Updated Errata & FAQ

[archon96]

honestly the gorn cl is a pile of pooh id rather take the stego's with bigger shields.

 

[gord314]

I found the new errata up at http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/pdf/sferrata you just need to rename it to sferrata.pdf (or just open it as a pdf).

 

[Keeper Nilbog]

I don't disagree, HDD's all the way (cheaper cost, better ship, slightly less Plamsa - but you have CM for that, anyway). Would just like it to be right :?: :? :?:

Also, where does the 'Drone channel ruling' show - i'm not seeing it in either of the doc's :?

And thanks for that - gord314 - saved now and all problems fixed

 

[billclo]

Thanks, Gord. That is the one I've been looking for.

 

[Finlos]

Huzzah for no more critical / optional errata!

 

[gord314]

The drone channel ruling is the first item in the new errata, its listed under the header page 8.

 

[Totenkopf]

The BCJ is still 215

 

[gord314]

I'm pretty sure the +0 points listed in the errata replaces the -25 points listed in the book, bringing it up to 240.

 

[Nerroth]

Since some of the material covered in the new errata and FAQ is in the preview pdf, will that document also be updated once the DriveThruRPG version of the rulebook is set to go?

(As it stands, anyone looking at the preview pdf for the first time will be getting out-of-date information.)

 

[Da Boss]

Disapointing

The Romulan ships get effective upgrades for free and the Gorn the opposite - neither of which have anyting to do with balance - ah well............

 

[McKinstry]

The DWD+ is now at 130, the BCJ at 240, drones have a fix (pending testing), the Fed drone rack is sorted out and the Roms drone defense has been a bit improved on a few ships. All in all, I like it.

Now we'll get the plasma fleets in hand, play a couple of hundred games and start in on the Roms and Gorns. :twisted:

 

[plutonyum]

FastHawk: The A, P and A, S phasers-1 should have 3 AD.

the FastHawk has no AP,AS phaser-1s that i can find.
perhaps im just totally missing something but i cant find them.

 

[Totenkopf]

Won't be taking any D7s then.

 

[Rambler]

still no change to the Gorn CL Phaser reduction - yes, it should lose 2 Phaser 1's, but from the 'F' arc, not the Hemisphere mounts - you now have a Gorn ship that can't shoot backward, a Gorn 'standard', as how else are they going to deal with the Bird Boys (though my Errata still has a date od 20/02/2012 - may not be the new one)

And does the D7C lose Phaser 2's (seems to suggest this as it says reduce Phaser 2 batteries by 1 AD - or is that figured into the ship changes - as this actually leaves it with less Ph-2 than a D7 or D6)

From the new one dated 19/03/2012.
Gorn
Light Cruiser: Change Transporters to 2. The F, P and F, S Phasers-1 should have 1 AD.
Total number of Phaser-1s is now 4 and they cover all the arcs now.

The D7C changes the Turrented Phaser-2s to Phaser-1s giving it a total of, 5 Phaser-1s and 4 Phaser-2s. Don't forget it actually has a Anti-Drone 2 as well now. The Reduce Phaser-2 Batteries, changes the 3AD of PH/SH to 2AD of A,S/A,P and then adds 2AD of T, Phaser-2s. So it keeps the same number of phaser between the D7 and the D7C. And the Waist Phaser on the D6, D7 and D7C all match now.

 

[Rambler]

FastHawk: The A, P and A, S phasers-1 should have 3 AD.

the FastHawk has no AP,AS phaser-1s that i can find.
perhaps im just totally missing something but i cant find them.

The extra Phaser were suppose to replace the Plasma F Torpedoes like happens with Photons and Disruptors on other Fast Warships. I am pretty sure he means the F,P and F,S Phaser-1s increase to 3AD give the ship the correct number of phasers.

 

[Captain Jonah]

"Ah, I am with you, can see the confusion now.

May need to alter the FAQ text (heh) but no, once 'converted,' Federation drone racks are _no_ different to ADD and use exactly the same rules. So, if any of the ADD dice roll a 1, you just lose 1 ADD/drone"

Matt said this at 2:32 pm today on page 5 of the "rules according to Matt" thread.

After he edited the notes on the lead post to say something different to that till we caught him at it :lol:

I don't disagree, HDD's all the way (cheaper cost, better ship, slightly less Plasma - but you have CM for that, anyway). Would just like it to be right :?: :? :?:

It is one of the best Gorn ships until we get Lumbering off our necks where it hangs like millstone crushing us beneath its weight, leaving us cursed with the inability to TURN CORNERS :roll: :wink:

Disappointing

The Romulan ships get effective upgrades for free and the Gorn the opposite - neither of which have anything to do with balance - ah well............

Welcome to my world

The DWD+ is now at 130, the BCJ at 240, drones have a fix (pending testing), the Fed drone rack is sorted out and the Roms drone defence has been a bit improved on a few ships. All in all, I like it.

Now we'll get the plasma fleets in hand, play a couple of hundred games and start in on the Roms and Gorn. :twisted:

Yay for that man. Start in on the Gorn, splendid idea. :lol:

 

[Greg Smith]

. Also is this change applicant to EVERY anti-drone system or it it just federation specific?

It is just for the Federation. They are the only race that can use AD of Drones as Anti-Drone.

 

[McKinstry]

Yay for that man. Start in on the Gorn, splendid idea. :lol:

I fear that will involve many of us buying and painting a Gorn Fleet Box plus extra DD's, getting our heads ripped off by varying Feds, Klinks and Hairballs, and finally, amassing the playtest proof that absent an improved ability to get out of their own way, they are very entertaining targets but not a terribly competitive fleet.

But we'll do it with style. 8)

 

[archon96]

i dont mind the fact that we cant move but make us a bit more like a wall then. let them dance around us we should be able to a licken and keep on ticken.

 

[Herkimer]

Fleet Lists
If I have a ship with lots of Attack Dice of Drones (such as a Kirov Battlecruiser), what happens when I roll a 1 for the Anti-Drone trait when I use the Combined Drone Rack rule?
For the rest of the game, you lose 1 Attack Dice of Drones for every 1 you roll on the Anti-Drone trait. So, if someone throws a bunch of Drones at your Kirov, and you roll 1, 4, 4, 6, you will halt four Attack Dice of Drones as normal (remember, a 1 stops a Drone just as well as anything else!) but you will be reduced to Anti-Drone 3 immediately and will only have 3 Attack Dice of Drones in the next turn.

So, it is a permanant reduction, or only for the next turn?