Firestorm games list

[jaqenhgar]

Hi guys,

Here is the list I am thinking of taking to firestorm games in Dec - one thing you might notice is that there is no Diamond!!! I'm thinking it may be too expensive and I want to try something else so gonna try a couple of test games with the list below, firstly against Adam next week:

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Tournament Shaltari - 1250pts
Shaltari - 0 launch assets

SR10 Vanguard battlegroup (165pts)
1 x Jet - 165pts - H
   + Starchief (80pts, 4AV)

SR13 Line battlegroup (301pts)
1 x Emerald - 100pts - M
3 x Topaz - 111pts - L
5 x Glass - 90pts - L

SR12 Line battlegroup (230pts)
1 x Emerald - 100pts - M
1 x Emerald - 100pts - M
2 x Voidgate - 30pts - L

SR10 Line battlegroup (220pts)
2 x Amber - 220pts - M

SR4 Pathfinder battlegroup (159pts) [active scan group]
3 x Topaz - 111pts - L
1 x Amethyst - 48pts - L

SR9 Pathfinder battlegroup (135pts)
3 x Voidgate - 45pts - L
3 x Voidgate - 45pts - L
3 x Voidgate - 45pts - L
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I quite like the Topaz, and this list has got a lot of long range guns (18 4+ shots from Emeralds and 24 3+ shots (or 32 3+ when the ambers go weapons free). Also, 3 Emeralds this time, corvettes to take out a critical strike carrier or two, and a bit of bombardment from the jet.

Question really is, do you think I'm a fool for not taking the Diamond?! I just think against a good player the Diamond will rarely if ever be going weapons free, and although it has an awesome gun, not sure that single gun is worth 290pts - I can take almost three cruiser hulls for that points to score more critical locations.