Final Victory - Official CTA Tournament - May 5th

[Alexb83]

nope, i proposed 8 tertius, 2 prefects, 2 darkners, corvans

It all just melted into a long stream of beam AD and hull 6 when I looked at it, sorry.

 

[Da Boss]

nope, i proposed 8 tertius, 2 prefects, 2 darkners, corvans

Hmm oh dear - I guess I may be a little outclassed - nevermind - my Carrier is battle level too so thats alright!? yes?

mine is more Octurion, Primus, Tertius, Balvarix, some Sullusts, Magnus's, Maximus (4 I think) and Corvans.............

 

[katadder]

would have taken 2 octurions instead of an adira but dont have the models fot that. its also one of the reasons I am using centauri, cos they are half painted already and the only other 2 fleets i could manage 10pts battle in are narn and ISA but would have to paint the whole fleets. that and ISA not being able to get crew back would hurt on WSs.

 

[Burger]

Here you go powergamers, here is a convenient link
Paste this into Fleet Designer and you have your very own instant Cheese Fleet \o/

1|96|Corvan|4|Halloumi;1|96|Corvan|4|Ricotta;1|96|Corvan|4|Emmental;1|96|Corvan|4|Roquefort;2|108|Vorchar|4|Feta;2|108|Vorchar|4|Stilton;3|118|Prefect|4|Gorgonzola;3|118|Prefect|4|Brie;3|118|Prefect|4|Red Leicester;3|118|Prefect|4|Cheddar;3|118|Prefect|4|Wensleydale;3|118|Prefect|4|Cheshire;3|118|Prefect|4|Camenbert;3|118|Prefect|4|Edam;3|118|Prefect|4|Parmesan;3|118|Prefect|4|Gouda;6|22|Adira|4|Dairylea;

 

[TGT]

i think a ballanced fleet will win out as 2/4 are at skirmish..i just think the other 2/4 really favour centauri...the big difference will be how many small ships can wade in in the last game

 

[Burger]

i think a ballanced fleet will win out as 2/4 are at skirmish..i just think the other 2/4 really favour centauri...

And 2x Prefects + 2x Corvans are at a disadvantage why??

 

[Da Boss]

Thats a very long string and it seems to go for miles to the right - like the rest of the thread now!

 

[TGT]

I guess vs 4 strike hawks and vree or minbo's with terrain its a toss up, although at skirmish i was thinking skirmish level ships not raid so carry on feeding good ideas Burger!

 

[Burger]

I guess vs 4 strike hawks and vree or minbo's with terrain its a toss up, although at skirmish i was thinking skirmish level ships not raid so carry on feeding good ideas Burger!

6x Corvan and 2x Maximus would be nasty too... especially for Space Superiority.
Or 5x Vorchan. The fluff says they work well in packs :lol:

 

[TGT]

yeah, caveat is they should stay in the packages they come in!

 

[emperorpenguin]

Once the ISA and Minbari got toned down the Centauri certainly stepped up into the position of THE Tourney fleet

 

[katadder]

5 vorchans would be ok actually as long as didnt end up facing a narn bat squad. which 4 ka'tans and a scout or g'karith could be quite nasty at 5pt skirmish too.

 

[Alexb83]

I think the tourney layout heavily favours those with decent skirmish ships, and any form of patrol ship option. The first two battles will essentially decide the whole thing, I think - the second two are tougher to call as you see some pretty top end war level ships (Sharlin, BinTak, Octurian) it could really go any way between those.

The 8 ship restriction doesn't do much at the lower games, either - I guess it stops patrol swarms, but it doesn't do much to help out those races restricted to Raid level ships, as they're stuck with 2 ship/fighter fleets, facing off against races who could quite happily fill out 7 ship fleets including a raid PL ship.

2 Transports/Scouts vs. 6 Corvans and a Sullust anyone?

 

[katadder]

actually there my money is on the scouts
but that force probably would beat the vorlons, although dunno.

 

[TGT]

probably countering Triggy's vast Abbai fleet at 10 pt Battle

 

[Burger]

But limiting a 5pt Skirmish battle to 8 ships is not much of a limitation anyway... the maximum possible is 10!

 

[Alexb83]

The 8 ship limit is okay (though again not great) at raid. You'll still quite happily see 7 ship bat squads, or Sullust/6 Darkners. 5 or 6 ship limits might have been better.

Those types of fleets are pretty much guaranteed a win, and up to 16 initiative sinks in the later games on top of their equal no. of battle/war/arma ships

 

[Davesaint]

The 8 ship limit is to stop the 10 Hermes fleet.


Too bad I'm not able to jump across the pond. I would have had a fleet something like this

3rd Age EA - All fighters are T-Bolts
1 Command Omega
2 Omega
7 Hyperions
5 Olympus
2 Oracle
14 Hermes.

All Missles are Flash.

Dave

 

[Triggy]

The 8 ship limit is to stop the 10 Hermes fleet.


Too bad I'm not able to jump across the pond. I would have had a fleet something like this

3rd Age EA - All fighters are T-Bolts
1 Command Omega
2 Omega
7 Hyperions
5 Olympus
2 Oracle
14 Hermes.

All Missles are Flash.

Dave

Believe me, the others had it right when they said it was to stop [my] Abbai swarm fleet 10 Bimiths, 10 Milanis and 20 Tiracas has a nice ring to it

My mate Ben will be turning up with a mix of and Adira, Tertiuses, Prefects, Corvans (and a couple of Maximuses - for Da Boss!) We just couldn't come up with another fleet even vaguely close to it in power other than Vorlons (Destroyers in the Skirmish games) and they are quite hit or miss in the early games...

 

[katadder]

see i have a nice mix of raid ships in mine. only 1 prefect at raid level. I prefer to have a bit of fun with my fleets and use more ships (plus the dargan is best looking raid ship in the fleet).

and you abbai swarm would really have died to the various beam teams and vorlons etc turning up by the sounds of it.