Beam stream-Tally
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I can't remember lots of total misses because they are very rare in our gaming group.
But the so called freak hits with 14 or more hits resulting from 12or 3 starting hits happen quite often. Definitely several times in a single game.
Sorry Mongoose but in my opinion this new Beam rule was a rather silly idea.
It kills a lot of the balance of the game and its absolutely a drawback for high priority ships
But the so called freak hits with 14 or more hits resulting from 12or 3 starting hits happen quite often. Definitely several times in a single game.
Sorry Mongoose but in my opinion this new Beam rule was a rather silly idea.
It kills a lot of the balance of the game and its absolutely a drawback for high priority ships
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
Had a Minbari ship with only 1AD of beam left do a whopping 76-odd damage to a Warlock between rerolls and crits a few weeks back.
Destoyed a perfectly healthy Orestes battle ship with 1 shot from a 1 dice beam from Brikorta skirmish carrier. Not a happy oppoment.
As I've said lots before it's not that the new beams tend to be unbalanced it's just that about once in each game a freak shot (often now not even involving criticals will destroy a ship).
As the best target for beams are high hull ships that are harder to hurt with other guns and as higher hulls tend to be found on bigger ships in means that in most of our games a battle+ level ship has been laid low by a freaky beam shot.
It just seems to be another way in which big ships aren't as good as their weight in smaller ship as even their tougher hull can now be ignored.
While it's good that low hull ships are no longer beam bait I'm not sure I like the fact that it comes at the expense of the iconic but already undervalued larger ships.
At least they can't get re'roles on them.
As I've said lots before it's not that the new beams tend to be unbalanced it's just that about once in each game a freak shot (often now not even involving criticals will destroy a ship).
As the best target for beams are high hull ships that are harder to hurt with other guns and as higher hulls tend to be found on bigger ships in means that in most of our games a battle+ level ship has been laid low by a freaky beam shot.
It just seems to be another way in which big ships aren't as good as their weight in smaller ship as even their tougher hull can now be ignored.
While it's good that low hull ships are no longer beam bait I'm not sure I like the fact that it comes at the expense of the iconic but already undervalued larger ships.
At least they can't get re'roles on them.
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
one of my omegas got 15 hits on a beam on a hyperian
verdantgreen
Mongoose
The nastiest I've seen in 2nd Edition has been a Shadow Stalker getting 24 hits with its three dice.
Shadow Queen
Mongoose
they wont let me Shadows out ...
but I've also had 0 hits from a 6AD beam 
verdantgreen
Mongoose
I have about average luck with Narn beams but I've actually never launched a mag-gun attack that has failed to inflict terrible damage. This goes for both first and second edition. I've never missed, never caused light damage, and never failed to score at least one critical hit with the shot.
Thus far, second edition has only had one game decided by a freak beam hit. It was a re-creation of the EAS Alexander joining up with Sheridan (2 Hyperions vs. 1 Omega). One of the aft beams on a Hyperion blew half the Omega's damage in one hit and caused two serious and several minor critical effects.
Besides that, my beam luck has never seemed overly good or bad.
Thus far, second edition has only had one game decided by a freak beam hit. It was a re-creation of the EAS Alexander joining up with Sheridan (2 Hyperions vs. 1 Omega). One of the aft beams on a Hyperion blew half the Omega's damage in one hit and caused two serious and several minor critical effects.
Besides that, my beam luck has never seemed overly good or bad.
Knight of ne
Mongoose
so far i've had a warlock oblitirate an octurion with one shot from its beam (full health too) and an omega that did the same to a primus. The poor Centauri player hasn't managed to beat me at the beam game.
Knight of ne
Knight of ne
Admiral Phlop
Mongoose
I had 18 hits from a Drakh cruiser against a Shadow youngster. Of course 5 of the DD had to take out his shields. Of the 13 hits 6 were crits. He was physically disrupted. Next turn he was gone.