lastbesthope
Mongoose
Poseidon, they just look imposing.
LBH
LBH
Favourite EA Ship
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CZuschlag
Mongoose
Delphi.
A brainless initiative sink, as it doesn't have to be anywhere in particular, as well as the nastiest scout in the game. In Battle+ fleet battles, its "weapon reroll booster" function is vile -- who said anything about getting within 24"? In campaigns, its a survivor due to it total lack of need to be near the fight, so it'll almost always get 1 XP for losing a fight; so rerolls in campaign battles for firepower boosting past turn 2 are common. Stealth is just cake icing. Yummy icing. Large enough to be able to take a shot or two, if need be. Usually represented by a harmless-looking "Fleet Action" scale mini, to encourage opponents to forget about it completely....
As far as pretty goes ... I think the explosions of my opponents' ships are pretty, but I normally fly Dilgar so you'd expect that mindset, neh?
A brainless initiative sink, as it doesn't have to be anywhere in particular, as well as the nastiest scout in the game. In Battle+ fleet battles, its "weapon reroll booster" function is vile -- who said anything about getting within 24"? In campaigns, its a survivor due to it total lack of need to be near the fight, so it'll almost always get 1 XP for losing a fight; so rerolls in campaign battles for firepower boosting past turn 2 are common. Stealth is just cake icing. Yummy icing. Large enough to be able to take a shot or two, if need be. Usually represented by a harmless-looking "Fleet Action" scale mini, to encourage opponents to forget about it completely....
As far as pretty goes ... I think the explosions of my opponents' ships are pretty, but I normally fly Dilgar so you'd expect that mindset, neh?
Locutus9956
Mongoose
Im not entirely convinced of the 'Uselessness' of the Posseidon over two Avengers, sure they can get their fighters out there faster but the posseidon CAN soak up an awful lot of damage and let us not forget that an EA fleet with a posseidon is effectively on Minbari initiative..... (command +3) which can be the differenece between getting that Warlock boresighted or not.... (though of course its a tough choice, cos for that same war point you could of course have a second Warlock and I'd be more tempted by that anyway... or 3 Chronos. or 2 Omegas.... Ok so I cant think of many occassionas Id actually take a posseidon but I would certainly consider takeing it over 2 Avengers (I just wouldnt take them often either 
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As to the Delphi its even MORE survivable than you might think. Due to the fact that its quite fast and can stay well out of the fight its generally quite a detour to go after it and if you DO decide to then youre up against Sharlin level stealth so theres a damn good chance you will waste said fire anyway, AND even if you DO beat stealth its got 2 interceptors, hull 5 and a respectable amount of hits. Given the choice between that and a target youre guarenteed to hit a few times at least thats closer to your fleet and thats putting out actual damage, most people I know will simply ingore the Delphi (they take shots of oppertunity but they certainly dont 'go after it'). And let me tell you a bunch of Chronos with their railguns redirected by the delphi REALLY hurt (not to mention the sheer nastiness of redirecting the heavy particle cannon on a warlock.....)
))As to the Delphi its even MORE survivable than you might think. Due to the fact that its quite fast and can stay well out of the fight its generally quite a detour to go after it and if you DO decide to then youre up against Sharlin level stealth so theres a damn good chance you will waste said fire anyway, AND even if you DO beat stealth its got 2 interceptors, hull 5 and a respectable amount of hits. Given the choice between that and a target youre guarenteed to hit a few times at least thats closer to your fleet and thats putting out actual damage, most people I know will simply ingore the Delphi (they take shots of oppertunity but they certainly dont 'go after it'). And let me tell you a bunch of Chronos with their railguns redirected by the delphi REALLY hurt (not to mention the sheer nastiness of redirecting the heavy particle cannon on a warlock.....)
it should never be the difference in getting your warlock/hyperion/omega boresighted...it should be the difference in getting the target you want boresighted.
as far as being a damage sink, it by itself isn't a very offensive ship, almost to the point of "well I can ignore it fora couple turns as there are other things shooting back at me..."
as far as being a damage sink, it by itself isn't a very offensive ship, almost to the point of "well I can ignore it fora couple turns as there are other things shooting back at me..."
Dag'Nabbit
Mongoose
Desert camo in space?
prelude_to_war
Mongoose
Why not?!? The Narn have camo afterall...
Mr. Neutron
Mongoose
Had to go with the Omega. It may turn like a cow, but it kicks like a mule.
Dag'Nabbit
Mongoose
prelude_to_war said:
Camouflage is supposed to make something harder to notice. It should not function like neon lights that say "Hey! I'm right over here. Come on...shoot me!"
prelude_to_war
Mongoose
Back in WWII the navy experimented with geometric camo - loud and obnoxious. It served to confuse german U-boat commanders as to what type of ship they were looking at (I forget what that camo was called).
Anyway, why then do the Narn have such a loud camo paint scheme?
Anyway, why then do the Narn have such a loud camo paint scheme?
lastbesthope
Mongoose
prelude_to_war said:
Who ever said it was for camouflage purposes?
The Narn have never really been into the whole, hiding thing.
LBH
Lorcan Nagle
Mongoose
prelude_to_war said:
I think it was Razzle-Dazzle
prelude_to_war
Mongoose
Fair enough but then what purpose does it serve? Cultural? To make their ships appear more aggresive? Painted = blessed by G'Quan?lastbesthope said:
Dag'Nabbit
Mongoose
My two cents would be to show which part of the Ka'Ri the individual ships/fleet is associated with, or maybe to invoke the blessings of sacred Narn like G'Quan himself.
WickedE
Mongoose
I just couldn't paint them white. There was no ENTHUSIASM there. I did a primer coat of white, and it just sat there for a few days with me just staring at it, going "This sucks. This isn't what I want." SO I whipped out some of my Military colors and went with Military Sand Tan with Military Green and Insignia Blue highlights, with grey struts.
Damn right desert camo in space. Cause the ships of the 31st FEAR NO DESERT!
....OR ENEMY!
Damn right desert camo in space. Cause the ships of the 31st FEAR NO DESERT!
....OR ENEMY!
mrambassador1
Mongoose
I went with the nova.
One of the few ships to have a spanish galeon feel to it. Doesn't have any long range weapons (no 30" lasers), just big and slow and no maneuverability. Get up along side em and open up with broadsides.
One of the few ships to have a spanish galeon feel to it. Doesn't have any long range weapons (no 30" lasers), just big and slow and no maneuverability. Get up along side em and open up with broadsides.
prelude_to_war
Mongoose
Can we get a picture of this?WickedE said:
The_Daminator
Mongoose
The Shadow omega, One shot , one kill :wink: