Recent content by Scipio

I got into ACTA because of the B5 theme and it would have had to be something spectacular for me to get into ACTA3 as long it were not B5 themed which I do not really see at this point. But so long and happy gaming to you all who take the plunge into NA. :)

This fall when it were made clear that B5:ACTA would live on with Mongoose and IWM we decided that it was a good time to make a drive to get more gamers in Sweden (where we live) as we were not aware of any other B5:ACTA groups here. Unfortunatly Mongoose in the meantime decided that they would...

When B5 is gone from Mongoose so will I. From now on I will only start buying new miniature games from companies that have better track records for keeping their products alive and pushing out expansions to expand on it.

Well as I were the Shadows and I just laughed and pointed fingers and said "Told you so!". I mean, what can you expect from a Vree? Strife is the name of the game and with that in mind I really were the moral victor. :D

The Scenario is Hostile Intent with fory players and 10 points battle. Just one point plus scouts starts on board with the rest entering as reinforcements through the jump gate, hyperspace or from offboard on the right die roll Narn 1 have the mission to control the jumpgate Narn 2 have the...

Well I can't know. But going with WHFB or WH40k seems like a good bet. Also any historical game is a good option. Well they can't. But if their intent is to scrap their games after a short while and start up new ones instead of supporting the existing ones that is working I will now know and...

No I don't have to stop playing. But if we don't get new players and new updates the game will die in our club and I will, except ocasionally. I have seen it happen before but were hoping for more from Mongoose. Right now ACTA has become bigger than Warhammer and Warhammer 40k. That is a feat...

Makes no sense to me. Why resculpting B5 ships and getting the production of minis up an running again if they do intend to kill it off? Me and a friend started out this year and ordered our first fleets two weeks before they announced they would drop the game this year. Now we are 12 players...

Which level and how do you figure that? At skirmish/raid on the vital I get Damage: 5,472222222. The original table have it at damage 5,4166666667. Anyway it is not perfect yet regarding the damages but I'm still tweaking minor numbers and at least for us a 5% deviation (which would change...

I have calculated all the levels for effects, damage and crew. On all the PLs damage and crew is in line with each other. On Battle and up the losses on damage and crew is slightly less than today. On Raid & Skirmish its about the same. On Patrol its a slightly more than before.

Ok so you would prefer if it were redone with flat damage/crew to all PLs? I think that the little difference is marginal between Raid/Skirmish and Patrol. It have had a good feel when we have tried it. Also Patrol ships usually only suffers 0-2 crits before going down anyway so it doesn't...

Yes you are right. It will be a bit harsher on the Patrol ships. However today I at least don't want to take a swarm fleet even though it would be intresting if it worked because swarm fleets are very overpowered. The intent is to make it a little harsher on Patrol ships so that it would not...

You are right. Thanks for checking my figures. There were some errors in the chart regarding damage. I have corrected these now. Basically what I have done is to create a number of spreadsheets where I have handled each modifier as if it were there own chart for the calculations. Then I based...

Ok one more example as there seems to be some that don't beleive me. :) If you calcalate the the average damage sustained for a raid level ship on the 1d6 chart versus the 2d6 chart you will find that the avareage damage is: 1d6 Chart: Damage: 1,67 Crew: 1,89 2d6 chart: Damage: 1,72 Crew...

Yes that is correct. You will have to make each roll individually. However when we play it's almost only happens 2-4 time per game that one shot will inflict more than one crit on the same system and it's only then that it would be any difference than before. A 30 second longer game or something...