I have been doing some thinking, (Always, ALWAYS, a bad, bad idea) and deduced (ie, wildly speculated, in an unfortunately sober, brainstorm) that the whole forum shut down thing has to do with the next Armada release. February 1, 2021, FFG announces Star Wars Armada: Ewok Adventure Core Set. Hangglider Squadrons deployed from wooden spaceships vs AT-AT planetary deployment vessels with Wicket Warrick as Admiral. Sell your Asmodee stock now, this one isn't going to work.
2 hours ago, MerryVulture said:I have been doing some thinking, (Always, ALWAYS, a bad, bad idea) and deduced (ie, wildly speculated, in an unfortunately sober, brainstorm) that the whole forum shut down thing has to do with the next Armada release. February 1, 2021, FFG announces Star Wars Armada: Ewok Adventure Core Set. Hangglider Squadrons deployed from wooden spaceships vs AT-AT planetary deployment vessels with Wicket Warrick as Admiral. Sell your Asmodee stock now, this one isn't going to work.
"Something small is coming!"
You were right until the last sentence.
This is going to be amazing.
I see Windu as a possible offensive admiral for GAR, he is seen many times in that position during TCW series.
Just wanted to say thanks all for this thread and forum. I generally just lurk about here but I will see you around the web.
😁👍
For some reason I find it INCONCEIVABLE that FFG could shut these forums down. I find FFG....short on CHARRRRRM.
7 minutes ago, geek19 said:For some reason I find it INCONCEIVABLE that FFG could shut these forums down.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Edited by GhostofNobodyInParticularDue to the amazing value of the Muni and Acclamator, I decided that the Rebels should have a different option than the overpriced Assault Frigate, and that EC Henry's mystery Mon Cal cruiser is the best bet for a starting point, so here it is....
Also, let's keep this thread going to hit 400 pages....
That would be an appropriate send off for the forums.
400 or bust!
Bust! Bust! Bust!
I think my ship might be a bit undercosted at 70 points, what are your thoughts?
3 hours ago, Cap116 said:I think my ship might be a bit undercosted at 70 points, what are your thoughts?
Seems overcosted imo.
17 hours ago, Cap116 said:Due to the amazing value of the Muni and Acclamator, I decided that the Rebels should have a different option than the overpriced Assault Frigate, and that EC Henry's mystery Mon Cal cruiser is the best bet for a starting point, so here it is....
Since the Assault Frigate already has a Squadron value of 3 and Engineering value of 4, and also leans towards using red/blue dice... maybe consider changing at least one of those stats?
As it is, if it were me, I'd probably use Agate, LTT and LFC and get a brace and some great salvos. And with LTT and Toryn nearby, flak would be unbelievable, on a ship that's already good at a lot of things. Something to keep in mind... the Muni and Acclamator don't have access to Rebel commanders/upgrades, and were priced with that in mind.
5 hours ago, Bertie Wooster said:Since the Assault Frigate already has a Squadron value of 3 and Engineering value of 4, and also leans towards using red/blue dice... maybe consider changing at least one of those stats?
As it is, if it were me, I'd probably use Agate, LTT and LFC and get a brace and some great salvos. And with LTT and Toryn nearby, flak would be unbelievable, on a ship that's already good at a lot of things. Something to keep in mind... the Muni and Acclamator don't have access to Rebel commanders/upgrades, and were priced with that in mind.
It has double Ion, so no LTTs
On 12/24/2020 at 7:04 PM, Cap116 said:Due to the amazing value of the Muni and Acclamator, I decided that the Rebels should have a different option than the overpriced Assault Frigate, and that EC Henry's mystery Mon Cal cruiser is the best bet for a starting point, so here it is....
Speed 4, Low command, high squad, high eng. No weak arcs. Goodish hull and shld. 4 defense tokens. 2 die flak, inclusive a red. Moderate price. Why?
I thought of it as a medium based analog of the Acc and Muni.
The arc lines would lie between the Acc and Muni's spread, so it could get double arcs with some work, but not as easily as the Muni. It matches the Muni command values, shields, hull.
I swapped the Brace for 2 Evades, but limited the red dice output, subbing in some additional blues and a black on the side (which will in turn either limit the offensive output of the ship, or hurt its survivability, since the Evades only reroll at medium).
I gave it a high speed nav chart with limited yaw (almost like an oversized Arquitens).
Double O retro and double ion to afford some upgrade choices the rebels haven't seen.
Do you think Santa's sleigh has a hyper drive, and if so, what is its rating?
You can't go to lightspeed that close to a gravity mass like a planet.
Must be some other kind of advanced technology. Like magic.
Maybe an Aing-Tii Monk?
On 12/25/2020 at 2:58 AM, Cap116 said:I think my ship might be a bit undercosted at 70 points, what are your thoughts?
It's a better carrier than the assault frigate, it's better at getting blue crits than any other ship in the game, it's faster than any other medium base, it's the only medium base with 4 defence tokens, and it flaks like a super star destroyer. For 70pts.
The Raider 2 has an equal blue crit chance, based on dice pool and upgrades slots.
It is faster than any of the other Mediums, but the native yaw values make it a challenge to use the speed.
The Interdictor have 4 defense tokens. And it is pretty well recognized that the Interdictor's high point value comes from the Experimental Retros, not from the combat capabilities of the hull.
Also, this is the only Medium ship without a Brace token.
Flak matches the Starhawk Mk2 and Assault Proto, while it is also only a slight variation from the Muni Star Frigate's Red/Black. But the lack of the Turbolaser slot (namely used for LTTs) limits the effectiveness of the flak in comparison to the other 3 ships.
Is there a program you are using to create your own cards or are you just using photoshop? All I seem to find on google is dead links. I'd like to make a few of my own for home games.
2 hours ago, icestormganon said:Is there a program you are using to create your own cards or are you just using photoshop? All I seem to find on google is dead links. I'd like to make a few of my own for home games.
http://kdyards.robinomicon.com/ Pretty sure this is what you are talking about. . .
4 hours ago, Cap116 said:The Raider 2 has an equal blue crit chance, based on dice pool and upgrades slots.
It is faster than any of the other Mediums, but the native yaw values make it a challenge to use the speed.
The Interdictor have 4 defense tokens. And it is pretty well recognized that the Interdictor's high point value comes from the Experimental Retros, not from the combat capabilities of the hull.
Also, this is the only Medium ship without a Brace token.
Flak matches the Starhawk Mk2 and Assault Proto, while it is also only a slight variation from the Muni Star Frigate's Red/Black. But the lack of the Turbolaser slot (namely used for LTTs) limits the effectiveness of the flak in comparison to the other 3 ships.
The Raider 2 has a single ion slot. This one could fit High capacity Ion Turbines which makes its odds superior to the raider.
Still faster than any other mediums - and some small ships too. It could very easily drop from speed 4 to 2 with a dial+token (Garm, Comms Net).
The Interdictor has 2 crap defence tokens and 2 useful ones.
Agate fixes your Brace problem. That's assuming you can even get a hit on it with Evade, Redirect and Expert Shield tech.
Toryn Farr gives blue flak rerolls and Caitken and Shollan can give you (one) reroll.
It's not the individual issues that you list out there, it's the fact that there are five of them. It has all the perks of a VSD with none of the downside (high command value, slow speed, poor maneuverability). It's better at everything apart from red dice rerolls than the AFMk2. Why would anyone use an AFMk2 with your ship the way it is? Maneuverability? Well Take Evasive Action on a Pelta - or better yet Madine - fixes that. Can you imagine 3 of these with Madine?
It's not that I don't like the ship or what you've done with it. I think it's overpowered. It has a very easily fixable weakness.
If you want it to be unique and better priced, here's a possibility:
- Drop squad value to 1 and engineering to 3.
- Remove 1 offensive retrofit.
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On 12/24/2020 at 1:39 AM, MerryVulture said:wooden spaceships
Unironically would buy the RLS Legacy expansion.