Star Wars Armada - Extra Madness! Round 1 Table 4 - ION Radio

[@luizclaudiopivari4280]

Congratulations, keep up this nice work!!!

[@IONRadio]

Thank you, Luiz! More of Extra Madness will be coming in January.

[@wolfsigma]

These extra madness games are getting really impressive! Thank you for all the effort this must take Ken! Great game and great commentary!

[@IONRadio]

Thank you, wolfsigma! This was something I wanted to do as we were only able to field 8 fleets for Madness 2024. I'm very tempted to keep the "elimination style" but only for the purposes of not filming all 8 tables for each of the 3 rounds. I'm having fun with these battles. I'm hoping to roll these out more regularly once I have a chance to sit down and edit videos (end of December). - Ken

[@Ghost.in.the.Machine]

I've been waiting for this! Hope my fleet doesn't crash and burn... EDIT: *SPOILERS BELOW* . . . . . Oof. I won't say it was 100% lost at deployment, but it was in my opinion the main factor. Solar Corona was an okay choice, though I would have gone with Contested Outpost - Ackbar's fleet needs to be mobile to survive, so more than likely the objective points would have favored Tarkin. Any ship left behind at the station would have been an easy pick-off. With Solar Corona, center deployment is usually a good option, but the victories were never going to be able to outmaneuver the rebels, so accepting the corona and taking a corner deployment (facing the far corner) would have been better, minimizing the amount of turning the vics need to do to stay on target and giving Ackbar's fleet less room to circle around. With the obstacle placement the central deployment severely limited Harrow's movement options, making the Victory's main vulnerability - it's sides and rear - all the more accessible (and that asteroid hit was ultimately fatal). Deploying in the left hand (bottom of screen) corner would have put most of the obstacles out of play, or possibly even in Ackbar's way. Finally, Harrow should have been at speed 1 to start, letting Devastator get slightly ahead. Devastator is lower points, Palpatine makes it a more painful to shoot at, and IO sidesteps Harrow's main defense upgrades, Tua/ECM. Finally, it would let Harrow threaten ships flanking Devastator, making It nearly impossible to avoid both front arcs.

[@IONRadio]

Robot did not help you out here, Ghost. :(

[@acebadgerboy]

Loving extra madness - great watch 👍

[@IONRadio]

Glad to hear you are enjoying Extra Madness! 4 more tables in this round.

[@RevanBartus]

I've expected a completly different outcome 😮

[@IONRadio]

You and me both.

[@JuergenGDB]

Ver7 Nice

[@TheThoughtDonor]

And the crit is? 15:30

[@IONRadio]

You were expecting something else?

[@kingbonezai4925]

Love these!

[@IONRadio]

Thanks for watching, KingBonezai!

[@aidanbroome822]

Oof, those two final crits were unlucky

[@IONRadio]

Yeah, the structural damage on the Dominator and the exact hits on Harrow did not help the Empire here at all.

[@admiralandroid1]

Dominator is only at close- medium

[@IONRadio]

You are correct. Use of discaps threw me off here.