Fly Better Podcast

Rookie X-wing pilots, this is the episode for you!

This week we bring aboard Rookie Pilot Mike Corse to talk about how new players can make a clean hyperspace jump into the game. Did you get a Core Set for Christmas and have no idea what to do next? We discuss buying guides for the game at a modest $150 budget.

Veteran players, worry not! There's content for you here too. The gang also talks about how to deal with the influx of "fresh meat" coming to tables near you. Also, Ryan throws out a bounty for anyone who can accomplish the "God Shot": 5 Crits with Omega Ace using Swarm Leader.

FLY BETTER!

Rookie X-wing pilots, this is the episode for you!

This week we bring aboard Rookie Pilot Mike Corse to talk about how new players can make a clean hyperspace jump into the game. Did you get a Core Set for Christmas and have no idea what to do next? We discuss buying guides for the game at a modest $150 budget.

Veteran players, worry not! There's content for you here too. The gang also talks about how to deal with the influx of "fresh meat" coming to tables near you. Also, Ryan throws out a bounty for anyone who can accomplish the "God Shot": 5 Crits with Omega Ace using Swarm Leader.

FLY BETTER!

X-wing pilots, we close out the year with a mega-sized Art of X-Wing!

Dee rifles through the entire history of Western military technology looking for lessons to be learned on the application of deploying new ships and upgrades in X-Wing. How will we move on from jousting Defender knights and the Dengaroo Jabberwocky?

• [00:03:50] Art of X-Wing Intro: Lights and Heavies
• [00:11:50] Bronze Age Meta
• [00:28:00] Alexander the Great
• [00:37:00] Iron/Steel Age Metas
• [00:55:40] Katanas, Mercs, and Medieval Tech
• [01:14:30] Gunpowder/Modern Era Meta
• [01:26:00] How This Applies to X-Wing
• [02:30:00] Rogue One Talk

FLY BETTER! And have a great New Year!

X-wing pilots, we close out the year with a mega-sized Art of X-Wing!

Dee rifles through the entire history of Western military technology looking for lessons to be learned on the application of deploying new ships and upgrades in X-Wing. How will we move on from jousting Defender knights and the Dengaroo Jabberwocky?

• [00:03:50] Art of X-Wing Intro: Lights and Heavies
• [00:11:50] Bronze Age Meta
• [00:28:00] Alexander the Great
• [00:37:00] Iron/Steel Age Metas
• [00:55:40] Katanas, Mercs, and Medieval Tech
• [01:14:30] Gunpowder/Modern Era Meta
• [01:26:00] How This Applies to X-Wing
• [02:30:00] Rogue One Talk

FLY BETTER! And have a great New Year!

This week we play catchup and discuss the viability of the Rogue One ships that are about to drop!  Is this U-Wing the Rebel Lambda?  Will Boshek Bo-Wreck your day? Are the Strikers squirrely enough to overcome their low agility? Find our all that and more on this episode!

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:03:00] New Mats :/
• [00:05:00] U-Wing Preview
• [00:43:30] Striker Preview

FLY BETTER!

This week we play catchup and discuss the viability of the Rogue One ships that are about to drop!  Is this U-Wing the Rebel Lambda?  Will Boshek Bo-Wreck your day? Are the Strikers squirrely enough to overcome their low agility? Find our all that and more on this episode!

• [00:00:00] Intros
• [00:03:00] New Mats :/
• [00:05:00] U-Wing Preview
• [00:43:30] Striker Preview

FLY BETTER!

This week we are very pleased to have two awesome guests on the show: Tobias Winter and Worlds 2016 Top 16 finisher Steffen Kaehler.  They bring their voices to us from the mythical land of Germany, where Unicorns graze in the wide open spaceports.  They discuss their experience at Worlds as well as the current popularity of the game.  Check out the time stamps below!

• [00:00:00] Introductions/ Early Defender Talk
• [00:15:00] Ryan's Questions
• [00:30:00] The German/ European Meta
• [00:45:00] German Soapbox
• [01:29:00] Beginner and Advanced Tips

Fly Better!

This week we are very pleased to have two awesome guests on the show: Tobias Winter and Worlds 2016 Top 16 finisher Steffen Kaehler.  They bring their voices to us from the mythical land of Germany, where Unicorns graze in the wide open spaceports.  They discuss their experience at Worlds as well as the current popularity of the game.  Check out the time stamps below!

• [00:00:00] Introductions/ Early Defender Talk
• [00:15:00] Ryan's Questions
• [00:30:00] The German/ European Meta
• [00:45:00] German Soapbox
• [01:29:00] Beginner and Advanced Tips

Fly Better!

It's a tugboat! Leave it to the Scum & Villainy faction to slap some guns on the Quadjumper and field it in combat. It has some nifty tricks, including being the first X-Wing ship to move backward. Time will tell if this jury rigged commercial craft will prove combat ready.

We then share our squads and results from San Diego Regional, with a heavy emphasis on TIE Defenders. All three of us flew it, because they're unequivocally great...but since everybody knows this, do they ironically become a liability in the upper tiers of a premiere tournament?

The answer as always:

FLY BETTER!

• [00:03:00] Tugboat Preview!
• [00:45:00] Regional Recap!
• [01:20:00] Joe's Tips

It's a tugboat! Leave it to the Scum & Villainy faction to slap some guns on the Quadjumper and field it in combat. It has some nifty tricks, including being the first X-Wing ship to move backward. Time will tell if this jury rigged commercial craft will prove combat ready.

We then share our squads and results from San Diego Regional, with a heavy emphasis on TIE Defenders. All three of us flew it, because they're unequivocally great...but since everybody knows this, do they ironically become a liability in the upper tiers of a premiere tournament?

The answer as always:

FLY BETTER!

• [00:03:00] Tugboat Preview!
• [00:45:00] Regional Recap!
• [01:20:00] Joe's Tips