http://store.steampowered.com/app/363680/

Downloaded the beta today and it's quite an awesome game! What are your thoughts so far?

https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/topic/205198-battlefleet-gothic-armada/

lol

I like it a lot. Plotwise it's VERY lore accurate. After a decade of THQ (being not lore accurate) this is refreshing.

Gamewise loving it. My flagship is the Retribution class battleship Litany of Contempt (My naming).

I wanted to go full black crusade, but way prefer Imperial fleets playstyle.

I like having 2Xmarsclass 2Xdominator class and 4X nova cannon spamming my enemies.

Yeah I like how they stuck to the BFG canon and boardgame (which I friggin loved).

So looking forward to the fullblown version. Can't wait to have some battlecruiser and I pray at night that they will include the Grand Cruisers lile the Vengeance class. Basically I want to recreate my BFG fleet :-D

I already have with Mars class, Dauntless (LOVED THAT MODEL) And the mighty Retribution class.

I have 3 fleets. Imperial, Chaos (with a despoiler for the flagship) and Ork.

In game, I find the Imperial fleet easier to use. 2 mars/2 dominators or Retribution/2 dominator owns everything. They are heavier armoured and better for brute force. Chaos... Chaos I can't figure out.

I already have with Mars class, Dauntless (LOVED THAT MODEL) And the mighty Retribution class.

I have 3 fleets. Imperial, Chaos (with a despoiler for the flagship) and Ork.

In game, I find the Imperial fleet easier to use. 2 mars/2 dominators or Retribution/2 dominator owns everything. They are heavier armoured and better for brute force. Chaos... Chaos I can't figure out.

Edit: never mind I just have't advanced that far yet

"Waaagh!"

That's literally what springs to mind.

What I find a bit disappointing is that escorts are basically throw-away / point fillers without any true potential. You should buy them squad-wise (5er bulks or something) and then experience is earned by the squad and/or diminished by losses - so 2 out of 5 lost in a battle means either retaining 3 at 100% experience level or add 2 for a 40% reduction in squad experience.

I'd semi agree.

That said, in the OG You could formation escorts with cruisers and use them as ablative armour so....

I'd semi agree.

That said, in the OG You could formation escorts with cruisers and use them as ablative armour so....

True but my point is more geared towards this: if you use escorts in their current for it's basically wasted experience points which one of your ships of the line could gain.

Just wait until you can upgrade your 2-3 Firestorms to ignore armour at the 3000 range...

Just wait..

I thought the 3k range was only for macro cannons? As such my swords have it.