(ACTA-SF) Comparitive Ship Damage Scores

[Lincolnlog]

In another thread we were discussing ship damage scores.

I compared several Federation and Klingon Ships. This would have basically allowed the dumping of the Klingon Front Shield Rule.

Federation POL Can absorb as much as 42 Damage
FFG Can absorb as much as 49 Damage
FFB Can absorb as much as 59 Damage
DW Can absorb as much as 62 Damage
CA Can absorb as much as 101 Damage
OCL Can absorb as much as 87 Damage (this ship got majorly honked in conversion)
Klingon E4 Can absorb as much as 40 Damage
F5 Can absorb as much as 52 Damage
F5W Can absorb as much as 63 Damage
D6 Can absorb as much as 89 Damage
D7 Can absorb as much as 93 Damage

I would recommend using a divisor of 3, this raises the point value of smaller ships, but for instance it only raises the E4 by 1 Point. The Fed CA only goes up by 1. The OCL should get to add it's Armor since it doesn't get the trait and gets about 5 (but even without the armor it would go up 4).

Fed POL 14/5
Fed FFG 16/6
Fed FFB 19/6
Fed DW 20/7
Fed CA 33/11
Fed OCL 29/10 (or 28/9 without armor)
Kling E4 13/4
Kling F5 17/6
Kling F5W 21/7
Kling D6 30/10
Kling D7 31/10

Average the shields better, so your not making the Kling shield so low, and then with the bulked up damage scores toss the Klingon front shield rule.

Anyhow, thats what I would have done. This in not a complaint, just an observation. It seems screwy when larger hulls have smaller dam scores than way smaller ships...

 

[Rambler]

Okay so really you seem to have 3 Major Problems here.

First the Fed Police Cutter which counted it Cargo Boxes in its Damage Score. Lets wait and see how the Orions finally look before we scream about that one it may vary well need a second look sorta like how the BCJ got revamped with Shock.

Second the Old Light Cruiser. People have been screaming about that one from day one and Mongoose has said it will not be changed the ship performs the role it was designed to do in a fleet action well enough without the armor.

Thirdly Klingon Shields. Yeah they are just goofy as hell and really probably not worth the trouble they cause. Look at the Shield Score of the Dreadnaughts in the Last Update. Apparently the Klingon's Super top like spinning ability and shields was a Mongoose interpretation like the Waddling Gorn to give each Fleet a different Feel. Love it or hate the shields are here to stay it seems.

But even with these 3 items and the FFG/FFB there is nothing wrong with the way ACTA plays and it is still maintains a variation feel in the ship classes. It always could have gone the way of Federation and Empires and made it so a Cruiser is a Cruiser and all races Cruisers function exactly the same way. Do exactly the same damage and take exactly the same damage.