As I told here a couple of weeks ago I got blasted vs a 6 ship FS 31 Swarm. I am thinking a little about this. If I add my pals ships to my fleet I can deploy at least 8 ships of each Large "class" (only 6 VCX). We usually play Epic with a little RPG background. But sometimes we play standard Epic "Build your own".

We saw that the FS 31 PS3 swarm is quite good. And I am thinking about it. Perhaps 200 pts of the same type of Large. Not Y 666 or Shuttle, lack of K turn is quite a handicap. I like the idea of 5 naked basic Decis, at 40 pts each simply avoid obstacles and enjoy traffic jams. Or add a couple of fleet officers and gunners and Sistem Officers and improve your accuracy a lot.

Or 5 Lothal Rebels with some cheap torpedoes to cover your rear... Not the way we play but sometimes... Weird experiments you know... Like that glorious Raider plus 24 Ties.

I think the major problem with using the VT-49 or VCX-100 in Epic play is that you eat every single bit of damage thrown at you* which results in them melting very fast to concentrated firepower, which there is a lot of in Epic. The use of cheaper generics means a much larger weight of red dice being thrown compared to a 100/6 fight with 2-3 ships in a list. Meanwhile, you are only throwing back 5 3-die attacks, which is the same as a small handful of X-Wings. They are literally outgunned in the larger format. Which is sad, being that larger ships like the Deci seem like they would be more at home in a larger scale battle.

Something like the FS-31 list you ran into, at least had some damage mitigation via 2 Agility on each. Considering 5 VT-49's or 6 FS-31's vs. a swarm of 2-attack TIE fighters, the FS-31's are actually going to be evading a large amount of damage, while the VT-49's are going to have to soak every bit of it.

Seeing 5 Deci's out there would be sexy, though.

Edit: Oh, and you also may want to look at what a turbolaser would do against the larger, slower ships.

*Excluding Range 3 and Obstructions

Officially, you are only allowed 6 Large ships of a single type in Epic play.

As I told here a couple of weeks ago I got blasted vs a 6 ship FS 31 Swarm. I am thinking a little about this. If I add my pals ships to my fleet I can deploy at least 8 ships of each Large "class"

Officially, you are only allowed 6 Large ships of a single type in Epic play.

I think the major problem with using the VT-49 or VCX-100 in Epic play is that you eat every single bit of damage thrown at you* which results in them melting very fast to concentrated firepower, which there is a lot of in Epic. The use of cheaper generics means a much larger weight of red dice being thrown compared to a 100/6 fight with 2-3 ships in a list. Meanwhile, you are only throwing back 5 3-die attacks, which is the same as a small handful of X-Wings. They are literally outgunned in the larger format. Which is sad, being that larger ships like the Deci seem like they would be more at home in a larger scale battle.

Something like the FS-31 list you ran into, at least had some damage mitigation via 2 Agility on each. Considering 5 VT-49's or 6 FS-31's vs. a swarm of 2-attack TIE fighters, the FS-31's are actually going to be evading a large amount of damage, while the VT-49's are going to have to soak every bit of it.

I have run 3-4 FS31's in Epic often and done quite well with them. I have to avoid the design temptation of not tricking each one out too much, though, so that the loss of a single ship is not a huge point sink.