Revsing my regionals fleet

I managed to take 4th place at the Tacoma, WA Armada Regional.  I didn't know until the day before the tournament that I would be able to attend, so I took a list that was new to me.  It was a list that I had been theorizing on for the North American Championships at GenCon.  The tournament seemed like a great chance to test the list in a competitive environment.


 
This is the fleet that I took:

• 2x Assault Frigate MkIIb - Gunnery Team
• CR-90a - TRC, Leia, Ackbar
• CR-90a - TRC, Jaina's Light
• 6x YT-2400s

It is intentionally very simple.  I wanted a balanced fleet that won more through brute force than guile.  4 ships gives me a fair number of activations, Ackbar ensures I have respectable firepower, the YT-2400s provide excellent, autonomous anti-squad firepower, the CR-90s give me good mobility, and the simplicity of the fleet should lend itself to playing in a long tournament.  Leia was a last minute addition as I wasn't sure where else to use the points and wanted to give her a try.

You can read my tournament recap here.

Essentially, I really liked the fleet and how it performed.  I played 3 different styles of fleet and felt like I was able to match up well with each of them.  The threat of the Ackbar enhanced Assault Frigates forced my opponent into some hard choices.  This is good as I want my opponents to have to react to me.  The YT-2400s preformed well in the squadron game and Rogue proved to be really invaluable.  I know that I made some command errors, which would be expected for the first time suing a fleet.  I feel like I could use the same fleet again and perform better.

Not that there isn't room for improvement...

With the Gunnery Teams on the Assault Frigates enhanced by Ackbar, I was throwing a ton of red dice each turn.  Of course those are red dice, which are the least reliable in the game.  So while I had some excellent rolls, many were average and some were just awful.  It is human nature that I remember the awful rolls the best and have a bias that believes they came at the worst time.

So, if I fixed anything it would be to find a way to make those red dice more reliable.  If we go back to this post from last year, we can see there are a few options: 

• Sensor Teams would compete with Gunnery Teams and don't do much to increase damage.  They would be an interesting option if Flotillas become commonplace.
• Home One would be outstanding, but the cost to swap an Assault Frigate for an MC-80 is pretty high.  Given that it boosts the whole fleet it is worth considering.
• Turbolaser Reroute Circuits are one of the strongest upgrades in the game, although I have never used them with an Assault Frigate.  Gunnery Teams would have me shooting 2 broadsides a turn, but I could only reliably use TRCs once a turn.  If I changed from Assault Frigates to MC-30s, these would be more useful.
• Concentrate Fire Tokens are another option.  In Wave 1, I won a lot of tournaments using 2 Assault Frigates with Enhanced Armament.  The couple of Concentrate Fire tokens that I got each game from Garm really helped.  I don't want to switch admirals, so I would need another source of them.  In this case putting the Raymus/Tantive combo on one of the CR-90s could help get tokens on the Assault Frigates.

Each of those choices has some merits, but none really stand out.  I suppose if there was an obvious solution, I would have already put it in the fleet.  Fortunately, I have plenty of time to try out some different ideas.

Here are some options:

Adding in Tantive IV

• 2x Assault Frigate MkIIb - Gunnery Teams
• CR-90a - TRC, Ackbar, Raymus, Tantive IV
• CR-90a - TRC
• 4x YT-2400
• 2x B-Wings

Adding in Home One

• Assault Frigate MkIIb - Gunnery Team
• MC-80 - Home One, Leading Shots
• CR-90a - TRC, Ackbar
• CR-90a - TRC
• 4x YT-2400s

Switching to MC-30s

• 2x MC-30 - Gunnery Teams, TRCs
• CR-90a - TRC, Ackbar
• CR-90a - TRC
• 4x YT-2400s
• 2x B-Wings

So, what do you think?  Are any of those fleets improvements?