Idea me and some friends came up with to make a somewhat different tournament. Does it sound interesting?
1) Standard format - but no finals - and standard fleet builds.
2) Before each game you are assigned a random fleet to run (different fleet each round).
3) Players and fleets score points individually. After the last game the fleet with the most points and the player with the most points each win.
The idea being to make fleet design and commanding battles into separate competitions. Your fleet might win even if you fly like an Ewok. 😋
I think this could work for a group of friends, more so with different experience and/or talent. Not everybody wants unknown people to lay hands on their stuff.