Weakest race?
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Marathons were getting shifted? What were they doing that close to the enemy.
We've talked before on the boards about the issues here... he shouldn't be getting range on the first turn ever, for every three tiracas that fire he should get two crits (hardly huge amounts, and far less if you have interceptors), and take any races swarms and you'll do just fine.
Shadow scout has a lot of other things going for it.
As has been stated elsewhere, the play balance approach used where two ships below the pl being equal two 110% roughly of the firepower/defense of any ship broke the pl system completely. Gaining 10% bonus every time you bought down a pl as well as a sink just made doing anything but buying down silly. (note you can buy ONE big ship usually in 5 point or higher games if you buy down with the rest.)
Shifter comments are interesting... as I it's usually hard to move a ship out of arc with one... BS issues showing here more than most.
Ripple
We've talked before on the boards about the issues here... he shouldn't be getting range on the first turn ever, for every three tiracas that fire he should get two crits (hardly huge amounts, and far less if you have interceptors), and take any races swarms and you'll do just fine.
Shadow scout has a lot of other things going for it.
As has been stated elsewhere, the play balance approach used where two ships below the pl being equal two 110% roughly of the firepower/defense of any ship broke the pl system completely. Gaining 10% bonus every time you bought down a pl as well as a sink just made doing anything but buying down silly. (note you can buy ONE big ship usually in 5 point or higher games if you buy down with the rest.)
Shifter comments are interesting... as I it's usually hard to move a ship out of arc with one... BS issues showing here more than most.
Ripple
I didn't see the game, only the AAR. The Brivoki had 2 Longe Range Targeting Refits, 1 on 1 of the Beams and the other on 1 of the Gravtic Shifter. The scenario was Carrier Clash and from what I was told the EA player was trying to run past the flank and got caught. I believe the Abbai Player had enought time to move the Brivoki over to cover that flank and hit 2 Marathons with the Shifters and turned them to the outside. With them so close to the table edge, I think the nesxt turn they would have moved off the table edge.
I am just glad he is switching to Minbari to at least give the rest of us a chance! He never did get a game in against the ISA, which from the comments I have seen would have been the best game.
tschuma
I am just glad he is switching to Minbari to at least give the rest of us a chance! He never did get a game in against the ISA, which from the comments I have seen would have been the best game.
tschuma
Foxmeister
Mongoose
tschuma said:
As long as they could use special actions, they could've used "All Stop" and then "All Stop and Pivot" on the following turn.
Also, I'm not convinced that it is "cricket" (or legal even) to apply a long range targeting refit to a Gravitic Shifter since it has no AD to lose.
Regards,
Dave
Bless them 
I agree with the general point people are making about swarms (such as above) but the Abbai have particularly good Patrol and Skirmish ships, it's just that their Raid and to a lesser degree their Battle PL ships suck. In any game at Raid and below however, they are just as competative as any other race (even if both sides take "swarms").tschuma said:
