"DarjeloSalas;c-2320490" wrote:
"Salatious_Scrum;c-2320451" wrote:
Ah yes I misread that.
In any case I fail to see how attacking second gives an advantage to that person. Just aim for high banners ??♂️ If you lose you lose
There is one particular situation where it cannot be disputed that going second has an advantage, and was a deal breaker in more than one of my matches in the last GAC (finished just outside top 100 in div 1 Kyber).
In most of my matches, both me and opponent set Executor and one other fleet on defence. In most cases, we got to fleets within a few banners of each other.
I am not particularly strong at beating Executor without using my own, but I am pretty reliable at beating it in 2 attempts. Or 3 attempts if the second doesn’t go well. The trouble is, the fleets I use to pull that off can leave me short handed for the other fleet.
So it was of great benefit when my opponent went before me, beat one fleet and then failed to beat my Executor after 3 or 4 attempts. In those matches I knew that all I needed to do was beat their other fleet to go ahead on banners. No need to risk it all by trying to beat their Executor*.
As said above, knowledge is power.
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Edit: bold mishap amended
Who would have won if you had tried to maximize your score by making an attempt or two on the Executor fleet but stopped before you became shorthanded for the other fleet?
