S&P 47 battle report... no redundancy!

[Lord David the Denied]

I'm sure my stylish purple fleet will out-shoot the lumbering savages every time... I just don't approve of 8AD weapons, in every arc, for a skirmish unit...

 

[katadder]

they dont have that any more. but how about 12AD of DD weapons on a skirmish ship?

 

[Lord David the Denied]

All in one arc, though. The Ka'Tan's 8AD in every arc adds up to a lot more dice...

 

[katadder]

only if you put ships in all its arcs. and its 8AD base. thats 24 AD. the vorchan can match that for damage and 4 is SAP 8 is TL. and it only needs one target to deal it too.

 

[Target]

Remember beam rules have changed. If a beam used to be SAP then the new rules give it a 20% reduction in average damage. Plus they can't benefit from CAF or Scout redirection.

So the Narn skirmish ships still have unfair numbers of AD in multiple arcs on top of their beams?

Look again, Burger...

I think he means the AD of the normal guns is less important if the beams are different - truth be told the beams actually just seem more random - either big hits or nothing. Played the Narn last night and the Narn beams from the G'Quan were most ineffective and the short range of their secondary batteries compared to my Ion and Matter cannons most useful.

What we have found with playin the new beams rules is you just roll average most of the time. 6AD gets 6 hits. Occasionaly it swings on both sides but dice will do that unless you are Drazi or Narn. My mates that play Drazi & Narn seem to be just able to keep on hitting while me & my other mate that plays EA just don't seem to be able to do it. Maddening!
But we like them new beam rules a lot.

 

[Da Boss]

Look again, Burger...

I think he means the AD of the normal guns is less important if the beams are different - truth be told the beams actually just seem more random - either big hits or nothing. Played the Narn last night and the Narn beams from the G'Quan were most ineffective and the short range of their secondary batteries compared to my Ion and Matter cannons most useful.

What we have found with playin the new beams rules is you just roll average most of the time. 6AD gets 6 hits. Occasionaly it swings on both sides but dice will do that unless you are Drazi or Narn. My mates that play Drazi & Narn seem to be just able to keep on hitting while me & my other mate that plays EA just don't seem to be able to do it. Maddening!
But we like them new beam rules a lot.

could be right but seem to get a lot more of those 7,8,or more hits with even small beams (2 or 3AD) and more plain misses. Prob works out all the same in the end using stastics Don't get me wrong - I like the new beam rules!