2E Emines

[zulu01]

I don't have the new book yet, though they are on order. I HATE WAITING!!!!!!!

Can anyone explain how the new e-mines work in more detail? Are they good enough to justify being a one shot weapon?

I love the G'Qann models, but find they were weak imho in 1E.

 

[Burger]

They are fairly similar to 1e, but on some ships they are one-shot and triple damage. Meaning you essentially get 6 turns worth of SL-emine all at once.

 

[zulu01]

Are they still "no criticals, and bulkhead hits on a 1 or 2"?

 

[Greg Smith]

Just no criticals. Bulkheads on 1 (like Armageddon). Narn energy mines (as opposed to pulsar mines) are also AP.

 

[The Hobbybox]

They 'bulkhead' on a 1 and can't cause crits.

 

[zulu01]

Do they get more emines to fire then?

 

[katadder]

nope. some are slow loading, others are one shot, but its a powerful weapon. a G'quan though for example has only one tube of one shot e-mines.

 

[zulu01]

Also, is it still a 3" radius blast? And did the varients stay or go away?

 

[Greg Smith]

Still 3". The variants are gone.

 

[Blu_Majik]

this could the making of the Dag'Kar!

i hope it's still Raid level.

 

[victor romeo]

this could the making of the Dag'Kar!

i hope it's still Raid level.

It is

 

[Tzarevitch]

nope. some are slow loading, others are one shot, but its a powerful weapon. a G'quan though for example has only one tube of one shot e-mines.

Hmmm. Crap. I kinda hoped it sill had 2 tubes. It does get a lot more beam though right? Otherwise it sounds like an oversized 2e Ka'Tan.

Tzarevitch

 

[Greg Smith]

It gets more beam and no longer has weak secondaries.

 

[Right Hand of God]

It is more beam but not a lot more beam, just up from 3AD to 4 isn't it? How many AD for the emines?

 

[Court Jester]

Eight?

 

[Poi]

6AD emine

 

[darknight]

close,.. its 6

 

[Right Hand of God]

which is 6 less than before, what does it gain in the trade off?

 

[CZuschlag]

AP and Triple Damage, so not much to complain about there.

 

[zulu01]

I would have to defer to the playtesters, and since I don't yet have my book, go only on the results of this thread. But unless there is something I am missing, a one-shot, 6 dice ap triple dammage mine which can't do criticals, and one additional attack dice for the primary beam seems marginal. The G'Quann already seemed like it was undergunned for a signature race's heavy cruiser. At least now, it serves to keep enemy fighters at bay, and with the ship breakers varient, capable of delivering some real punch.

Am I seeing this incorrectly?