So, with 1 shield flotillas on the way, lets swing to the other extreme.
There is reason for the shield numbers available.
What ship will come out that could possibly have 6 shields for its hull zones?
Or is it an upgrade card?
Could it be a ...... Death Star?
Edited by Muelmuel6 Shields would hardly do it justice now, would it?
It was supposed to be nigh impossible to defeat it with Capital ships, hence the desperation of the squadron-tactics used.
6 Shields are still dropped by a single firing of a Ship of the Line, if you go by MonCal and/or ISD....
I have to assume that 6 is future-proofing for future ships AND an upgrade that either improves shield values or allows pushing shields above their normal values under specific circumstances. To accommodate both of these I don't believe any ship would be above 5 shields in any given arc.
Death Star no way. It's supposed to be effectively invincible against capital ships and is on a scale that wouldn't fit on an Armada table. 6 shields would be an injustice.
I have to assume that 6 is future-proofing for future ships AND an upgrade that either improves shield values or allows pushing shields above their normal values under specific circumstances. To accommodate both of these I don't believe any ship would be above 5 shields in any given arc.
Death Star no way. It's supposed to be effectively invincible against capital ships and is on a scale that wouldn't fit on an Armada table. 6 shields would be an injustice.
Or an insult, depending on how you look upon it 
6 Shields would hardly do it justice now, would it?
It was supposed to be nigh impossible to defeat it with Capital ships, hence the desperation of the squadron-tactics used.
6 Shields are still dropped by a single firing of a Ship of the Line, if you go by MonCal and/or ISD....
I have to assume that 6 is future-proofing for future ships AND an upgrade that either improves shield values or allows pushing shields above their normal values under specific circumstances. To accommodate both of these I don't believe any ship would be above 5 shields in any given arc.
Death Star no way. It's supposed to be effectively invincible against capital ships and is on a scale that wouldn't fit on an Armada table. 6 shields would be an injustice.
Haha I was joking. Yes I agree. I don't think 6 shields even do justice to an SSD if they want to go epic. Would be awesome if they made a strongly shielded platform though.
Haha I was joking. Yes I agree. I don't think 6 shields even do justice to an SSD if they want to go epic. Would be awesome if they made a strongly shielded platform though.
I would think if they release an epic Super Star Destroyer, it would be like the X-Wing Raider where it has separate portions with different stats. So you might have... say two linked side arcs, each with 5 shields. Or some such.
I could see a shielded platform/base being a cool addition to the game but 6 shields on something like that feels very high when Imperial-class Star Destroyers top out at 4.
it was mentioned the death star would make an appearance in armada..... not sure how or if part of a campaign system.
Flames of war had off table naval bombardments that cost points but couldn't be killed. this also mean it was easier for you to be tabled.
i assume at some point an upgrade will let you shunt extra shields to a zone or a ship will simply come out with massive shields in an arc. prolly something from TFA era +
it was mentioned the death star would make an appearance in armada..... not sure how or if part of a campaign system.
Source please? 
People talking about the Death Star in Armada must have missed the memo this week. You can find it here: https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/death-star-rogue-one.jpg
we need a meme of that guy on history channel that says "aliens" with: "scale issues yo".
