LoboStele wrote:
Bill, how do you get to Thrawn and kill him without exposing yourself to the Evos or other Troopers? A good Thrawn player will never put him in a position where a Mobile attacker can pop out back and forth and shoot him.
Well, this is getting a little into specifics to be useful, but let's just say I base it on experience that if Thrawn is used offensively, he usually dies - and that happens when I run him that way as well. The key is of course, that you only do it in key situations where thrawn dying can usually win you the game, etc.
But more to the point. Let's say we are on Starship, and you have thrawn boosted shooters (perhaps SS). Where are you going to set up, that you can get shots on me, staying within the bubble, and not allow me to hit thrawn? If you have the left, you go for the wall, you've seen me run Boba Merc around the wall, so you know pretty much what I will do with him. When Boba moves in for his shots, the Evos will be based with Keldors, and Talon will be right in their grill (likely getting the kill hits on thrawn.
So let's say you try to blockade thrawn in a corner? Then I blow up kel Dors against mutiple figs, so you are really forced to spread some - which plays into my hand.
So, let's assume I can get to Thrawn in this situation, and kill him, now you still have your evos left go when I move in. At 200, you probably have 4 or so, and likely 3-4 raxus prime troopers. Since I went early, you likely get to shoot with all. Well, Bubble for Talon will be active (assuming you didn't use space for Veers) so you have to shoot her. If you can get shots on Boba he may also takes some hits, but likely should survive the round. I should have killed 2-3 Evos by now with the KDs, and likely have taken out the SC as well. So, the question is, can your squad kill me, when I always go first, and can now mobile lightning, and hide with stealth, and use Boba to intuition into a shot, and mobile away? Tough game, but certainly winnable from either side.
Now, if I win map, we are playing on either Rancor pit, or Chancelors (can't decide what I would like better). But either way, Talon's approach is much easier, and Boba had enough lanes of fire to set up properly from either side. You can perhaps protect thrawn better on Rancor pit, but, I can count spaces carefully enough to keep that from being a threat
So there you go. Not sure if that explains it properly, but if you wanna run a test game some time on Vassal, I would be up for it. I think it would be a really fun match, since we have strong counters to each other's squads (thrawn bubble, MTB, Cunning, Opp).