Recent content by angelus2000

Same for me as well. I haven't been on since the call came that ACTA got cancelled, that and with not much happening as far as LGS that was convenient my habit almost died :oops: . Thankfully just moved, and I wouldn't mind getting my toes wet again with a Vassal campaign. EA Third Age for...

I have to admit, this an awesome idea and beautifully simple as well. If I'm understanding this right, it looks like less crits would possibly be generated per attack, but if a crit result did come about, it would be a more severe result then? In other words, instead of creating say a 1-2...

What, no one mentions Bester? Not the most quotable of characters, but easily my favorite minor character.

Ya, they are. The Paul Rogers ones from the film. Actually this does underscore a certain point, namely how easy it is to come with variants for a base ship class. After all, this is essentially 8 ships in 1. IS anyone ever screwed around with making a "ship-builder" for ACTA? This not...

Just another counterpoint. The whole reason why modern day fighters don't mount turrets is due to weight and drag/aerodynamic reason. With helmet mounted optics, chin turrets would be absolutely lethal, even at the very high speeds fighters are capable of. "Space:Above and Beyond" (might have...

Amen to that, althoug my own personal bias robs me of much of persuasive ability

Novas tend to be scary when 3 factors are on the board. 1. You have 2 of them in a squadron 2. Your opponent forgot them. 3. Whoever is shooting at you is using range 12 or less guns. Past that, they really aren't worth diddly. My list of complaints is long, although 3 spring immediately...

How do you all do fighters in regards to hyperspace-->realspace jump points? Couple of points to consider. 1. As far as I can tell, there is no minimum move forward when exiting a jump point anymore. In 1e, a ship had to stay within a 90@ arc at a minimum of 4 inches from the jump point. In...

For a happy fun time, use Heavy Missles on an Apollo. The range stinks to be sure, but crusades got enough long-range beam love to handle that aspect. Starting chucking double broadsides of 8AD SAP TD love around, using flash or standard missles on the front AD for closing fire. Even more fun...

All I've got is 3rd Age EA fleet but its a largish one 2x Posiedon 2x Warlock 2x Command Omega 8x Omega 6x Nova 1x Explorer 4x Avenger 8x Hyperion 8x Artemis 6x Olympus 12x Hermes 53 ships 78x Starfuries 78x Thunderbolts 156 fighters flights (Fighters are ridiculous cause each ship has its...

Admiral Jean Luc reporting. First 2 turns done and completed. David's reports of my deployment have been accurate, as have my losses up to this point. As for why my losses have been decidly lopsided to this point... My inital deployment has only 3 Arma ponits on the board, consiting of...

I've noticed he has problems with keyboards . Too many buttons and not enough time to push them all methinks.

Unfortunately, squadrons and Emines do not mix well, so I doubt I'll be using them myself unless terrain forces me too. However, feel free to tell the Emine spammer to use squadrons as much as possible; he has no such tactical considerations to worry about.

Ya, know, after reading this thread and others, I had thought that occured to me. Since it appears everything thats happened is the result of too much demand chasing after too few minis, I think I may have figured out a why. ACTA uses the B5Wars scale moulds, and while they have been doing new...

Actually, the start times seem a bit late to me man. I'd suggest pushing it up to 6pm and 12am respectively. 10 Arma points is a LOT of frigging ships, over hundered plus between the 2 of us. And while I'd rate us quicker than average when it comes to dice-rolling, we're not that much faster...