome back to Mynock Flight Academy!

Today our lesson centers around the dice, which have a powerful effect on many facets of the game.  We bring on Andrew Lauritzen, Master of Numbers and creator of the X-Wing Dice Calculator, to discuss how to best make sense of those fickle green and red Octahedrons.

• [00:02:00] Motivation
• [00:10:00] Dice Basics
• [00:15:00] Expected Results
• [01:15:00] Additional Dice Mechanics
• [01:35:00] Dice and Post-Game Analysis

This doubles as Mynock Podcast Episode 156.

Show Notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gAreNwIlRHZr7tuB3wHIG40AZQVHEJKSPOqNRI3J5_Y/edit?usp=sharing

X-Wing Calculatorhttp://xwing.gateofstorms.net/2/multi/

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After much debate and speculation, the first points adjustment of Second Edition was released! The Mynocks bring in Nordic Champion Andreas Karlsson, a self-described Rebel player, to discuss what these changes do to the faction of Luke Skywalker Wedge.  Which changes were the most important? Find out this week!

• [00:00:00] Intro and Phoenix System Open
• [00:20:00] Rebel Faction Breakdown

Fly Better! Check out Points Document here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HFPa6rtJfVoxIwEtUQ2fceWbFWifYPEIi3idThVQLeI/edit?fbclid=IwAR2Q_JUFIr8L7jBo4dKaMitCorZvlRrT4EFdHqD0Yc_869JjqFOc2qtvrb8#gid=0

The Mynocks open up their mailbag and answer several questions from various listeners.  Guest Chris "Chico" Brown, joins us to talk about list construction, jousting, killboxes, and...pineapple pizza? No timecodes this week as the entire episode is questions and answers! Be sure you tune in to the very end for a very special musical performance...

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Welcome back to the Mynock Podcast where today we discuss the new Servants of Strife CIS preview! After discussing some items from last week's episode (Hyperspace and Heroic), we take a look at the Belbullab-22 (aka the Bulbasaur aka the Belly-Rub) which looks like it could serve as the "workhorse" for the faction.  Then Dallas compares what a Vulture Swarm vs a TIE Swarm looks like.

• [00:00:00] Intros/ Hyperspace Talk/ Cleanup Items
• [00:38:00] Servants of Strife
• [01:51:00] Closing Notes

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This week is an interview episode with guest Kevin Leintz!  After a few simple questions Kevin takes over the cast to discuss an alternative way to build Poe Dameron.  Get ready to huck those R4 Astromechs to the scrap heaps because his suggestions challenge you to fly differently.  Later, Ryan and Kevin go at it on whether or not Heroic is worth it.

• [00:00:00] Intro
• [00:07:00] Interview Questions
• [00:33:00] Kevin Time Part 1: Building a Hero
• [01:15:00] Kevin Time Part 2: Heroic?

Fly Better! Check out the Echo Base streams! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYBj4CjpEOyeIbxPHrv74xA

Welcome to Mynock Flight Academy!

What is Flight Academy? Flight Academy is a monthly “back to basics” episode to help both fresh new recruits and grizzled veterans alike.  For our newer players, Flight Academy acts as a foundational building block to learn the important fundamentals of X-Wing. For our more seasoned pros, think of this as a refresher course of various elements you may have forgotten, or skipped over in your own self-education of the game.

To make it easier to listen to past episodes, we’ll be giving these episodes their own number. It’s our intent that a year from now, new players will be able to listen to just these 12 episodes and feel that they have a good primer into how to elevate their game.  The advice you’ll gain in these sessions should transcend metas and be useful regardless of what the current “powerhouse” is.

Today, we overview the templates and maneuvers, which are the most fundamental element of X-Wing.

• [00:00:00] Intro
• [00:10:00] Maneuvers Overview
• [00:33:00] Straights and other Basics
• [01:24:00] Banks
• [01:48:00] Turns
• [02:03:00] Advanced Maneuvers

This doubles as Mynock Podcast Episode 151.

Show Notes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gAreNwIlRHZr7tuB3wHIG40AZQVHEJKSPOqNRI3J5_Y/edit?usp=sharing