Kurgan Heavy Carrier typo?

[starbreaker]

Re: the Kurgan heavy carrier, the preview fleet list has a trait line that ends in a comma, which is certainly a typo of some kind:

"Carrier 4, Command+1,"

Question is, is it just a misplaced comma, or is there supposed to be a word after it? Like "Lumbering" maybe? The similarly-sized cruiser got stuck with Lumbering, although the heavy carrier might just be more lightly built, what with those lighter guns and huge hangers.

Not that I think it it needs a penalty trait - already a remarkably poor bargain compared to buying two light carriers if you want 16 craft in the fleet. Less total firepower within range 20, much less total hull, fewer marines than either one of the smaller ships - you wind up paying an extra 50 points for a pair of gatling lasers.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Remember, this is only a preview fleet list. The final list is likely (very likely!) to be different!

 

[starbreaker]

Remember, this is only a preview fleet list. The final list is likely (very likely!) to be different!

Isn't that going to make life kind of difficult for all the people who've invested in the minis on the basis of the fleet working the way it's been advertised? There's nothing on the Fleets preorder page saying the download is a public playtest article, but that's effectively what it is - you already rewrote the Vuldrok (which was needed, but I doubt it thrilled most people who had bought fleets of them - I know we lost a local player because of it) and now the Kurgan are up for an overhaul? What about the other ships in the preview? People are buying those minis on the assumption that they do what your site says they do - stating clearly that the "rules preview" is subject to change would seem like good business practice to me.

 

[MongooseMatt]

Isn't that going to make life kind of difficult for all the people who've invested in the minis on the basis of the fleet working the way it's been advertised? There's nothing on the Fleets preorder page saying the download is a public playtest article, but that's effectively what it is - you already rewrote the Vuldrok (which was needed, but I doubt it thrilled most people who had bought fleets of them - I know we lost a local player because of it) and now the Kurgan are up for an overhaul? What about the other ships in the preview? People are buying those minis on the assumption that they do what your site says they do - stating clearly that the "rules preview" is subject to change would seem like good business practice to me.

A preview is just that - it is always going to be subject to change. As for people taking a fleet purely because of certain (ahem) advantages in a preview... seriously?