Wave 8 upgrades: Imperial officers

I'm hoping to roll out all the new upgrades I'm responsible for over the next couple days. If you're waiting on turbolasers or Rebel officers, those are John's responsibility and he's going to be busy at the Atlanta regional until Sunday evening, so the earliest ETA on those is early next week. Anyways, let's start with Imperial officers:

John Updates 1/26

Minor clean-ups as we get read for the fanciful bird this Friday:

Updated Sato to include a paragraph about Malee Hurra (short answer: go for it if you want, but if that combo doesn't work it REALLY feels bad)

Updated the Neb article with a fun Vanguard build that Eric heard about on Reddit, the Neb version of the Arquitens Noisy Cricket build.

Now, back towards writing those Starduck articles! Quack quack quack!

Fleet Building 301: Damage synergy

I've made passing reference to this idea in a few of the fleet building 201 articles when discussing hybridizing archetypes as well as a bit in the XI7 Turbolasers article, but I figure the time has come to actually give it the space it needs to really stretch out and run around a little bit: let's talk about damage synergy.

The Nautilian getting acquainted with long heavy burst damage.

The Denouement!

IT IS FINISHED

Rebellions are built on hope.... and hiding from the Empire repeatedly

Mothma - I eliminated some ship builds and talked about using her with an Amity.  I also mentioned that Rieekan is an easier to use commander and you need to justify her over him.

Cracken - I eliuminated some ship builds, and I mentioned making sure to make sure why you're choosing this commander over Rieekan/Mothma. He's good against salvo? If you're worried about it, that is.

Garm Bel Iblis - I eliminated builds, pointed you towards some Steel Strategy articles about using him, and advised you against any Comms Net flotillas in your fleet.

Raddus - I addesd a bit about the FAQ changes and mentioned the Profundity bomb option.

Sato - I removed some builds (noticing a theme, are we?), removed some ship descriptions, and I was a little vaguer about the necessary squadrons used with him.  I advise a few ships and squads, and definitely state that if you're not doing black crits you should probably rethink your admiral choice.

Madine - I eliminated a few individual ship builds and added a little more discussion of how to make Madine work for you.  If you're navving, nav hard and be where you don't think your opponent would expect.

And with that, I've updated everything for wave 8.  It's all good, we're ready to go.  I've mentioned in a few articles some of the revealed upgrades from the released Onager, and it looks like I'll need to get on an Agate article and a Starhawk one as well.  And I'm sure I've got some other articles to work on as well!

Cross-Blog Synergistic Promotional Movement to Fix the Paradigm

Biggs and Shmitty graciously decided I was worth listening to, and invited me on the latest Steel Strategy podcast.  Feel free to go over and listen and try out my latest Leia jank fleet.

I was on a podcast!

Rebel Commanders!

I updated the top 5 best Rebel Commanders!

Ackbar! Eliminated some chaff, redirected a lot of examples and builds to the ship sections!

Raddus! Same chaff elimination, and eliminated a lot of "potentially decent" ships with him.

Dodonna! I added a bit about using him versus choosing Agate instead, and some rearrangements and reorganization of the article.

Rieekan! I eliminated most of the fleet building section and referred you to Eric's fleet archetypes section.

Leia! I eliminated a lot of my meandering and summarized the "common ships" a lot faster.  I kept the "call-and-response" voice in there for organization and it's where I started using it.

Upgrades... upgraded!

I just hit every one of my upgrade articles, leaving me nothing but the Commanders left.  Some basics:

Generic Officers:
Chart Officer got an update.  She's not bad, just, I usually just end up with other options in the slot.  As in all upgrades, if you have a plan for her....  Otherwise it was minor sentences and link updates for a lot of things.

Defensive Retros:
Advanced Projectors - i advise you not to take it, as most of the time EWS does it better, and XI7s still are everywhere.  I may re-evaluate this at some point, but it's very hard to justify at this point.

Fleet Commands:
Updated some links, rearranged parts of it (so now it reads Upgrade-What it does-Who wants it), and suggested using TEA with Flag Bridge...as soon as it comes out.  I''d rather it be in there without the link and have the suggestion in there just to be safe.

Support Teams:
Links and such, removed the passage about using Engine Techs on a CR90 (go read it there!) as I think I only have it in one spot now.  Hopefully not 3....

Turbolasers:
Link updates, more details that QTCs are good on SSDs.  Shocked, I'm shocked.  Who would be taking this upgrade?

Rebel Officers:
Some removal, some links. Draven updates but just removing sentences dancing around the fact that he's at best "fine."

Onwards to commanders I believe! Of course, let me go reread Eric's articles and see how I can shorten some of my own articles....

Minor Squadron Updates!

I got a bunch of squad updates done today!

For the B-wing, I removed any amount of me suggesting you use Independence to move them.  It's not great, use a better way.

For the E-wing, I added a sentence to ensure you're using the snipe you're paying for, or else you're wasting points to just get speed 4.

For the VCX I made it more concise and updated some links.

For the YT-1300 I added some phrasing updates and some minor line changes.

And for the Lancer I advised you not to take it.  Ketsu or nothing, kids.

No MAJOR updates, considering I just updated these all recently.  Next up is the upgrades I have, and then we'll round this all up with the Commanders (and some more of the random articles I've got scattered about).  We're getting there!

 (and some I think the A-wing is dogging it.

MC75 Updated!

And the MC75 is updated.  Not much there, killed a few experimental builds that really aren't worth the experiment in my opinion.  Feel free to take a look, but hey, all the Rebel ship builds are done for wave 8! Time for some upgrades and some squadrons!

Just missing the fancy jacket

On that note, I'll wish you all a very merry Christmas and see you all at the next update

Hammerhead Updated!

Merry Christmas Eve to everyone! And a happy slightly changed Hammerhead article to all!  Main changes were to eliminate a few of the "not as great" builds and then put in a Sato build for the torp.  It was still relatively fresh so I don't have a lot to add with it.  But take a look, and I'm going to TRY to get the MC75 updated in the next day or so? We'll see how busy tomorrow ends up with family and all, but if not, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a festive Life Day to all!

http://cannotgetyourshipout.blogspot.com/2017/09/hammerheads-costco-brand-raiders.html

Liberty Updated!

Updated the Liberty article, we making our way through!  Soon, soon!

http://cannotgetyourshipout.blogspot.com/2017/05/lmc80-battle-cruise-crazy-just-be-glad.html

Added some builds, took out the "necessity" of gunnery teams, and pointed out some of the fun new RitR interactions.  Also, it had been a while, so apparently Mon Karren is "good" now? Who knew?

Updates 12/16

HMC80 is updated. Took some parts out, added in a build with HIE (ooo something different).

http://cannotgetyourshipout.blogspot.com/2017/04/h1mc80-space-hoagie-of-doooooom.html

Eh, close enough

Onwards to the Liberty!

12/13 Updates

I started it last night, and finished it today.  Pelta is updated, onwards to the HMC80!

http://cannotgetyourshipout.blogspot.com/2017/05/alpha-beta-charlie-pelta.html

Updates 12/11

MC30 is updated! And slightly fleshed out.  I broke out a separate section for the Torp versus the Scout.  Short answer: if it's not Ackbar, Sato, or Mothma, don't run the Scout.  Take a look!

http://cannotgetyourshipout.blogspot.com/2017/04/mc30-curse-of-flying-hellfish.html

John Updates 12/8/19

I've updated the Assault Frigate article (underrated and better than you think!), the GR75 (don't bring a combat retrofit!), and the Nebulon one (Still great with Yavaris!)

The Assault Frigate and GR one haven't been updated in a while (LTTs didnt exist before, oof), so feel free to take a look at them, see what's new and hot.  I also defend the AF versus the MC75, so that's fun.

Next up is still more ship articles; then squadrons (quick polishes on those), upgrades (hoping for quick upgrades?) and then commanders.  Oh, and I gotta update a few of the other helper articles, too.  Keep on keeping on, y'all.